Plant room modules, Gods gift to industry

Steel fabrication is one of the most versatile trades in the modern world. Practically anything can be made from steel, from home furnishings to huge structures such as oil rigs, and everything in between. By using a combination of sheet steel and a variety of profiles such as tubes, I-beams, angle iron an so on, almost any conceivable structure can be constructed from steel. However some of the most sought after steel products made in a fabrication workshop are garden gates and railings for domestic customers. Whereas industrial customers are generally looking for bespoke fire escapes and plant room modules such as riser modules and pump skids.

Plant room modules have revolutionised industrial construction as instead of the traditional method of building an industrial plant from the ground up, taking a modular approach means that industrial and plant machinery can be installed in a fraction of the time. This is due to much of the machinery being constructed off site in a modular style; meaning it can be quickly and easily assembled once it's delivered to the site. Traditionally, all the different parts of machinery and the connecting pipe work would be assembled bit by bit on site. However with a modular approach, each section of the finished plant can be assembled and tested off site and once all is complete, it can be quickly and easily delivered and assembled in order to get it up and running in a minimum of time.

One of the main advantages of a modular approach is each section can be easily transported when necessary, and this is especially true for pump skids, being a large industrial pump, along with it's control panel and all fixtures and fittings pre assembled on a single module, or skid. Pumps are often required to be used in more than one place and when using pump skids, one can quickly and easily up sticks and move.

Where a plant is to be constructed on more than one level, each module is accompanied with what is known in the industry as riser modules. These are bespoke steel constructions which lift pipework and other conduits from one floor to the next. As with the whole ethos of modular construction, riser modules are constructed off site in order to streamline the installation process and enable off site testing prior to installation. Again, should any aspect of industrial machinery need to moved to a different site at any point in the future, de-assembling and re-assembling a modular plant is far more straight forward than unbolting each and every section of pipe, cable and machine. Plant room modules are essential for any modern industry and not only save time and money, they take the headache out of industrial construction.