1. Planning

   Pre-engineering tasks

   • Waste audit or inventory of available wastes on-site, in proximity, and within 10 mile radius
   • Risk assessment of waste availability long term vs. short term for the life of the project
   • Risk assessment of long term contractual agreements with the local authority, ie. commissions, councils, departments
   • Short term receiving options, costs associated with this on call option.
   • Number of short-term contracts necessary for quantity required for operation
   • Logistics - time, and size of delivery truck off-loading, rinsing, cleaning, and sanitizing, volumes to be treated, etc.
   • On-site and off-site transportation of wastes, residues, and byproducts
   • By product/end-user market profile
   • Assessment of relative economies of retail (value added + packaging) vs. bulk wholesale
   • Addressing environmental issues of the local regulatory agencies
   • Local utility cost-avoided rate contracts for independent power producer
   • Parallel service hook-up fees and administrative costs
   • Identifying hidden costs, i.e. delays typical in waste producing industry, long term plans for shut down, continuation, and /or expansion of producers
   • Mixed waste facility - byproduct review of current recycle market costs of typical rates paid by receivers/consolidators

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2. Consulting

   • Project Development and/or Management
   • Discussions with principals, establishment of consensus/decisions
   • Preliminary conceptual presentations
   • Business pro forma and Business Plan development and presentation
   • Product conceptual representation
   • Preliminary estimates of equipment, construction, and development budget
   • Recommendation of appropriate system and components
   • Definition of labor requirements, skill level required for system operation
   • Safety systems, materials handling, gases, liquids, solids, storage and treatment
   • Guidance and materials for public information
   • Information kits for environmental action respondents
   • Workshop in BioConversion principles and rationale
   • Startup timeline, labor and time required for startup of systems
   • Provision of startup team for the duration period to be determined
   • Commissioning and startup operation
   • Technical support/on-call O&M technician
   • Development of maintenance program for anaerobic systems

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3. Design

   • Preliminary design of BioConversion vessels, culture systems, ponds, lagoons
   • Design of internal components, configuration, materials of construction
   • Design of system components, preferences for flows and sizes
   • Design of integrations between BioConversion and peripheral systems
   • Provide operational parameters, limits and designs to engineering/ construction firm for estimation and documentation

4. Public Policy and Planning

   • Public information meetings
   • Briefing of commissions, councils, departments
   • Teaching of BioConversion principles
   • Development of animated cartoon script for teaching children and public at large about BioConversion
   • Contested hearings regarding existing problems, systems, and solutions

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