Representative experience

Different plant projects. One operating basis.

LAPORTE engineers greenfield plants, expansions, modernization work, and focused system projects for pharmaceutical, agrifood, industrial biotech, and other industrial facilities.

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Plant project patterns

Start with the change the plant must make or absorb.

A new facility, an expansion, a control-system replacement, and a utility project require different investigations and documents. Each still has to connect production requirements to equipment, plant systems, construction, and operation.

Representative experience

Six ways plant work enters the engineering cycle.

Use the related discipline and industry paths to move from a project pattern into the systems and process context behind it.

01 New facilities

Greenfield Plants

Requirements, production mass balances, block flow diagrams, conceptual layouts, system narratives, schedules, and cost work establish the basis for a new plant. Preliminary and detailed engineering then coordinate process equipment with controls, power, utilities, fire protection, and the building disciplines.

  • Conceptual layouts and system narratives
  • Process, equipment, and utility definition
  • Coordinated drawings and specifications
Related services
Process Engineering MEP Engineering
Related industries
Food & Beverage Pharmaceutical
02 Existing facilities

Plant Expansions

Expansion work fits new production capacity into existing product and people flows, rooms, utilities, electrical distribution, controls, and construction constraints. The engineering can carry site findings into equipment layouts, utility connections, bid packages, field directives, inspections, and record drawings.

  • Existing-condition and production review
  • Equipment, flow, and utility coordination
  • Construction packages and field follow-up
Related services
Process Engineering Electrical & Power Systems
Related industries
Dairy Processing Advanced Manufacturing
03 Automation

Controls & Automation Modernization

Modernization starts with the installed control architecture, equipment interfaces, industrial cabling, servers, and network paths. Project scope can include PLC, HMI, SCADA, historian, alarm, instrumentation, panel, remote-access, testing, integration, and troubleshooting work.

  • Control-system and network architecture
  • PLC, HMI, SCADA, and historian integration
  • Panels, cabling, testing, and field checkout
Related services
Controls & Automation Control Panel Design & Build
Related industries
Industrial Biotech Advanced Manufacturing
04 Electrical infrastructure

Plant Power Systems

Plant power work can cover service entrances, low- and medium-voltage distribution, grounding, UPS and generators, motor control, hazardous locations, protection coordination, harmonics, and arc-flash studies. The design basis connects equipment loads and operating modes to the distribution system.

  • Distribution and motor-control design
  • Grounding, standby power, and protection
  • Coordination, harmonics, and arc-flash studies
Related services
Electrical & Power Systems Arc-Flash Study Services
Related industries
Chemical & Coatings Grain Milling & Oilseed
05 Production systems

Process & Utility Projects

Process and utility projects connect the production method to equipment, piping, cleaning, refrigeration, HVAC, steam, compressed air, clean gases, water, drainage, and fire protection. The work can move from balances and flow diagrams through equipment requirements, detailed documents, utility connections, and startup.

  • Product, process, and energy balances
  • Equipment, piping, and utility requirements
  • Detailed documents and utility connections
Related services
Process Engineering MEP Engineering
Related industries
Pharmaceutical Food & Beverage
06 Turnover

Startup & Qualification

Startup and qualification work prepares installed equipment and systems for use through installation and performance checks, written test procedures, final turnover checks, and review of supplier documents and warranties. Validation scope can include requirements, specifications, IQ, OQ, PQ, traceability, procedures, and training.

  • Installation and performance checks
  • Test procedures and turnover review
  • Qualification records and traceability
Related services
Controls & Automation Process Engineering
Related industries
Pharmaceutical Industrial Biotech

Have a scope that crosses more than one project type?

Bring the operating need, current plant conditions, project stage, and next decision. The team can review how the process, controls, power, utilities, facility, and qualification work connect.

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Discuss Your Plant Project

Describe the operating need, existing conditions, project stage, and next decision. An engineer will review the scope and respond about fit.