Mechanical Contractor
ESTABLISHED 1972
New Construction – Maintenance – Retro Fits
Structural Steel Fabrication & Erection
Motion Millwright Installations & Repairs
Engineering & Detailing Scopes of Work
Serving performance driven industries
with reliable trustworthy service
You know where we are when you see this.
Insured to work at manufacturing, processing facilities and mines
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About us: We are a self-performing industrial mechanical contractor specializing in design-build construction, motion millwright service, and maintenance in a wide range of industrial and commercial environments.
We offer Design–Build service of which is the oldest form of construction procedure. The Master Builder answers the Client's wishes for a single point of responsibility, reduces risks and overall costs, and is the top choice of construction-maintenance engineered solutions in private commerce.
We offer industrial mechanical service that includes motion millwright skills identifying and solving problems, equipment installations-repairs-retro fits-up grades, alignment of motor shafts to loads, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, logic controls, ventilation, piping, material handling conveyors-elevators, bulk storage receiving-load-out, and structural design-engineering-fabrication-erection.
This company was established in the year 1972 and has been performance driven by the nature of the manufacturing and processing industries that we wanted to serve.
Our ability to identify and solve problems with Engineering followed with a wide range of service sets us apart from other contractors.
Most of our Engineering and service challenges originated from a Customer’s request for maintenance service or a need to rectify a persistent problem at their facility.
And some of our biggest projects were a result of responding to an unplanned outage.
The engineering, concrete, steel and motion millwright skill sets do complement each other and the bundling together of the skills is an absolute necessity for a Competent General Contractor of capital and maintenance projects.
The photographs in this presentation are recent records of our work activities and we will offer you references that will verify what you see in this presentation are fact.
We install big doors – 48ft x 16ft Bi-Fold
We core drill big holes thru concrete – diamond tools cuts ReBars and anything else in it’s path
2.7ft dia. x 14ft depth Pile Foundations for a design-build 10-ton Crane Way – low head height enviornment
An innovative combination of services
Equipment – installations, retro fits, & up grades
Steel Fabrication – on site & fabrication shop
Maintenance – fixes, repairs, & replacements
Shot Crete – ponds, tanks, walls, & refractory
Water blasting – cleaning & demolition
Special buildings & structures
Concrete – repairs & new work
Piping above & below ground
Demolition & dismantling
Environmental projects
A quick and easy process
Our proposal has some clear advantages
You will be informed of the specifics of the scopes of work, a schedule of values, a schedule of events, and a plan.
Proposals are detailed offers that are more comprehensive than bids, estimates, and quotes, are incredibly beneficial for complex projects, and are an absolute requirement by state laws to guide the settlement of an insurance claim and specific performance.
A proposal is a preparation of a comprehensive plan and agreement to settle predicted issues saving time and anguish to complete the work.
Send your request for a proposal to:
The frequently asked questions when discussing project proposals:
1) Question: How many men do you employ?
Answer: This is a loaded question that deserves only a reply of reasoning and here it is.
The primary presumption of the question is that we support non-billable business expenses.
It’s common knowledge that the market structure will not allow wasteful spending in any business.
Therefore, a reasonable answer is “that depends on our work load, backlog, and contracts we have at the time of the inquiry”. Workmen are assigned and pledged to a particular client's project and are rarely relocated.
2) Question: What is your service area?
Answer: All of the lower 48-states
3) Question: What is a casual labor employee?
Answer: Casual labor refers to part-time or temporary workers who fill an immediate need for an employer and are not part of the regular staff. This is most popular market demand behavior of today’s business operations.
They typically supply services on a flexible or irregular basis.
Key characteristics of casual employment include:
>No set requirements beyond completing a specific project.
>No guarantee of future work beyond what is needed.
>No firm advance commitment for ongoing work.
4) Question: What is the Gig Economy?
Answer: A labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work as opposed to permanent jobs.
"Working in the gig economy means constantly being subjected to last-minute scheduling" but the benefits are outstanding compared to a steady job.
5) Question: Where did all the skilled labor go and why do we have a labor shortage?
Answer: They followed the money to the spot market service sector seeking performance pay and a better life style.
6) Question: What’s Next for the Skilled Labor Shortage?
Answer:
More dependency on supervisors that are able and willing to supervise low wage
casual workers and sub-contractors. Government data
provide more evidence of a labor shortage. In the Bureau of Labor Statistics’
(BLS) April 2019 release of Job Openings and Labor Turnover,[2] there
were about 7.4 million job openings, but about 5.9 million hires – a gap that
has persisted since January 2015. The prediction is by 2030, it’s likely than
more than 85 million jobs could go unfilled globally because there aren’t enough
skilled people to take them, according to a recent Korn Ferry analysis.
