MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Driving projects with purpose

Axial Energy works with you to ensure your project’s success. 

End-to-end management services

Axial Energy provides comprehensive management services that take your project from early-stage development through commissioning. We combine client-side insight with disciplined execution to ensure smarter projects with seamless delivery.

Project management & controls

Construction management

Commissioning management

Project Management & Controls

At Axial Energy, our tailored solutions develop the most streamlined, effective project plan. With client-side experience, we are always evaluating the best path for clients to reduce time, money, and risks in any project.

Development/Pre-Construction Support

  • Function as owner’s representative focusing on construction needs for projects.
  • Identify and/or support community outreach
  • Support or negotiate road use agreements
  • Obtain crossing agreements
  • Permitting: develop permit matrices, obtain necessary construction permits, support local or state level permitting process
  • Support or manage the Interconnection process
  • Develop, review, implement, and manage project design(s)
  • Engineering management
  • Procurement management
  • Development and implementation of execution plan
  • Identify, set-up or attend weekly, monthly or other meetings as necessary

Project Controls

  • Create detailed cost estimates to be used for budgeting and financial planning.
  • Create and manage the project budget, with monthly variances and costs to complete.
  • Create and maintain project schedules
  • Risk management: identify key project risks and monitor progression or develop/implement mitigation strategies
  • Implement and manage document controls

Procurement

  • Identify long lead materials
  • Implement and complete RFPs
  • Negotiate or support the execution of project contracts/agreements
  • Identify and reconcile scope gaps
  • Conduct factory Inspection/Audits
  • Material expediting solutions
  • Transportation planning

Management

  • Manage interconnection, engineering, EPC contractor, OEM, and other stakeholders through final completion
  • Change management: identify, mitigate and negotiate potential change orders
  • Identify and chase value opportunities
  • RFI Management
  • Compile and distribute weekly and/or monthly reporting to stakeholders
  • Attend weekly and monthly meetings
  • Develop and implement project handover process for operations

Other Services

  • Financial close due diligence support
  • Third party support
  • Project acquisition support and due diligence
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Commissioning Management

Axial Energy delivers comprehensive commissioning management to guarantee safe, efficient, and standards-compliant project energization. Our team reviews commissioning plans, identifies scope gaps, aligns stakeholder responsibilities, and manages the full commissioning process to meet industry standards and ensure smooth grid integration.

Commissioning services:

  • Provide Off-site or On-site Commissioning Support or Management  
  • Review energization, testing and commissioning plans against the requirements and industry standards.
  • Identify any scope gaps in the energization, testing and commissioning plan of the stakeholders
  • Manage the commissioning process

Construction Management

At Axial Energy, construction management means leading with foresight, action, and relentless commitment to our clients’ success. We drive projects forward through proactive problem-solving, expert coordination, and seamless collaboration across engineers, vendors, and construction teams. Acting as true client champions, we identify cost-saving solutions, deliver actionable insights, and uphold the highest standards of execution, ensuring every project overcomes challenges and achieves its full potential.

Management

  • Coordination with the client’s development team to address open items, identified issues, and optimization opportunities.
  • Daily participation with the EPC contractor for planning coordination.
  • Verification of EPC contractor’s project status and implementation of industry-rated safety and quality control plans.
  • Facilitation  and expediting of responses to RFIs during construction.
  • Implementation of lessons learned from Axial Energy’s experience managing other renewable energy projects.

Change Management

  • Proactive solutions for scope gaps and assessment of delay requests.
  • Facilitation of responses to change requests from contractors and enforcement of contractual terms while maintaining a collaborative atmosphere.

Quality Assurance/Quality Control Management

  • Review of contractor’s quality control plan to ensure compliance with contract requirements and industry standards.
  • Spot inspections and documentation to ensure work completion and compliance.
  • Review QA/QC program to ensure compliance with industry standards, project specifics, and contractual requirements
  • Audit contractors QA/QC program and job books
  • Complete daily, weekly and monthly inspections
  • Identify issues/gaps in QA/QC
  • Identify and manage NCRs
  • Upload required materials to owner’s document control system

Planning

  • Facilitation of execution planning meetings to ensure proper coordination between engineers, vendors, and construction teams.
  • Identification of any lack of commitment or resources to meet project schedule and reporting back to client management.

Cost Management

  • Advising clients on the least-cost solutions at decision points throughout the EPC phase of the project.

Document Management

  • Cataloging of all project data and documents in a document management system.
  • Maintenance of project document index and assembly of document transmittals for all stakeholders.

Civil

  • Review civil, structural and survey plans to ensure compliance with industry standards, contractual & project requirements.  Identify any potential design improvements. 
  • Inspect civil works (grading, roads, stormwater, etc.) against plans to ensure compliance
  • Ensure the SWPPP is being administered per the requirements and complete inspections as needed.
  • Inspect foundation works against plans to ensure compliance
  • Ensure work is being completed within the ALTA survey
  • Ensure work is being completed with any crossing agreement requirements

Electrical

  • Review substation, transmission line and collection system plans to ensure compliance with industry standards, contractual & project requirements. Identify any potential design improvements.
  • Inspect electrical works against plans to ensure compliance.
  • Inspect electrical equipment and materials to ensure matches the design and procurement.
  • Ensure the SWPPP is being administered per the requirements and complete inspections as needed.
  • Ensure work is being completed within the ALTA survey.
  • Ensure work is being completed with any crossing agreement requirements.
  • Coordinate with transmission utility on energization.
  • Review energization plans to ensure meets the requirements.
  • Witness testing of electrical equipment and system.
  • Ensure EPC contractor is completing the necessary QA/QC documentation in a timely manner.
  • Generate and/or manage the punchlist for system completion certificates.
  • Review and identify any areas of improvement for the LOTO program. Ensure parties compliance with the LOTO program.

Wind Turbine Installation Support

  • Ensure EPC contractor and OEM are completing required receiving documentation.
  • Monitor turbine installation for issues and installation compliance.
  • Support turbine mechanical completion walkdowns between EPC contractor and OEM.
  • Support turbine commissioning completion walkdowns post OEM commissioning.
  • Generate and manage mechanical completion punchlists
  • (Add: can do certain mechanical completion tasks: install labels or climb assist, etc) 
  • Ensure EPC contractor is completing the necessary QA/QC documentation in a timely manner.

Mechanical

  • Ensure EPC contractor is assembling the racking systems correctly
  • Ensure PV modules are being installed per the requirements
  • Ensure piling and foundations are installed per the requirements
  • Ensure BESS containers are being installed per the requirements
  • Ensure PCS are being installed per the requirements
  • Support mechanical walkdowns as part of completion certificates
  • Generate and/or manage mechanical completion punchlists as part of completion certification
  • Ensure EPC contractor is completing the necessary QA/QC documentation in a timely manner

Logistics/Reporting

  • Ensure receiving documentation is being completed by EPC and OEM per the requirements
  • Collaboration with OEMs and EPC contractors to ensure professional and sufficient reporting
  • Assembly of information from contractors and provision of reports to meet client management needs. 
  • Track, monitor and/or manage the delivery of the owner supplied equipment
  • Daily reporting of received materials
  • Coordination with OEM on delivery times

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