How Did SMSCL Help?
While working to re-route settled water for our client, BPTT, away f rom their storage tanks, the skilled SMSCL team developed a procedure that was unprecedented in the industry. The Terminal Storage Tank Water Recovery project involved welding, shop fabrication, sandblasting, painting and civil repair work, including the installation of 4” and 6” tank rings.
The team was faced with the challenge of how these 6” pipes should be bent in order to fit the shape it was to be installed. There was no set precedence as to the procedure for bending the 6” pipe. Often, we at SMSCL adopt beyond traditional approaches to get the job done. We often troubleshoot and test ideas and develop the technology ourselves in order to find the right solutions.
Our team used their technical expertise and knowledge to develop a tool that allowed us to bend the 6” pipe. Our client approved this technique and the team was able to bend the pipe while packing it with a substance to maintain its shape and integrity. During this process, the procedure was specifically monitored, inspected and tested to ensure the bending procedure did not compromise the quality of the pipe. Pipelines were then blasted and painted.
Plinths were manually excavated, casted and installed. The team also demolished cache boxes to accommodate tie-ins on the tank brace. Our expert and innovative team also performed extensive repair and remodeling work on the existing base plinths as well as concrete blinding to ensure underlying material is sealed and dirt and contaminants would not affect the structure. The work staff also constructed pump and power- rack bases for stability and optimized strength.
This project is regarded as one of our proudest moments as a team in SMSCL, as it gave us the opportunity to excel beyond our typical approach and invent a solution that would add value and functionality to the overall project and demonstrate the highly innovative, technical capacity of our team.
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SMSCL Project Scope
- Innovative rolling of 6” pipe using jig and packing with sand
- Cache boxes were demolished and reinstated to accommodate tie-ins on the tank brace.
- Rendering and Repair Works on Plinths, Concrete Blinding
- Construction and Installation of Pump, Power Rack Bases and Shed
- Tied the 4” pipe to pump and choriolis meter which was tied into 4” ballast pond line.