In accordance with Seller’s instructions will be safe and appropriate for the purpose for which items of that kind are normally used. Seller warrants that such items or services or both will be fit for the purpose set forth in this Contract. Seller’s warranty will survive Buyer’s inspection, testing, acceptance and use. Seller’s warranty runs to Buyer and its successors and assigns. Upon notice from Buyer, Seller will replace or correct defects of any nonconforming items or services or both, promptly and without expense to Buyer. If Seller fails promptly to correct defects in, or to replace, nonconforming items or services or both, Buyer, after reasonable notice to Seller, may make such corrections or replace such items and services and charge Seller for the reasonable costs of doing so. All these obligations will survive the termination of this Purchase Order.
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The warranties of this paragraph 7 will continue for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of Buyer’s initial commercial operation or production using the Seller’s furnished equipment but not more than eighteen (18) months from the date of delivery of the equipment (unless Buyer elects to use Seller’s maintenance program in which even the warranties will continue for twenty-four (24) months from initial operation but not more than thirty (30) months from the date of delivery) provided that:
(a) the equipment is installed in accordance with Seller’s specifications and instructions and is used and maintained normally and properly in accordance with Seller’s instructions as to maintenance and operation, set forth in written operation and maintenance manuals and instruction sheets furnished by Seller;
(b) the equipment is used for processing feed stock consistent with the feed stock characteristics and using the
utilities and chemicals set forth in Seller’s proposal or elsewhere in this Contract;
(c) the equipment has not been changed without the prior written approval of Seller;
(d) Buyer gives prompt written notice to Seller before the end of the warranty period specifying all alleged defects in the equipment purchased; and
(e) Buyer preserves and turns over to Seller and permits reasonable inspection by Seller of all allegedly
defective equipment, parts or items and access to the equipment to observe its startup, operation and maintenance.
This warranty shall not cover (i) any equipment furnished by Buyer or any third party (other than a subcontractor of Seller), (ii) any defects arising from corrosion, abrasion, use of unsuitable lubricants, or negligent attendance or faulty operation, (iii) ordinary wear and tear, or (iv) any defects caused by errors on the part of the Buyer in not providing suitable premises in which the equipment is to be located, adequate foundation works, or adequate protection against influences within or outside the premises which may affect the equipment, or its operation. Notwithstanding the warranty set forth above, Seller shall not warrant any equipment, where the vendor of such equipment (other than Seller and including, without limitation, the designated Standard Equipment Vendors) is specified by Buyer, for a period longer than warranted by the vendor.
UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY STATED IN ANY DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO THIS PURCHASE ORDER, THIS WARRANTY OF MATERIAL AND WORKMANSHIP IS THE ONLY WARRANTY MADE BY SELLER AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND SELLER DISCLAIMS ON BEHALF OF ITSELF, ITS SUBCONTRACTORS AND SUBSUPPLIERS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE (OTHER THAN THE PURPOSE STATED IN THE BUYER’S SPECIFICATIONS OR THIS CONTRACT), SUITABILITY OR PERFORMANCE. No other promise or affirmation of fact (including, but not limited to, statements regarding capacity or performance of the equipment) shall constitute a warranty of Seller or give rise to any liability or obligation on the part of Seller.
8.Technical Support.Seller shall provide appropriate and trained technical support throughout the Project and the warranty period as necessary to ensure proper installation, commissioning, and use of all equipment and materials purchased by Buyer. Seller shall provide three sets of operator’s manual, three sets of maintenance manual, and three sets of OEM manual, and shall provide training to Buyer’s employees or representatives in the proper operation of the equipment or system.
9.License.Seller warrants that it owns or has the right to use all intellectual property, technology, and processes, including computer software, necessary to perform its obligations under this Purchase Order, including without limitation the manufacture, delivery, installation, and operation of the plant, equipment, goods, or system for use by Buyer, without conflict with the rights of others. Seller further warrants that it has the right to sublicense all intellectual property, technology, and processes to operate the plant, equipment, goods, or systems and hereby assigns and transfers to Buyer the right and license to use any such intellectual property, technology, processes and software, including third-party software or firmware, used to operate the plant equipment, goods, or system supplied to Buyer other than Seller’s proprietary software, which Seller licenses Buyer to use solely for the operation and maintenance of the equipment or system purchased from Seller under this Purchase Order.
10. Indemnification.Seller will defend and indemnify Buyer against all damages, liabilities, claims, losses and expenses (including attorneys’ and witnesses’ fees and litigation costs) to the extent arising or resulting in any way from any defect in the items or services or both purchased hereunder or from any negligent or intentional act or omission of Seller and its agents, employees and subcontractors. This indemnification is in addition to Seller’s warranty obligations. Buyer shall use, and shall train and require its employees to use all safely devices, guards, and proper safe operating and maintenance procedures as prescribed by all applicable laws, rules, regulations, codes and standards and as set forth in operating and maintenance manuals and instruction sheets furnished by Seller. Buyer shall not remove or modify any safety device, guard or warning sign. If the Buyer fails to strictly observe any of the obligations set forth in the preceding two sentences with regard to any of Seller’s equipment, Buyer agrees to defend Seller against, and indemnify and save Seller harmless from, any claim, liability or obligation (including the costs and attorneys’ fees of any suit or claims related thereto) incurred by Seller to the extent of persons being injured or property being damaged directly or indirectly as a result of such failure. Buyer also agrees to indemnify and save Seller harmless from, any claim, liability or obligation incurred by Seller to the extent resulting from persons being injured or property being damaged due to use of Seller equipment for materials or products not specified in the Purchase Order or use of non-original replacement parts not specifically authorized in writing by Seller or due to changes in the Seller equipment made by Buyer without Seller’s specific written authorization.
11. Insurance.Seller will maintain the following insurance coverage, and agrees that such insurance will not be terminated until the work is completed and accepted by Buyer.
(a) Statutory Workers’ Compensation Insurance, including Employer’s Liability Insurance with per occurrence coverage of at least $1,000,000.
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(b) Commercial General Liability Insurance, including Contractor’s Protective and Completed Operations, covering bodily injury and property damage with a combined single limit of $1,000,000.
(c) Commercial Automobile Personal Injury Liability and Property Damage Liability Insurance covering owned and non-owned vehicles with a combined single limit of $1,000,000.
(d) Excess/Umbrella Insurance, with a limit of $25,000,000 per occurrence and aggregate.
(e) All-Risk insurance. Seller shall obtain and provide, at its sole cost, all-risk insurance with insurers acceptable to Buyer in the amount of the Total Purchase Price, naming the Buyer as an additional insured and a loss payee, and providing for payment to the Seller and Buyer as their respective interests may appear. The insurance shall protect against all risks until transfer of title to Buyer.
