Chemicals

Westcon has established itself as a leading construction provider to the chemical and specialty chemical industries. Much of this success is due to the extensive knowledge and experience with the welding of specialty metals and exotic materials, an excellent QA/QC program, and an industry-leading safety culture and performance. Westcon has been recognized by many of the world’s leaders in the chemical industry, and has built a loyal list of clients in the U.S. market.

Westcon has built an excellent reputation for providing cost-effective, highly valued construction services to the industry. The company has an intimate knowledge of the unique challenges inherent to the chemical industry. These include the respect and understanding for the variety of chemicals, their properties, and the hazards that they impose. Westcon has worked around some of the most hazardous chemicals as well as some of the world’s most complex processes. Our people have a strong knowledge of various Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements,OSHA-listed chemicals,highly hazardous chemicals, volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), and many other relevant concerns that require special precautions and regulatory-related reporting and documentation. It is this experience and knowledge that allows Westcon to understand that every process and every project is unique and requires full attention to detail and special considerations when working around these.

The success in the U.S. chemical market is further supported by Westcon’s strong project leadership and project services efforts. Meticulous project documentation and tailored reporting for each client in the industry assists Westcon with building client confidence and repeat business.

Much of Westcon’s related chemicals industry experience is for plant expansions, unit additions and equipment upgrades, and in some cases grass-roots projects. Westcon’s role frequently is to undertake the entire construction scope as the general contractor, or support projects from single discipline construction scopes such as the equipment setting, piping, civil, or structural steel installation.

Most of Westcon’s key clients in chemicals manufacturing are industry leaders and Fortune 500 companies. The project experience and expertise offered to the chemicals and specialty chemicals industries include the following:

• Polymer and olefins projects
• Natural or biodegradable polymers
• Synthetics, plastics, resins and elastomers
• Organics and solvents
• Specialty inorganics
• Polysilicon
• Agricultural chemicals – pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides
• Biochemical processes and projects