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Alternative Energy Engineering
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Alternative Energy Services
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Design
Engineering Services
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DMA
offers a wide spectrum of alternative energy engineering services that are
required to design and build your alternative energy plant. These
include engineering and project management services in the disciplines
of mechanical, electrical and controls, architectural, code compliance
and safety.
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Safety Engineering Services
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Design
is the most effective risk control method, however, a focus on hardware
alone is not enough. The training and experience of people such
as operators and maintainers coupled with their work procedures must
also be considered as these risk controls also affect the integrity of
the hardware and engineering design over the life cycle of the
facility.
DMA
believes a comprehensive risk analysis includes people, procedures,
hardware and environmental issues set within an integrated management
system framework over the life cycle of the design. We also
believe in concurrent engineering where people from construction,
operations, maintenance and disposal are involved and their issues are
identified and addressed early in the design process. Finally,
public participation in the design review process is critical for
alternative energy projects.
For
example, the DMA approach to Safety by Design is illustrated by a
recent hydrogen station project. Our approach was well received
by the United States Department of Energy Hydrogen Safety Review
Panel. It met their expectation of “beyond code compliance” and
was consistent with their document Guidance for Safety Aspects of
Proposed Hydrogen Projects August 2004.
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Equipment/Technology
Selection
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Use
the power of our experience to select the right components and
sustainable energy technologies for your alternative energy
applications. Make decisions based on reliability, cost, expandability
and efficiency.
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Transportation
& Power System Integration
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DMA
will provide a complete alternative energy system including
transportation and power system design, equipment and installation
specifications and drawings, approvals and risk analysis for your
transportation and power requirements.
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Alternative
Energy Project Management
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DMA's
alternative energy project management experts will assist you with
planning, scheduling, procurement, logistics, construction supervision,
commissioning, acceptance testing and as-built documentation. Ensure a
smooth, well executed energy project from start to finish.
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Project
Economics
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DMA
can effectively evaluate your entire sustainable energy project from an
economic perspective. Our evaluations are "life-cycle cost"
based and include government funding and tax credit opportunities that
are available for you to take advantage of.
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Funding and
Tax Credits
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Many
Alternative Energy projects are eligible for grants, tax credits or
other funding incentives. DMA will analyze the spectrum of funding
alternatives that are available to you to streamline your project
economics to the greatest degree possible.
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Liaison with
Authorities Having Jurisdiction
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We
will act as your liaison to municipal, state/provincial, federal and
international regulatory agencies to ensure that your Alternative
Energy System meets all the necessary criteria for its design,
construction and operation. Ensure your sustainable energy system
complies with all applicable codes and standards and launches
successfully.
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Public Participation
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DMA
can also provide stakeholder liaison services to ensure that your
Alternative Energy System is understood by all participants and is
delivering the results that are expected. Stakeholder liaison services
include inbound and outbound communication using all forms of media
including web-based interactive sites, call centre applications and
print-based correspondence.
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Training
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Take
advantage of our broad expertise to design your staff and system
"user" training programs. Let DMA build a training program
formatted for your specific needs including operations manuals, health
and safety procedures, maintenance manuals and emergency response
plans.
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Operations and
Maintenance
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DMA
will customize Equipment Operating and Maintenance manuals specifically
for your alternative energy system. Understand how your sustainable
energy system works and how to keep it operating smoothly.
DMA
can help you maintain your alternative fuel system through remote
monitoring. This may include real-time data acquisition, systems
monitoring and supervisory control, advanced warning detection and
predictive maintenance scheduling, customer billing and collection,
data trending and transportation and power system use analysis.
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Integrated
Management System
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Many
of our clients adhere to the ISO suite of standards: 9000 (quality),
14000 (environment) and "18000" (safety). We typically
take an Integrated Management System (IMS) approach to the preparation
of the procedures that we produce so every client can be "ISO compliant"
from the outset or at any future time the client chooses.
For
an overview of a sample Integrated Management System for an Alternative
Energy Infrastructure project 
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