Seller will furnish upon request Certificates of Insurance evidencing the above coverages, which shall provide that such coverages will not be canceled or materially reduced without thirty (30) days prior written notice to Buyer. Seller will name Buyer as an additional insured on the Comprehensive General Liability policy. All of the insurance to be furnished by Seller shall apply as primary insurance without any right of contribution by any insurance that may be carried by Buyer.
12.Controlled Insurance Program.Buyer is investigating the implementation of a controlled insurance program, including the types and limits of insurance coverages, loss control program, and claim procedures to receive a savings in the overall insurance cost for the Project and other benefits from a controlled insurance program. Seller agrees to amend this Purchase Order, including compensation, to participate in a controlled insurance program if such a program is implemented by Buyer.
13. Patents.Seller will indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and its agents from any patent or similar proceedings based on items or services or both sold by Seller hereunder, including, without limitation, claims for alleged patent or copyright infringement and claims arising from similarity in design, trademark or appearance of items or services or both furnished hereunder; provided, however, that such indemnity does not include any infringement resulting from the use of Seller’s items on Buyer’s particular products or in connection with Buyers particular process not specified by Seller. This obligation to indemnify and hold harmless will extend to all expenses, losses, royalties, lost profits and damages (including, without limitation, litigation costs, attorneys’ and witnesses’ fees and settlement payments) resulting from any such suit or proceeding, threatened or brought. Upon receipt of notice from Buyer, Seller promptly will assume full responsibility to defend and to resolve any such suit or proceeding brought or threatened against Buyer and its agents. Seller will notify Buyer in writing of the selection of counsel for any such suit or proceeding, and will change counsel upon Sellers receipt, within 3 business days of Buyer’s written notice specifying Buyer’s good faith reasons for objecting. Buyer, at its option and expense, may be represented by, and actively participate through, its own counsel in any such suit or proceeding; Seller’s counsel will cooperate fully with Buyer’s counsel in such event. All these obligations will survive the termination of this Purchase Order.
14.Inspection; Rejection.Payment for the items or services or both will not constitute acceptance of the goods or services provided by Buyer. Seller will not substitute any items or services or both without Buyer’s prior written approval. Buyer may count, test and inspect all items and services furnished hereunder and reject any such items and services which are in excess of quantities ordered, defective or nonconforming. All or part of such rejected items may be returned at Seller’s expense, including, without limitation, all transportation and handling costs. All or part of such rejected services may be replaced or completed at Seller’s expense. Nothing in this Purchase Order will relieve Seller from its obligations of testing, inspection and quality control.
15. Payment.Payment may be withheld, in whole or in part, to protect Buyer from loss on account of the following: a) defective equipment, materials, or work of Seller, which is not remedied; b) claims filed by third parties relating to the Seller’s work on the Project; or c) physical property damage to the Buyer or another person or entity caused by Seller or Seller’s subcontractors or material suppliers.
16.Acceptance and Final Payment.Upon final completion and acceptance of the Seller’s work, Seller shall submit an Invoice for Final Payment, which shall be accompanied by (a) all manuals or operations books or similar information, (b) as built drawings of Seller’s work, and (c) properly executed final lien waiver and release from Seller. Buyer shall make final payment to Seller within thirty days of receipt of the Invoice for Final Payment, together will all attachments, and Buyer’s final acceptance, including commissioning and training.
17. Confidentiality; Buyer’s Property.Seller will consider all information furnished by Buyer to be confidential and will not disclose any such information to any other person without Buyer’s prior written consent. All plans, specifications, and other data furnished by Buyer will remain the property of Buyer and will be used by Seller only in performing this Purchase Order. These duties of confidentiality and nondisclosure also extend to drawings, specifications, and other documents prepared by Seller specifically in connection with this Purchase Order. Seller will not disclose the fact of this Purchase Order or any other information relating to it without Buyer’s prior written consent.
All drawings, notebooks, operating data, specifications, and other information, data and material (whether orally disclosed, printed, handwritten, typed, numerically or computer generated, computer stored, or otherwise) furnished to Buyer by either Seller or any of its subcontractors or subsuppliers shall remain the proprietary and confidential property of Seller or the subcontractor or subsuppliers, respectively, and shall be used by Buyer only with respect to the work covered by the Purchase Order and the operation, maintenance and repair of the equipment supplied by Seller under the Purchase Order and shall not be used by Buyer in connection with any other project or for any other purpose. Such proprietary and confidential information and data shall not be knowingly shown or otherwise made available to any third party at any time without Seller’s prior written consent, nor shall any third party be permitted to reverse engineer, measure or otherwise technically examine or test Seller’s equipment without Sellers prior written consent, Any such proprietary and confidential information which Buyer determines must be disclosed to its employees or others, shall only be disclosed to its employees or others on a need-to-know basis for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the equipment provided under the Purchase Order. Intellectual property or patent rights which may be obtained on the basis of the information given or made available to Buyer under the Purchase Order or with respect to Seller’s equipment shall remain the exclusive property of Seller or its subcontractor and/or subsupplier respectively.
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All these obligations will survive the termination of this Purchase Order. Buyer shall be entitled to specific enforcement, including injunctive relief, of this provision in any court of competent jurisdiction.
18.Delays. Either party may delay delivery and/or acceptance occasioned by causes beyond its control and without its fault or negligence. At Buyer’s direction, Seller will hold items or services or both and will deliver them when the cause effecting the delay has been removed, and in the event of such a delay in performance at Buyer’s direction, Buyer will be responsible only for Seller’s direct additional costs in holding items or in delaying performance of services. Seller will not be liable to Buyer for delays caused by any of Seller’s subcontractors and occasioned by causes beyond the control of both Seller and its subcontractors, unless the materials or services were obtainable elsewhere in time for Seller to meet the delivery schedule for goods or services or both. Seller will notify Buyer in writing within 10 days after the beginning of any such cause. Causes beyond the control of either party will include, without limitation government action or failure of the government to act where such action is required, strike or other labor trouble, fire, and unusually severe weather.
19.Other Agreements. Buyer will enter into other Purchase Orders and service agreements in connection with this Project. Seller agrees to cooperate with and afford other vendors, suppliers, and contractors reasonable opportunity for the execution of their work and shall properly connect and coordinate its work and their work. Seller shall be liable for any physical damage that it, its agents or employees may cause to the property of any other vendor, supplier, or contractors, and shall hold Buyer harmless from such damage.
20.Compliance with Laws. Seller will comply with all federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to the performance of this Purchase Order; provided that:
(a) if any such federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, regulations, codes or standards are changed, or if new laws, regulations, codes or standards or interpretations thereof are enacted or adopted subsequent to the date of the Purchase Order, which require a change in Seller’s equipment or work, an equitable adjustment shall be made to the Purchase Order price, delivery schedule and payment terms; and
(b) Seller does not guarantee any compliance with, nor will Seller incur any liability for failure of the equipment or work to comply with, any federal, state or local pollution control, effluent or utility control laws, rules, regulations, codes or standards; provided, however, that Seller will comply with any specific equipment emission guarantees which form part of the Purchase Order.