“Signs are already emerging that by 2026 there won’t be enough talent to go
around in the USA. In the US alone, over 200,000 workers left their
manufacturing jobs ahead of schedule and haven’t returned.
7) Question. What is the relevance of “price driven” versus “performance driven”?
Answer: Price-driven is lowest cost constraint.
Performance-driven is the highest cost constraint.
8) Question: What is third party indemnity?
Answer: Financial responsibly for the negligence acts of the public.
9) Question: Are third party liabilities an insurable risk?
Answer: YES, special market insurance underwriters will assume financial responsibility for the negligence acts of the public under their terms and conditions that will include strict control of a work site.
Special market third-party liability insurance coverages are difficult to get. Special market insurance coverage requires extensive applications and background checks of all insured's, huge pre-payments, hard security terms and conditions that specifies limited and well-defined claim triggers and limits to hold harmless, indemnify and insure the public against their own acts of willful negligence under conditions that are not compliant with public policy and state Anti-Indemnity statues.
Standard market insurance underwriters do not assume financial responsibility for the neglect acts of the public.
We provide standard market Texas standard Workers Compensation and Commercial General Liability insurance that protects us as the owner of the insurance policy as the primary insured, and our clients as the additional insured if purchased by the client. Over 30 additional insured's CGL endorsements options are available to add to CGL coverages, that include well defined claim triggers and claim limits in compliance with public policy and the Texas State Anti-Indemnity Regulations.
10) Question: What makes “risk” a big issue?
Answer: Some risks offer the promise of higher value. Some risks offer smaller potential consequences than others. Some risks could make or break your business. But there’s one key element all risks have in common: They're differentiators.
Risks determines a service provider’s business prospects.
A typical corporate crafted contract transfers extraordinary uninsurable risks to contracting parties.
This is the “deal-breaker” most of the time if the terms of the contract are not negotiated to acceptable triggers and limits.
We have done a lot and have seen a lot and we have incurred losses that were not our fault only because it was a contractual agreement to hold harmless, indemnify, and defend the negligent acts of others not commissioned by us.
NOTE: Contracting is about contracts.
We will not take on any project that has an inherent risk that exceeds the contract value. Uninsurable risks, work safety hazards, environmental hazards, poor communication with stakeholders, poor documentation, negative cash flow, project delays, aging accounts receivables are some of the outstanding parts of the risk computation.
The difference between insurance and indemnity is that Indemnification is "the agreement of one party to assume financial responsibility for the liability of another party" and "Insurance transfers risk from the insured party to the insurance company, mitigating the financial impact in covered instances."
11) Question: Why are quotation-proposal terms and conditions so important?
Answer: It is the key-way to protect a business and ensure its professionalism, as well as mitigating risks and to make sure parties to an agreement know what their obligations and responsibilities are.
We base the costing of a proposal on our terms and conditions if not instructed differently.
12) Question: What is public policy?
Answer: Public policy is a course of action created and/or enacted, typically by a government, in response to public, real-world problems defined by state and federal constitutions and the president of civil law.
13) Question: What is the largest job you completed?
Answer: $7,000,000 Shredder project for CMC Steel TX.
We placed over 10,000 cubic yards over a 12-month period, installed underground piping, and installed process equipment.
14) Question: Can you provide a payment and performance bonding of contracts?
Answer: Yes, we can, but our decision will depend on the risk-rewards of the agreement we make.
15) Question: ISN first! <> Browse first!<> PICS first! <> Other procurement managers first!
You need to complete a contractor’s qualification form first!!
Answer: Nothing comes before the core prospect of a sale. The opportunities are not big enough to justify the investment of time and expenses when the probabilities are still low at such an early stage in the sales process.
We are judicious about investing time and resources in efforts that have a history of unproductive results. We will do what is necessary when we see the customary positive signs of business progress that will encourage us to proceed.
We don’t want to waste the effort if it turns out that we were never a serious candidate for your business.
16) Question: Do you have a safety program?
Answer: Yes, we have a safety program that includes technical instructions of proven methods, job site practice drills, and class room training. If you want to examine our safety programs and training materials we will provide you a website address to do it.
17) Question: Do you carry Commercial General Liability Insurance?
