Company profile

Rolls-Royce is a power systems designer, manufacturer, and supporter of power systems for land, sea, and air.

Business situation

Rolls-Royce was interested in vertically integrating their purchasing systems to reduce costs and paperwork.  They contacted several pipe manufacturers and suppliers for ways to reduce their acquisition costs of pre-fabricated pipe for one of their projects.  Maddox was chosen to perform the labor to assemble the pieces in pre-engineered sections.

Technical situation

Not everyone is equipped to fabricate large pipe.  Pipe sizes of 24-30” were called for on the project as well as flange weights that approached 2 tons.  To perform the project successfully, the fabricator needed space, rigging equipment, and the expertise in how to properly fit, test, and weld the large diameter pipe.

Trades required: Pipefitters.

Solution

By utilizing a construction plan, reserving the appropriate manpower, and maintaining an organized shop area, Maddox was able to fabricate, clean, paint, and test all of the required sections on time.

Benefits

Rolls-Royce was already familiar with Maddox because of projects performed on their site.  In many cases, contractors will attempt to hold onto material markups as a way to boost margin, but this really only benefits the contractor, not the end user.

By working creatively with the materials supplier and Maddox, Rolls-Royce was able to get what they needed, at a price far below current market pricing, and not sacrifice anything to get it.