POWER GENERATION SERVICES
With a history going back 150 years, RINA is a global corporation, a repository of
skills and expertise delivering benefits to industries all over the world: our mission is to
support their growth by setting up relations as a real partnership offering consulting &
engineering, testing, inspection and certification. RINA have 163 offices in 60 countries,
with an operational network of more than 3.300 employees, whose hard work helped to
generate an over 375 million euro turnover in 2015 (forecast). Consulting & engineering
services within RINA are provided by its specialized companies like Polaris. Polaris combines
the know-how and professionalism of RINA and Ansaldo Energia shareholders, offering
services to companies which range from technical assistance during the development
of important projects, to engineering development of systems and products and to
consulting engineering in numerous different fields. Polaris’ headquarter is in Genoa and
the main Italian offices are in: Milan, Turin, Rome, Florence, Trieste and Naples.
OFFICES
Washington DC, Santiago , Montevideo, Bruxelles, Rotterdam, Saint Petersburg,
Milan, Genoa, Rome, Cairo, Maputo, Durban, Bucharest, Istanbul, Basrah, Abu
Dhabi, Mumbai, Beijing, Seoul, Jakarta, Accra, StockholmEngineering Center
In-country Group presence
WORLD WIDE PRESENCE
POWER GENERATION SERVICES
The Power Generation Business Line offers services to the players in this market, assisting the
client from the first plant design stages to commissioning and final delivery.
During the design stage, Polaris provides specialist multidisciplinary consultancy related to
systems and main equipment, whether traditional thermoelectric power plants (steam turbines,
gas turbines, generators, fired boilers and recovery boilers, transformers) or renewable energy
(hydraulic, wind, photovoltaic) and nuclear plants.
During the development phase, Polaris supports the client in monitoring suppliers and for all site
activities, from construction management to supervision of works, to plant start-up and temporary
operation. Furthermore, Polaris has its own engineering team, specialized in drawing up plant
Operation & Maintenance Manuals and Training Manuals and in the complete management of
training courses, in the classroom as well as on-the-job training for the personnel involved in
operations and maintenance activity in the power plant. Services offered are structured in three
main categories:
� Site Support Service
� Engineering and O&M Training
� Technical Support Health and Safety
COMPETENCIES
� CONTRUCTION & COMMISSIONING MANAGER
� CIVIL ENGINEER
� MATERIAL MANAGER
� TURN OVER ENGINEER
� COMMISSIONING ENGINEER
� SITE PLANNER
� TURBINE SPECIALIST
� I&C, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
SUPERVISORS
� SHIFT LEADER
� PLANT OPERATOR
� HSE OF PLANT
� TECHNICAL TRAINING
SITE SUPPORT SERVICE
Polaris assists the client in the preparation of specifications for tenders and technical/economic
analyses of offers received from external suppliers/contractors and subsequent alignments as
well as in the assessment of third party contractual specifications, risk analysis and development
of technical offers and related lists of materials. Contract Managers and Risk Managers with great
experience support the client’s Project Manager as regards the accurate and timely management
of projects and containment of associated risks:
� Risk categorisation (probability/severity)
� Identification of risks associated with the project
� Analysis of consequences in terms of me and costs
� Identification of mitigation measures
� Drawing up and management of the Risk Register
� Support for the management of contracts
� Development and management of claims
Polaris makes available to clients highly professional, managerial and technical resources that
have considerable experience, acquired in industrial sectors with advanced and diversified
technological content. It is thus able to provide high, value-added services, in particular in the
mechanical and electromechanical sectors, to enable manufacturing companies to improve their
performance. Main areas of the production processes concerned:
� Manufacturing technology (essentially aimed at electromechanical companies)
� Processing, revision, optimization of the cycles and methods of mechanical and electrical
manufacturing and assembly
� Definition of new machines/plants and equipment, programming for numerical control machinery
� Assistance for specialized development and training
� Support for active and passive “technology transfer”, “licensing”
� Logistics
� Optimization of workshop lay-outs and of production flows
� Cost reduction projects, quality control and improvement
� Assistance for production programming
� Warehouse management and automation
� Search for and qualification of new suppliers, “co-manufacturing”
Polaris provides high qualified skills in:
� Site Management
� Site planning
� Material management
� Supervision of construction works
� Plant commissioning
� Provisional plant operation
PROJECTS
COUNTRY EGYPT
SCOPE OF WORK: Supervision of construction
and commissioning of power plants.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Polaris S.r.l. provides
assistance and technical-operational support for
the construction and commissioning of open and
combined cycle power plants:
� Banha - 750 MW C.C. Power Plant
� Giza North – 1.500 MW C.C. Power Plant
� 6th October – 600 Mw O.C. Power Plant
MAIN SKILLS DEPLOYED:
� Specialist consultancy
� Supervision of construction works
� Operational staff
� Plant commissioning
� O&M training and manuals
COUNTRY ALGERIA
SCOPE OF WORK: Supervision of construc,on
