2. About SECS and Project Services
SECS LLC, is the leading independent provider of comprehensive services,
infrastructure upgrades, project management solutions, energy efficiency, and
renewable energy solutions for facilities throughout North America and internationally.
“SECS” begins every engagement with an initial “Kickoff Meeting” to establish a working
relationship with the client, discuss and agree on the scope of the engagement including
project control processes and requirements (status reporting, issues management, etc.),
and address project logistics and communication issues.
In addition to the kickoff meeting, program reviews are scheduled on a regular
basis. These point meetings are designed to ensure client satisfaction of overall
engagement quality. They allow us the opportunity to provide our clients with a status
on accomplishments during the previous period, planned activities, budget and spend
rate, issues, recommendations, advice, and insight.
Our consultants are skilled at rapidly analyzing your situation, determining the right mix
of high-value, high-impact solutions, and quickly executing the best solutions to deliver
measurable and sustainable results.
As a professional project management firm, “SECS” is committed to quality. Our
offerings are continually being refined and improved as a result of our experience on all
of our client engagements.
We leverage our research to consistently integrate industry best practice quality
standards and trends. Our consultants come equipped with the knowledge, experience,
vertical industry depth, and tools associated with the specific offering being delivered.
“SECS” has completed projects from simple process equipment installations to
complete facility builds.
A lot of our work has been based off of EEP services and audits. However, we are fully
capable of process equipment installations and building improvements. We believe any
good CAPEX project should be based off of good data and an ROI (return on
investment) projection. With that simple philosophy we have successfully completed
several compressed air system upgrades, Boiler system upgrades and process
improvements, lighting based strictly on data and validating that data.
We are also firm believers in the 5 PMI Steps:
Project Initiation
Project Planning
Project Execution
Project Monitoring and Controls
Project Closure and Lessons Learned
3. A few “SECS” Project Completions to date include:
Bimbo Bakeries (George Weston Foods)- new Thomas’s English Muffin Facility 1
million square feet
SPF- Diana 2 new warehouses and research facility, boiler house
SPF Diana- new plant Guyman, Oklahoma with process equipment
Schwan Foods- multiple plants new air compressor rooms, energy alignments,
boiler rooms, plant surveys for process improvements
Schwan Foods- product spiral and freezer rebuilds and evaluations
Schwan Foods – complete packaging lines
Northeast Foods- Spiral rebuilding management
Industrial Thermal Infrared Analysis
Vibration Analysis
Demand Management Analysis
Oven profiles and evaluations, installations
Silo installations, liquid and dry ingredient
Ingredient transfer systems
Lighting upgrades with Capex and rebates
Refrigeration control systems with full automation services via wonderware
overlays
Numerous process equipment installations from mixers to cooling conveyors and
packaging equipment
Site Contract Administration
Project Development Management
Solar Support Capabilities
Plant Construction and Buildings with Designs
Process and ancillary equipment installations and audits
Maintenance and downtime improvements CMMS systems
Process and production improvements (CAPEX Support)
Real Time Monitoring of Critical Assets
Executive to Turnkey Project Management
4. Project examples completed over past several years:
Manufacturing Plants and Industrial Building Projects:
SPF North America- 50,000 sq. ft. Pet Food facility and process equipment,
Guyman, Oklahoma 5.8 million dollars
SPF North America- 10,000 sq. ft. warehouse and equipment Hodges, Sc.
SPF North America- 2,000 sq. ft. storage warehouse and equipment Hodges, Sc.
SPF North America- 800 sq. ft. Cattery Building and equipment Hodges, Sc., 1.4
million
SPF North America- 2 – 200’ liquid silo’s installation
George Weston Bakeries- 10,000 production facility addition Orlando, Fla.,
addition and equipment
George Weston Bakeries- 600,00 Sq. Ft. Thomas’s English muffin plant Elkhart,
Indiana-67million dollar project, plant and equipment purchased purveyed and
installed
George Weston Bakeries- 8 bread and roll cooler installations
George Weston Bakeries- 6 bread and roll oven rebuilds
George Weston Bakeries- 2- muffin oven rebuilds
20 plus years of Building and equipment installations through career
Energy Savings Projects:
SPF North America – Lighting upgrades through entire warehouse 40,000 Sq. ft.
storage facility- mercury vapor lighting technology switched and replaced with
T5HO lighting upgrades. Cost $57,000.00 payback was figured for 3 yrs.
