CB&I's Steel Plate Structures business sector consolidates CB&I’s legacy flat bottom tank, pressure sphere, nuclear containment, and low temperature/cryogenic storage businesses. With a heritage dating back to the company’s first steel plate storage vessel in 1889, CB&I has the most extensive global experience of any tank construction company in the industry, having built in excess of 45,000 storage tanks in more than 100 countries on all seven continents.
CB&I enjoys a stellar reputation for quality craftsmanship and technological innovation. We offer turnkey solutions that encompass conceptual design, engineering, fabrication, procurement, construction and commissioning of storage and containment vessels for the oil & gas, water, and nuclear industries, as well as specialized structures for water and wastewater treatment, mineral processing, and hydroelectric facilities.
Heritage of Technical Innovation
CB&I has a proven track record of developing innovative solutions for storing products at ambient and refrigerated temperatures. Here are just a few of our milestones:
- Built the world’s first floating-roof tank in 1923
- Built the world’s first spherical pressure vessel (Hortonsphere®) in 1923
- Pioneered the transition from riveted to welded tanks in the early 1930s
- Built the first liquefied gas storage tanks using 9% nickel steel, which is now the industry standard for low-temperature and cryogenic storage
- Introduced the Waterspheroid® elevated water storage tank in 1954
- Developed the Hydropillar® elevated water storage tank in 1962
- Designed and built the first LNG peak shaving plant in 1965
- Designed and built the first LNG regasification import terminal in the United States in 1971
- Designed and built the world’s first concrete containment LNG tank in 1986
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Constructed more than 75% of the containment vessels in operating nuclear power plants in the United States