Specifics of Front-End Engineering and Design in Industrial Modernization
The article is devoted to distinguishing characteristics of setting the tasks, composition and volume of front-end engineering and design in the process of industrial modernization or reengineering. The specifics of front-end engineering and preparatory measures are compared from the perspective of defining the structure and scale of revamp transformations. Organizational links are established between the tasks of front-end engineering analysis, the structure of design solutions and the planning of construction operations. Dependencies are determined between the parameters of revamped facilities, their technical condition, wear, structure and content of design solutions. The author proposes some classifications of front-end engineering and design measures influencing the mechanism, timelines and terms of this process, revealing their hierarchy. By applying these classifications one can get a certain social and economic effect in the period of preparation for construction operations. Also highlighted are the specifics of collecting source data for design in situations related to integrated industrial redevelopment or regeneration. Briefly described are survey methods most often used in industrial reengineering; also disclosed are the structure and objectives of the survey of territories adjacent to renovated buildings, found in most case studies of industrial reengineering in respect of industrial facilities located inside the established urban development areas. The article highlights the survey and assessment of existing industrial site improvements and establishes the link between the established conditions of an integrated industrial territory, its functionality, stages and criteria of choosing architectural-construction solutions and technologies used in subsequent construction operations. Also described are issues related to high-profile industrial facilities and engineering structures that are of even greater importance at the time of revamping. The functionality, scale and architectural-construction solutions of such facilities are even more diverse than the typology of industrial facilities. A special consideration is given to front-end engineering and design related to industrial clusters located within the same territory. Briefly disclosed is the compositional challenge in the process of reengineering.