Originally posted in Hydropower & Dams, Issue One - 2017.

Within the hydropower industry there are many ways to contract for hydraulic steel works. A project owner may choose to contract directly by way of one of more separate contracts. Alternatively, an owner may include these works in another contract such as: an engineering, procurement and construction contract (EPC contract) for the entire scope of the construction works for the project; an electro-mechanical contract for the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of turbines, generators, transformers and other equipment; or, a civil works contract for the construction of the project. If it is decided to include the hydraulic steel works as part of another contract, the owner will also face certain choices over how involved the organization wishes to be with the selection of the hydraulic steel works subcontractor(s) and the works themselves. The more involved owner may wish to select a particular hydraulic steel works subcontractor as a nominated subcontractor.