Consulting Services and Project Management
“MODUL LLC” renders consulting services for hydro-engineering, civil, industrial and road construction companies in the sectors of irrigation and drainage, water supply and sewerage systems operation and maintenance, as well as in technical, commercial, organizational, management, structural, customer service and EIA sectors:
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Irrigation and drainage systems
- Gravity and pressure pipelines, canals
- Reservoirs, and various hydraulic structures
- Pumping stations
- Drying chambers and collectors
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Water supply and sewerage systems
- Gravity and pressure pipelines
- Water sources and daily balancing reservoirs (DBR)
- Filtering stations and chlorine stations
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Civil and industrial structures
- Residential, public and industrial structures
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Road construction and transport
- Capital and current repairs
- New roads and transport hubs and other structures
- Safety measures and audit
“MODUL” LLC is one of the best companies in the sphere of consulting services, performing the following functions:
- Preliminary investigation and assessment of projects
- Geotechnical and hydrogeological investigations, geodetic surveys of the site
- Detailed design and preparation of technical specifications in the aforementioned spheres
- Technical expertise of design documents
- Technical supervision over construction works
- Preparation of tender documents
- Identification of water resource management issues, proposal formulation and contribution
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Social Impact Assessment (SIA)
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Project management includes:
- Preparation of project documents
- Technical contribution
- Contract management
- Financial management
- Coordination of Occupational Health and Safety
- Quality management, input of a manual on technical quality supervision.
Feasibility Study of Construction Projects
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Feasibility studies
- Gathering and study of preliminary data
- Inventory of engineering-construction systems and their structures, surveying, geological, climate and soil investigations
- Preliminary environmental investigation
- Public awareness, social and gender studies
- Assessment of system improvement investmentsմ
- Financial and economic analyses
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Social and gender studies; public relations
- Awareness-raising campaigns among beneficiaries
- Development of awareness-raising and public-participation provision plans
- Meeting and roundtable discussion organization
- Information sharing via mass media
- Preparation and sharing of informational materials
Engineering Investigations
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Delivery of consulting services by the Company in various spheres of urban construction is accompanied by:
- Geotechnical surveys
- Hydrogeological surveys
- Geodetic surveys
Engineering investigations are developed and carried out by means of state-of-the-art technologies, equipment and software (unmanned aerial vehicles, Trimble R7 GPS Receiver, Trimble DiNi digital level meter, Echolot ultrasonic depth gauge, etc.).
Preparation of Preliminary and Detailed Design
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The following documents are developed by the company in the scope of detailed design:
- General provisions and an explanatory note
- Technical specifications
- Environmental management and monitoring plan
- Design drawings
- Volume summaries
- Procurement packages of required materials, devices and equipment
- Cost estimates
Independent expertise of design documents
Expertise of urban-construction documents is conducted based on the contract executed between our Company and the Client.
Expertise of urban-construction documents aims, first of all, at assuring compliance between the selected design solutions and the Legislation, normative and technical documents of the Republic of Armenia (RA).
Our Company carries out both complex and simple expertise depending on the type of the urban-construction documents as well as complexity of facilities constructed pursuant to those documents.
Those urban-construction design documents that specify not only construction approaches but also preservation of the environment, historical and cultural monuments, emergency prevention, safety of communication systems, traffic, other energetic and engineering infrastructures as well as industry, efficient use of natural resources and implementation of technological and sanitary-hygienic means undergo a complex expertise.
Simple design expertise is applied to assure that design documents meet the requirements of legislative, normative and technical documents referring to reliability, stability, and safety of architectural and construction as well as internal and external engineering systems of a construction facility and to protection of human health.
