Effective plant design needs to balance process requirements with space, accessibility, safety, installation, operation, and maintenance.

Actemium UK provides integrated plant, piping, and vessel design, bringing together process, mechanical and specialist engineering expertise to develop practical solutions around your operational requirements and site constraints.

Whether you are developing new infrastructure or modifying an existing facility, we consider how plant will be installed, operated, and maintained from the outset, helping reduce design interfaces and improve project certainty.

Key customer benefits

  • Optimised plant layouts
  • Greater design certainty
  • Safe, accessible plant
  • Risk Attention
    Reduced integration risk
  • Confidence in engineering integrity

Our plant, piping & vessel design capabilities

  • Plant layout

    Develop plant layouts around process requirements, available space, equipment positioning, workflow, access, and maintenance. For existing facilities, designs can be created around current plant and infrastructure, helping identify spatial constraints and interfaces before progressing into detailed design.

  • Piping design

    Develop detailed piping systems around process, operational and site requirements, including:

    • Piping layouts and routing
    • Pipe sizing
    • Material selection
    • Equipment interfaces
    • Pipe supports
    • 3D modelling
    • Integration with process and mechanical design

    Specialist pipe stress analysis can also be incorporated where required to assess system behaviour under relevant loads and operating conditions.

  • Vessel design

    Engineering design for:

    • Pressure vessels
    • Storage tanks
    • Reactors

    Designs consider process requirements, structural integrity and applicable engineering codes and standards, with specialist analysis available where required.

Integrated engineering

Plant, piping and vessel design rarely sits within a single engineering discipline.

Our teams can work alongside process, mechanical, CE&I, stress analysis, and engineering substantiation specialists to identify interfaces earlier and ensure requirements are considered together as the design develops.

This integrated approach can help reduce coordination issues and downstream design changes while creating solutions that are practical to install, operate and maintain.

From plant concept to detailed design

Our engineers can support new-build and modification projects from early plant definition through to detailed design.

 

Depending on your requirements, this can include plant layout development, process integration, equipment positioning, piping routing, vessel design, 3D modelling and supporting engineering analysis.

 

For brownfield projects, existing plant conditions, space limitations, access, and interfaces with operational infrastructure can be considered early in the design process. Digital engineering tools, including laser scanning and 3D modelling, can also be used to improve the accuracy of existing asset information and support design development.

 

Bringing these requirements together earlier helps improve design certainty and reduces the risk of discovering physical or engineering conflicts later in the project.

Engineering expertise you can rely on

  • Engineering
    Integrated plant engineering

    Process, mechanical, piping, and specialist engineering expertise brought together around the requirements of your plant.
  • Lifecycle
    Complex operational environments

    Experience developing solutions around existing infrastructure, restricted space, access requirements and demanding operating conditions.
  • Specialist engineering analysis

    Access stress analysis, FEA and engineering substantiation expertise where required to demonstrate structural and mechanical integrity.
  • Engineering to recognised standards

    Experience working to applicable engineering codes and standards, including ASME B31.3 for process piping as well as BS EN 1993 and BS EN 13001.

Proven in demanding environments

Plant, Piping & Vessel Design FAQs

  • What does plant design include?

    Plant design considers how process equipment, piping and supporting systems are arranged and integrated within a facility. This can include plant layouts, equipment positioning, access, piping routes, operation, maintenance requirements, and integration with other engineering disciplines.

  • Can Actemium UK support modifications to existing plant?

    Yes. Our engineers can develop plant, piping and vessel designs around existing infrastructure and operational constraints. Existing layouts, access, equipment interfaces, and available space can be considered during design development to help identify potential integration issues earlier.

  • Can you provide piping design and pipe stress analysis?

    Yes. Our piping design capability includes layouts, routing, and material selection. Where required, specialist pipe stress analysis can assess piping systems and supports under relevant loading and operating conditions.

  • Do you use 3D modelling for plant and piping design?

    Yes. 3D modelling can support plant layout and piping design, helping engineering teams understand spatial relationships, identify potential clashes, and review access and maintainability before installation.

  • Which piping design standards can Actemium UK work to?

    Our engineering capability includes experience working to relevant design codes and standards, including ASME B31.3 for process piping. The specific standards applied will depend on the project, application, and customer requirements.

  • Can Actemium UK provide multidisciplinary support?

    Yes. Plant and piping projects can draw on process, mechanical, CE&I, automation, stress analysis, engineering substantiation, and digital engineering expertise where required, reducing the number of engineering interfaces customers need to manage.

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