Fabrication & Project Engineering

Fabrication that starts from the drawing

Fabricated metalwork often holds a process together: skids that carry pumps and filters, frames for machines, supports for pipework and spray headers, platforms, enclosures and cabinets. This capability covers sheet-metal and structural fabrication, stainless-steel components, laser cutting, forming and bending, welded assemblies and onsite fabrication and installation, with inspection and project coordination alongside. It can also provide the structural base for equipment supplied under other capabilities, such as spray systems, treatment skids or control panels.

Because fabricated items are made to order, the quality of the result depends on the quality of the information at the start. A dimensioned drawing, the material grade and thickness, the welding and finish requirements and the inspection expected all affect how the work is planned and costed. Where only a concept or sketch exists, the drawing and its open points need to be developed and agreed before fabrication begins.

Planning the scope

Beyond the item itself, it helps to define who supplies bought-out parts, whether surface treatment or painting is required, how the item will be transported and lifted, and whether site measurement, erection or welding at site forms part of the work. Quantity and delivery timing influence the method of manufacture. Early clarity on these points reduces revisions and makes the proposal easier to compare.