Dan Crisman

Dan Crisman is a Senior Project Technical Manager at Matrix Technologies, providing technical support to sales staff, working directly with customers to define their projects, and working with team members on delivery of engineering projects. His background includes a stint with the U.S. Navy at the Naval Air Warfare Center—Aircraft Division Indianapolis designing and integrating GPS into existing Navy aircraft. Previously he worked for a conveyor OEM in the corrugated paper industry. Crisman graduated from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering.

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Capital projects executed by a single firm simplify management and improve execution as shown in this batch retort system design

Dan Crisman

March 11, 2021

When a process manufacturer decides to undertake a capital project, one of the first decisions is whether to use one or multiple firms to provide the required engineering services. This article will examine the issues involved with the multiple firm approach, and then show why selecting a single firm is often a better choice, as shown with the successful design and commissioning of a batch retort system.