In Part 1 of our series on rewarding structural engineering careers, we talked about the engineers, designers, and technicians who work in industrial processing facilities and turn ideas into new products that make advances in our modern world possible. In Part...
Industrial facilities are full of interesting structural engineering challenges. One of the most challenging structures are in refinery “Coker” units. A coker unit converts what would otherwise be a refining waste stream into valuable fuels, leaving behind...
In 2016, Brindley Engineering designed a structural system and engineered lift plan for the removal and replacement of superheater pendants located inside of a boiler at a coal and natural gas-fired power plant located in the upper Midwest. The function of the...
A large midwestern utility needed to replace critical steam line pipe hangers on the Main Steam, Hot Reheat and Cold Reheat Steam Lines that had completed their life cycle over the 40 plus years of operation. Brindley Engineering’s Power Group was awarded the...
The Brindley Engineering (BE) Mechanical Team was commissioned by a large refinery to provide a new design for rerouting an existing flare line (that was to be increased in diameter) to the inlet of their KO Drum while ensuring the equivalent length of the new...
Brindley Engineering was called into a refinery for a project that involved five reinforced concrete tabletop structures supporting large vertical vessels. A change in the catalyst removal along with the replacement process for the vessels was proposed that would...
Brindley Engineering is often called upon to tackle fast-track (emergency) projects on a moment’s notice. One recent event at a Midwest refinery was to take-over a project that was in jeopardy of not meeting its objectives. The unit shutdown was scheduled to...
A Midwest Chemical Facility approached Brindley Engineering to determine why the roof of a concrete wastewater treatment tank was failing and to design a replacement roof and other tank repairs based on the failure assessment. Due to the criticality of the roof...
A Midwest refinery client was replacing sections of sour water collection piping as part of an ongoing piping replacement project and had decided to upsize a section of the collection header to improve flow. This decision was based on the observation that some...
A Midwest refinery was concerned with Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) related to working platforms and attachments on pressure vessels and contacted Brindley Engineering to conduct inspection and engineering of these items. We found deteriorated fireproofing...