21.Equal Opportunity Employer. Seller is an Equal Opportunity Employer in compliance with Executive Order 11246; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 503, the regulations at 41 C.F.R. 60-741.4 and Executive Order 11758; the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Section 402 and the regulations at 41 C.F.R. 60-250.4; and Title 38 of the United States Code, Section 2012, and Executive Order 11701; all as amended. Unless this Purchase Order is exempted under Section 201 of Executive Order 11246, as amended, paragraphs (1) through (7) of the Equal Opportunity Clause in Section 202 of Executive Order 11246, as amended, are incorporated herein by reference. Seller shall comply with all similar requirements and obligations imposed by Iowa law.
22.Changes. Buyer, by a signed written order, may notify Seller of changes in the terms of purchase of the items or services or both purchased hereunder. If any such changes increase or decrease Seller’s costs under this Purchase Order or change the date of delivery, the price or the delivery date or both will be adjusted accordingly, and this Purchase Order will be so modified in writing. All other modifications to this Purchase Order may be made only in a writing signed by both parties.
23. Remedies. The rights and remedies reserved in this Purchase Order are cumulative and additional to all other or further rights and remedies provided at law, in equity or in this Purchase Order, but are expressly subject to the limitations and disclaimers of these Standard Terms and Conditions.
24.Insolvency. If any proceeding is started by or against Seller in bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency or for the appointment of a receiver or for any assignment for the benefit of creditors, Buyer may terminate this Purchase Order without further liability except for conforming deliveries previously made.
25.Integration. The terms and conditions of this Purchase Order and all other documents referenced on its face constitute the entire agreement between the parties.
26.Independent Contractor. Seller, its subcontractors, employees or agents are independent contractors for all purposes and at all times. Buyer will incur no responsibility or obligation to employees, agents, subcontractors or other parties used by Seller to perform this Purchase Order. Such person or parties will, at all times, remain employees, agents or subcontractors (whichever is applicable) of Seller. Seller is solely responsible for payment of wages, salaries, fringe benefits and other compensation of, or claimed by, Seller’s employees and is responsible for all payroll taxes. Seller is also solely responsible for compliance with applicable Workers’ Compensation laws with respect to maintenance of workers’ compensation coverages on Seller’s employees. Seller will indemnify and defend Buyer from all claims by any person, government or agency relating to payment of taxes and benefits, including without limitation, any penalties and interest which may be assessed against Buyer. Seller will similarly indemnify and defend Buyer from all claims by any person or governmental agency which arise directly or indirectly from any failure by Seller to comply with applicable Workers’ Compensation laws with respect to maintenance of Workers’ Compensation coverage on Seller’s employees.
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27.General Conditions.The terms and conditions of this Purchase Order bind Buyer and Seller and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, Seller may not assign this Purchase Order or any moneys due or becoming due to Seller hereunder without the prior written consent of Buyer. Buyer’s waiver of any term or condition will not constitute a waiver of any other term or condition or breach. If any part of this Purchase Order is invalid, the remaining terms and conditions will continue in full force and effect.
28.Negotiation. The parties will attempt in good faith to resolve through negotiation any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to this Purchase Order. Either party may initiate negotiations by providing written notice in letter form to the either party, setting forth the subject of the dispute and the relief requested. The recipient of such notice will respond in writing within ten days with a statement of its position on and recommended solution to the dispute. If the dispute is not resolved by this exchange of correspondence, then representatives of each party with full settlement authority shall meet at mutually agreeable time and place within twenty days of the date of the initial notice in order to exchange relevant information and to attempt to resolve the dispute. Seller shall continue to perform in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Purchase Order during the pendency of any dispute, including arbitration.
29. Binding Arbitration. All claims or disputes between Buyer and Seller arising out of or relating to this Purchase Order or a breach of this Purchase Order, shall be decided by arbitration in accordance with the Construction Industry Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The parties designate New York, New York as the Hearing locale. Any arbitration arising out of or relating to this Purchase Order may include, by consolidation, joinder or in any other manner, an additional person or entity not a party to this Purchase Order, so long as such additional person or entity is an architect/engineer, contractor/subcontractor, construction manager, supplier or laborer, or any agent paid directly by Buyer, or is a party to a contract to furnish goods or perform work or services on the Project or at the site. Buyer shall be entitled to a court order staying any legal proceedings brought by Seller to enforce any rights or remedies Seller may have under federal or state law, including but not limited to state mechanic’s lien laws, pending the final completion of any arbitration proceeding. The Arbitrator’s decision, judgment, or award shall be consistent with the remedies provided herein; provided, however, the Arbitrator may not award punitive damages. The award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and binding, and judgment may be entered upon it in accordance with applicable law in any Court having jurisdiction. This agreement to arbitrate shall be specifically enforceable in accordance with applicable law in any court having jurisdiction.
31.Notices. Any notices or formal communications required by this Purchase Order to be sent to the addresses below (or such other address as either party may designate in a written notice to the other party):
Buyer:
Seller: The address on the front of the Purchase Order.
All notices shall be sent certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent via a nationally recognized delivery service that obtains a signature upon delivery (UPS, Federal Express, etc.).
32.Governing Law.Iowa STATE LAW WILL GOVERN THIS PURCHASE ORDER, except to the extent such laws would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Iowa.
33.Damages. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Purchase Order to the contrary:
(a) Seller’s and its subcontractors’ and subsuppliers’ aggregate responsibility and liability, whether arising out of contract or tort or any other legal context or theory, including negligence and strict liability, under the Purchase Order, including, but not limited to all claims for breach of any warranty or guarantee, failure of performance or delay in performance by Seller or performance or non-performance of the purchased equipment shall not exceed 100% of the Purchase Order price for the purchased equipment provided however, that this limitation of liability does not apply to any liability of Seller for (i) direct damages claimed by Buyer for accidental physical property damage to Buyer’s property (other than damage to equipment supplied by Seller) or damage to any product resulting from Seller’s negligence or willful misconduct, or (ii) damages claimed by third parties for personal injury or accidental physical property damage caused by Seller’s negligent acts or omissions for all of which (i) and (ii) Seller will be liable in the aggregate for not more than $5,000,000.
(b) In no event shall either party, or its subcontractors or subsuppliers be liable in contract or in tort or under any other legal context or theory, including negligence and strict liability, for any special, indirect, incidental or consequential damages of any kind or character, including, but not limited to, loss of use of productive facilities or equipment, costs of product recall, plant downtime, damage to or loss of product, chemicals, catalysts, feedstock or other raw materials, loss of revenues or profits or loss under purchases or contracts made in reliance on the performance or non-performance of the purchased equipment, whether suffered by Buyer or Seller or any third party, or for any loss or damage to the extent arising out of the negligence of the other party, its employees or agents or any third party.
This limitation shall not apply to restrict or limit any available insurance.
