Heavy industrial engineering is complex. A competent design requires both sound technical skills and modern software.  The exceptional design also takes into account working knowledge of the construction process and plant operations.  This combination leads to efficient construction, an operations-friendly facility and/or system improvement.  Our SMACC™ (Safety, Maintenance, Access, Constructability & Coordination) review capitalizes on our team’s – and your - expertise to ensure that, in addition to a technically sound design, the project is highly constructible and plant operations/maintenance-oriented.

We provide Terrestrial Laser Scanning, Conceptual Engineering, Preliminary Engineering, Detail Engineering, Construction Document Development & Construction Engineering Services.

Our employees are involved in various organizations including:

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • American Institute of Steel Construction
  • American Concrete Institute
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Process

Industrial Ally’s Process Engineering Team includes experienced Engineers who have specialized in the Cement Industry for their entire Careers, with over 50 years combined experience.  They have extensive experience Designing, Planning and Commissioning Cement Plant Expansion projects.

  • Heat and Mass Balance Calculations
  • Process Flowsheets and P&ID
  • Process and Functional Description
  • Equipment Sizing, Specification, and Evaluation
  • Vendor Bid Solicitation / Review / Recommendation
  • Interdisciplinary Coordination
  • Procurement Assistance
  • Pneumatic Conveying System Calculations
  • Gas Mixture and Fan Capacity Calculations
  • Waste Heat Recovery Systems
  • Plant Energy Audits
  • Bottleneck Identification and Process Optimization
  • Extensive Experience with Grinding Systems (Ball Mills, Vertical Mills, Roller Press)
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Mechanical

Industrial Ally’s Mechanical Engineering Team includes a combination of experienced Engineers and Designers who stay at the forefront of modern technology, while leveraging the team’s nearly 100 years of combined Cement Industry experience to provide:

  • Flow Diagrams
  • Terrestrial Laser Scanning
  • Plant Layouts / General Arrangements
  • Equipment Sizing & Specification
  • Vendor Bid Solicitation / Review / Recommendation
  • Vendor Drawing Review to ensure that the project’s requirements are met
  • Interdisciplinary Coordination
  • Procurement Assistance
  • Chute work design
  • Nuisance Dust Collection Design
  • Piping Systems Design
  • Pneumatic Conveying Piping Design
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Structural

Our firm’s concrete, steel, and platework structural design expertise ranges from new construction to strengthening, supplementing, and retrofitting existing systems.

Our structural team has experience with a full range of construction materials and is capable of supporting a variety of specialized construction methods.

We apply finite element design and enhanced analytic methods, along with practical design experience, to create efficient constructible solutions for our projects.  We provide the rigorous design work needed for the large complex loads, heat, and vibrations found in the industrial industry. To assist our analysis, we utilize programs such as:

  • Revit
  • Staad
  • Risa
  • Robot Structural Analysis
  • Recap
  • Tedds
  • Mathcad
  • Ram
  • Structure Point

Industrial Ally employs licensed civil and structural engineers registered in most states and have the ability to gain licensure in all 50 states.  As a department we bring 150 years of structural engineering experience.

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ELECTRICAL & CONTROLS

Our electrical team strives to keep the clients plugged in to key project decisions while staying energized through the final stages of the project lifecycle. Our Electrical team is specialized in power system distribution and control system design. We stay heavily involved in value added design leading clients to optimized and economical design.

Industrial Ally assists clients in defining scope for conceptual design and cost estimates.

  • Low & Medium Voltage power distribution
  • Consumer, Instruments, and PLC I/O lists
  • Power distribution design including Single Lines, Schematics, Cable tray routing, Wiring Diagrams
  • Specification/procurement support for all electrical equipment – Unit Substation, MCC, VFD, Soft Start Starter
  • Lighting and Grounding designs
  • Functional Description
  • PLC system design – major manufacturers hardware specs, panel layouts and wiring
  • Power system study including Short Circuit & Arc Flash analysis, coordination, motor starting analysis (SKM software)
  • Coordination with Electrical Power Utilities
  • Provide PLC/HMI programming on as needed basis