I&I Soft Craft Solutions
Insulations, Inc. Participates in Modularization of Industrial Plants
Results
I&I Soft Craft Solutions recently completed the Insulation, Heat Tracing, and Fireproofing work on several modular projects at CB&I’s Beaumont, TX fabrication yard. These modular projects were for Petrostar in Valdez, Alaska, Conoco Phillips in Wood River, IL, Flint Hills in Corpus Christi, TX, and Plus Petrol in Malvinas, Peru.
In the last five to ten years, we have seen more modularization in constructing traditional industrial plants.
In industrial construction, the options are to stick build a project on-site or modularize the project at a fabrication facility a thousand miles away or even in another country. The completed modules are transported to the site by ship, barge, or truck.
Some project sites are in remote locations and do not have the availability of local skilled labor. That is, the quantity of workers with sufficient skill proficiency to build the project. Craft workers would have to be compensated for housing and transportation at a remote project site, adding considerably to the cost.
On some projects, the local wages at the site are considerably higher than the wages at the modular yard, and the productivity is not as good as that at the modular yard.
As a result, it is more cost-effective to modularize as much of the project as possible at a fabrication yard with both the quantity and quality of workers available to build the modules.