Check List (Piping) Project

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REVIEW/ QUERIES ON DOCUMENTS RECEIVED FROM

CLIENT/ PROCESS LICENSOR
1.
Basic/ Extended basic engineering package

Project design basis

Piping design basis

P & I D

Equipment data sheet

Piping material specification

Review the entire package requirement

and generate queries for missing information,
contradicting information, Ambiguous information,
and content of information.
2.
Site survey drawing and Site master plan
3.
Clients/ Process Licensors design standards
4.
Existing facility documentation
5.
Scope of work and Split of work
6.
Applicable codes and Standards
7.
Review requirement
8.
Project schedule
9.
Documentation requirement
10. Design basis for stress analysis and support
design
11. Design basis for 3D model / Usage of software
12. Local regulation and Statutory requirement
Sr.
List
No.
DESIGN
1.
Clients standard/ preference for locating
various facilities on the plot.
2.
Clients standard/ preference for equipment

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4.

5.

spacing.
Minimum foundation heights for equipment and
supports
Preference of piperack / Pipe sleepers design if
any,

Preference of elevated rack v/s pipe

sleepers v/s inside trench v/s buried pipes and
extent of the same

Concrete, steel or combination of both

Minimum piperack elevation in general

and at road/ rail crossing

Tier to tier distance

Spare space in each tier for future

expansion

Cable tray/ duct routing preference

combined pipes and cables tier or separate?

Walkways between cable trays for cable

pulling/ maintenance

Location of rack longitudinal beam at

tier elevation or in between tier elevation.

Conventional rack or modular rack. If

modular, philosophy of design, erection etc.

Incase of air fin cooler on top of the

rack, operating/ maintenance platform requirement
and access

Incase of equipment supported on top of

the rack, maintenance requirement, erection
methods etc.

Cable tray layout flat type of tree

type

Usage of Low friction rods, low friction

sliding plates etc.

Movement requirement below the racks

Preference on Building/ structure design

Concrete, steel, combination of both

Building sides closed or open. If

closed type of enclosure with doors windows,
cladding etc.

Minimum floor to floor height

requirement

Minimum ground floor plinth elevation

requirement

Roof configuration

Floor finishes Type of floor

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7.

Encasement of steel sections

Floor and wall cut out type precast

or at site, with or without sleeves, sealed or
unsealed etc.

Floor drainage philosophy

Need for foundation for small equipment

or can be supported off the floor

Extent of paving out side building

Architectural features if any

Expansion requirement/ future space/

provision to be made at present for any future
requirement.

Equipment erection philosophy within

building

Preference on equipment support and

mounting arrangement.
Layout consideration

Specific hazard consideration

Maintenance requirement such as crane,

monorail, lifting beams etc.

Road width, roads cross-section and

type of road etc.

Future expansion provision and

consideration

Operating access requirement for instrument valves

manways, handholes etc.

Storage warehouse sizes, no. of days

storage for raw material, intermediate, finished
product, waste, by products etc. and their
loading and unloading consideration

Non plant facilities requirement

Extent of paving, drainage requirements

and containment consideration.

Architectural consideration

Equipment erection consideration for

very heavy, very tall and fragile equipment.

Understanding operating and maintenance

requirement for the entire plant and individual
equipment
Stress analysis
Stress analysis design basis

Derivation procedure/ criteria for stress

critical line list

Design codes to be used

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Wind loading data and earthquake zone

Additional external loading

consideration such as snow load, solar effect
etc.

Fabricated equipment acceptable

nozzle
loads
for various sizes and pound
equipment
rating nozzles

Proprietary/ Rotary equipment

acceptable equipment external nozzle loading for
equipment such as pumps, turbines, compressors,
air fin coolers, fired heaters etc

Package equipment battery limit tie in

point acceptable nozzle loading
Relief valve force calculation

clients standard

Software to be used for stress

analysis.

Documentation requirement.

Review requirement by client

Pipe support design

Movement

Design criteria, guidelines, support

standard.

Up to what size it is supported on

design office document and below which size to be
field supported

Structural steel section type.

Specific requirement of using type of

support

Loading/ height criteria for

determining whether to be built by civil group or
piping group.

Probable vendor for spring

Usage of low friction slide plates in

supports near critical equipment, high expansion
area etc

Vessel supported pipes cleat,

standard, design

Documentation requirement :
Pipe support on model annotation or actual support Pipe
support on isometrics or on layout

Special pipe supports

Support MTO
Support design software