Modular skids, also sometimes known as modular process systems, can provide a highly efficient and innovative alternative to traditional construction methods. Benefits such as increased safety and quality, cost efficiency, reduced project timelines, and greater project control are just a few of these solutions' known advantages.
Modular skids could be a viable option for many organizations looking for sustainable solutions that reduce environmental impact, reliance on large on-site construction crews, and provide faster time-to-market results. In fact, the modular skid market is poised for continued growth, with recent estimates showing that its market value is estimated to rise from 6.25 billion in 2024 to 13.68 billion by 2031.
An upfront assessment of modular drivers, project requirements, and limitations is needed to determine if the modular approach is right for your next capital project. In this article, we will discuss modular skids in more depth.
What Are Modular Skids?
Modular skids differ from other industrial systems in how they are engineered, fabricated, and constructed. While other industrial systems are built on-site using traditional (stick-built) construction methods, modular fabrication and construction occur off-site by highly-trained teams, typically in the controlled environment of a fabrication facility.
Modular skids are encased in steel-reinforced skids containing all the necessary components and equipment to produce fully functional process systems. They can be produced as stand-alone units or complex assemblies of integrated systems. After modular skids are completed and tested, they are delivered to the construction site for installation and commissioning.
Common Applications of Modular Skids
Modular skids can be engineered to meet complex project requirements and applications across several industries. Below, we’ve listed a few of their most common applications.
Chemical Processing
While many organizations have hesitated to consider the potential benefits of process intensification and plant modularization in the chemical processing industry, modular skids can provide a highly efficient and cost-effective way to produce high-grade specialty chemicals.
Oil & Gas Processing
Gas reserves are typically located in remote, hard-to-reach locations. Modular skids can be easily transported to these locations and can be designed to meet several applications, including contaminant removal and fractionation.
Biogas Processing
As the demand for natural, renewable energy resources increases, modular construction can produce waste management solutions that are especially desirable in remote and hard-to-reach areas where transporting raw gas to a processing plant would prove unfeasible or expensive.
Water Treatment Processing
The production of clean drinking water and wastewater treatment is an international concern and responsibility. Modular skids can provide a high-quality and cost-effective alternative to providing clean water globally.
Raw Materials Processing
Manufacturers of raw materials and consumer goods facing increased competition and the need to produce products under shorter timelines can benefit from using modular skids that utilize a concurrent engineering, fabrication, and construction approach.
Modularization: Optimized and Successful Results
While the modular method has significant advantages for meeting unique and complex needs across multiple industries, it is not the right approach for every capital project. An in-depth module-specific analysis that considers an organization's unique modular drivers should be performed at the first front-end planning and assessment phase. This is necessary to determine feasibility and increase the chances of success.
Working with an experienced and qualified contractor with experience fabricating and constructing modular skids can help you determine whether the modular approach is right for your next capital project. It can also increase your chances of reaping the benefits of modularization, such as cost savings, reduced risk, and shorter project timelines.
Partner With H+M Modular for Modular Skids
Modular construction is considered to be the future of plant and facility development. Modular skids can be the right choice for organizations looking for innovative, time and cost-efficient solutions. However, working with a qualified EPC contractor with an established record of successful modular project execution can ensure optimal results.
H+M’s modular group specializes in designing and fabricating truckable modules, providing exceptional capital project execution from concept to start-up for clients across the United States. From our engineering and fabrication headquarters in Houston, Texas, we can transport your project to wherever you are. For over three decades, we have provided end-to-end solutions for a wide range of project sizes within the energy, chemical, and terminals and logistics industries.
We are dedicated to providing trust, experience, and efficiency through all stages of engineering, procurement, and construction through our proven strategic EPC approach. Our comprehensive services, including front-end planning, detail engineering and design, procurement, fabrication, and construction, allow us to take your modular process plant project from conception to completion, tailoring engineering and design solutions to meet your unique needs.
The H+M Industrial Team
For over three decades, we have provided best-in-class capital project management services to Energy and Chemical industries through our proven EPC approach. We are dedicated to providing trust, experience, and efficiency through all stages of engineering, procurement, and construction--on budget and on time.
Partnering with H+M Modular
H+M Modular, a division of H+M Industrial EPC, specializes in custom fabricated equipment, modules, and skids for energy and chemical industries. The approach emphasizes the potential for decreased risk through more controlled fabrication, leading to enhanced quality and safety, reduced labor costs and construction times, improved labor availability, and solutions to geographic challenges. We are dedicated to providing trust, experience, and efficiency through all stages of traditional and modular construction projects using our proven EPFC approach, If you're considering modular fabrication, we invite you to connect with us to learn about how modular solutions can improve project outcomes.