SPF North America- Office area lighting upgrades T-12 standards to T8
replacements
SPF North America- Installed two York Shipley boilers with software that
regulates the boilers to run at 75% capacity and alternate every three days from
master to slave
5. SPF North America- Dedert evaporator equipment installation- decreased drying
time and shortened gas dryer run time. $1,800,000.00 purchase price with
ancillary equipment payback was figured for 5 yrs.
SPF North America- switched plant over to time of use Duke Power rate to save
power costs. 7/24 operation with savings of $23,000.00 in first year
George Weston Bakeries- Hydraulic fluid driven conveyors and spiral bread and
roll coolers converted to VFD driven. Immediate payback in energy and
dependability.
George Weston Bakeries- VFD conversions on all motors in entire Easton, pa.
facility
George Weston Bakeries- cooling towers converted to VFD drives
George Weston Bakeries – sub metering installed to track energy usage and
curve high demand
George Weston Bakeries- infrared and vibration analysis throughout facility,
electrical panels and equipment
Holsum ButterKrust- HVAC upgrades mandated by CFR’s R-12 to 417a entire
facility and leaks repaired
Schwan Foods- Lighting upgrades
Compressed air sequencing and optimization
Flour and ingredient systems installations
"SECS" Approach to Predictive Maintenance
We now offer full service Industrial Thermal Infrared Analysis to our customers for
electrical and HVAC inspections. Get those 480 Volt panels inspected regularly
and reduce your reactive maintenance downtime. Thermal imaging is the next
wave of new technology that we can offer our customer base.
Vibration analysis is another full service offering to our customers. Reactive
maintenance to proactive maintenance lower that downtime. Appointments are
being scheduled now!
6. “SECS” Approach To PMO
The design and implementation services consist of three distinct tasks, including:
Engineering & Design:
SECS’ design team will take the accepted project selected by your company for
implementation and create a final design. This will include design sketches as may
be required to convey the scope of the project, equipment selections, and scopes of
work sufficient to provide investment-grade cost estimates. All design documents will
be submitted to your company for review and approval prior to ordering of equipment
and beginning construction.
Construction Management & On-site Supervision:
Following the results created through the design and engineering effort, SECS will
competitively price all equipment; competitively solicit and hire local, qualified
subcontractors; and construct and commission the project. A minimum of three bids
for equipment and installation will be solicited where possible. SECS will assure
successful project implementation by maintaining an open and regular line of
communications with the plant, providing careful coordination, and through on-site
construction supervision. An SECS project manager will be assigned to each
individual project and be the prime point of contact with your company for all local
construction activities. The site-specific project manager’s role is to coordinate and
communicate all implementation efforts from design, through procurement and
construction, to commissioning and final turnover to your company at a project level,
while the program manager will have overall responsibility for delivering a timely and
uniform product to your company across all plants and communicating and reporting
to your company on a corporate or programmatic level on a regular basis.
Commissioning/M&V/Training/Closeout:
To assure that the installed measures meet the intent of the customer and design
documents, all installed equipment and or buildings will be fully commissioned by
SECS’ engineers, with support as necessary by the installing subcontractors and
equipment vendors. Depending on the measures, this might also entail pre- and
post- retrofit measurement of performance parameters (e.g. motor wattage, boiler
efficiency) above and beyond the validation services provided by data collection
services to confirm any projected energy savings. SECS will also train local facility
operations staff as necessary in the proper use and maintenance of the installed
equipment to assure a seamless turnover to your company and project closeout.
7. The cost for the design and installation services will be structured on an hourly or
package cost-plus basis, and shall include all project direct costs, namely, materials,
subcontracted labor, and bonding, if required; SECS’ professional services, including,
but not limited to, engineering, project management, commissioning, measurement and
verification, energy management and training, priced at the labor rates negotiated, plus
travel expenses, per diem and other reimbursable expenses. The labor rates negotiated
are straight rates and we can provide services on a per project basis as needed. Travel
expenses are billed outside labor rates Net 30 days where as possible and or agreed.
Project reimbursable expenses will be charged only as agreed by your company.
“SECS” Approach To Energy
SECS integrated products and services are delivered using an innovative process that
maximizes energy and carbon reductions through financially compelling solutions.
Whether SECS is designing a refrigeration controls system for a dairy processing
facility, constructing a solar system thru its partnerships for a medical products
manufacturer, or implementing an enterprise-wide industrial energy management
program for a Fortune 500 company, SECS delivers the right information – at the right
time – to enable decisions that improve energy efficiency, reduce cost, and achieve
sustainability goals.
