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Contents
1 GENERAL....................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Applicable Codes, Specification and Reference........................................................................... 4
2 APPLICABLE MATERIAL AND STRUCTURE TYPE...................................................................... 4
2.1 Structure Type by Construction Material ...................................................................................... 4
2.2 Criteria of Selection of Structure Type .......................................................................................... 5
3 DETAIL APPLICATIONS ................................................................................................................ 6
4 REQUIREMENT OF FIREPROOFING ............................................................................................. 8
5 OUTLINE FIGURE OF STRUCTURE TYPE .................................................................................... 8
6 SELECTION OF STEEL MATERIALS............................................................................................. 8
ATTACHMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 9
STRUCTURE TYPE OUTLINE FIGURE ................................................................................................. 9
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1 GENERAL
This specification shall be used for the guideline of the selection of structure type applied to the
following structures required for RPLC Deep Conversion Project in Venezuela.
Applicable Structures
- Piperacks and Pipe bridges
- Pipe Supports
- Equipment Supporting Structure and Operation Platform
- Other Required Structures where required for the supporting, separated from equipment

1.1 Applicable Codes, Specification and Reference

1.1.1 Project Specifications
1.1.1.1 Civil Specification
(1) 3006-5000-DC116001 (S-000-1310-0001P) Civil Detailed Engineering Design Data
(2) 3006-5000-DC116002 (S-000-1310-0002P) Seismic Design Response Spectrum
(3) 3006-5000-DC116003 S-000-1310-0003P) Seismic Design Critical For Structure
(4) 3006-5000-DC116004 (S-000-1310-0004P) Wind Load Calculation Procedure
(5) 3006-5000-DC117101( S-000-1330-0101P) Design manual For Steel Structure

1.1.1.2 Civil Standard Drawings

(1) 3006-5000-DC233001 (D-000-1320-0001P) General Notes For Concrete Work
(2) 3006-5000-DC233002 to 008 (D-000-1320-0002P to -0008P)
Standard Details For Concrete Work
(3) 3006-5000-DC233011 to 019 (D-000-1320-0011P to -0019P)
Standard Details For Precast Concrete Structure
(4) 3006-5000-DC233021 (D-000-1320-0021P) Standard Details For Socket Type Foundation
(5) 3006-5000-DC234001 (D-000-1330-0001P) General Notes For Steel Structure
(6) 3006-5000-DC234002 (D-000-1330-0002P) Member List
(7) 3006-5000-DC234003 to 009 (D-000-1330-0003P to -0009P)
Standard Details For Steel Accessories
(8) 3006-5000-DC234021 (D-000-1330-0021P) to DC234056(-0056P)
Standard Details For Steel Connections
(9) 3006-5000-DC234151 to 153,155 (D-000-1330-0151P to -0153P,0155P)
Standard Details and Extent of Fireproofing

1.1.1.3 Project Specification

(1) 3006-5000-DS141003 (S-000-1241-0003P) General Specification For Fireproof
2 APPLICABLE MATERIAL AND STRUCTURE TYPE
2.1 Structure Type by Construction Material
2.1.1 Steel Structure
All framings, beams and supports of equipment, including flooring shall be made by steels.
Fireproofing shall be applied in accordance with the related specifications and the drawings.
Applicable for
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- Piperacks and pipe bridges, Pipe supports

