Front End Engineering Design (FEED)

Front End Engineering Design (FEED) is the Basic Engineering Planning which is carried out after the completion of the Conceptual Design or FS.

Front End Engineering Design (FEED) is the Basic Engineering Planning which is carried out after the completion of the Conceptual Design or Feasibility Study (FS).

At this stage, prior to the start of EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction), various studies are conducted to identify technical issues and estimate rough investment costs. This work is usually assigned to an EPC contractor through a bid or job auction. The product of this activity is the “FEED Package” which consists of up to tens of files from various engineering fields which are integrated with each other and will be the basis for the EPC Contract offer.
In order to avoid significant changes during the EPC period it is very important to be able to define the goals and plans of the user/project owner as well as the specific requirements during the project into the FEED Package without fail. The FEED preparation process takes up to 1 year for large projects such as LNG plants.

Communication with the user/project owner is very important, so to facilitate communication and coordination, representatives from the project owner will be placed in the EPC Contractor's office during the FEED preparation work.

Process Engineering is an engineering stage that is inseparable from all engineering stages, be it Feasibility Study (FS), Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Detail Engineering Design (DED). Process Engineering is at the heart of overall engineering design, providing the basis for other engineering disciplines to define more design and cost engineering processes as well as being the main link between client requirements and overall engineering with the primary objective of cost-effective use while maintaining operational reliability.

Preparation of Front End Engineering Design (FEED) Documents as described in the caption below

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• 1. Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
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• 2. FEED Maturity and Impact on Project Cost and Schedule Performance
• 3. Construction Extension to the PMBOK® Guide by PMI
• 4. Project Planning Scheduling Control by James P. Lewis
• 5. Theoretical Foundations for Decision Making in Engineering Design