Organisation & Management

 

National and international, we, CEEM, are well-known through novel organisational models and financial concepts, especially for wastewater facilities. We can offer for management consultancy for private companies and municipalities regarding:


  • Financing and investment: tariff structure, tariff calculation, business planning, financial engineering
  • Optimisation of the value chain, cost reduction programmes, design optimisation (basing on success fee, as far as reasonable and demanded), optimisation of operational expenses - including process simulation, as hydro-dynamic sewerage modelling, process technological modelling of biological reactors, value engineering and benchmarking
  • Support for the elaboration and implementation of construction and operation, following procurement regulations of good international practice, specific rules like FIDIC, EU, the German VgV or donors (World Bank, KfW)
  • PSP, privatisation and organisational models
  • Project management, project controlling, project support for selected tasks
  • Market research and socio-economic studies

Project Examples


 

Project Example Vietnam Water Tariff Study Vietnam Water Tariff Study and Draft Circular
  • Client: MPI (IPWV)
  • Duration: 09/2013-02/2015
  • Assignment: Consultant Assisting Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) Developing and Issuing Policies and Regulations on Wastewater Tariff and Improving Efficiency of Investments and Operations in Urban Water Supply and Wastewater
  • Services provided: Reviewing the current regulations, development planning in water sector and models of wastewater tariffs, Support the MPI in developing a Circular on wastewater tariffs. This will be a joint Circular with participation of MPI, MOF and MOC under the chair of MPI, Development of the Circular on Operational Improvement and Investment Needs, Support to arrange a study tour and workshops for capacity development in water utility business administration.
Project Example General contractor and management Managua General contractor and management for Managua (Nicaragua)
  • Client: KfW (German federal bank for world-wide development)
  • Duration: 2002 - 2009
  • 780.000 p. e.
  • Assignment: construction of a sewage treatment plant in Managua by a private water company
  • Services provided: PSP-relevant concept, contracts and project monitoring
  • Partners: RRI Beller Consult, local engineering company
Project Example Management Contract auditing for the Water and Wastewater Company Armenia Management Contract auditing for the Water and Wastewater Company Armenia
  • Client: AWWC (Armenian Water and Wastewater Company)
  • Sponsor: World Bank
  • Duration: Since 2005
  • Assignment: Privatisation of the Armenian Water and Wastewater Company through a Management Contract, including the operational responsibility and management of investments, financed by the World Bank, under the ownership of AWWC
  • Services provided: Independent Technical Auditor for the Management Contract
Project Example First full water and wastewater concession in Germany A first full water and wastewater concession in Germany
  • Client: Deutsche Bank, Municipal Authority
  • Duration: 1993 - 2005
  • Assignment: Privatisation of the water supply and wastewater management in the region of the Hanse-City of Rostock
  • Services provided: Technical and economic structurisation, preparation and implementation of the transaction process, plus project contract auditing enduring implementation (technical and financial project auditor)
Project Example Management support for the Water Ministry of Algeria Management support for the Water Ministry of Algeria
  • Client: Algérienne des Eaux, sponsored by the German GTZ)
  • Duration: 2001 - 2004
  • Assignment: Management support of the Client, especially regarding PSP and tenders
  • Services provided: PSP-relevant analysis of the water sector, PSP-relevant capacity building and training, support for a DBO-tender of eight desalination package plants in Algiers
Project Example Full operation plus asset management contract in Emmerich on the Rhine Full operation plus asset management contract in Emmerich on the Rhine
  • Client: Technische Werke Emmerich (communal water services)
  • Duration: Since 2003
  • Assignment: reorganization and partial privatization of Technische Werke Emmerich
  • Services provided: main study for reorganization, preparation and implementation of an EU-wide invitation to tender
Project Example Construction of the Sewage Treatment Plant Zagreb Construction of the Sewage Treatment Plant Zagreb (Croatia)
  • Client: Deutsche Bank, later followed by KfW and EBRD
  • Duration: 1999 - 2000 plus after sales assignments
  • Construction of a municipal centralised sewage treatment plant (capacity: 37,800 m³/h)
  • Services provided: Technical consultancy regarding construction costs on behalf of the financial sponsor; technical and financial risk analysis; with engineering partner: Prof. Preussner Ingenieurgesellschaft
Project Example First full operation plus asset management contract in Germany First full operation plus asset management contract in Germany
  • Client: community of Wedemark (near Hanau)
  • Duration: Since 1984
  • Assignment: preparation and implementation of the first full operation plus asset management contract (including sewage treatment plant and sewer network) in Germany
  • Services provided: advice for organization, invitation to tender, contract regulator since start of the contract