Answer: YES <> We allocate the following minimum CGL Insurance coverage for projects less than $1,000,000 in value:
Commercial General Liability form ISO form CG 00 01 04 13
Texas standard coverage's (Texas Insurance Code 151.102)
$1,000,000 aggregate of limited form indemnity
Endorsements: Operations and Premises Liability, Completed Operations and Products Liability, Personal Injury Liability Insurance, Limitation of Coverage to Designated Premises or Project (CG 21 44), Railroad ROW"s. Contractual Liability—Railroads CG 24 17 or CG 24 27 limits injury or damage that is caused in whole or in part by the contractor or those acting on the contractor's behalf.
Exclusions: Expected Or Intended Injury, Damage To Our Product, Damage To Our Work, Damage To Impaired Property Or Property Not Physically Injured, Recall Of Products, Work Or Impaired Property, Personal And Advertising Injury, Electronic Data, Recording And Distribution Of Material Or Information In Violation Of Law, Engineers, Surveyors, Silica, Bacteria, Fungi, Pollution, Overspray, Nuclear, Asbestos, Lead, Cross Suits, Broad Form Indemnities, Wavier of Subrogation, Contractual Liability, Residential, and Additional Insured – Clients/Owners.
Additional Insured - owners, lessees or contractors
Employers Mutual Casualty Company form CG7650(9-09)
18) Question: Are you a subscriber of the Texas Workers Compensation System?
Answer: YES
Repair of vertical screw conveyor and installation of heavy slide gates
Installation ½” armor plate and cleaning of a water storage tank
Replacement of a cooling screw conveyor and installation roofing bar joint during a night shift
Working on rope practice in our shop and accessing the inaccessible
THE PRIME SAFETY RULE
SHOW ME technical and a demonstration and I will practice what you instructed me to trust before trusting it.
COMMON SENSE demands experienced team members, proven methods, equipment, rescue and self-recovery.
HISTORY HAS SHOWN that you are alone for the most part when working at heights and depths.
REHEARSAL AND PRACTICE is a requirement and not an option.
A multi skilled workman at work
Service tower foundation for a very large electrical transformer
Fabrication of the transformer service tower at out fabrication shop
Transport of the service tower from our fabrication shop to the job site
Erection of the service tower
All 16 anchors bolts fit the tower base plates – we know how jig anchor bolts for a true fit
Design-build-install of the stairs and walk way
We install processing and manufacturing equipment
We install steam heat trace tubing to bulk storage tanks
We CNC (Computer Numerical Control) shape cut plate parts in our fabrication and on the job site.
meeting maintenance and constructions demands of
concrete - steel - machinery
engineering - maintenance
What is a Millwright?
A millwright is a high-precision craftsman or tradesman who installs, dismantles, repairs, reassembles, and moves machinery in factories, power plants, and construction sites.
As the name suggests, the original function of a millwright was the construction of flour mills, sawmills, paper mills and fulling mills powered by water or wind, mostly of wood with a limited number of metal parts. Since both of these structures originated from antiquity, millwrighting could be considered, arguably, as one of the oldest engineering trades and the forerunner of the modern mechanical engineer.
Popular Service disciplines we delivered
>Crane Systems – design build - testing - modifications
>Water Blasting – cleaning and concrete demolition
>Equipment – installations - retro fits and up grades
>Maintenances – fixes – repairs and replacement’s
>Rail Road Trac receive and load out systems
>Steel Fabrication – on site and in fab shop
>Engineering - detailing fabrications
>Piping – above and below ground
>Special buildings and structures
>Concrete – new work – repairs
>Demolition and dismantling
>Environmental projects
>Earth work
Quotations
We will offer multi-staged proposals for projects that are funded and definitely scheduled to proceed.
Additionally, we offer to take on functions such as design and management because the procurement routes have become more complex and prospective clients generally want a wide range of goods and services from the contractor.
Project Management
Delivering the basic benefits of a project management study:
>Using photogrammetry and drones to collect data
>Determine the scopes of work and a schedule of costing
>Finding the lowest cost alternatives using value engineering
>Gantt Chart times and events for the efficiency of the action plan
>Identifying and solving problems with engineering:
*Sequence of operations and automation IO’s,
*Routings of pipes, conveyers, wheel & foot traffic
*Space requirements of operations and maintenance
*Power requirements, ventilation, lighting, fire control
*Structural frames, equipment arrangements, foundations & etc.
ICC candidate #ICNON040409 MSHA registered contractor
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Placement of electrical testing equipment
Installation of a pedestal crane – We built the foundation that supports it
Replacement of electrical transformers in a manufacturing test facility in South Texas where tacos, barbecue, tequila, and beer are the four basic food groups.
