Prefab or built on site – when does it pay off?
Prefabricated piping is often sold as faster and cheaper. Sometimes it is. Here are the dividing lines – and the four questions that decide whether prefab pays off in your project.
Installed is not the same as ready
A piping system can be fully installed and still not be ready. On the difference between mechanically complete and commissioning-ready – and why it costs most in data centre projects.
How a piping system is protected before it leaves the workshop
A passed pressure test shows that the system is tight, but not what is inside it. Here is how testing, cleaning and nitrogen sealing together make sure a prefabricated piping system arrives clean.
Why data centre projects should flip the prefab ratio to 80/20
In the industry around 20 per cent of the piping work is done in the workshop and 80 per cent on site. In data centre projects it should be the other way round. Here is why the split decides how much uncertainty is left when commissioning starts.