Industrial plant construction

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Under industrial plant is defined as the overall responsible combination and integration of various supplies and services that the provision or the construction of functional industrial facilities have or components of such facilities to the goal. In this context, an industrial plant is nothing more than a system for realizing an industrial process that includes various interconnected process steps.

The provision or construction of industrial plants is usually carried out according to plan. The procedure is usually steered and directed with methods of project management .

Supplies and services

The deliveries essentially include:

  • Subsystems
  • machinery
  • Apparatus
  • Components
  • connecting elements (e.g. scaffolding, pipelines, cabling)
  • software

The services essentially include:

  • Documentation and training
  • financing
  • Manufacturing and / or purchasing
  • Installation
  • maintenance
  • construction
  • delivery
  • Assembly
  • planning

Important industrial sectors supplied

Industrial plant construction supplies plants in particular in the following industrial areas. The list is alphabetical and does not claim to be complete:

Special requirements for management

Special management skills of the industrial plant builder are

  • Project management
  • Risk management
  • Drafting (often international) contracts
  • Supplier management
  • logistics

literature

  • Hirschberg, Hans Günther: Handbook of process engineering and plant construction: chemistry, technology, economic efficiency. Springer, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-540-60623-8
  • Watermeyer, Peter: Handbook for process plant project engineers. Professional Engineering Publishing, London 2002, ISBN 1-86058-370-9 (English)
  • Sattler, Klaus u. Werner Kasper: Process engineering systems: planning, construction and operation. 2 vols. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2000, ISBN 3-527-28459-1
  • Rosaler, Robert C. (ed.): Standard handbook of plant engineering. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York 2002, ISBN 0-07-136192-8 (English)
  • Peters, Max Stone et al .: Plant design and economics for chemical engineers. 5th ed. McGraw-Hill, Boston 2004, ISBN 0-07-124044-6 (English)
  • Thomas, Charles Edward: Process technology equipment and systems. 2nd ed. Thomson Delmar, Clifton Park 2007, ISBN 1-4180-3067-8 (English)
  • Deibele, Ludwig u. Ralf Dohrn (Ed.): Miniplant technology in the process industry. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 978-3-527-30739-5