Engineering in Gillette

Services in Gillette

MEP engineering

• Mine-support industrial MEP, with heavy dust filtration, process ventilation, and freeze protection for coal operations
• Hazardous-dust electrical classification for coal-handling facilities
• Deep-cold HVAC for minus-30-degree design with prairie wind infiltration control
• Industrial water and dewatering systems for mine-adjacent development
• Workforce housing and man-camp MEP, with durable high-occupancy residential systems

Structural engineering

• Bentonite soil foundations, since Gillette sits on world-class bentonite deposits that swell aggressively
• Extreme prairie wind lateral design
• Heavy industrial loading for mine-equipment maintenance facilities
• Blast-vibration and subsidence coordination near active mining
• Deep frost footings in the northern Powder River Basin

Civil engineering

• Mine-reclamation and overburden grading coordination
• Wyoming DEQ stormwater with coal-dust sediment controls
• BNSF rail-loop civil design for coal loadout facilities
• Donkey Creek and Little Powder River floodplain work
• Dust-control and haul-road civil packages

Electrical engineering

• Lighting layouts and controls for Gillette workforce housing engineered to ASHRAE 90.1 and the IECC: photometric plans, daylighting zones, and occupancy/vacancy controls that pass Wyoming's energy review without post-permit value engineering.
• Gillette coal loadout and rail with critical operations get properly separated life-safety, legally-required, and optional standby systems — generator, ATS, and fuel sized for the real load, not a guess.
• Send us the floor plans and load list; Gillette, WY projects get a firm electrical quote back quickly and permit-ready drawings sealed by a Wyoming-licensed PE.
• Grounding, bonding, and surge protection engineered for Wyoming's conditions — Gillette coal loadout and rail need power quality that holds up, and our drawings spell out every electrode and bond.
• Utility coordination with Rocky Mountain Power handled up front — service applications, metering requirements, and available-fault-current letters — so the Gillette electrical permit never stalls waiting on the utility.

Plumbing engineering

• Gillette county civic with process loads get engineered details, not catalog cuts — interceptors, separators, and specialty drainage drawn to the Wyoming plumbing code.
• Fixture counts per the Wyoming plumbing code for Gillette workforce housing: water closets, lavatories, and drinking fountains calculated by occupancy, with ADA clearances drawn — not assumed.
• Domestic water and sanitary design for Gillette workforce housing: pipe sizing by fixture-unit method, pressure-booster evaluation where city pressure falls short, and backflow assemblies located per the Gillette building department requirements.
• Gas load calculations and piping layouts for Gillette county civic — rooftop units, water heaters, and kitchen equipment all on one coordinated schedule the gas utility and the Gillette building department both accept.
• Freeze protection is non-negotiable with high-altitude cold and wind: we route Gillette domestic and trap-primer piping inside the envelope, specify heat trace where exposure is unavoidable, and detail wall-hydrant shutoffs.

HVAC engineering

• ASHRAE 90.1 and the IECC compliance built into the Gillette design from day one — envelope coordination, economizer logic, and demand-controlled ventilation documented in the COMcheck/energy model.
• Ventilation per ASHRAE 62.1 for Gillette county civic: outdoor-air rates by occupancy, dedicated outdoor-air systems where they pay off, and exhaust make-up that keeps the building balanced.
• Controls sequences written for the Gillette operator, not just the submittal: economizer changeover, morning warm-up, and unoccupied setback logic that actually gets programmed.
• Gillette mine support and maintenance need equipment that handles high-altitude cold and wind without short-cycling: we select and stage systems for part-load efficiency, not just design-day capacity.
• Gillette, WY contractors call Engides when the schedule is tight: fast mechanical quotes, coordinated drawings, and a PE stamp the Gillette building department accepts.