- Equipment supporting and operation platform structures
- Shelters and sun sheds
- Flare stacks and decks
- Walkways, Stairway and towers
2.1.2 Cast-In-Situ Concrete Structure
All column and beam shall be made by cast-in-situ concrete, and flooring and floor beams are
designed by concrete or steel depend on the purpose of equipment and its operating weight.
Applicable for;
- Piperacks
- Equipment supporting structures
2.1.3 Precast Concrete Structure
Columns and beams shall be made by piece meal precast concrete and the moment connection shall
be made by wet joints (cast-in-situ concrete) provided by re-bar overlap or mechanical splices.
In consideration with constructively, the cast-in-situ concrete may also be applied partially to the
moment connection beams.
Applicable for;
- Piperacks
2.1.4 Hybrid Type Structure (Combination of 2.1.1 & 2.1.2 or 2.1.1 & 2.1.3)
The structures may be designed in the combination of steel and concrete material in consideration with
constructively, schedule, economical points of view, etc.
For instance, lower part and upper part by concrete and steel respectively.
Applicable for;
- Equipment supporting structure
- Piperacks
2.1.5 Module Type Structure
All framings and beams shall be made by steels. The structures and the pipes on the structures are
assembled at fabrication yard and transported by barges and/or vehicles such as SPMT
(Self-propelled modular transporter). At site, those module type structures are placed on concrete
foundations.
Applicable for
- Piperacks

2.2 Criteria of Selection of Structure Type

2.2.1 Local Availability of Material
The local availability of the material shall be considered with respect to suitability/quality, cost and
delivery to the site in sufficient quantities and at the timing to meet the construction schedule.
2.2.2 Purpose of structure
The structure elements; simple or complicated
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In case of the structure is complicated like many equipment located on and pipe penetrations on floors,
many layers of differential platforms, etc., the steel structure is more practical for the fabrication and
construction, so that concrete structure is reasonable to apply the simple and heavy equipment
supporting structure and/or supporting structure of piping only.
2.2.3 Fireproof Requirement
Where the concrete fireproofing is required, the step of casting concrete on steel elements and to the
joints is required at the construction stage, so that some of structures may be easier and/or faster,
which is made by concrete.
2.2.4 Construction Sequence and Schedule
The fabrication and construction schedule of concrete and steel work is a critical point for the selection
of the material. It is necessary to study the construction sequence at the site. In case of where the large
cranes are required to access to erect large and heavy equipment, the area shall be made open until
the completion of the crane access. In such cases, the steel structure is preferable to minimize the
construction schedule of the structure.
The impact of the following schedule aspects shall be considered.
- The possibility and extent of design development, changes and modification to design and
detailing during the fabrication/construction phase, including possible rework in the field.
- The timing of the availability of the site for structure erection/construction, particularly with respect
to the timing of the completion of the site preparation works and the construction of foundations.
- The time required for fireproofing of steelwork after completion of erection, alternatively, the
steelwork could be delivered to site already fireproofed.
- The possible early start to construction with in-situ concrete when compared to steelwork and
precast concrete.
- The time required to manufacture precast at site and/or to use the contractors offsite workshop,
compared to the respective time for steel fabrication offsite.
2.2.5 Relative Costing of Major Materials
Relative costing of materials that have been considered include the relative costs of reinforced
concrete and structure steelwork, including the extent and cost of fireproofing to steelwork,
fabrication/construction costs, transportation costs and the required duration for fabrication,
transportation and erection/construction.

3 DETAIL APPLICATIONS
Judging from the section 2 description, the detail application of the structure is mainly categorized as
mentioned below as a guide line for the project estimation purpose. The final type of the structure shall
be decided at the engineering stage based on this guide line.
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Cast-in-situ concrete Module

