Bruce Power is Canada’s first private nuclear generator, providing 30% of Ontario’s power.

The company’s 2,300-acre site on the shores of Lake Huron houses the Bruce A and B generating stations, which each hold four CANDU reactors.

Over the past decade, Bruce Power has refurbished all four units at its Bruce A station, returning 3,000 megawatts of clean, low-cost electricity to Ontario consumers. Combined with its Bruce B units, Bruce Power generates 6,400 mega-watts and provides 30% of Ontario’s electricity at 30% less than the average residential price of power.

IntroductionBruce Power, one of Canada’s most reputable nuclear power generation companies, has been planning to run several large extension and maintenance projects that will take place over the next couple of decades. With the continuing debate on energy prices, it has been vital to be predictable in cost estimates for Bruce Power.

Using Cleopatra Enterprise, Bruce Power has implemented a company-wide cost estimation workflow and created a localized cost estimation knowledgebase, significantly increasing the quality of cost estimates.

Challenges z Limitations of using Excel for cost estimation

z Excel sheets crashing with too many coding structures

z Excel functionality, formula and calculation errors

z Lack of a dedicated project cost management software to digitalize the process and integrate with 3rd party tools

z Limited cost analysis due to nonexistent multiple breakdown structures WBS, CBS, etc.

z Inconsistent estimating reports

z No company-specific estimating knowledgebase

z Lack of standardized estimating

To overcome these challenges, as part of an enterprise-wide improvement program, Bruce Power initiated a careful selection process to identify and compare potential solutions. The search for the right solution took about two years.

BRUCE POWER IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF COST ESTIMATES

AND STREAMLINING THE OVERALL ESTIMATING PROCESS WITH CLEOPATRA ENTERPRISE

Cleopatra Enterprise team has gone above and beyond to make sure Cleopatra is working the way we

expect it to. User experience is very important to everyone in the company. With the streamlined overall

estimating process, we have seen significant better-quality estimates.

-Darryl Zettler, Project Estimator at Bruce Power

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SolutionCleopatra Enterprise is the ideal project cost management software for Bruce Power to improve the quality of cost estimates and streamline the overall estimating process.

Bruce Power has been using Cleopatra Enterprise to create standard estimating templates with a standard workflow, enabling a companywide structure while eliminating the human error. A localized estimation knowledgebase together with advanced cost analysis and reporting capabilities also have helped Bruce Power restore and interpret the estimating data with the right metrics.

The solution included:

z Company-wide standard coding structures

z Tight integration with Primavera P6, enabling Bruce Power to match the schedules and eliminate the human error of manually loading estimates into Primavera P6

z Company-specific cost estimation knowledgebase allowing for standardization of estimates

z Breakdown Structures that enable users to organize estimates and sort/compare data from one estimate to another

z Cost analysis and reporting capabilities that let users interpret data in different ways, and find errors and omissions easily compared to Excel

z Project analytics providing the tools to do proper reconciliation/comparison

z Ability to create easy check project metrics

Cleopatra Enterprise offers an integrated Project Cost Management solution through the entire project life cycle by including Cost Estimating, Scheduling, Cost Management, and Benchmarking in one system.

The advanced tool owned by Cost Engineering Consultancy, serves the process industry and is used by Owners, Contractors and EPC firms.

Over 20 years, Cleopatra has enabled more than 500 industry-leading companies in 75 countries to control large technical projects and turnarounds, improve their project performance and stay ahead of the competition.

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Cost Engineering Consultancy provides cost engineering services and software for capital projects of all types to owners and contractors. Our experienced professionals understand the complex variables which determine cost - materials, equipment, labor rates, productivity, profit, benefits, schedules, etc.

We combine this understanding with unmatched estimating and cost management skills, accurate data and a thorough knowledge of your project objectives to create the information needed to make sound functional and economic decisions. Since being founded in 1996, Cost Engineering Consultancy has helped over 250 companies streamline and improve their cost engineering process.

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ResultsCleopatra Enterprise proved to be the right project cost management software to improve the quality of cost estimates at Bruce Power. After implementing Cleopatra Enterprise, Bruce Power achieved:

z In the first 6 months of using Cleopatra, already improved and consistent cost estimates

z 50% time-saving. The ability to move estimates to Primavera P6 has saved 50% of the time it would take a scheduler to manually upload an estimate

z Streamlined overall estimating process allowing for cross-PDO collaboration

z With the ability to interpret data in many different ways, errors and omissions were found easily compared to Excel

“We are especially pleased with our experience with Cleopatra Enterprise Team so far. Cost Engineers and Implementation Engineers were always directly available to provide accurate guidance and support,

answering any questions, sharing ‘ industry best practices’ and tips and tricks to make tasks even more efficient.”

-Darryl Zettler, Project Estimator at Bruce Power

Phone: HeadQuarters (NL): +31 (0)78 620 09 10

Email:contact@costengineering.eu

Website:www.CostManagement.eu

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