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MECS Engineering provides structural analysis and design services for industrial steel structures, equipment skids, pipe-support systems, platforms, racks, frames, and custom structural components.

Our engineers evaluate structures under operating, environmental, lifting, transportation, installation, and accidental loading conditions. We develop practical solutions that satisfy applicable codes while considering constructability, operability, maintainability, and safety.

Whether the project involves a new structure, an equipment modification, increased loading, or an assessment of an existing installation, we provide clear engineering conclusions and practical design recommendations.

  • Structural Steel Analysis and Design

    We analyze and design structural steel systems for industrial, energy, commercial, and highly regulated facilities. Our capabilities include structural frames, equipment-support structures, platforms, walkways, stairs, access structures, pipe racks, cable-support structures, equipment-support beams and columns, bracing systems, moment-resisting frames, base plates, anchor bolts, structural connections, local reinforcement, and custom-fabricated steel assemblies. Each design is evaluated for strength, stability, serviceability, deflection, vibration, load transfer, and compliance with applicable codes and project requirements.

  • Equipment Skid and Module Analysis

    Equipment skids and modular assemblies must safely support machinery, piping, vessels, electrical equipment, and other components during operation, lifting, transportation, installation, and maintenance. Our skid analysis considers equipment operating and empty weights, piping and equipment nozzle loads, dynamic and vibration loads, wind, snow and seismic effects, lifting and transportation conditions, local frame stresses, deformation, base-frame stiffness, load distribution, support reactions, foundation loads, equipment alignment, and serviceability requirements. We also evaluate proposed design modifications and develop practical reinforcement recommendations where additional capacity or stiffness is required.

  • Pipe-Support Structure Analysis

    Pipe-support structures transfer sustained, thermal, occasional, and dynamic loads from piping systems into the supporting steelwork, building structure, or foundation. MECS Engineering analyzes and designs pipe-support frames, T-posts, goalpost supports, trapeze supports, equipment-mounted supports, trunnions, dummy legs, support attachments, brackets, cantilever supports, guides, anchors, line-stop structures, spring-support attachments, and modifications to existing supports. Our structural and piping stress engineers coordinate support loads, movements, stiffness requirements, restraint directions, and allowable deflections to ensure compatibility between the piping system and its supporting structure.

  • Platforms, Walkways, Stairs, and Access Structures

    Safe and reliable access structures are essential for equipment operation, inspection, maintenance, and emergency access. Our engineering services include the analysis and design of operating platforms, maintenance platforms, access walkways, stairs, ladders, handrails, guardrails, equipment-access frames, elevated working areas, grating, and floor-support systems. Designs are evaluated for structural capacity, deflection, vibration, stability, access, headroom, clearances, constructability, and applicable occupational and industrial safety requirements.

  • Transportation and Installation Analysis

    Transportation and installation can introduce accelerations, impact loads, restraints, support conditions, and load paths that differ significantly from normal operating conditions. Our engineers assess structures for road or marine transportation, acceleration and braking forces, vertical and lateral transport loads, temporary supports, tie-downs, module setting, jacking, installation, structural stability during erection, and temporary bracing requirements. The analysis helps prevent excessive deformation, instability, equipment misalignment, connection damage, or structural failure during handling and installation.

  • Existing-Structure Assessment and Modification

    Changes to equipment, piping, operating conditions, environmental criteria, or facility layout can increase the loading on an existing structure. MECS Engineering assesses existing structures for equipment replacement or relocation, new piping and cable-tray loads, increased operating loads, platform or access additions, structural damage, corrosion, member removal, new openings, penetrations, revised wind, snow or seismic requirements, and changes in use or service conditions. Where available capacity is insufficient, we develop practical strengthening and modification options that consider existing site conditions, construction access, operational constraints, and project cost.

Why Choose MECS Engineering?

MECS Engineering combines structural engineering expertise with experience in piping stress analysis, finite element analysis, equipment design, detailed engineering, and regulatory compliance.

Our approach provides:

  • Technically defensible structural analysis
  • Practical and constructible recommendations
  • Coordination between structural, piping, and equipment requirements
  • Clear documentation and traceable calculations
  • Support for new designs and existing facilities
  • Third-party verification and engineering review
  • P.E. and P.Eng. certification, where applicable
  • Experience with industrial and highly regulated projects

Whether you need to validate a new structure, assess an existing installation, design an equipment skid, or resolve a structural concern, our engineers provide the analysis and recommendations required to move the project forward.

FAQs

Structural analysis is commonly required for new structures, equipment installations, facility modifications, increased loading, lifting and transportation activities, structural damage, or changes in operating conditions.

Yes. Where an existing structure does not have sufficient capacity, we can develop strengthening options such as additional bracing, larger members, reinforced connections, stiffener plates, new supports, or revised load paths.

Typical information includes drawings or 3D models, structural dimensions, material grades, equipment and piping loads, support conditions, project location, operating conditions, applicable codes, and any available inspection or field information.

Deliverables may include the design basis, load calculations, analysis results, member-capacity checks, connection calculations, support reactions, drawings, conclusions, and recommended modifications.

From equipment skids and pipe-support structures to platforms, steel frames, lifting assessments, and existing-structure modifications, MECS Engineering provides practical structural solutions supported by professional engineering expertise.

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