03Facility engineering

Full facility
engineering

From concept through issued-for-construction. Every structure in the yard, engineered together as one system.

Discipline
Structural
Sector
Grain facility
Codes
U.S. + EU
Storage · handling · foundations Shared load paths
Scroll
01 — What it covers
ST · SVC-03
Rev 04
Every structure in the yard, engineered as one system.

A grain facility is not a collection of independent parts. Storage, handling, conditioning, and the structures that carry them share load paths, foundations, and failure modes. We engineer the whole yard as one system, from the first concept layout through drawings issued for construction.

Bins and silos, the bucket-elevator tower, catwalks and conveyor galleries, support steel, and foundations are checked together, under the same loads, to the same standards. The interfaces, where one structure hands load to the next, are where ordinary projects fail. They are where we start.

You receive a single engineering basis for the facility, not a stack of unrelated submittals. One team, one set of assumptions, traceable from the layout to the last anchor bolt.

Governs — Shared load paths
02When you need it
01

A new facility moving from layout to a buildable design.

02

An expansion that has to tie into existing structures and foundations.

03

A project with multiple vendors that needs one engineering basis.

04

A facility being re-rated for higher throughput or new products.

05

A site where storage, handling, and conditioning must be coordinated.

03What you receive
A

Facility calc package

Every structure in the yard, checked under common loads.

B

Issued-for-construction set

The full drawing set, coordinated across structures.

C

Interface details

The connections where one structure carries another.

PE stamping is a separate engineering engagement. See Stamping and Certification.
04Codes applied

The standards register.

A facility answers to building-code and bulk-solids standards together. These govern the set.

IBC 2024Building-code basis across the facility.
ASCE 7-22Site wind, seismic, and snow on every structure.
ASABE S433 / S652Bulk-solids pressures on stored-grain structures.
AISC 360 / AISI S100Steel for bins, towers, catwalks, and support.
ACI 313 / 318Concrete silos and foundations.
OSHA 1910Access, platforms, and guardrails across the yard.
05Design it yourself

The SiloForge™ programs for the yard.

Start a project

Build it once.

Send the layout, the products, and the throughput. We will engineer the facility as one system.