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Addendum A-2
Performance Warranty & Testing
Pretreatment Section - Soy Energy
March 12, 2007
The following information forms the basis for performance testing and certifying the pretreatment section of the Soy Energy facility.
This information does not apply to the testing and certification of the Biodiesel section of the facility. For that section, Addendum A-1 is included in the EPC contract.
In this document, the term contract value refers to the financial value of the equipment purchase between Cimbria SKET and Bratney Co.
In the following,“SELLER” is defined as Cimbria SKET working in conjunction with its U.S. agent, Bratney Company. Conversely,“BUYER” refers to the Soy Energy owner/Board of Directors organization.
Performance Testing
As condition for a handing over/taking over of the plant, theSELLER has to carry out a performance test of the pretreatment unit.
For such a performance test, theBUYER has to provide continuously all necessary raw materials and utilities as listed in sufficient quality and quantity as to enable theSELLER to carry out the start-up and commissioning of the pretreatment unit.
The Performance Test Run has to be carried out over a period of 48 hours during continuous operation of the unit under the direction of theSELLER’s engineers and the presence and assistance of theBUYER’s operators and staff.
The detailed conditions for the Performance Test Run will be agreed to between bothBUYER andSELLER three (3) days in advance and will be recorded in a separate protocol.
If the quality, quantity and consumption figures mentioned below are achieved during the 48 hours continuous operation, the Performance Test will be declared as fulfilled and bothBUYER andSELLER will sign the Acceptance Certification within five (5) working days.
If the Performance test will not meet the requirements under the fault of theSELLER, theSELLER has the right to repeat the test.
The time to repeat such a test and other conditions shall be mutually agreed upon between theBUYER and theSELLER under consideration of the actual situation at the plant site.
TheSELLER is obliged to take all necessary measures to repeat such a Performance Test as quickly as possible and theBUYER has to give his support as being necessary for the performance test.
Performance Warranty and Penalties
TheSELLER shall be liable for the processing capacity of the unit, the quality of the final products as well as for the consumption of utilities (total electrical power, total process steam, total water consumption, total phosphoric consumption, total consumption of sodium hydroxide) according to listing below under the condition that theBUYER provide sufficient quantity and quality of vegetable oil and utilities as specified below.
The Performance Warranty is only valid in connection with the conditions as mentioned below.
Should, however, the quality of final products, the processing capacity and the consumption of utilities not attain required levels, and theSELLER is responsible for that, theSELLER is obliged to repair or replace at his choice those parts of the unit which cause the insufficient character of the unit.
Should the plant not reach the contracted and guaranteed parameters theSELLER has to pay liquidated damages (penalties) as follows:
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1. | Quality of the final products |
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| If the Plant does not reach the contracted quality of the final products (technically refined vegetable oil; degummed and deacidified) under responsibility of theSELLER, theSELLER is obliged to take immediately all necessary measures to bring the unit into successful operation. |
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| TheSELLER is obliged to repair or replace at his choice those parts of the Plant which cause the insufficient quality of the contracted final product. |
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| TheSELLER has to bear all costs for the necessary modifications and theSELLER will not get the Acceptance Certificate fromBUYER before reaching the contracted final oil quality. |
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| Should the Plant not be able to produce technically refined vegetable oil according to the contracted and specified quality as mentioned therein, and theSELLER is responsible for that fault, then theBUYER shall have the right to negotiate with theSELLER the conditions to hire a third company to bring the plant into proper operation. |
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2. | Deficiency in processing capacity for refining |
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| Liquidated damage to be paid by theSELLER for non-achievement of the guaranteed processing capacity of *** (accepted tolerance *** means minimum acceptable processing capacity is *** tpd) feedstock to the unit shall be ***% of the total contract price of the plant for each ton of not achieved processing capacity less than *** tpd up to a maximum amount of ***% of the total contract value. |
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| Should under responsibility of theSELLER the processing capacity of the Unit being less than *** tpd, then theSELLER is obliged to repair or to replace within *** (***) months the equipment or the process line which cause the problem. TheSELLER shall bear the costs for such measures. |
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3. | Utility consumption |
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| Should during the performance test run (48 hours) the plant does not reach the contracted and guaranteed parameters for consumption of the following, |
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| theSELLER has to pay liquidated damages (penalties) as follows: |
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| In case of higher consumption figures for the above mentioned utilities over a tolerance of +/-5% (valid for each of the above mentioned utilities), and as stated below, theSELLER shall pay to theBUYER liquidated damages. |
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| The value of these liquidated damages shall be calculated as the absolute total extra costs related to one year operation. |
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| The liquidated damages shall be paid as one single payment only. |
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| If the consumption figures in aggregate are favorable to theBUYER, thenSELLER will be paid 50% of this annual savings as a “Performance Bonus” |
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| The costs for increased consumption and the profit for decreased consumption of the above listed utilities shall be balanced against each other. The cost of these individual materials and utilities on a per unit basis will be agreed to by bothSELLER andBUYER prior to the test. |
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| Only when this balance calculation results in extra costs, theBUYER shall have the right to claim from theSELLER the payment of those extra costs related to one year of operation as liquidated damages. |
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| In order to calculate the costs, the actual market prices for the utilities on the day of the performance test shall be used. |
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| The costs for increased consumption and the profit for decreased consumption of utilities or a higher production rate of refined oil can be balanced against each other. |
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| The total amount of liquidated damages to be paid by theSELLER to theBUYER for deficiency in processing capacity and in utility consumption is limited to a maximum amount of 5% of the total contract price. |
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| If theSELLER has paid liquidated damages according to this Addendum to theBUYER, or in case a successful Performance Test Run should not be possible due to reasons not attributable to theSELLER within six (6) months after the completion of erection, latest however within 22 months after the Beginning of Performance of the Contract, the plant shall be considered as accepted and the Acceptance Certificate shall be issued. |
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Conditions for the Validity of the Performance Warranty
The Performance Warranty as given by theSELLER for the unit is only valid whenall of the below mentioned conditions have been fulfilled:
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A) | The equipment for the process line has been supplied by theSELLER. The locally supplied portion of the unit and the side systems to be delivered under the responsibility of theBUYER has been checked by theSELLER and has been found in conformity with the conditions and stipulations in this contract. |
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B) | The quality and quantity of the feed material meets all of the below mentioned parameters of the crude oil specification listed below and enables a continuous and uninterrupted operation of the unit. |
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C) | The quality and quantity of the utilities meets the specification listed below and enables a continuous and uninterrupted operation of the unit. |
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D) | The erection works of the unit have been supervised by the specialized engineers of theSELLER. |
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E) | The direction of commissioning of the erected unit has been carried out by the engineers of theSELLER and with support of educated and experienced staff of theBUYER. The staff of theBUYER has to follow and carry out all instructions as given by the specialists of theSELLER. |
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F) | The project conditions at the time of signing the contract have not been changed or theBUYER has informed theSELLER about changes/modifications with the acceptance of theSELLER. |
The Performance Warranty (quality, capacity, consumption of electrical power, process water, process steam, sodium hydroxide, phosphoric acid) becomes automatically null and void if one of the above mentioned conditions have not been fulfilled and theBUYER is responsible for that.
