Engineering, procurement, and construction management

"Engineering, Procurement, and Construction" (EPC) is a particular form of contracting arrangement used in some industries where the EPC Contractor is made responsible for all the activities from design, procurement, construction, to commissioning and handover of the project to the End-User or Owner. This form of contract is covered by FIDIC Silver book containing the title words "EPC/Turnkey". Other abbreviations used for this type of contract is "LSTK" for "Lump Sum Turn Key", and some times also "EPCC" which is short for "Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning". Use of EPC is common e.g. by FIDIC and most Gulf Countries. Use of LSTK is common in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Use of EPCC is common in Qatar and some other countries e.g. by Qatar Petrolem. Therefore an EPC, LSTK or EPCC are all same types of contracts a typical well known example of which is the Silver Book of FIDIC.