Our Services

Quality Process Engineering design is a specialized applied engineering that focuses on the design, operation, control, and optimization of various processes and products. ESC has spent over 30 years providing process engineering solutions to our clients in the chemical, food, mining, material handling, and pharmaceutical industries.

Understanding you and the products you manufacture is at the forefront of any project or design we begin. Our most successful projects are those that have allowed our team of process engineers to work alongside our client’s product development and research teams and with them create innovative process design solutions.

Part of what makes process engineering designs innovative is understanding the technological advances being made within the equipment and instrumentation in this industry. One of the most rewarding aspects to design is finding simple, yet unique and innovative solutions for our clients.

ESC’s Process Engineering Capabilities:

• GMP Compliance

• 3A, USDA, and BPE compliance

• CIP/SIP and COP

• Process Heating and Cooling

• Pasteurization (HTST)

• Homogenization

• Mixing/Blending

• Continuous Process & Batch process

• Product filling and packaging (both primary and secondary)

• Conveying and product handling

• Solvent mixing and cleaning

• Viscous and non-viscous product designs

• IQ, OQ, and PQ services

• BPE Documentation

• P&ID development

• Pneumatic conveying

• Mixproof valves

• Pigging systems

Every project or situation has unique challenges and we’ve built a process that allows us to find the solution of those problems in collaboration with our clients.

Quality electrical power design requires understanding our client’s current power capabilities and the needs each prospective design presents. We partner with our clients, planning a power design that fits their unique situation. In addition to working closely with our clients, our process includes building a close relationship with installation contractors, ensuring our solutions are constructable and cost-effective.

We specialize in power design and distribution from the secondary side of the transformer (typically 460-480VAC) to a switchgear, then further to Motor Control Center (MCCs) and/or Power Distribution Panels (PDPs). We also provide design services to the individual equipment and components loads, additional lower voltage transformers, power supplies, and lighting panels.

• Full Bid and Construction Engineering Packages

• Power/Lighting plans

• Electrical Elementary drawings

• Electrical Panel Design and Procurement

• Overall System Architecture Designs

• Hazardous (Classified) Area Designs - Intrinsically Safe (I.S.) and Explosion proof (EXP)

• Data Collection Systems

• Wash-Down Area Design

• Field device and instrumentation specification

• Electrical hardware and device supply

Our team of talented engineers and specialists provides PLC control panel designs in a wide range of industrial and pharmaceutical applications.

We have been designing industrial PLC panels and providing PLC software design for well over 25 years and have had a front row seat to the evolution of manufacturing industrial controls and PLCs. While PLC control, networking, OT, and IT have evolved significantly over the years, so too has our approach.

Many electrical controls designs today are quite involved, and can include integrating multiple (networked) PLC controllers with separate remote I/O control panels, a distributed HMI network, and an integrated and networked database server to track specific aspects of a process or production line.

This level of complexity requires specific experience and developed skill sets to design and integrate a system that is capable of so much. We continue to serve our clients by offering both simple stand-alone PLC control designs as well as multi-faceted integrated solutions.

Integration Design Capabilities:

• Full Bid and Construction Engineering Packages

• Power/Lighting plans

• Electrical Elementary drawings

• Electrical Panel Design and Procurement

• Overall System Architecture Designs

• Hazardous (Classified) Area Designs - Intrinsically Safe (I.S.) and Explosion proof (EXP)

• Data Collection Systems

• Wash-Down Area Design

• Field device and instrumentation specification

• Electrical hardware and device supply

Our top priority is to know you, your plant, and your objectives. Whether we are providing mechanical design services for a capital project, offering our professional expertise to solve your mechanical problems, or providing other technical support, our diverse background enables us to offer unique solutions to your engineering problems.

It is important for us to understand your goals and objectives, so we are committed to partnering with you to determine the best choices for your facility.

Our team of engineers approaches the design process holistically. We recognize that our job as consultants is to understand our clients’ needs and goals and adapt our designs accordingly. Whether we are dealing with a specialized HVAC design, utility design or other mechanical system, our team understands that engineering is so much more than just a technical problem to solve.

