The company's purpose is to provide any services in project and construction management, in upstream and downstream disciplines, for owner operators, refineries, as well as PCM and EPC partners, including project engineering, construction engineering, mechanical engineering, process engineering & operations, chemical engineering, pipeline and piping engineering, materials management, coating & corrosion engineering, electrical engineering, civil & structural engineering, instrumentation & control engineering, rotating equipment engineering, maintenance, and asset integrity engineering. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad, participate in other companies in Switzerland and abroad, and conduct all business directly or indirectly related to its purpose. The company may acquire, encumber, sell, and manage real estate in Switzerland and abroad. It may also provide financing for its own account or for third-party account, as well as guarantees and sureties for its subsidiaries and third parties. In particular, the company may grant loans and other direct or indirect financing to its direct and indirect subsidiaries and third parties, including its direct and indirect shareholders and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, including within the framework of cash pooling agreements (including zero balancing), and provide collateral of any kind for the obligations of these parties, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets or guarantees of any kind. This may be done without consideration, on preferential terms, without interest, to the exclusion of the company's profit motive, and/or by assuming lump-sum risks.