A reactor foundation designed to be cast in one piece during a refinery shutdown.
Petkim DN-405 A/B/C Ethylene Plant
MBY delivered the foundation design for the DN-405 A/B/C Ethylene Plant reactors at Petkim's Aliağa refinery, working for ÇİMTAŞ. Situated in a region of significant seismicity, the project demanded a robust and carefully coordinated foundation solution for critical process equipment within an operating industrial facility.
The design was developed around demanding site and construction constraints. As the works were to be executed during a refinery shutdown, a bespoke formwork arrangement was designed to allow the foundation to be cast as a single continuous unit. The presence of adjacent foundations and buried pipelines required close spatial coordination and project-specific engineering solutions throughout the design process.
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