EPCM Case Studies: Real Projects, Real Numbers

Effluent & Solid Waste Treatment: Global Pharma Manufacturer, North Brabant

A major pharmaceutical manufacturer operating BSL2 and BSL3 containment facilities needed engineered waste treatment across two streams: liquid effluent and solid biological waste. We acted as Engineering Project Leader across both programmes from process design through to commissioning.

Three separate Effluent Treatment Plants were designed and commissioned to handle slurry-bearing waste from high-containment areas, each engineered for full decontamination to regulatory disposal standards and not dilution. Alongside this, we delivered multiple autoclave units across both containment classes and commissioned the first shredder-autoclave combination unit ever installed at a pharmaceutical manufacturing site.

UHT Processing & Aseptic Packaging: Dairy Cooperative, Gelderland

New UHT processing and aseptic packaging line inside an operating dairy factory. The non-negotiable: install everything without shutting down existing production and pass FSSC 22000 certification before the first commercial product run. We redesigned the CIP routing to enable phased commissioning, ran a shadow HACCP validation alongside construction, and managed 14 contractors simultaneously on a site that never stopped producing.

Factory Expansion & Equipment Procurement: Specialty Materials Manufacturer, Noord-Brabant

A high-tech manufacturer of engineered carbon components needed to expand production capacity while partially rebuilding an operational section of the factory. We were engaged as Owner's Project Manager, representing the client's interests across the full scope: structural works, a complete MEP installation, and procurement and commissioning of multiple precision machining systems for carbon disc processing.

The challenge was running the expansion without halting production in adjacent areas. We managed construction sequencing, supplier tendering, and equipment interfaces, keeping the client in full contractual control of every appointment throughout.

Cleanroom Gas Distribution System: Semiconductor Equipment OEM, Eindhoven

A world-leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer required a complete new high-purity gas distribution network inside an operational cleanroom facility. We took responsibility for the full design and build including pipe routing developed in close coordination with the owner's engineering team, specification of high-purity fittings, and a full off-site prefabrication programme before controlled installation in the cleanroom environment.

Prefabrication was non-negotiable: cutting or welding inside the cleanroom was not an option. Every pipe assembly had to be designed, fabricated, tested, and certified before entering the controlled zone. We managed the design review cycle with the owner, the fabrication shop, and the on-site installation team simultaneously.