Hotwell Tank Installation

A client undertook the replacement of two hotwell tanks that were nearing the end of their life in their existing plant.

They requested a mechanical engineer seconded from Arka to fulfill the role of Project Engineer. Contributions included:

• Preparation of a Construction Scope of Work for the design and fabrication of the new tank
• Technical oversight and coordination of the General Contractor and their subcontracted tank fabricator
• Construction support responding to RFI’s from the General Contractor

Our work included numerous design changes to mitigate the factors that led to the deterioration of the previous tanks:

• Outlining restrictions in place for construction within the facility
• Comminucating the client’s detailed requirements for welding of super duplex material

The two tanks were installed in a working plant with two separate outages that only allowed one tank at a time to be taken offline within a strict window.

Both tanks were installed within the windows available to them, avoiding production delay.