In principle, the operation of the plant with other types of crude vegetable oils and utilities not in conformity with the types mentioned in this contract is possible, but only under the condition that theSELLER will not be held responsible for any faults or damages of the unit.
Specification of Feed Materials used for Performance Tests
The unit design allows the processing ofmax. *** tpd of crude soybean oil
Crude/water degummed soybean oil (usual in trade) quality
As basis for process guarantee and plant performance testing
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Temperature | | Above ***° C (***° F) |
Pressure | | *** - *** bar g |
Free fatty acids | | max. ***% |
Phosphatides | | max. *** ppm (as P) |
MIU | | max. ***% |
Polymere content | | max. ***% |
Solvent content (hexane) | | max. *** ppm (measured as flash point) |
Closed up flash point | | up to ***°C (Pensky-Martin method) |
Filterable solid matter | | max. ***% (by weight) |
Total sulphur content | | £ *** ppm |
Soap content | | £ *** ppm |
Wax content | | non detectible |
Peroxide value | | max. *** meq/l |
Oxidation stability | | min. *** h |
Liquid at ***°C | | |
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ADDENDUM A-2 |
*** Confidential material redacted and filed separately with the Commission.
Fatty Acid Composition (typical for soybean oil with a tolerance of +/- 5% related to each content)
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C 16:0 | | *** - ***% |
C 18:0 | | *** - ***% |
C 18:1 | | *** - ***% |
C 18:2 | | *** - ***% |
C 18:3 | | *** - ***% |
C 20:0 | | *** - ***% |
C 20:1 | | *** - ***% |
Animal fats (such as tallow) may be processed successfully by the unit (not used as a basis for performance testing or process warranty certification). Acceptable quality limits of such materials are:
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Temperature | | above ***°C (***°F) |
Pressure | | *** - *** bar g |
Free fatty acids (ffa-content) | | £ ***% |
Phosphatides | | £ *** ppm (as P) |
Insoluble impurities | | *** - ***% |
Moisture and volatile matters | | *** - ***% |
Unsaponifiables | | *** - ***% |
Total sulfate content | | £ ***% (by weight) |
Soap content: | | £ *** ppm |
Polymere content | | £ ***% |
Filterable solid matter | | £ ***% (by weight) |
Total sulphur content | | £ *** ppm |
Peroxide value | | £ *** meq/l |
Iodine value | | *** - *** |
Oxidation stability | | ³ *** h |
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*** Confidential material redacted and filed separately with the Commission.
Typical fatty acid composition (for tallow with a tolerance of +/- 5% related to each content)
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- C-14-0 | | (Myristic) | | ***% |
- C-14-1 | | (Myristoleic) | | ***% |
- C-16-0 | | (Palmitic) | | ***% |
- C-16-1 | | (Palmitoleic) | | ***% |
- C-17 | | (Margaric) | | ***% |
- C-18-0 | | (Stearic) | | ***% |
- C-18-1 | | (Oleic) | | ***% |
- C-18-2 | | (Linoleic) | | ***% |
- C-18-3 | | (Linolenic) | | ***% |
- C-20-0 | | (Arachidic) | | ***% |
- unsaturated/saturated ratio | | | | ***% |
The processing of other types of oil is possible but in this case the specification of the degummed oil and the consumption of utilities will change.
Final Products - Final Vegetable Oil Quality
The refining unit is capable of producing in regular continuous operation degummed and deacidified oils/fats in a quality as listed below
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- ffa content | | max ***% | | |
- phosphatides | | max. *** ppm (as P) | | The quality analysis has to be carried out by an official laboratory and according to the official AOCS methods; otherwise the result of the analysis is not acceptable and not binding for the process guarantee.SELLER is able to use certified labs outside the |
- moisture | | max. ***% | |
- peroxide value | | max. *** meq/kg | |
- impurities | | max. ***% | |
provided process unit lab as needed. | | | | |
This ‘refined’ oil is thus suitable for use as a feedstock into the Biodiesel unit.
Utilities Specifications
Proper operation of the pretreatment unit is contingent on utilities as listed below being supplied bySELLER andBUYER (in the case of steam) in the required quality and quantities.
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ADDENDUM A-2 |
*** Confidential material redacted and filed separately with the Commission.
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Steam (saturated, dry) | | pressure | | *** bar g for vacuum systems |
| | pressure | | *** bar g for process steam |
| | to be free from solid matter | | |
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Electric power | | 3 phase AC | | |
| | service voltage: | | *** |
| | admissible variations: | | voltage: ***% |
| | | | frequency ***% |
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Treated water | | fresh water (city water) | | |
| | degree of hardness: | | max. ***° dH (hardness stabilized) |
| | pH value: | | *** - *** |
| | pressure: | | *** bar (abs.) |
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Cooling water | | temperature (to Plant) | | ***° F (max. ***° F) |
| | temperature (from Plant) | | ***° F (max. ***° F) |
| | temperature increase | | *** K |
| | supply pressure | | min. *** bar |
| | carbonate hardness | | < ***° dH equal to |
| | | | < *** mg *** |
| | total salt content | | < *** mg/l |
| | chloride content | | < *** mg/l |
| | pH value | | *** - *** |
| | clean, without contamination, free | | |
| | from solid matter and sediments | | |
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Softened water | | Total hardness | | max. ***° dH |
| | pH value | | neutral |
| | temperature | | approx. ***° F |
| | pressure | | min. *** bar |
| | to be free from solid matter | | |
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Instrument air | | pressure | | min. *** bar |
| | particle size | | max. *** µm |
| | particle density | | max *** mg/Nm3 |
| | oil content | | max *** mg/Nm3 |
| | dew point | | ***° F |
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Sodium hydroxide | | Technical quality, liquid | | *** - *** weight % to dosing system |
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Phosphoric acid | | Technical quality, liquid | | *** or *** weight % to dosing system |
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Citric acid | | Technical quality, liquid | | *** - *** weight % to dosing system |
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Thermal oil | | Type: Marlotherm or equivalent | | |
Consumption of Utilities
All consumption figures of utilities have to be understood as average values (tolerance +/- ***%) at continuous uninterrupted operation of the plant with one and the same feedstock and constant and equal supply of the utilities.
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ADDENDUM A-2 |
*** Confidential material redacted and filed separately with the Commission.
The specification of feedstock and utilities has to meet the characteristics as mentioned in this Addendum.
Higher and lower actual feedstock and utility consumption figures may be offset each other in terms of value.
Trouble and/or adverse effects incurred because ofBUYER’s failure to supply feedstock and utilities to the specifications as given therein shall not be covered by suppliers’ warranty.
