Process & Controls Engineering
Integrated expertise drives operational efficiencies.
Drawing on a diverse process knowledge base, ranging from agriculture to chemicals, biofuels to food and more, VAA can help optimize your operation.
Featured Project
Brewing Facility Expansion
The broad scope of the project necessitated multiple phases, with city and plant leadership approval of each phase needed to meet both internal needs and external parameters.
VAA facilitates the processes
that drive your business.
Our multidisciplinary teams support owners and contractor-partners with comprehensive balance-of-plant planning that can optimize new facility design and retrofit existing facilities. VAA solutions position you for today’s success and tomorrow’s growth.
- Develop equipment & facility plans/layouts
- Design process flow diagrams (PFDs), piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)
- Specify equipment and instrumentation lists
- Perform mass & energy balances
- Support facility siting, scoping & capital budget estimating
- Design to sanitary & food grade standards
VAA bridges the controls system requirements
between process, electrical, and automation providers.
Starting with a detailed understanding of your control systems and process requirements, VAA engineers represent your best interests, ensuring your control system design is to your standards. Emphasizing early involvement ensures system compatibility, expandability, long service life, and ease of maintenance. Our process controls engineering strengths include:
- Comprehensive control system planning
- Instrumentation specifications
- System architecture diagrams
- Panel layout and design
- Loop diagrams
- Process narratives
- Long-range planning for service life and expansion
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Our team is highly collaborative and seasoned, strong and exceptionally experienced. We are dedicated to excellence and delivering a great project that supports your long-term goals.