Structural Engineering

Watts teamed with International Chimney Corporation to design new stainless steel duct work for pollution control equipment at a feed processing facility. The ducts needed to be supported on new platforms attached to the side of the mill wall and on existing roof pipe racks. Watts modeled the external and internal forces acting on the duct to locate expansion joints and design mounting fixtures to allow thermal expansion and contraction. This design build project required close collaboration between our design, the fabricator, and the erector to meet the required schedule.