Crude Oil Pre-treatment Plant/Refining Plant (max. *** tpd crude oil)
Consumption figures of utilities referred to ***mton of crude oil
FLEX Degumming Unit (Water and Acid Degumming and Drying)
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-steam (4 bar) | | max. *** kg |
-phosphoric acid (85%) | | max. *** - *** kg |
-caustic soda (50%) (in case of partial neutralization only) | | max. *** - *** kg |
-caustic soda (50%) (in case of complete neutralization only) | | max. *** kg |
-citric acid (50%) | | max. *** kg |
-process water (softened water) | | max. *** kg |
-wash water (softened water) | | max. *** kg |
-control water (softened water) | | max. *** kg |
-electric power | | approx. *** kWh |
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Distillative Deacidification and Deodorizing (Physical Refining) |
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-steam (stripping steam) | | max. *** kg |
-electric power | | approx. *** kWh |
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Vacuum plant | | |
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- steam for booster section for deacidification | | max. *** kg |
-electric power | | approx. *** kWh |
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Soy Energy, LLC |
Marcus, Iowa |
Project Scope |
June 8, 2007 |
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1. Overview: |
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| | The Ken Bratney Company of Des Moines will construct a 30 Million gallon per year Biodiesel facility near Marcus, IA, for Soy Energy, LLC. Working in conjunction with The Ken Bratney Company, will be technology and equipment providers Cimbria-SKET of Magdeburg, Germany, and the Westfalia Separator Companies of Northvale, NJ, and The Baker Group of Des Moines. This facility will be fed unrefined and refined vegetable oils, and will produce a Biodiesel product for sales. The facility will produce several saleable co-products such as glycerine, acid oil, and recovered FFA. The Soy Energy organization has elected to contract with another provider for a pellet fired steam boiler for the facility. The building structure will be installed by The Ken Bratney Company. The Ken Bratney Company project scope will be performed as EPC (Engineer, Procure, Construct). |
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2. Location: |
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| | The facility will be constructed East of Marcus, Iowa north of State Highway 3 and north of the Canadian National rail line. The site is currently being farmed as agricultural land. |
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3. Plant Functionality: |
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| | The facility will be designed to produce 30 Million gallons per year of B100 Biodiesel meeting ASTM 6751 and EU14214 quality specifications utilizing soybean oil, canola oil, palm oil, corn oil, or animal fat (with specific characteristics). Designed production from the facility is based upon operation of the plant for a minimum of 330 days per year. |
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4. The process will consist of the following process units: |
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| | - | CD Plus process (Transesterification) |
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| | - | Glycerin Water Treatment |
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| | - | Methanol recovery |
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| | - | Glycerin Evaporation (Concentration of glycerin to 80+% purity) |
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| | - | Process Water Circulation System |
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| | - | Feed stock pretreatment (de-gumming and deacidification) |
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| | Two outside tank farms will serve the process and these tank farms will have earthen and concrete containment to contain the liquids in the event of a tank spill. The two tank farms are separated into tank farm #1, which will contain methanol and sodium methylate and tank farm #2, which will contain feed stock oil, in-process materials, glycerin and finished Biodiesel. |
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5. Site Logistics: |
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| | The Ken Bratney Company will do final engineering for the site. This will include the overall site development engineering, the rail siding engineering, paving design, and location of all buildings on the site. The Ken Bratney Company will do the final engineering for the wastewater system as an allowance. Separation of the final documents into bid packages for bidding and contract award will be the responsibility of The Ken Bratney Company. |
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| | Materials will move in and out of this site by truck and rail. Rail un-loading will occur at one spot and rail loading will occur at one spot. Truck loading will occur at one spot and truck unloading will occur at two spots with a separate unloading spot for chemicals in a remote location. |
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| | Methanol will be unloaded by rail on the rail-unloading spur at a single spot, or by truck at a remote location with self-pumping capabilities. Methanol will be pumped from these areas to the methanol tank farm. |
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| | Process chemicals (acids, bases) will be unloaded from trucks immediately adjacent to the chemical storage area located in tank farm #2. |
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| | Animal fat and other vegetables will be stored in large diameter storage tanks prior to being fed to the process and converted to Biodiesel. |
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| | Several of the tanks will require heating, which will be done by steam coils inside the tank. |
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6. Utilities required: |
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| | The Ken Bratney Company will perform final engineering for the site utilities. Installation of site utilities to within 5’-0” of the facility entrance point will be by Soy Energy. The Ken Bratney Company will furnish and install underground utilities from the entrance point provided by the owner to the appropriate building. |
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| | This site will need the following utilities as inputs: |
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| | - | Natural gas |
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| | - | Electricity |
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| | - | Water |
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| | The local gas Companies will provide natural gas connection complete with meter to within 5’-0” of the boiler room. |
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| | Soy Energy is responsible for electrical primary service to the primary transformer, including the transformer pad in locations noted by The Ken Bratney Company. Multiple transformers will service the plant and a separate transformer will service the fire pump. The fire pump transformer must have a separate electric service with direct connection to the utility. |
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| | Electrical supply to the site requires 3 phase, 60 cycle, 480 volt secondary from the main transformer furnished by the local utility company. The electrical contractor (The Ken Bratney Company’s responsibility) will provide underground service from a high voltage switch (supplied by The Ken Bratney Co.) to the primary side of the transformers and from the secondary side of the transformers to the motor control center switch panels. This will further include power switching gear, motor control center and a backup power (UPS) system as required for the operation of the control system. Electrical service for the office will come from the main MCC switch panel and go underground to the office (by The Ken Bratney Company). |
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| | The rural water district will supply potable water to within 5’-0” of the Boiler Building. Extension of the water service from the entrance point to the water treatment system will be the responsibility of The Ken Bratney Company. |
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7. Facility Structures: |
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| | The Facility Structures are to include all necessary foundations for the respective buildings. |
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| | Process Building (by The Ken Bratney Company) |
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| | The base process building will house the Biodiesel Process. This building is a structural steel framed structure (hot dip galvanized) with insulated sandwich wall panels, pre-engineered roof purlins and wall girts fabricated from galvanized sheet stock, metal sheeting and vinyl-reinforced insulation in the roof. The structure is approximately 50’ wide x 95’ long x 80’ tall. The grade level will be concrete on grade with the intermediate levels structural steel with bar grating. The structure under the separators will be a concrete over steel framing. This building will have fire sprinklers at each level. Two fire exit stairwells will provide access to each level of the structure with exits at grade direct to the outside. |
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| | The process building will housing the refining (de-gumming and deacidification) process and the Biodiesel process (equipment handling methanol), is a structural steel framed structure (hot dip galvanized) with insulated sandwich wall panels, pre-engineered purlins and wall girts fabricated from galvanized sheet stock, metal sheeting and vinyl-reinforced insulation in the roof. The entire process building will be designed per “explosion proof” construction and electrical codes. |
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| | The building will include all lighting to meet applicable construction codes. |
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| | The building will be equipped with sensors for methanol detection at grade level floor of the process building or as required by applicable codes. These sensors will indicate/alarm in the control room and will cause the plant computer control system to make preventative measures, up to shutting down the plant. |
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| | The process building will have the perimeter walls raised above the grade level floor to allow any spill or water to be contained inside of the building. |
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| | The building will be equipped with a fire alarm system. A variance will be required from the State Fire Marshall for the height of the building. The inclusion of the Fire Alarm System should help with approval of this variance. |
