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Project Description:
This Design/Build project was delivered on a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contract. SPEC involvement began on the Process Flow Diagram (PFD) development level, included site selection and town approval and continued through eventual plant start up and testing. It was a successful project as Aspen Aerogels obtained their facility both on-time and on-budget.
Project Highlights:
- Contract Basis – Open Book, guaranteed maximum price
- Total Building Size – 150,000 SF.
- High Hazard Manufacturing Space – 23,000 SF with space designed to double this amount in the future.
- Tank Farm – Four 25,000-gallon and four 10,000-gallon tanks of hazardous materials. Also included two 100,000-lb liquefied Carbon Dioxide tanks and a 10,000-gal liquefied Nitrogen tank.
- Piping included high pressure (3000 psig) specifications designed for supercritical fluids.
- Process design via intelligent P&ID software and 3D pipe modeling program. SPEC worked with the piping subcontractor to develop isometric drawings directly from the modeling program, saving time and money during construction.
- ABB DCS batch process system incorporating continuous product flow management with over 1400 points.
- Process and manufacturing based performance criteria for measurement of project completion.
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