Can you imagine the difficulty and risk with a swing lift thru the door at 28ft above ground level of 40,000lbs transformer that does not exist for sale and that was made to special order? Some other guys before us caused a lot anxiety doing that swing lift thru the door.
We built a platform to work safe for the cost of additional labor cost and crane service required for a swing lift.
The retro-fit installation of a concrete shear wall at an US air base facility where 450 Airmen will control unmanned aircraft all over the world.
The computer room sub-floor was removed to enable the mounting of the shear wall on the foundation.
We design-build-install material handling equipment
A view of work in progress in our fabrication shop
Stainless steel chemical piping fabricated in our fabrication shop
A metal building addition
We install and service rail switches and install thru building receive pits
Concrete placement
We install underground conduit piping and vaults for high voltage power distribution
Castellated holes in beams to make durable embeds for anchoring dynamic process equipment
A design-build ventilation project of a cement finish mill building where the wind generators outnumber the legal citizens.
Top row of louvers is 105ft above ground level of which is about ½ the height of a wind generator shaft.
A design-build 12ft depth basement foundation
Construction joint for foundation wall
A bulk liquid oxygen storage facility in central Texas where every third or fourth person you meet is an engineer of some sort.
A retro-fit upgrade of a hydraulic mold puller from a spin cast carbon cloth pipe in our fabrication shop
Concrete paving
Shop fabrication of roll line conveyor tolerance-set jigs
Modifications to a paddle mixer and an improvement of underground piping
Embedded rails to protect a high voltage underground vault from bucket loader abrasion
Reseal and reinstall of hot oil rotary connection
Replacement of bucket elevator belt and bucket night shift and day shifts
Replacement of bucket elevator head pulley lagging
Replacement of cantilever rods thru concrete beam and concrete roof
Shop fabrication and site installation of prefabricated abrasion resistant loader ramp
Exothermic torch manifold station for steel scrap preparation
Hot gas bypass duct work at cement mill in South Texas city where you know
it is a formal occasion when you get a glass with a longneck beer.
We install large ducting pipe
line-up of ducting for square fit up of pipe spool
Installation of elevated conveyor belt span section
Spread footing foundation work
A design-build on the fly of a bulk storage facility, structures, piping, pneumatic conveyor systems, belt conveyors, chutes, spouts, multiple retro-fits of existing process equipment, and the installation of new additional process equipment in a process plant in the great state of Alabama where the legal drinking age is 21, but the “real” drinking age is 14.
We identified and solved problems daily and produce engineered drawings on site just-in -time for schedule outages.
Auger cast foundation piles
You know that you are in the great state of Alabama when see murals of Sam Houston
Testing the load capacity of an auger cast pile
Delivery of dry bulk storage tanks day shift and night shift
Erection of dry bulk storage tanks
Erection and securement of pipe rack support column
Installation of bulk storage tank hand railing
Installation of bulk storage tank hand railing and pneumatic conveyor pipe support
Installation of pipe rack support column
A cut-in door to the elevated production floor for crane service landing.
Cutting pipe to length
A design-build roof opening for crane access of centrifuge machines on the elevated production floor
We modified the roof structure to make this possible.
You know where you are when you ask a cattleman “how is business?” and he answers the question with one
word “Chickenization”.
When Fire Ants
Motion Millwright service
We raise and lower scale receive decks with hydraulic power and protect our men with cross-beams to replace motion parts under the scale deck.
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Elevators – Conveyors – mixers – crushers – pumps - Cranes
spout piping & chutes – Motors – Cyclone Fans
Precise shaft coupling and laser alignments
Some of the instruments and tools we use to align shafts and C4 Roller Bearing replacement
We install and repair process equipment
We offer Crew Service for
Maintenance - Construction
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ü Motion Millwright
ü Concrete construction
ü Demolition and dismantling
ü Drilling and cutting concrete
ü Foundation and concrete repairs
ü Piping above and below ground level
ü Metal buildings and special structures
ü Custom steel fabrications on site and fabrication shop
ü Machine repairs and fixes to get the system operational
ü Assembly of equipment and machines thru motion testing
ü Custom shape cutting of steel and stainless-steel plate
ü Precision shaft alignments of motors and transmissions
ü Water blasting for cleaning, flushing pipes and demolition
a valuable and distinctive service
Engineering - Design-build
Gathering of information to identify and solve problems
immediately followed by fabrication and installation
If you have any experience with getting things done you know that
“Planning before the job is worth more than experience after the job”
Do it right the first time
Engineering is essential to success
Solving details before fabrication begins
Water Blasting
Concrete demolition, clearing obstructions in pipes, tubes and silos
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Radius concrete fillet keyway cut into a drain tunnel 90ft below ground surface where the city’s homeless reside on a river walk 3 blocks from the state capitol.
