My new home...

[Lash]

New construction Pharmecuitical lab. I'll post all progress pics in this thread. This is all I have for now. Pics are a little old already.

24" rounds 10ga stainless duct on pipe bridge for Thermal Oxidizer:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_2613.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_2611.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_2626.jpg


Tank farm:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_2622.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_2621.jpg



Misc pics of the job:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_2623.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_2617.jpg

[I_bend_metal]

24" rounds 10ga stainless duct on pipe bridge for Thermal Oxidizer

Or a kick ass water slide!! ;)



Nice pics!

[Tech Rob]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Your hospital thread was epic, Lash.

[vegaman04]

This wouldn't happen to be Cambridge Major would it?

[Lash]

This wouldn't happen to be Cambridge Major would it?

Maybe...why?

[Lash]

Update...

Corridor duct..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0141.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0142.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0150.jpg

Misc. Aluminum exhaust duct...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0149.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0152.jpg

Galv. and Alum. floor sweeps....supply and exhaust. Diffusers will be installed later...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0148.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0161.jpg

Small MUA unit in pump room...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0147.jpg

HVAC boilers..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0145.jpg

Process pump skids...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0144.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0143.jpg

[Lash]

Prod. corridor loop system...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0153.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0156.jpg

Bottom/top of reactors with...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0157.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0158.jpg

Stainless holding tank...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/Lash00/100_0146.jpg



Thats it for now.
The company I work for is doing the HVAC, Process piping, Plumbing, and Fire Protection on this job. Lots to take pictures of.



Check for updates again soon.

[Lash]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out. Your hospital thread was epic, Lash.


You just don't see very many pictures of the big jobs on here. I just figure some people might like it because they never get to experience jobs of that size.

[zzonko]

Nice spiral. Reminds me of the good old days at Johnson and Johnson in Racine, Abbott Labs and UL in N Chicago, Searle Pharma, Great Lakes NTC expansion all many moons ago

Alot of money in those little pills:rolleyes:

[jcrank]

Thanks for the pictures Lash. Keep em coming! I love to see pictures of the larger industrial jobs.

[Lash]

Thanks for the pictures Lash. Keep em coming! I love to see pictures of the larger industrial jobs.

On the HVAC side.....I'd say about 60-70% of it is commercial-ish. A large part of this job is just spiral duct....and your usual TDC/ S & Drive duct. The steamfitters and plumbers have a lot of industrial work in the building.

I have never seen this much aluminum spiral in my life. I didn't realize how much of it I had to order. It's probably close to 2,000'......plus hundreds of aluminum fittings.
We have a ton of 10ga stainless oxidizer duct to run on the roof too.
Lots of neat stuff on this job.

[sirjames]

Is that welded drainage pipe I see?

If so ,why?

Just curious because I`ve never seen that done before.

[Lash]

Is that welded drainage pipe I see?

If so ,why?

Just curious because I`ve never seen that done before.

Yup....carbon welded steel. Needed to be carbon because of the possibility of extremely hot water and other liquids (chemicals) melting a PVC drain. Welded because it limits the possibility of a future leak. Hot water+ leaky fitting+ people under= ouch. All the floor drains in the production areas are welded carbon steel.
I never knew our plumbers could weld :eek::p.

You should see all of the tig welded stainless drains that are under the ground. I was I had pictures of that.

Edit:
I forgot to add that some of the floor drains are also welded carbon steel because they are drained into a separate tank in the event that a drum of chemicals was accidentally spilled

[2hot2coolme]

How's the spiral duct supported?... hard to tell what the hanger is going to.

Kinda looks like you had to drill anchors to the ceiling.


Verry nice.

[Lash]

How's the spiral duct supported?... hard to tell what the hanger is going to.

Kinda looks like you had to drill anchors to the ceiling.


Verry nice.

The building is 90% pre-cast panels and planks. Pretty much everything gets drilled and anchored to concrete.

3/8" drop-in anchors w/ 3/8" threaded rod and tear-drop hangers is what we use for any exposed spiral. Otherwise we use gripple cable and locks with tie wire anchors for any spiral/round not exposed or overly heavy.

For anything anchored to the block we use double expansion anchors.


For the MUA unit.....we ran 5/8" threaded rods all the way through the pre-cast plank and topped them off with large washers and 5/8" nuts before they poured the concrete cap on the floor above. I just don't like relying on anchors (especially larger size drop-ins) in pre-cast to hold up anything heavy. A butterfly anchor would have worked....but I have more peace of mind this way.

[Tech Rob]

Beautiful work. That McQuay air handler looks like it's floating in mid-air.

Oh, I think I did see one little piece of spiral that was crooked, though... :D

I think I caught a glimpse of a McQuay cent in the picture with the boiler...

[Lash]

Oh, I think I did see one little piece of spiral that was crooked, though... :D



Is it in the 4th pic of the second set? I thought that too so I went and looked at it. It's straight. Must be some weird effect from the flash off the aluminum.

[yellowirenut]

spiral makes me drool...although i am no longer on the sheet metal side of things i love the clean look of it. i also love it when the building architects think of service when they decide where they want specific units hung. I have seen one put over a indoor pound that was leading away from a fountain.

[steam638]

local 18 doing it right if you cant tell you dont know

[Lash]

local 18 doing it right if you cant tell you dont know

And Steamfitters #601, Plumbers #75, Sprinkler Fitters #183 ;) :D

[Lash]

i also love it when the building architects think of service when they decide where they want specific units hung.

Well....we engineered 100% of the HVAC on this project, so there should be any problems...lol.

[Wheelbaron]

Thanks for posting, keep it coming. Only problem is now I want to know how and what all the process piping is for, how it works, and why :D

[Lash]

Thanks for posting, keep it coming. Only problem is now I want to know how and what all the process piping is for, how it works, and why :D


It's a pharmaceutical lab.....the pipes will carry chemicals. That's all I can tell you. The rest is a secret. ;)

[tommy310]

It looks like all the trades are welding. I love jobs with all welded pipe. Tig welding stainless is the best. These Pharmecuitical companies just keep on building and expanding. Keep up the good work and work safe.