ESC’s Mechanical Engineering Capabilities:

• Industrial and Specialized (Food and Pharmaceutical) Heating/Ventilation/Air-Conditioning HVAC

• Boilers/Steam and Condensate distribution/Hot Water generation and distribution

• Compressed Air Systems

• Dust Capture and Containment

• Energy Management

• Heat Recovery

• Clean Room

• Refrigeration

• Ammonia (NH3)

• Plumbing and Sanitary Sewer

• Chiller and Plant Chilled water

• Hot Water Sets and Chilled Water Sets

• Process Heating and Cooling

• Coolers and Freezers

Because a lot of our clients are industrial, we provide a wide variety of structural evaluation, analysis, and design. From designing full scope manufacturing facilities and additions, platforms, equipment foundations, and other equipment support structures, our structural engineering team can tackle it.

We work with a lot of clients in the pharmaceutical, dairy, and food industries. For these clients many of our structural designs are fabricated from stainless steel and are fully drainable to account for the cleaning requirements which in many cases require heavy washdown, and fully drainable designs.

We utilize a combination of real-world experience, 3D point cloud scanning, modeling, and our structural expertise to develop cost effective and functional designs to meet our client’s specific needs.

Structural Engineering Design capabilities:

• Structural Steel and Building design

• Masonry Building design

• Reinforced Concrete Design/Analysis

• Foundation Designs

• Equipment support and structures

• Building modifications and expansions

• Retaining Wall Design

• Catwalk/Platform design – standard and sanitary stainless steel

• Small bridge and culvert design

• Pressure tank analysis and design

• Concrete tank and sump design

From inside the building walls to its exterior, our civil engineering team can provide design services to bring your site to full development. Infrastructure is an important part of every project, and that is why we offer civil design for a variety of sites.

We start with a complete survey and can develop plans and profiles for roadways, sanitary sewers, and stormwater conveyance using Civil 3D software. Grading plans, parking lots, and site planning are created with the latest software to allow options to be presented and modified in a time saving, cost saving fashion.

In addition, we strive to provide the design of stormwater control measures relevant to each individual site. We work closely with governing agencies to make sure we meet all permitting requirements set forth for each area of jurisdiction.

Civil Design capabilities:

• Site Development

• Grading Plans

• Sanitary Sewer Design

• Stormwater Conveyance Analysis and Design

• Stormwater Detention Analysis and Design

• Street and Parking Lot Design

• BMP and Erosion Control Specifications

• Industrial Sidings for Railroads

With over 100 years of combined experience providing CAD-related services, our team understands the importance of evolving our process alongside growing technologies. We’ve grown our full range of CAD services to include 3D point cloud scanning and modeling, using the most advanced technologies to design comprehensive and workable solutions for our clients’ facilities.

In addition to emerging technologies, we have extensive experience in AutoCAD, AutoCAD electrical, Inventor, Civil 3-D, and Factory Design Suite.

More recently we have expanded our capabilities to include Autodesk ReCAP Pro and Leica Cyclone to enable us to use 3D point cloud scans in conjunction with Inventor to generate highly accurate and reliable 3D models for equipment and piping layouts. This allows us to enhance our understanding of designs for clients, equipment vendors, and installing contractors, more accurately ensuring the best possible solution.

CAD and 3D Scanning Services:

• Full Bid and Construction Engineering Packages

• Power/Lighting plans

• Electrical Elementary drawings

• P&IDs, Process Flow Diagrams, and 3D weld map drawings

• 3D scanning and modeling

• Drawing File Management

• Equipment layouts – 2d plans and 3D models

• Onsite field work and CAD support

• Building Plans, Details, and Elevations

• Training

• CAD standards

Our firm has cultivated over 28 years of experience working on projects for industrial process, food process, and pharmaceutical plants and are highly regarded in those industries.

We work with trusted equipment suppliers and contractors, as well as our own project management, to make sure our client’s projects operate smoothly and stay on track. With our engineering background, the details do not get overlooked.

We execute projects with short-term deadlines and long-term performance in mind. At ESC, we plan the entire project around each client’s needs, and we fully control the design, installation, commissioning, and startup of the project. We are proud to be a one stop source for total processing solutions.