Are the design costs for non-standard equipment no longer included in the general construction contract agreements these days?
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As the title suggests, in small design firms, among all specialties, that related to mechanical equipment has the worst prospects for career development. Is it the same in other design firms as well?
Buying equipment and getting design services for free – isn’t that already the unspoken rule in this industry? I heard from former colleagues that originally, the equipment engineering field was on par with the process engineering field as two distinct specialties. In the past, the cost associated with equipment design accounted for 30% of the total design costs; sadly, that proportion has declined significantly over time
There are too many people doing equipment design these days; it’s not valuable anymore. Most manufacturing plants can obtain a design certificate fairly easily, as the requirements are very low; in some small manufacturing plants, even if there is only one person with technical expertise, that person can still have a design certificate issued in their name. Moreover, when manufacturers participate in bidding processes, once the equipment is acquired, the design is provided free of charge. There’s no future, no real future at all. . .
These days, many requests provide diagrams of the equipment requirements, asking the manufacturer to produce design drawings and manufacturing specifications
There are too many designs for dry equipment. Ordinary manufacturing plants can simply obtain a design certificate, and equipment manufacturers do not charge any design fees.
It’s mainly about profits, plus these days people obtain their own design certificates
These days, equipment design tasks are generally assigned to the equipment manufacturers, which helps owners save costs; as for design institutes, they have little work left to do
You can just include the design cost in the equipment cost