Industries
Boiler structures, stacks, transmission towers and balance-of-plant piping for thermal and renewable power.
Quick answer
Structural Engineering Services supports Power Generation projects worldwide with chimney & stack design, transmission tower design, pipe stress analysis, industrial building design — delivered by senior engineers on licensed software to international codes.
Governing codes
Sector challenges
Power plant steelwork carries heavy, hot, vibrating equipment and has to survive the wind and seismic event the plant itself is designed for. Boiler houses, stacks and transmission structures each fail in a different way.
Challenge 01
Boiler structures carry hangers for components that move tens of millimetres between cold and operating conditions.
How we answer it
Hanger load schedules and movement data are built into the structural model, constant-effort and variable springs are selected, and the steel is checked in both the cold and hot condition.
Challenge 02
Turbine decks, mills and fans introduce vibration that a static design never sees.
How we answer it
Decks and equipment foundations are checked for dynamic amplification and frequency separation, with modal analysis wherever the machine vendor sets a frequency limit.
Challenge 03
Stacks and lattice towers are governed by across-wind vortex shedding and, in cold regions, by radial ice.
How we answer it
Stacks are checked for vortex shedding and the resulting fatigue with dampers specified where needed; towers are run for the full wind, ice and wind-on-ice combination matrix.
Challenge 04
Plant modifications and tower work have to be built inside narrow outage windows with phased access.
How we answer it
Scope is split into erection-sequenced packages with temporary stability checks, so a partially erected structure is safe to leave standing between outages.
Relevant services
Designing self-supported steel chimneys and stacks for wind, seismic and thermal loads.
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Detailing lattice transmission towers with member schedules, bolt lists and erection marks.
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Checking piping systems for sustained, thermal and occasional loads, nozzle loads and support reactions.
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Engineering heavy industrial buildings with crane girders, mezzanines and equipment loads.
ExploreTypical assets
From a single assembly to a complete package — the asset types our power generation teams work on week to week.
Boiler support steel, buckstays, penthouse framing and hanger grids.
TG decks, pedestals and foundations with dynamic and frequency checks.
Self-supported steel stacks with liner, damper and access platform design.
Lattice towers, gantries and equipment support structures.
Steam, feedwater and condensate systems to ASME B31.1 with stress analysis.
Conveyor galleries, transfer towers, bunkers and silos.
Codes & specifications
The base code is only half the story. On power generation work the client specification usually overrides it somewhere, so we agree a single reconciled design basis before any calculation starts.
Browse all codesPower piping: steam and feedwater thickness, allowable stress and support spacing.
Wind and seismic actions on open plant structures, stacks and towers.
Steel chimney design: shell thickness, vortex shedding and damper requirements.
Lattice transmission tower analysis with bolt slip and member eccentricity rules.
Steel design for boiler houses, decks and balance-of-plant structures.
Concrete pedestals, turbine foundations and anchorage design.
Free quote
Send the drawings or datasheets you already have. We will tell you what is missing and quote the scope in 24 hours.
Project lifecycle
Most clients bring us in at detailed design. We can start earlier, or pick a package up mid-stream — here is what you get from us at each stage.
Options, preliminary sizing and budget tonnage, before the scheme is frozen.
Plant arrangement, major equipment weights and structural concepts for the feasibility estimate.
You receive
Design basis, load schedules and layouts good enough to price and procure from.
Vendor load schedules, stack and tower sizing, and foundation reactions.
You receive
Full analysis, code checks, 3D modelling and issued-for-construction documentation.
Boiler steel, stack and piping analysis with foundations and IFC drawings.
You receive
Shop queries, RFIs and as-built updates while steel is being cut and erected.
Erection-sequence support, outage queries and field modification calculations.
You receive
Deliverables & handover
Power scope is handed over package by package, so boiler, stack, balance-of-plant and switchyard documents can follow their own approval cycles without waiting on each other.
| Deliverable | Format | Issued at |
|---|---|---|
| Design basis and calculation report | PDF, signed and checked | Detailed design |
| General arrangement drawings | DWG + PDF | FEED to detailed design |
| Drawing register and transmittal | XLSX + PDF | Every issue |
| Mechanical design calculations | PV-Elite output + PDF with code references | Detailed design |
| Fabrication and nozzle orientation drawings | DWG + PDF | Pre-fabrication |
| Tekla 3D model | Native .db1 + IFC 2x3/4 | Detailed design |
| Single-part, assembly and erection drawings | PDF + DWG, one sheet per mark | Detailed design |
| CNC files, bolt list and BOQ | NC1/DSTV, DXF, XLSX | Pre-fabrication |
| 3D piping model and isometrics | Native + PDF/DWG, line-numbered | Detailed design |
| Stress report with support and nozzle loads | PDF + CAESAR II .c2 input | Detailed design |
| Equipment load and hanger schedule | XLSX + PDF | FEED to detailed design |
| Erection sequence and temporary stability checks | PDF calculation + DWG sequence plans | Pre-erection |
Two-stage check
Originator, then senior checker signs off every sheet before it leaves our office.
Native files included
You own the model, so another team can pick the work up at any point.
Revision control
A revision table on every sheet; superseded issues are archived, never deleted.
Your transmittal route
Issued through your document-control portal with your numbering, or over secure FTP.
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