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
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
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)
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