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Service Overview
Steel plant design demands structural engineering capabilities that go far beyond conventional building design. Casthouse structures must withstand radiant heat from tapping operations, caster buildings must support overhead ladle cranes with dynamic load factors, rolling mill foundations must absorb cyclical impact loads without progressive settlement, and fume extraction systems must coordinate with structural framing in extremely congested spatial envelopes.
Our Digital-First Approach
Model in 3D BIM
Desapex engineers model all steel plant structures from heavy industrial portal frames to crane girder systems to equipment foundations in 3D BIM.
Core Deliverables
Heavy industrial structural design for melt shop buildings, caster halls, rolling mill housings, and finishing line structures with dynamic and thermal loading analysis.
Crane runway and crane girder design including fatigue assessment, rail alignment tolerancing, and buffer/end stop design.
Process equipment foundation design including vibration isolation, dynamic load absorption, and thermal isolation.
Fume extraction and de-dusting system design integrated with building structures.
Refractory lining and material handling system coordination with structural framing.
Why Choose Desapex
In steel plant construction, a clash between a crane girder and a fume extraction duct discovered during erection can require structural redesign, re-fabrication, and re-erection a sequence that typically adds 8-12 weeks to the construction schedule. Desapex’s federated 3D approach catches these conflicts during design, when resolution involves only a model revision, not a fabrication shop order.
Unique Selling Proposition
Our USP is that Desapex’s steel plant BIM models carry full structural engineering data member sizes, connection details, loading assumptions, and design code references enabling automated structural checking and quantity extraction that eliminate manual takeoff errors and accelerate procurement cycles.