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| | Process Control Office/Main MCC Building (by The Ken Bratney Company) will be a two-story building, 50’ wide x 50’ long x 36’(approximate) short side eave, will house the electrical motor control center and switch gear room on the ground floor and the control room, employee restroom, laboratory including laboratory equipment and utility space on the second floor. |
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| | The floor at grade will be concrete slab on grade. The second level floor will be a concrete floor on structural steel support grid and metal deck. |
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| | Boiler Building (by The Ken Bratney Company)will be a single story, pre-engineered metal building approximately 102’ wide x 107’ long x 40’ (approximate) low side eave and will have a full height concrete block 4-hour rated divider wall between the boiler room and the process building. The grade level floor will be concrete. Below grade the biomass boiler feed system will utilize trenches. This building may be separated away from the process building by 15’ for constructability and code purposes. The Ken Bratney Company will require final engineered drawings showing the biomass feed system as well as the biomass boiler layout prior to engineering of this building. |
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| | Truck receiving/Load out Building (by The Ken Bratney Company) will be an open sided, three bay wide, pre-engineered building 30’ wide x 83’ long x 24’ (approximate) short side eave. This building will cover the truck loading and unloading operations. |
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| | Truck and Rail Control Room/MCC Room (by The Ken Bratney Company) will be a concrete block building 13’ wide x 35’ long x 12’ tall (approximate). The floor at grade will be concrete and the roof will be a concrete roof on a structural support grid. This MCC room will also serve the tank farm. |
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| | The Fire Pump House (by The Ken Bratney Company) will be a pre-engineered metal building 16’ wide x 20’ long x 12’ (approximate) low side eave. The floor at grade will be concrete. The pump house will enclose an electric powered fire water pump. |
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| | Administration Office / Maintenance Building (by The Ken Bratney Company) will be approximately 5,400 square foot single story, pre-engineered building. This structure will be at grade and will have a concrete floor. The office may include: |
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| | • | Reception area |
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| | • | Men and women’s locker rooms |
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| | • | Offices |
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| | • | Break room |
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| | • | Conference room |
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| | • | Equipment room |
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8. Process Equipment: |
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| | The Ken Bratney Company, Cimbria Sket and Westfalia will provide the process equipment. |
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| | The Ken Bratney Company will erect all equipment in the process structure. |
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| | Piping of the process equipment and utilities, instrumentation mounting and wiring will be the responsibility of the Baker Group of Des Moines, IA, a strategic partner of The Ken Bratney Company. |
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| | Tanks located in the tank farms will be provided and installed by The Ken Bratney Company. These tanks will include appropriate foundations, piping, pipe insulation, tank insulation and painting as required. Tanks will be constructed of stainless steel and carbon steel to meet API 650 Code. Non-insulated stainless steel tanks will not be painted. Tanks that are heated will also be insulated. Pipe racks will be furnished as required from the rail loading and un-loading to the tank farm and from the tank farm into the process building. Pipe racks will also service the truck loading and unloading area as required and pipe racks will be sized for future four (4) 6” lines. |
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| | The Ken Bratney Company will construct the tank farm containment for the tanks. Containment will include the earthen berms, the containment walls, stabilized containment floors, finished surface gravel inside the containment dikes and final grading after erection of the field built tanks. One end of the containment dike will be left open to grade for access to construct the field build tanks. Tank foundations (by The Ken Bratney Company) will be constructed after the tank farm containment is completed. |
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| | All pressure vessels will be constructed to meet ASME as a minimum. Some vessels will be constructed in Germany per comparable German code and the ASME code. |
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| | As many of the pumps, valves, fittings, and instruments as possible will be purchased in the U.S. of performance quality equal to, or better than, comparable products available in Germany. |
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| | All equipment and construction will have a minimum of a one-year mechanical warranty in force. |
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| | Process piping will be specified, procured, installed and tested per ANSI B31-1 or ANSI B31-3 codes. |
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9. Electrical / Instrumentation / Plant Control Features: |
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| | Electrical equipment for the Biodiesel process building will be specified and installed in accordance with the National Electric code (NEC), Class 1, Division 2. (explosion proof) |
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| | All equipment will be electrically grounded and bonded. |
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| | Motor control centers (MCC’s) and I/O-PCL rooms will be climate controlled and equipped with smoke detectors. |
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| | The PLC software and graphics will be Allen-Bradley based. |
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10. Fire Prevention: |
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| | This facility is governed by fire codes (NFPA) and building codes (i.e. State of Iowa). Engineered, stamped final drawings will be required to be submitted to the State Fire Marshall for review prior to installation of the fire protection system. Fire protection design will be the responsibility of The Ken Bratney Company and will utilize the demand requirements for all buildings in the system design. The Ken Bratney Company will provide fire sprinklers required within the structures. |
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| | A preconstruction design review will be made with the owner’s representative, Soy Energy’s insurance representative, the fire protection engineering and/or construction firm and The Ken Bratney Company. |
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| | The facility will be equipped with a fire water supply tank, pump, underground fire loop and distribution system to all the buildings with the exception of the process control room and the electrical room. The electrically powered fire pump will supply firewater to the system from the on-site water storage tank. |
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11. Project Support: |
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| | The Ken Bratney Company expects to provide the following construction and start-up support for the process equipment to the project: |
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| | - | Full time on-site construction superintendent and Construction Manager |
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| | - | Site safety coordinator |
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| | - | Construction and start-up support by Westfalia staff (on site) |
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| | - | Assist owner in training of plant staff in process and safety systems |
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| | - | Providing the client a documented quality system (BQ-9000) that will initiate quality control from start-up |
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| | - | Assist plant staff in commissioning all equipment and initiating production (The Ken Bratney Company, Cimbria-Sket and Westfalia Process Engineers) |
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12. Plant Auxiliary systems: |
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| | The Baker Group will furnish and install the boiler steam piping from the steam header supplied by Soy Energy (located in the boiler room) to the process. |
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| | A boiler system complete through to the steam header will be provided by Soy Energy in a building constructed by The Ken Bratney Company. |
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| | Condensate return piping from the process users back to a receiver in the boiler building will be made by Baker Group and the receiver will be furnished by Soy Energy. |
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| | Cooling tower and circulating water systems (pumps and piping) for the process (by Baker Group). |
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| | Air compressor(s) and associated air dryers to provide “working air” and “instrument air for plant use (by Baker Group). |
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| | Liquid nitrogen storage tank, vaporizer and liquid nitrogen supply (by Soy Energy). The Ken Bratney Company will furnish foundations for the nitrogen tank and the nitrogen vaporizer. |
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| | Liquid nitrogen distribution piping from the nitrogen vaporizer to the process equipment and to the tank farm (by Baker Group). |
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13. Drawings for Contract Include: |
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| | FD- 001.0 | Index Flow Diagram |
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| | C - 001.0 | Overall Site Plan and Tank Schedule |
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| | GA-201.0 | Truck Receiving Grade Level Plan |
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| | GA-202.0 | Truck Receiving Sections |
