Detailed Project Reports & Feasibility Studies for Plant Setup and Cost Analysis

Each report covers market demand and pricing, technology and process route selection, a detailed equipment schedule, land and infrastructure requirements, a full capital cost build-up, operating cost modelling, manpower planning, regulatory and permitting requirements, and a financial analysis covering IRR, NPV, payback, break-even and debt service coverage. Reports are delivered with an accompanying Excel model containing live formulas, so assumptions can be revised without going back to us.

Project-specific estimates are built to a stated accuracy of approximately ±25%, which is the standard band for a feasibility-stage (Class 4) estimate. Accuracy comes from building the cost bottom-up: we prepare an equipment list, obtain indicative quotations from OEMs for the major items, and apply engineering factors and location-specific construction indices to the balance of plant. Where a client requires a tighter band for financial closure, we can take the estimate to a detailed project report stage with firm vendor quotations.

A feasibility study answers whether the project should proceed. It tests demand, technology, cost and returns at a level of detail sufficient for a go or no-go decision. A detailed project report assumes that decision has been made and prepares the project for financing and execution: firm equipment specifications, tender-ready documentation, detailed engineering inputs, phased implementation schedules and lender-format financials. Many clients commission the feasibility study first and convert it into a detailed project report once the board approves.

A focused single-product, single-location study is typically completed in four to six weeks. Multi-site comparisons, unfamiliar technologies, or studies requiring extensive primary research with equipment suppliers and offtakers can extend to eight or ten weeks. We work in phases and share interim findings, so demand and indicative cost outputs usually reach you within the first two to three weeks rather than at the end.

Coverage spans chemicals and petrochemicals, renewable energy and green fuels, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, food and beverage processing, packaging, recycling and circular economy, metals and mining, building materials, textiles, electronics and automotive components. Where a product falls outside our existing coverage, we scope a bespoke study around it, which is how a substantial share of our engagements begin.

Yes. Our reports and financial models are prepared in formats that banks, non-banking financial companies, development finance institutions and private equity investors are accustomed to reviewing, including sensitivity tables, debt service coverage ratios and stated assumption registers. Because the analysis is independent of the promoter, it also serves as third-party validation during due diligence. We can attend lender or investor meetings to walk through the methodology where that is useful.

Yes, and comparative site assessment is one of the more common reasons clients engage us. We score candidate locations against weighted criteria such as land cost and availability, power and water tariffs, labour cost and skill availability, logistics and port proximity, state or national incentives, and clearance timelines. The financial model is then run separately for each shortlisted location so the returns can be compared directly rather than argued qualitatively.

We first establish the viable process routes for the product and capacity in question, then compare them on capital intensity, operating cost, yield, utility consumption, environmental footprint and commercial maturity. Once a route is selected, we prepare an equipment schedule and identify suppliers across manufacturing origins, since the same line sourced from different regions can differ substantially in price, lead time, after-sales support and spare parts availability. Clients receive the comparison and the reasoning, not just a recommendation.

At minimum, the product and its specification, the target capacity, and the intended location or shortlist of locations. Anything further you can share helps: existing land or infrastructure, a preferred technology, target markets or offtake arrangements, capital availability, and any internal cost assumptions you would like tested. Where these are still open, we treat them as variables and present the outcome across a range rather than forcing a premature assumption.

Analyst support continues after handover for questions, assumption changes and model walkthroughs with your team or your lenders. Beyond that, our engineering and project delivery team can carry the project forward into detailed engineering, equipment procurement support, vendor evaluation, project management and commissioning, so clients who decide to proceed do not need to rebuild context with a new advisor.