Clean and roughen concrete surface preparation for repair compounds
Paint and concrete repair compounds will bond to clean surfaces
Clearing obstructions in pipes, tubes and silos with water jetting
One our mobile tool cribs and a water blast pump
A 3D Nozzle setup for cleaning a process vessel and lance polishing of heat exchanger bundle tubes
Water blast tools
Lance jetting of condenser tubes
Water Blasting is an exact science requiring the tools for the job. It is not about the pump by itself.
We can automate manual process systems
We install Remote Inventory management devices and CPU’s
We install Programmable Automated Controllers
PAC’s are the inexpensive solution for automation
PAC’s are the current generation of PLC’s built on the simple building blocks of step ladder logic and the benefits of a computer, networking and software that is easily learned by anyone with computer experience.
We design-build bulk storage tanks, bucket elevators and towers
A design-build bulk storage facility built in the great state of Louisiana where you can walk down the street with your beer.
Deep foundations built through drilling fluid into t he Mississippi River Basin
Core drilling tank anchor bolts 32-inch depth into concrete footing
A design-build 120ft height service tower for bulk storage bucket elevator and spouting
Rail receive and load-out and truck load-out bulk storage system
Installation of bucket elevator
A design-build Bulk fat storage addition in the best part of Texas, the Brazos Valley.
We CNC Shape cut plates on the job site and at our fab shop
Flanges and connecting plates cut exact
We have castellated beams for many purposes
To lighten structures
To strengthen structures
For mechanical and architectural purposes
We design-build specific-use buildings
A beam saw-drill-cope process line
We can provide the rigid Main Frames required
We build portable buildings for offices or living
Up to 22’x 50’ - all steel construction - concrete or wood floor
Fabrication in our fab shop and on the job
A design-build 2500lbs overhanging crane 132ft above ground level on top of grain storage at a feed mill
A design-build portable concrete aggregate scale-hopper-conveyor and vertical mixer for a feed mill
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A design-build truss in an aerospace plant installed to allow installation of a 3rd autoclave
A design-build 50’ door-crane way truss for jet engine fan plant FY2014
Concrete Construction
We have built bridges
We have built and modified treatment basins
We have placed 1200 cubic yards of concrete in a day many times
We know the high-performance concretes and grouts
We use reliable prefabricated forming methods
We provide concrete embeds with proven Nelson Studs
drilled pier deep foundations
We install piping, vaults & tanks of all types
We design-build personnel work platforms and cat walks
We engineer-fabricate-install piping and spouting for a wide range of products and materials
Paving removed and replaced in 96 hours
We solve project problems with engineering
We used Engineering modeling procedures to develop a Shot Crete that will bond to old concrete to provide a time driven and durable concrete repair application.
We provide shotcrete wet application for lining tanks and walls, slopes, compression ring shoring, heavy structural repairs.
The Shot Crete application method has been utilized for more than 95 years with some outstanding achievements in tunnels.
the American Concrete Institute committee 506 was organized in 1942 to cover shot Crete standards for the USA. Shot Crete is a proven method used to repair concrete, to build tanks, to seal tunnels and aqua ducts, to shore deep vertical excavations, for domed roofs and to build difficult shaped structures. Shot Crete walls combined with earth screw anchors build superior retaining walls.
>>> Problems solved with Shot Crete are limited by imagination <<<
Remote access and confined space work
We seal leaks from inside tanks
We will accomplish tasks that require remote access
Work solutions for remote access work are practical skills using professional equipment for the job.
Accessing the inaccessible
Working on rope is safer than working on schaffels
Replacement of 16” spout pipe 32’ above the mill roof and 177 feet above ground level while mill is running.
The largest anchor bolt that we have cast into a concrete foundation were
5-inch diameter by 192-inch depth for a 25,000-horsepower synchronous motor
9 ft. depth drain flume cut into floor to a tunnel for a steel mill
You know where you are when the first things to be used up after a hurricane storm is the gasoline, hot dogs and beer.
Structural upgrade at the concrete columns sub-structure of a condominium complex
We service crane ways and design-build special building additions and shelters
We service trans load facilities
Emergency response to storm damage Thursday June 12th 2014
The 140 ft. X 55 ft. wall was restored upright and secured 115 hours after the storm
and production was resumed Monday June 15th
Replacing an interference fit bearing with a hydraulic puller
A design-build belt conveyor drop-point diverter with a dust controller