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Project Development & Execution

Factory Setup & Turnkey Commissioning

Turnkey execution of industrial plants — installation, erection, testing and commissioning of machinery, production lines and utilities, with single-point accountability.

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The problem

What goes wrong without this.

A factory build involves civil contractors, equipment suppliers, utility contractors, electrical and instrumentation teams, technology licensors and statutory inspectors. Each has its own schedule, its own definition of completion and its own commercial incentive.

When the promoter holds the coordination role themselves, every interface between those parties becomes their risk. Equipment arrives before the foundation is cured. The power connection is applied for after the machinery is installed. The effluent treatment plant is sized for a discharge figure that changed during detailed engineering. Each is individually small and collectively responsible for most project delays.

Turnkey execution exists to move that interface risk to a single accountable party — one schedule, one point of escalation, and one organisation answerable for a plant that runs at specification.

What we do

Capabilities in this service

  • Turnkey project execution from site handover through to performance-guaranteed commissioning
  • Equipment procurement assistance, vendor negotiation and expediting
  • Coordination with EPC contractors, technology licensors and equipment suppliers
  • Civil, structural and building works coordination against process requirements
  • Mechanical erection and installation of process equipment and production lines
  • Utility installation — power distribution, water, compressed air, steam, HVAC and effluent treatment
  • Electrical, instrumentation and control system installation and integration
  • Pre-commissioning checks, testing, trial runs and performance guarantee demonstration
  • Statutory inspection coordination for factory, boiler, electrical and pollution control clearances
  • Operator training and documented handover to the operations team

Our process

How the engagement runs

Stage-wise, with the deliverable and typical duration for each. Timelines vary with project scale and authority response — these are indicative rather than contractual.

  1. 1

    Execution planning

    2–4 weeks

    Detailed schedule with critical path, procurement plan against equipment lead times, contractor packaging and site logistics. Lead-time-critical items are ordered first, not first-in-sequence items.

    Deliverable: Execution plan, schedule and procurement plan

  2. 2

    Procurement and expediting

    Lead-time-dependent

    Vendor finalisation against specification, purchase order placement, manufacturing progress monitoring, pre-dispatch inspection and logistics coordination.

    Deliverable: Procurement status and inspection reports

  3. 3

    Civil and utility works

    3–8 months

    Foundations, buildings and utility infrastructure executed against process requirements, with equipment foundation drawings verified against as-built dimensions before equipment arrives.

    Deliverable: Completed civil works and utility infrastructure

  4. 4

    Erection and installation

    2–5 months

    Mechanical erection, alignment, piping, electrical termination and instrumentation installation, sequenced so that trades are not competing for the same space.

    Deliverable: Installed and aligned plant

  5. 5

    Testing and commissioning

    3–8 weeks

    Pre-commissioning checks, no-load and load trials, statutory inspections, and performance runs demonstrating the guaranteed output and quality parameters.

    Deliverable: Commissioning report and performance guarantee certificate

  6. 6

    Handover

    2–4 weeks

    Operator and maintenance training, as-built documentation, spares list, maintenance schedules and defect liability arrangements.

    Deliverable: Handover documentation and trained operating team

Deliverables

What you receive

  • Execution schedule with critical path and procurement plan
  • Commissioned plant demonstrating guaranteed performance parameters
  • Statutory clearances required for operation
  • As-built drawings and equipment documentation
  • Operation and maintenance manuals with recommended spares list
  • Trained operating and maintenance team
  • Defect liability and post-commissioning support arrangement

Who this is for

Typical client profiles

Promoters setting up a first manufacturing facility
Companies adding a new production line or plant
Foreign investors establishing Indian manufacturing operations
Businesses that need single-point accountability rather than multiple contractors

Part of

Project Development & Execution

From drawing to commissioning.

Why NITS Corp

Why bring this to us

One party accountable for the interfaces

The gaps between civil, mechanical, electrical and utility scopes are where projects lose time. Under a turnkey mandate those gaps are ours, not yours.

Statutory clearances tracked against the build schedule

Power connection, factory licence, consent to operate and boiler approvals are sequenced into the programme rather than pursued once the plant is physically ready.

Commissioned to performance, not to installation

Handover is against demonstrated output and quality parameters under load, not against equipment having been installed and energised.

FAQ

Common questions

Do you take full turnkey responsibility, or act as a coordinator?
Both models are available. Full turnkey puts scope, schedule and performance risk with us under a single contract. A coordination or PMC mandate leaves contracts with you while we manage execution. Which suits you depends on your risk appetite and in-house project capability.
Can you work with equipment we have already ordered?
Yes. We take over from wherever the project currently stands, including partially procured or partially executed projects. We do review already-placed orders against the process requirement and will flag mismatches early.
What does a typical factory setup take?
From site handover to commissioning, a straightforward light manufacturing unit is generally nine to twelve months. Process plants with significant utilities, effluent treatment or imported long-lead equipment usually run fifteen to twenty-four months. Equipment lead time is the most common driver.
Who handles the statutory approvals during construction?
We do, through our approvals practice, and they are tracked as scheduled activities within the execution programme. Power sanction, factory licence, consent to establish and operate, and boiler and electrical inspections are the ones that most often gate commissioning.
Do you provide performance guarantees?
Under a full turnkey mandate, yes — against defined output, quality and utility consumption parameters agreed before execution begins, demonstrated during performance runs at handover.

Discuss your factory setup requirement.

A short conversation is usually enough to tell you whether the project is viable, what it will take, and what it should cost. There is no charge for that first discussion.