Construction-Focused Engineering
Backed by 140 years of construction expertise, Kiewit’s engineers understand the crucial role that contractors have in overall project development and delivery. Kiewit’s construction-focused engineering approach fosters a true, one-team partnership between engineering and construction throughout the project life cycle — working together to minimize risk, schedule delays and project costs from feasibility all the way through design and project execution.
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#3 Design-Build Firm, ENR 2024
Optimizing for Overall Project Success
Construction-focused engineering is a holistic approach to project development that leads to the safest-to-construct, simplest and most cost-effective solutions for even the most complex projects, reducing the risks of schedule delays and design-driven cost overruns that adversely affect the delivery of EPC and design-build projects.
We understand and cater to our owners’ unique technology packages — licensed or proprietary — to ensure optimized configuration and seamless execution.
Improved Cost Control
Our construction-focused engineering approach helps anticipate and address potential cost overruns, which leads to more accurate estimates and, ultimately, more certain project outcomes.
Risk Mitigation
Before finalizing an estimate, our engineering and construction teams partner to conduct early risk assessments to identify and mitigate design pitfalls, ensuring that projects are not only well-designed but practical to build and commission.
Streamlined Construction
We leverage our construction roots to identify opportunities for simplification, prefabrication and modularization, optimizing construction schedules and minimizing disruptions.
The Kiewit Engineering Difference
Kiewit has 4,000+ employees across our engineering organization — all dedicated to providing our clients with collaborative designs, efficient project execution, technical compliance and constructability expertise during each phase of the project lifecycle. By regularly rotating through field operations, our engineers gain practical, full-lifecycle project insights to deliver unmatched, construction-focused solutions.
- 25+ years of direct, design engineering project execution
- Over $150 billion in design-build and EPC projects
- Design and engineering expertise across five major markets
By the Numbers
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EPC and Design-Build Services for a Variety of Markets
Comprehensive Project Capabilities
Kiewit’s comprehensive project capabilities are tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. Acting as a single point of contact, we streamline the project process by providing integrated engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services under one contract. This ensures continuity, efficiency and accountability from concept to delivery, while keeping quality at the forefront.
Pre-Construction
- Project development
- Capital studies
- Asset acquisition
- Owner’s engineer
- FEL / FEED & indicative estimating
- Preliminary engineering
- Independent design reviews & assurance
Project Execution
- Detailed design
- EPC / design-build
- Temporary works
- Design management
- Design assurance
Post Construction
- Commissioning
- Start-up
- Plant services
- Independent engineer
Feasibility Studies to Ensure Project Viability
Through thorough engineering analyses and feasibility assessments, FEED studies enable early risk identification and mitigation, accurate cost estimation, efficient design development and improved project planning. This results in smoother execution, client satisfaction and seamless conversion from FEED to detailed engineering, procurement and construction.
From the back of a napkin to a full-scale build, learn how Kiewit does engineering differently:
Commitment to Quality
Kiewit’s engineering organization is ISO 9001:2015 certified across all engineering markets. This certification reinforces our commitment to quality, operational excellence and continuous improvement, and reflects our adherence to the highest standards of quality management. For our clients, this means:
- End-to-end coverage for all phases of project development.
- Ensured alignment and compliance with requirements, specifications and standards.
- Continuous improvement to meet expectations, eliminate rework and improve processes.
- A trusted partnership built on maintaining strong relationships and our reputation for industry leadership.
Customized Project Solutions
With the flexibility to handle diverse project sizes and scopes, we leverage our extensive experience, knowledge and specialized teams to effectively plan, manage and execute projects of any scale.
Full Transparency
For complex and alternative delivery models to succeed, all team members must be on the same page — all partners working together from the same data points and keeping an open dialogue to resolve issues throughout the project lifecycle.
Integrated Quantity Management
Kiewit’s engineering teams focus on optimizing quantities and cost efficiency on projects of all sizes. Through regular reviews of project quantities, we ensure that construction remains as economical as possible. This meticulous approach reduces construction hours in the field, improving safety and keeping total installed costs down for our owners.
Data-Driven Outcome Certainty
Kiewit’s project management system drives informed decision-making from estimate to completion. With cloud-based solutions connecting project data across scope, cost and schedules, clients gain greater control, cost management and confidence for successful project outcomes.
Talk to an Engineering Expert
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