Clay Processing Plant and Plug Valve Building

The Plug Valve Building and the structure for the Clay Processing Plant were built on the CEMENTOS Y CONCRETOS Moctezuma S.A. de C.V. cement plant site located in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.

Since Mexico is a highly seismic country (0.55g of plateau acceleration at the building site), and because the structures have very high design loads, it was necessary to take special measures both during the design and dimensioning phase and in the drawing of the construction details.

For the design of the various structures of the Plug Valve Building and the Clay Processing Plant, both American regulations (ACI 318-11, ASCE 7-10) and Mexican regulations (CFE Sismo 08 and CFE_Viento_08) were used.