Foreign and domestic companies that intend to set up major engineering projects in Brazil are subject to a series of technical and bureaucratic demands for the installation and operation of their operational units, with a significant impact on the schedule and costs.

Based on its accumulated experience, Forship has developed a range of methods and tools designed to ensure compliance with the standards and requirements applicable to major engineering projects, as defined by the Brazilian regulatory authorities.

Forship's regulatory services cover the requirements of national regulatory agencies; Maritime, Labor, Environmental and Sanitary authorities; Federal Revenue and Police, as well as Brazilian regulatory agencies.

Our typical regulatory support products and services include:

• BRC (Brazilian Regulatory Compliance) kick-off meetings, workshops and trainings
• List of applicable Brazilian rules and regulations
• Review of project and procurement documents
• Matrix of regulatory liabilities
• Identification and mitigation of regulatory risks
• Action plan for regulatory compliance
• Answering technical queries from customers and/or their contractors
• Issuing specific operating procedures
• Issuing BRC technical reports Regulatory inspections and surveys
• Support for local content
• Regulatory inspections and surveys
• Preparing for regulatory inspections by Brazilian authorities
• Provision of qualified professionals for specific activities (NR-10, NR-13 and REPETRO, among others)
• Support for contacts with Brazilian authorities

With technical and economic developments, the entities involved in major projects - designers, builders, operators, shipowners, shipyards, financial agents, insurers and governmental development organizations - face growing challenges, in proportion to the size, complexity and degree of innovation of the projects.

Forship offers the following specialized technical consulting services to support critical business decisions:

• Technical and economic feasibility studies
• Validation of business plan assumptions
• Risk and impact analysis
• Analysis of contractual documentation and support for changes and amendments
• Physical and financial monitoring of the progress of project implementation
• Evaluation and monitoring of sustainability requirements, such as the Equator Principles, IFC (International Finance Corporation) and GRI (Global Report Initiative).

Forship provides support to customers in the:

• Development and implementation of a corporate commissioning methodology, involving guidelines, procedures, practices and tools
• Development of responsibility matrices for commissioning activities
• Development of requirements and recommendations for contracting services
• Development or revision of engineering documentation
• Licensing and configuration of HMSWeb@, our Commissioning Management System
• Support for the configuration and implementation of third-party Commissioning Management Systems
• Supervision of commissioning activities
• Operability certification

Owner's engineering services make a decisive contribution to the success of the project, in the implementation or modification of industrial developments. With an experienced, multidisciplinary team and effective tools and methodologies, Forship participates in the management, execution and monitoring of key activities throughout the asset's life cycle:

• Purchase, dispatch, inventory and inspection of materials and equipment
• Support for supply chain management and logistics
• Planning and monitoring the construction process
• Planning and monitoring of Commissioning, Operation & Maintenance events, such as start-ups, shut-downs, refurbishments, sea trials and docking.