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Engineering 

Classical engineering forms the basis of modern society, where both new buildings and alterations to existing infrastructure or buildings call for high levels of technical skills.
Welfare depends on good infrastructure, buildings, production and utilities such as energy and water. 

Today, it is more complex than ever to deliver the community's large services, construction and infrastructure projects.

The challenges are especially significant when the company, treatment plant, CHP plant, hospital, motorway, tunnel or harbour still need to be in operation while an extension is being built. When COWI provides consultancy services, we follow the building process from first idea to final operation and ensure interaction between the complex, the environment and surrounding community.


Application examples in specialist fields

Construction management:

Execution, building logistics, site layout, building finance

Computer science:

SW development, preliminary analysis, system design, programming, testing, implementation, office systems, decision support systems, real-time systems

Decommissioning:

Phasing out, deterioration, dismantling, shutdown

Operation and maintenance:

Operating plans, maintenance plans, analysis of faults and consequences, facilities management, spares optimisation

Energy management:

Energy management, energy-saving, energy accounting

Logistics:

Supply logistics, transport planning, forwarding, industrial logistics

Risk management and safety management:

Process safety, leaks and spread, fire and explosions, stand-by and reliability,  accessibility, safety of machinery, transport and traffic safety