Chemical & Process Plants
Most chemical work is not a new plant. It is a new line, a new reactor or a debottleneck — inside a plant that is already running.
Modifications have to fit around existing equipment, structures and racks, often working from drawings that no longer match the site, with tie-ins that can only be made in a short shutdown. We plan the new work against the plant as it stands, so what is fabricated fits first time and the shutdown is spent installing, not adjusting.
Engineering for Chemical & Process Plants
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Starting from what is actually there
Plant drawings are often several changes behind the plant itself. We build the new design on the latest information available — your drawings, site mark-ups and dimensions from your team — and raise the gaps before they turn into field problems.
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New work in congested space
New equipment rarely gets a clear area. Routes through existing racks and structures, around live lines and over operating platforms are checked in the 3D model, so clashes with the existing plant are found on screen rather than at site.
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Tie-ins that respect the shutdown
Connections to live systems are identified and shown clearly on the drawings, and as much as possible is prefabricated beforehand — so the work left for the shutdown window is the work that genuinely has to be done in it.
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A specification for every line
Neighbouring lines can differ in material, rating and lining. Specification-driven modelling keeps each line in its own class, so isometrics and MTO call up the right material — and drawings are brought to as-built once the job is done.
Systems, deliverables and related services
Systems we work on
- Chemical plants
- Manufacturing plants
- Process plant modifications
- Plant expansions and debottlenecking
- Process and dosing skids
- Utility and transfer piping
- EPC project support
What you receive
- Modification layouts and GA drawings
- Isometrics for new and modified lines
- Clash review against the existing plant
- Support drawings
- Line-wise MTO
- As-built drawing updates
Related services
- Piping Design & Engineering Piping routed from P&ID to a layout that can be supported, operated and built.
- 3D Plant Modeling & Coordination One coordinated model of equipment, piping and structure, reviewed for clashes before drawings are issued.
- Drawings & Documentation Issue-ready drawings and material take-off, checked before they leave the office.
Tell us about your project
Send us your P&ID, GA or scope and we will come back with how we would approach it.