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Based on the study outcomes of the urban-construction documents, an expert conclusion is given, including:
- List of the documents serving as a basis for the design and their brief description
- Conclusions on compliance between the original documents and technical conditions for a facility design, on the one hand, and the design solutions, on the other hand
- Оutcomes of analysis of the basic design solutions; the latter’s compliance with the RA Legislation, normative and technical documents; main technical and economic indicators
- Comments and suggestions on the accepted design solutions; recommendations on making corrections in and adding supplements to the design; justification of the suggested corrections with a mandatory reference to the violated norm
- Main envisaged amendments and supplements made during the experetise
Author’s Supervision over Construction
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The company conducts detailed design works and author’s supervision over construction works:
- Discussion of design amendment proposals
- Discussion and agreement on issues that arise due to additional volume of work not mentioned in the detailed design
- Redesign, organization of variation order procedure, if requested
- Verification of as-built drawings
- Regular visits during the whole period envisaged for identification of defects and provision of instructions for their elimination after completion of construction works
Technical Supervision over Quality of Construction Works
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The company conducts supervision over technical quality of construction, as well as compliance of construction materials and equipment, including:
- Verification of work methods of the Contractor (installation of connections and formwork, cleaning of formwork, preparation of foundations of trenches of constructions and pipelines)
- Verification of proportions of concrete elements, control of grain-size distribution of concrete fill, verification of existence of equipment required for concrete works (concrete mixers, vibrators, and etc.)
- Provision of certificates for all devices, equipment, mechanisms and materials, as well as verification of their compliance with requirements of norms and standards
- Supervision over progress and time schedule of construction works, identification and timely solution of problems that arise during construction works
- Safety supervision during construction, as well as supervision of environmental impact mitigation measures
- Supervision over established implementation schedule of construction works.
Environmental and Social Impact Assessment
The Company carries out the following functions for the purpose of improvement of management issues of environmental and social processes:
- Initial environmental examination
- Environmental impact assessment
- Environmental management and monitoring plan
- Preparation of environmental impact assessment reports for environmental expert conclusion
- Environmental supervision during construction
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Environment
- Consultations for collection of environmental and land utilization data and preparation of reports (including reports submitted to state institutions)
- Collection and examination of environmental data
- Preparation of initial environmental examination reports
- Preparation and implementation of environmental management plans
- Preparation of environmental impact assessment documents
- Design and introduction of hazardous waste and material management systems
- Preparation of area-specific environmental management plans
- Implementation of environmental audit in organizations
- Environmental risk assessment
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Social Impacts
- Development of resettlement / land acquisition policy
- Development of resettlement / land acquisition action plans
- Preparation of documents for social impact assessment (including examination of gender-related issues)
- Development of grievance redress mechanisms
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Occupational Health and Safety
- Preparation of guidelines for occupational health and safety maintenance guidelines and reports
- Risk assessment
- Preparation of occupational health and safety management plans and procedures
- Preparation of evacuation plans and rapid emergency response programs
- Preparation of safety signs based on the nature of Client’s activity and requirements
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Monitoring and Supervision
- Preparation of monitoring plans for environmental, social, occupational health and safety maintenance during construction works
- Organization and implementation of monitoring for environmental, social, occupational health and safety maintenance during construction works
- Organization and implementation of supervision over environmental, social, occupational health and safety maintenance during construction works
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Public relations
- Preparation of public consultations plans
- Organization and implementation of public consultations, discussions and hearings
- Organization and holding of conferences, seminars and workshops
- Organization and holding of trainings for environmental, social impact (including resettlement), occupational health and safety maintenance.
Capacity Building and Training
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The main directions of institutional capacity building are the following:
- Operation and maintenance
- Human resources management
- Training
- Financial management
- Assessment of performance efficiency
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“Modul” LLC conducts the following activities for capacity building:
- Preparation of strategic and business plans
- Review of organizational structure
- Review of functions of departments
- Review and preparation of description of job responsibilities
- Preparation/review of trade policies
- Preparation of performativity indicators
- Elaboration and application of management information systems
- Development and application of asset management systems
- Development of information systems for company management
- Development of new tariffs and structures
- Development of regulatory, normative and technical documentation.
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Training
- Training and retraining of personnel in the fields of water supply, irrigation, drainage, environmental protection and technical supervision
- Training of technical staff (for water supply, drainage and irrigation engineers, designers and operators)
- Training on state-of-the-art hydraulic engineering and irrigation technologies
- Training on integrated water resource management
- Training on EIA and SEA procedures
- Training on Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Organization of seminars on water resource management and environmental issues, roundtable discussions and working meetings.