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| | GA-251.0 | Rail Load and Unload Grade Level Plan |
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| | GA-255.0 | Rail Load and Unload Sections | |
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| | GA-271.0 | Rail Methanol Unload Grade Level Plan | |
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| | GA-301.0 | North Half Tank Farm Grade Level Plan | |
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| | GA-302.0 | South Half Tank Farm Grade Level Plan | |
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| | GA-303.0 | Methanol Tank Farm Grade Level Plan | |
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| | GA-401.0 | Process Building Grade Level Plan | |
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| | GA-402.0 | Process Building Second Level Plan | |
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| | GA-403.0 | Process Building Third Level Plan | |
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| | GA-404.0 | Process Building Fourth Level Plan | |
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| | GA-411.0 | Process Building South Stair Section | |
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| | GA-412.0 | Process Building Section | |
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| | GA-413.0 | | |
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| | GA-414.0 | | |
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| | GA-415.0 | Process Building North Stair Section | |
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| | GA-416.0 | Process Building and Control Section | |
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| | GA-501.0 | Control Building Plans | |
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| | GA-601.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Lower Level Plan | |
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| | GA-602.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Grade Level Plan | |
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| | GA-611.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Section | |
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| | GA-612.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Section | |
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| | GA-613.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Section | |
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| | GA-614.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Section | |
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| | GA-615.0 | | |
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| | GA-616.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Section | |
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| | GA-617.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Section | |
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| | GA-618.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Section | |
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| | GA-619.0 | Bio-Mass Boiler Building Section | |
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Items furnished by The Ken Bratney Company that may not be listed above will include: | |
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| 1. | Piping & valving (material and labor) in the Process Plant |
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| 2. | Instrument wiring in the Process Plant |
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| 3. | Pump setting and wiring in Process Plant |
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| 4. | Insulation of piping and vessels as required in the Process Plant |
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| 5. | Utility (water, air, steam, nitrogen) process design information |
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| 6. | Inventory record keeping, freight, and unloading of Bratney furnished materials and equipment. |
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| 7. | Engineer, supply and install the in-bound water treatment for use in the process, cooling tower and the boiler system. The Ken Bratney Company will be responsible for connection from the treated water supply to within 5’ of the boiler system. Space will be required in the boiler building for the treatment system. |
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| 8. | The Building Fire alarm system design. Installation of the fire alarm system within the buildings furnished by The Ken Bratney Company. |
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| 9. | Rail design and final engineering including submittal to the railroad for final approval. |
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| 10. | Fire pump system for the complete site including: the fire pump house, fire water storage tank, underground fire loop, system design, submittal to the state Fire Marshall to make this a complete and approved system. |
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| 11. | Final site landscaping, seeding and sodding is included as an allowance of $10,000. |
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| 12. | Rail spur procurement and construction. |
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| 13. | Truck scale complete (truck scale will be a full pit design), which includes: approaches, deck, foundations, control system and installation. This will further include any printers in the office, remote printers, traffic control measures, proximity switches at the ends of the scale, rodent protection for cables, electrical connections from the load cells to junction boxes and from the junction boxes to the office, freight of all components to the job site, unloading of the components. |
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| 14. | Office building / shop / showers / restroom and employee facilities located inside of the office. (Building included is estimated at 5,400 SF total with an allowance to design and construct of $675,000). Final design and submittal to the Building official and the state Fire Marshall for final approval prior to construction. |
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| 15. | Paving and lot striping |
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| 16. | Site fence (permanent and temporary construction site fence) |
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| 17. | Overall project construction schedule. |
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| 18. | Cost of gravel and installation of gravel surface around and inside tank farm to complete grading including additional gravel as required for use during construction. |
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| 19. | Site preparation including: grading, tank farm containment, (concrete and earthen berm), lay-down areas for materials and process equipment, building pads. |
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| 20. | Site safety coordination during construction. |
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Items furnished by Soy Energy that may not be listed above will include: |
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| 1. | Building permit procurement and costs associated with the building permit. The Ken Bratney Company will submit drawings for their portion of the work direct to the building official and Fire Marshall as required. |
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| 2. | Steam generation up through and including the steam header located above the (2) boilers located in the boiler building. The Baker Group will furnish and install a steam line off the header to the process. |
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| 3. | Condensate return receiver in the boiler room. Bratney (Baker) will pipe to this receiver. |
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| 4. | Process Wastewater treatment system is included as an allowance. |
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| 5. | Site lighting beyond furnishing of light packs on buildings for general exterior lighting. |
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| 6. | In-coming high voltage from the power company will go to a power pole at the northeast corner of the property. Ken Bratney Co./Baker will furnish and install the main switch and underground conduit from the power pole to the main switch. The power company will install high voltage power cable from the power pole to the main switch. |
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| | Ken Bratney Co./Baker will install underground conduit from the power pole to the fire pump transformer. The power company will install high voltage power cable from the power pole to the fire pump transformer. |
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| | The power company will furnish and install all transformers on Ken Bratney Co. furnished pads. |
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| | Ken Bratney Co./Baker will provide all conduit and power wire from the main switch to the individual transformers. |
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| | Ken Bratney Co./Baker will provide conduit and power cable from the transformers to the MCC selections. |
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| 7. | Natural gas will be delivered to within 5’ of the boiler building including the meter as required. Soy Energy may elect to install a back-up fuel oil system for the back-up boiler. This boiler will be capable of using natural gas or fuel oil. |
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| 8. | Biomass Pellet Boiler – complete design including biomass feed system final engineering design requirements (prior to engineering of foundations and metal building), biomass boiler and stand-by natural gas fired boiler, steam headers, condensate tank, condensate receiver system and biomass feeder system, electric static precipitator, stacks and ash load out. |
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| 9. | Nitrogen tank, vaporizer, nitrogen supply and interconnecting piping between the tank and vaporizer. Bratney (Baker Group) will furnish piping from the connection at the vaporizer to the process and to the methanol tanks as required. |
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| 10. | Facility lightning protection. |
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| 11. | Overall final plant security system. |
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| 12. | Overall final site safety maintenance after construction. |
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| 13. | Inventory record keeping, freight and unloading of owner furnished materials and equipment. |
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| 14. | All furnishings, fixtures and equipment within the buildings, including telephone systems, including any record keeping, receiving, unloading or installation, unless specifically included |