Engineering & Design
ForeRunner imposes the highest standards for quality, experience, and integrity in our professional staff. Our engineers and design staff are the technical core of excellent project development and implementation. From the junior level Designer to the senior level Engineer, we are talent and experience rich. We can take a project from an idea to a workable and buildable design.
We offer a full spectrum of engineering and design services from grassroots design, plant relocation and retro-fit through field support and as-builts. The Engineering and Design group is always ready for a challenge.
Civil-Structural
Structural Steel
Design and analysis of structural framing for all kinds of facilities – industrial, oil and gas, mining, power, minerals, material handling, commercial.
Design of new structures and analysis of existing structures, including:
Buildings, stacks, skids, buildings, pipe bridges, platforms, walkways, piperacks, pipe supports, industrial towers, conveyor trusses, conveyor bents, equipment supports, stair towers, steel tanks.
Structural Concrete
Concrete columns and beams, equipment supports, containment structures, bridge pillars, tower pedestals, equipment pedestals, concrete bins, storage silos.
Design of new structures and analysis of existing structures, using latest ACI code.
Foundations
Shallow foundations (spread and continuous footings), deep foundations (drilled piers, driven piles), concrete anchors, sheet-piling, Tank foundations and tank farm containments.
Retaining walls, slabs-on-grade.
Design of new foundation systems and analysis and retrofit of existing foundations.
Masonry
Concrete and brick walls, columns, retaining walls, pilasters, buildings and structures. Design of new masonry structures and analysis of existing structures.
Civil work and Earthwork
Site grading, road grading, road profiles and survey controls, layout, storm water management, erosion and sediment control (during and post-construction), geo-textiles and geo-grids, gabions, site drainage, culverts, ditches.
Material handling technology
Design and retrofit of conveyors of all kinds, hoppers, launders, chutes, discharge chutes, flow analysis, conveyor supports, round and rectangular bins.
Others
Pipe stress analysis.
We offer a full spectrum of engineering and design services that include:
Process & Mechanical Engineering
- Flow/Hydraulic Studies
- Process Simulation
- Detail Design
- Engineering Specifications
- Construction Specifications
- Bid Evaluations
- Bid Documents
- Feasibility Studies Material
- Performance Evaluation
Design & Drafting (CAD services)
- AutoCAD 2/D & 3/D
- Pipeline Alignment Sheets — Using Blue Sky Software or Align 2002
- System Mapping
- Process Flow Diagrams
- P & ID Diagrams
- Piping Details
- Piping Isometrics
- Civil Drafting
- Structural Drafting
- Electrical Drafting
- Instrumentation Drafting
- Communication Diagrams
- Property Plats & Permit Drawings — Using Blue Sky Software or Align 2002
Civil & Structural Engineering
- Structural Steel (buildings, stacks, skids, pipe bridges, platforms)
- Structural Concrete
- Foundations
- Masonry
- Civil Work & Earthwork
- Material Handling Technology (conveyors, flow analysis, bins)
- Pipe Stress Analysis
Electrical, Instrumentation & Controls Engineering
- PLC, DCS, SCADA and Communications Systems Design, Specification and Programming
- Process Control Rooms and Control Panels Layout and Design
- Electrical Power Systems Design and Specification of Distribution Equipment
- Motor Controls, Lighting and Heat Trace Equipment and Installation Details
- Hazardous Area Classification Design and Specification
- Cathodic Protection Systems with Power Grounding Systems and Metering
- Pneumatic and Electronic Control Devices Design and Specification
- Process Measurement, Monitoring and Control Instrumentation Design and Specification