Fabrication


Shop Location:

La Porte, TX


Shop Size

2023 Expansion: 40,500 sq. ft. Total Shop Space Under Roof of which 15,000 sq. ft. Is Under Hook, with 5 acres of outside storage. Shop can be segregated fully per job to fabricate alloy and carbon steel materials simultaneously.

Shop Equipment

  • Watts Mueller 6-Axis CNC Automated Plasma Pipe Profiler w/Mechanized 45’ Bed
  • Redi2Weld Dual Bay Automated Welding System with Hot Wire GTAW/FCAW Combo
  • 8ea. Miller PipeWorx Multi Process Welding Machines (GMAW/FCAW)
  • 6ea. Miller Syncrowave GTAW Welding Machines
  • 12ea. Turning Positioners (500lb to 3000lb)
  • 2ea. 15ton Overhead Cranes
  • 2ea. 5000# Extendable Boom Forklifts
  • Hydrotesting and NDT Area
  • Pickle and Passivation Area
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Materials Fabricated

  • All Carbon Steels, Including Low Temperature Piping Specs
  • All Stainless Steels, Including 304/304L, 316/316L, Duplex and Super Duplex
  • All Chrome P Numbers (Heat Treating Outsourced with Strategic Partner)

Shop Manpower and Output

  • 2023 Expansion: 30 craftsmen on 1 shift, available to work 60 craftsmen on 2 shifts and 90 craftsmen on 3 shifts.

Factored Diameter Inch (FDI) Welding Output:

  • 860 FDI per day on 1 shift
  • 1,720 FDI per day on 2 shifts
  • 2,580 FDI per day on 3 shifts
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NDT Capabilities (3rd Party)

  • Conventional Radiography
  • Ultrasonic Conventional
  • Ultrasonic Phased Array
  • Ultrasonic Time of Flight Diffraction
  • Magnetic Particle
  • Dye Penetrant

Coatings (3rd Party)

  • Standard Sandblast and 1-2-3 Coat Systems
  • Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coatings
  • Powder Coatings
  • Oxygen Clean Systems

Purchasing

  • BCI is strategically partnered and located across the street from several of the nation’s largest pipe, valve and fitting suppliers.

Pipe Fabrication Management Team

  • Full Time Director of Fabrication
  • Full-Time Shop Manager
  • Full-Time CWI Inspector
  • Full-Time Material Manager
  • Full-Time Shop Inspector (non-CWI)
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Codes Worked and Certifications

  • ASME B31.1
  • ASME B31.3
  • API 1104
  • ASME BPVC “R” and “S” Stamp Authority
  • All welders certified to ASME Section IX and BCI Welding Procedure Specifications
  • All BCI Welding Procedure Specification have accompanying Procedure Qualification Records

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