Can chemical plants be designed by the companies themselves?

It’s not possible, unless your company has design qualifications. . .

If the subsidiaries of a chemical manufacturing enterprise (design institutes or engineering companies) possess the appropriate qualifications for petrochemical design, then the chemical projects can be designed by the enterprise’s own design institutes. Of course, to undertake projects involving the “two key areas and one major project,” the design institute should at least possess Class A design qualifications in the petrochemical field.

Does the company have design qualifications? If not, you can design a preliminary plan on your own and negotiate with the design institute to carry out the main design based on your company’s plan

Don’t think too much about things that the law does not allow. {:9001:}

Requirements for design qualifications are specified in the original Order No. 45 of the **General Administration of Work Safety**

Regulations do not permit it, and entrusting the design to an external design firm may result in the loss of independent intellectual property rights; it is better to obtain one’s own design qualifications

Acceptance requires design documents, such as various drawings and operation manuals. How can drawings be produced without design qualifications?

Design institutes are unable to carry out detailed process design for fine chemicals, equipment selection, equipment layout, or instrumentation planning; without an understanding of the actual process operations, their piping designs are nothing but random drawings, and companies merely want that red stamp as proof.

Stop joking – this program is definitely not legal

The core competitiveness of a design institute does not lie in developing new process packages, as the processes for the mainstream chemical products in the world are generally already established. It is the companies that need to make improvements or have the potential to do so; they have the motivation to do this, whereas design institutes do not. Therefore, few design institutes survive by developing new processes. What’s crucial for a design institute is familiarity with domestic standards; there are numerous requirements related to layout, equipment, pipelines, fire protection, water supply and drainage, and more. It’s difficult for those not specialized in design to take all of these aspects into account comprehensively. In fact, companies usually develop their own core process packages or purchase ready-made solutions. It is then handed over to the design institute for revisions in accordance with domestic regulations and standards, so as to meet all the requirements of laws and regulations.