Material Steel frame + Precast Hybrid Frame (Combination of Steel + Concrete)
Steel Frame (e) (f)
of concrete frame
(a) Steel frame + Cast-in-situ concrete frame
Construction (b)
(c) (d)
1. Application Piperacks and Bridges Piperacks Heavy Equipment Structures Heavy Vertical Vessel with Reactor Supports Piperacks
Operation Platform Structure
- Offsite connection piperacks and pipeways - Process area piperacks Heavy Vertical Vessel Supports
(note **)
- Utility piperacks - Utility area piperack where Compressor Supports
FP required
- Tankage piperacks
- Sub or minor piperacks
Equipment Structures
High Elevated Structures, e.g, Operation
Platform structures Shelters
2. Construction Assembled at site/Preassembled frame Lower part; precast Up to 1st FL; cast-in-situ frame w/ Up to 1st FL ; cast-in-situ All cast-in-situ concrete Preassembled frame
concrete/assembled at site steel sub beams concrete
Form
(note *)
Above ; same as (a) Above ; same as (a)
Frame
Upper part; same as (a)
Grating or Checkered plate Lower part; not applied 1st floor; same as (a) 1st floor; concrete slab Concrete slab Grating or Checkered plate
Floor
Upper part; same as (a) Upper ; same as (a) Above; same as(a)
3. Structure Traverse; Ordinary moment Resisting Frame Lower; Special Moment Lower; same as (b) Lower; same as (b) Both direction; Special Moment Traverse; Ordinary moment
Resistant Frame Resistant Frame Resisting Frame
System Longitudinal; Ordinary steel concentrically Upper; same as (a) Upper; same as (a)
braced frame Upper; same as (a) Longitudinal; Ordinary steel
concentrically braced frame
4. Column Base Pinned or fixed Lower; fixed by socket type Lower; fixed to concrete Same as (c) Fixed to foundation Pinned or fixed
foundation
Upper; pinned to lower
concrete column Upper; pinned to lower concrete
5. Misc. fixtures on Bolted or welded Welded on embedded steel Lower; mechanical/chemical Same as (c) Mechanical/chemical anchor Bolted or welded
concrete plate anchor
surface
Upper; bolted or welded
6. Fireproofing Required as per specification Lower; NA Lower; NA Lower; NA NA Required as per
specification
Upper; up to AFC supporting Upper; required as per Upper; required as per
level specification specification
7. Reference
Figure A Figure B Figure C Figure D Figure E Figure F
(note***)
Note *;This category is applied to the piperack having the height of about 20m and the above because the one column length is too long and heavy for the handling at the site. The PC column shall be terminated at the
suitable level and the upper side column and the structure shall be made by steel
Note**; Application of this type structure will be studied after the detail of structure outline and vessel supporting become available.
Note***; The outline concepts are shown on the Section 5.
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4 REQUIREMENT OF FIREPROOFING
The requirement of fireproofing shall be applied in consideration with applicable specification and
standard described in Section 1.

5 OUTLINE FIGURE OF STRUCTURE TYPE

The structure types shown on the Section 3 is roughly indicated for the reference as Attachment.

6 SELECTION OF STEEL MATERIALS

Material availability and cost efficiency should be considered for the selection of the profile and
strength of the steel materials. According to the vendor location (on-shore or off-shore) and type of the
structure, the selection of the materials differs. The steel materials to be used for each steel structure
are summarized in the attached table below.
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ATTACHMENT
STRUCTURE TYPE OUTLINE FIGURE
- Figure A
All Steel Structure : Typical Piperack

Typical Equipment Structure

Fireproofed where be applicable

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- Figure B Steel and Precast frames Piperack

"A" "B" AFC

Steel Structure
Ope Floor by
steel

PC

PC Column
Longitudinal Elevation

Header

Traverse Section A Traverse Section B

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- Figure C
Typical Hybrid Equipment Structure

Grating Floor
w/steel joists

Steel Stairway

Cast-in-situ
Concrete

Fireproofed where be applicable

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- Figure D
Typical Vertical Equipment Support
With operation platform

Note; The structure type of Figure-Da or Db to be studied by the

height and frame component of structure, and equipment
supporting level, etc.,

Steel
structur
e

The support to
be made by
vessel skirt or
concrete
structure.

Cast-in-situ
concrete

Figure-Da Figure-Db (Alternate by all steel)

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- Figure E
Typical Cast-in-situ Concrete Structure (Table Top)
(Compressor)

(Vessel & Reactor)

Cast-in-situ
concrete
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- Figure F
Typical Module Structure

Module structure

Cast in-situ or pre-cast

concrete column