A site assessment is one of our engineers walking your equipment with you, measuring it against the original drawings, and handing you back a written report. You see what's still in spec, what's close to the edge, and what's about to start costing you real money. That's it. No pitch, no upsell, no surprises in the executive summary. Just the data you need to plan the next 24 months and beyond.
Plants ask us to do these for a few reasons. Sometimes it's a budget cycle and they need a defensible plan to take to the board. Sometimes it's after a component failed and they want to know if the rest of the system is sitting in the same place. Sometimes the equipment's just old and the operator wants somebody who actually built the thing to come look at it.
Whatever the reason, the work is the same. Here's what's in it.
Our engineer shows up with the original equipment drawings, performance specs, and a checklist built for whatever JMS equipment you have installed. The walk covers four things.
Structural condition. Basin integrity, support steel, fasteners, the load-bearing parts of the equipment. The stuff that doesn't fail often but takes a long shutdown when it does.
Mechanical wear. Shafts, bearings, gearboxes, drive couplings, paddles or flights, sealing surfaces. The parts that wear day in and day out.
Hydraulic performance. Whether the equipment is doing what it was designed to do at the flow and chemistry you're running today.
Process alignment. Whether what's installed still matches what the plant is actually treating.
That last one catches more plants than people expect. A flocculator built for 8 MGD on one chemistry can end up running at 12 MGD on different coagulants ten years later. The equipment is fine. The operating point drifted out from under it. You don't find that one from the walkway.
The report goes straight to your budget meeting. Photos, measurements, the work that needs doing and when.
The report covers:
Best time to do this is before you need it. Common triggers operators mention:
Most plants run an assessment cycle every 24 to 36 months on critical equipment. Shorter on high-wear stuff like grit classifiers and scum systems.
You can request through your regional JMS rep or straight through our Aftermarket team. Lead time from request to scheduled visit is usually 3 to 5 weeks. The on-site portion runs a half day for small installations and a day or two for larger plants. Written report lands in your inbox within 10 business days.
A JMS site assessment gives you a hands-on read of your installed equipment and a plan you can take to the budget meeting.
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