UpFRONT is designed to help manage the integration of all the elements that are outside the normal engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) scope, and are necessary for the successful commissioning, start-up, production ramp-up, and the operation and maintenance of a production facility. UpFRONT is a support service that is performed in parallel with the program's front-end engineering and design (FEED) and EPC services, and is performed as an extension of the EPC team. It is comprised of a comprehensive set of propriety start-up technologies that assures all the owners' needs, responsibilities and operations/maintenance risks have been identified, addressed, and mitigated. UpFRONT expedites the return on investment with a high level of certainty by reducing the time, expense and uncertainty associated with the transition from mechanical completion to sustained operation, and best practices are implemented from day one.