and commissioning of power plants.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Polaris S.r.l. provides
assistance and technical-opera,onal support
for the construc,on and commissioning of open
cycle power plants:
� Ain Djasser II - 260 MW O.C. Power Plant
� Labreg - 280 MW O.C. Power Plant
� Hassi Messaoud - 660 MW O.C. Power Plant
MAIN SKILLS DEPLOYED
� Project management
� Planning and control
� Supervision of construc,on works
� Opera,onal staff
� Supervision of commissioning
� O&M training on site and manuals
ENGINEERING AND O&M TRAINING
� Maintenance engineering services
� O&M manuals
� Training manuals and specific training courses
� Organization of training courses in the classroom for operation and maintenance personnel
� Tutoring
� Training on the job
PROJECTS
COUNTRY TUNISIA
SCOPE OF WORK: Support for the construction
and commissioning of power plants.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Polaris S.r.l. provides
assistance and technical-operational support for
the construction and commissioning of open and
combined cycle power plants:
� Sousse C - 400 MW GTCC Power Plant
� Sousse D - 400 MW GTCC Power Plant
MAIN SKILLS DEPLOYED:
� Project management
� Planning and control
� Specialist consultancy
� Operational staff
� Supervision of construction works and
commissioning
� Provisional operation
� Training on-site
COUNTRY TURKEY
SCOPE OF WORK: Support for the construction
and commissioning of the power plant in Gebze.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Polaris S.r.l. provides
assistance and technical-operational support for
the construction and commissioning of the 850
Mw combined cycle power plant (CCGT).
MAIN SKILLS DEPLOYED
� Specialist consultancy
� Planning and control
� Supervision of construction works
� Operational staff
� Plant commissioning
� O&M Training on site and manuals
TECHNICAL SUPPORT HEALTH AND SAFETY
Polaris offers competent assistance as regards safety at work and environmental protection in
order to implement measures to protect worker health and safety. Polaris guarantees competent
and proper support in relation to accident prevention and worker protection, in line with the
requirements of Italian legislative decree no 81 dated 9 April 2008 and subsequent amendments
and integrations, by making selected and qualified consultants and operators available to clients.
The service is provided by specialized personnel at both Polaris offices and at the work sites
concerned. Polaris provides high qualified skills in:
� Consultancy on safety at work
� Drawing up and/or support in drawing up the specific documentation:
Risk assessment document
Interference risk assessment document
Operational safety plan
Procedures, Instructions
� Responsible for the Prevention and Protection System
� Site Safety Responsible Person and/or Officer
� Training for employees on the generic and specific risks of their work
� Training on the use of Category III Personal Protective Equipment and equipment as regards
health and safety (i.e. Gas Detector)
� Inspections, appraisals, risk assessments
PROJECTS
COUNTRY ITALIA
SCOPE OF WORK: Supervision of construction
and commissioning of power plants.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Polaris S.r.l. provides
assistance and technical-operational support for
the construction and commissioning of open and
combined cycle power plants:
� Aprilia - 8000 MW C.C. Power Plant
� San Severo – 400 MW C.C. Power Plant
� Turano Lodigiano – 800 MW C.C. Power Plant
MAIN SKILLS DEPLOYED:
� Specialist consultancy
� Project management
� Supervision of construction works
� Commissioning
� Provisional operation
� O&M training on site and manuals
� HSE
COMPANY VALUES
PROFESSIONALISM AND INTEGRITY
Operating in a climate of close collaboration with our partner organisations, to support them
on their pathway towards improving performance distinguishing by innovation and sustainability.
The aim of the services that we provide through our highly qualified staff and in full compliance
with transparency and confidentiality is to assess and support the quality and safety of their
management systems, processes and products. Our added value is the creation of a trusting
relationship with our client, with whom we build a pathway based on shared goals, aware of the
contribution that we can jointly make to innovation and to sustainable growth of the market.
PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE
Employees are our key investment: we believe that maximising individual professionalism,
developing skills through constant training and offering ongoing opportunities for cooperation
and collaboration are essential to achieve the corporate goals. We give our clients access to an
operations network with global coverage, formed of people from the widest variety of educational
and training backgrounds, to rapidly deliver top level services that guarantee a significant return
in terms of quality, efficiency and safety.
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND SAFETY
Apart from contributing to the development of organisations and of their markets of reference,
the purpose of our services is also to help improve the quality and safety of human life and to
preserve the environment for future generations. This is why all the present and future activities
take into account measures to protect safety, health and the environment, in full compliance with
national and international legislation and standards, in addition to any specific agreements signed
with the client.
POLARIS
Via Liri 27A - Genova 16143
www.polaris-services.it - [email protected]
Tel. +39 010 5385704 - Fax. +39 010 5385 230