Elevated water tower design & fabrication

Hydrostatic pressure supply with elevated metal tanks

Elevated water tanks supply distribution pressure without continuous pumping.

Structure, supports, and shell are designed for wind, seismic loads, and storage capacity for long-term reliability.

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  • Building a vertical steel water tank and preparing it for the fill test in the workshop

    How a Steel Water Tank Is Built: From Choosing the Material to the Fill Test

    How a steel water tank is built, step by step: choosing the material, calculating plate thickness, the potable-water coating and the fill test. With notes on small water tanks.

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  • Steel tank coming out of the hot-dip galvanising bath

    How a Galvanised Tank Is Built: From Design to the Zinc Bath

    Galvanising a tank is not just dipping it in molten zinc. The tank must be designed for galvanising from the start. The steps, coating thickness and common mistakes.

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  • Comparison of a ground-mounted steel water tank with a concrete water tank

    Steel or Concrete Water Tank? Cost, Build Time and Durability

    Comparing concrete and steel water tanks: construction cost, build time, leaks, maintenance and whether the tank can be moved. With the steps for building a concrete water tank.

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  • Concrete tank foundation being reinforced

    Basics of ground tank foundation design

    How dead load, live fluid load, and soil pressure set footing size and anchor bolts.

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