Welding, Machining & Fabrication

BHI Energy provides specialty & automated welding, machining and fabrication services to industrial, oil & gas, pulp & paper and power generating facilities nationwide. Our project managers, supervisors, weld operators and craft personnel have decades of experience delivering the most critical quality and productivity for our customers.

BHI Energy’s robust infrastructure includes a well-developed Project Management System to estimate, manage, and deliver all projects through detailed work breakdown structures and critical path schedule management.  We meet or exceed all safety standards, reduce planned schedule durations and respond to emergent scenarios.

Our Experience

Our experienced management team leverages the most talented leaders of craft to deliver unmatched quality and the best productivity per dollar spent within the industry, and our network of specialty agreements allows for the travel of top-notch craft into local areas to address key talent shortages.

We utilize cutting-edge specialty welding and machining equipment and processes and a talented engineering team to create innovative solutions for higher productivity and quality.

Our Quality Assurance Programs meet 10CFR50 Appendix B/NQA 1 and ASME Codes with “S,” “U” and “R” Stamps, and our in-house Welding Program meets ASME Section IX and AWS Codes with hundreds of weld procedures and nearly 1,000 welder qualifications.

Expert Execution and Project-Managed Approach

  • Large component repair & replacement
  • Weld overlay (automatic & semi-automatic)
  • Vessel overlay
  • Orbital welding (heavy wall & alloy solutions)
  • Coke drum repairs & boiler tube butt welding
  • Vessel & piping replacement (interior restoration)
  • Safety related welding & machining services (piping, vessels, valves)
  • Valve repair & replacement
  • Engineered solutions to complex mechanical challenges
  • Prime contracting of multiple vendors (turnkey)
  • General supplemental welding & machining support
  • Shop fabrication services

Projects

Renewable Fuels Refinery Conversions

Renewable Fuels Refinery Conversions

BHI Energy has partnered on three of the largest Renewable Fuel Conversion projects in North America.  Two of these weld overlay projects exceed 10,000 and… READ MORE

Coke Drum Reliability

Coke Drum Reliability

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Coke Drum Rehab

Coke Drum Rehab

India's 2nd largest single site refinery operating 6 DCU's had poor installation of 1,970sf of structural weld metal overlay resulting in 134 linear feet of… READ MORE

Vacuum Tower Weld Metal Overlay

Vacuum Tower Weld Metal Overlay

BHI was contracted with a Gulf Coast Refinery to complete an automatic weld overlay of 5,000 sq ft to the entire hemispherical head and side… READ MORE

Turnkey Contractor FW Heaters

Turnkey Contractor FW Heaters

  BHI worked with Talen's Susquehanna Plant as a Turn Key Contractor to provide all of the management, supervision, craft and subcontractors to perform all… READ MORE

MMC Services

MMC Services

BHI was awarded the Maintenance, Modification & Construction contract (MMC) for a large midwestern U.S. power utility to perform all aspects of routine and outage… READ MORE

FAC Piping Replacement & Overlay Cladding

FAC Piping Replacement & Overlay Cladding

BHI was contracted by Fluor Nuclear Services to support the piping replacement and overlay cladding of the turbine building Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) piping project. … READ MORE

FWH Exchanger Tube Bundle Replacement

FWH Exchanger Tube Bundle Replacement

PSEG contracted with BHI Energy to replace feedwater heat exchanger tube bundles at their Salem Unit II location. Replacing the tube bundles only resulted in… READ MORE

MSR Dump Drain Valve Project & Emergent Condenser Welding

MSR Dump Drain Valve Project & Emergent Condenser Welding

BHI Energy was contracted to perform both planned MSR Dump Drain Valve and emergent Condenser Welding work at a southeastern U.S. nuclear power station.   Planned… READ MORE

Combined Cycle Station Welding

Combined Cycle Station Welding

BHI Energy performed specialty welding work under contractor SNC Lavalin at St. Charles Energy Center, the 725-megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle plant in Charles County,… READ MORE

LEFM Installation & FWH Replacement

LEFM Installation & FWH Replacement

As part of an Extended Power Uprate (EPU) initiative, BHI Energy was contracted by STP Nuclear Operating Company (STP) to install leading edge flow meters… READ MORE

ICMH Weld Overlay

ICMH Weld Overlay

BHI Energy worked together with GE Hitachi Nuclear on a first-of-a-kind project to repair a reactor coolant boundary leak at Talen’s Susquehanna Steam Electric Station… READ MORE

RHR Swing Check Valve Seat Replacement

RHR Swing Check Valve Seat Replacement

Xcel Energy contracted with BHI to replace a welded seat swing check valve in the Residual Heat Removal (RHR) system during a system outage at… READ MORE

Super Heater Re-Tube

Super Heater Re-Tube

BHI Energy was contracted by the largest coal-fired plant in Missouri to safely move and replace 28 super heat modules while working in a congested,… READ MORE

Oil Refinery Sphere Restoration

Oil Refinery Sphere Restoration

BHI was contracted with a U.S. oil refinery to return a sphere vessel to service.  BHI used automated GMAW welding equipment and ASME code-approved procedures,… READ MORE

Weld Overlay During a Pandemic

Weld Overlay During a Pandemic

At the very start of the COVID-19 pandemic, BHI responded to an emergency call from a Canadian General Contractor to provide structural weld overlay services… READ MORE
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