Recovering the drawings for existing steelwork
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Surveying existing steelwork, recovering the lost design documents and making new structures for the same equipment.
On-site survey, recovered shop drawings, structural check, fabrication and erection of new platforms and stairs.
Task
When a plant is expanded or modernised, it may turn out that there are no design documents for the existing steelwork, as they were lost over decades of operation. Without drawings it is impossible either to check whether the platforms can carry new equipment or to add a level to them. Purchasing the structures together with new equipment from the manufacturer is not cost-effective: the auxiliary supporting steelwork can account for up to 65% of the modernisation scope.
Solution
We survey the existing structures on site, restore the shop drawings from the survey results and check the load-bearing capacity for the new loads. We then design and fabricate new platforms, stairs and support frames for the equipment, to the same drawings that are later used for erection. The client receives the structures together with documentation that allows the shop to be extended without a new survey.
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Cost estimate for the works
Send us drawings or a technical specification and we will prepare a technical solution and a cost estimate.