Utility-scale projects increasingly land on fixed price contracts where defensible assumptions, schedule certainty and tight margin control decide outcomes. EPCs can thrive with partners who bring utility-side experience, join the estimating room early and turn technical unknowns into auditable, priceable assumptions and executable work packages.
Trusted by utilities across North America, Ulteig pairs proposal-level collaboration with scalable engineering design, field services and environmental capabilities so EPCs can bid cleaner, protect margin and keep the schedule moving.
Learn how effective engineering and EPC partnerships can drive success for power projects:
1. Bid Clarity That Protects Margin
Having an engineering partner join estimating conversations early allows EPCs to move forward with scoped, auditable inputs they can price against. That means fewer vague contingencies, clearer owner-driven allowances and an estimate you can defend in negotiations.
The benefit to EPCs is simple: cleaner bids that hold under pressure and less time spent chasing recoverable costs after award.
2. Fewer Suprises in Execution
Handoffs create RFIs, rework and schedule slips. Coordinated delivery across engineering design, field services and environmental teams reduces those touchpoints. When surveying, having environmental and GIS support lined up front ensures that packages arrive complete, allowing field crews to execute to plan. The benefit is steadier progress on the critical path and fewer unplanned labor or equipment costs.
3. Scale on Demand
EPCs need technical capacity for peak workloads and projects without the overhead of new offices. Ulteig scales teams into a region for the work and demobilizes when the peak passes. This ensures flexible capacity to pursue opportunities outside your footprint while protecting your margin profile.
Signals That Actually Matter
When vetting partners, focus on proof, not promises:
- Demonstrated experience with owner standards and approval patterns on projects of a similar scale.
- Examples of the same team delivering both desktop design and field services on the same project, rather than handing off between firms.
- Ability to sit in on estimating sessions and deliver scoped inputs to price against.
- References that demonstrate repeat lump-sum work and measurable outcomes, such as reduced contingencies or shorter approval cycles.
Partnership should always provide mutual benefit. Ulteig shows up where it matters, both in the estimating phase and on site, with practical inputs coordinated across disciplines so you can bid cleaner and build with fewer surprises.
If you want bids that hold and execution that stays predictable, start the technical conversations early and insist on the signals that prove a partner can deliver.