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title: "Detailed Engineering: Services, Design Process & Instrumentation"
description: Detailed engineering is our specialty at AMG. Learn about our detail engineering process for instrumentation and all the other aspects of a facility.
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# Detailed Engineering: Services & Design Process

Detailed engineering is our specialty at AMG. Learn about our detail engineering process for instrumentation and all the other aspects of a facility.

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At AMG, detailed engineering forms the backbone of [our services in the design phase of a project](https://www.amg-eng.com/what-we-do/lifecycle-phases/design-phase/).

Detailed engineering encompasses the design and configuration of various engineering systems that form the internal workings of a facility, including:

- Process design & specification
- Mechanical design & specification
- Piping design & specification
- Structural design & specification
- Electrical design & specification
- Instrumentation design & specification
- Control system design & specification

## Process Design & Specification

- Process design criteria development
- Process functional description
- Continuous/batch processing
- Equipment sizing
- Process safety management Mechanical Design & Specification

## Mechanical Design & Specification

- Layouts designed for constructability, reliability, operations, & maintenance
- HVAC, including ventilation & hood design
- Dust control & aspiration
- Sheet metal & spouting
- Equipment specification development

## Piping Design & Specification

- Layout
- Stress analysis
- Aseptic & sanitary design (ASME BPE)
- Plumbing
- ASME B31.1 reviews
- Underground systems

## Structural Design & Specification

- Field supervision
- Facility planning & evaluation
- Facility expansion
- Value engineering
- Structural design analysis

## Electrical Design & Specification

- Low- & high-voltage design
- Design criteria development
- Single-line design
- XFMR, switchgear, & MCC design
- Electrical grounding
- Heat tracing
- Power system studies
- Lighting design
- Power-factor coordination studies
- Lightning protection

## Instrumentation Design & Specification

- Design criteria development
- Instrument specifications & selection
- P&ID control-loop design & layout
- Instrument loop diagrams
- Control & input/output panel design
- Input/output check-out

## Control System Design & Specification

- Instrument specifications, tailored to each job
- Design calculations
- Fieldbus installation, designed to specification
- Control & interface panel design
- Electrical power system design, 4.5 kV & below
- Electrical system analysis

## Programming & Configuration

- PLC & DCS systems
- HMI graphics development
- UPS & back-up systems
- Networked control systems
- Automation

## Project Management

- Detailed proposals
- Project monitoring & weekly/monthly reporting
- Design coordination
- Labor utilization
- Cost estimating & overall analysis
- Scheduling
- Document control 

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