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Facility Engineering Action Based on Total Civil andPlant Engineering for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Group's Product to Offer Customers
a Wide Range of Services (Sequel)Business Development Managing
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Engineering Business Unit
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Tr a n s p o r t a t i o n a n d C o n s t r u c t i o nEngineering, Ltd.

Facility Engineering is a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group-wide cross-functional
project. With our capabilities in the fields of construction and engineering at the core, we, MHI
Transportation and Construction Engineering, Ltd. (MHI-TC), have been engaged in Facility
Engineering in which our civil engineering and construction work is provided as a package combinedwith MHI Group’s products and systems. Our activities in this regard, which we are expanding, werepresented in detail in the past MHI Technical Review. (2022, Vol. 59, No. 2)
Since then, this collaboration project has been widely spread to group companies through sales
expansion activities conducted by the business discussion information sharing liaison meeting, wheregroup companies gather regularly to create synergy among them, and has produced a number ofsuccessful results. As a sequel to the previous report, this report mainly focuses on our collaboration
project cases with MHI Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration Corporation (MJR) and MHI Engine &Turbocharger, Ltd. (MHIET), among many. Our experience in Facility Engineering has been
accumulated especially through the collaboration with these group companies.

|1. Our Facility Engineering project cases
As shown in Table 1, our Facility Engineering is to provide a one-stop solution that is enabledthrough the collaboration with other MHI Group companies. In other words, we can handle wideranging needs of customers throughout the stages from planning to production, construction and aftersales services by collaborating with other group companies. This not only enables customers to reduce
the time and effort needed, which are otherwise spent making the arrangements for smooth transitionsof construction phases, but also allows us to make use of our group’s comprehensive engineering
capabilities for achieving economically advantageous design and a shorter construction period.
Table 1 Major project cases in our Facility EngineeringYearProject case

2020

Refrigerated warehouse for Kyoto Enkangyo Oroshi Kyodo Kumiai
Shin-Higashi waste incineration plant for Nagasaki City
Construction of power generation facility for Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd.
Liquefied carbon dioxide tanks for Resonac Gas Products Corporation
Automotive environmental test equipment (environmental wind tunnel) for
unspecified company
Construction of CCR and office buildings for Hibiki Power Plant
Repair work for Tajima Dome

2022

Construction of new refrigerated warehouse for Sankyo Chemical Co., Ltd.
Construction of new geothermal power plant in Kijiyama for Tohoku
Sustainable & Renewable Energy Co. Inc.
Installation of EBLOX for Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and ENEOS RealEstate Corporation
MHIEC: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd.
MHI: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
LN: Logisnext Chugoku Co., Ltd.
MHI-MS: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd.
2023

Partnercompany
MJR
MHIEC
MHIET
MJR
MJR
MHI
MHI-MS
MJR,
LN
MHI
MHIET

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Construction of power generation facility for Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd.

In this construction, we were involved from the stage of the customer’s planning a gas engine
power generation facility and the related civil engineering work/building facilities. As shown inFigure 1(a), our proposal was one-stop services through which a complete set of power generation
facilities including the related equipment/systems will be provided.
MHIET was responsible for the production of a gas engine generator, while we were in chargeof the peripheral systems, civil engineering and building structures, power transmission andsubstation systems, and modification of the control system. Their layout suitability and operabilitywere verified using 3D CAD, as shown in Figure 1 (b).
The construction was completed in October 2023 and the facility has been operating smoothly.

Figure 1

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Construction of power generation facility for Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd.

Liquefied carbon dioxide tanks for Resonac Gas Products Corporation

This project case is about the production facility consisting of a liquefied carbon dioxide
production system and spherical storage tanks. The full view of the facility is given in Figure 2(a).
In the initial stages of the talks between MJR and the customer over the liquefied carbon dioxideproduction system, we joined as a manufacturer of spherical storage tanks and a civil engineer forthe related work. The one-stop services were thus provided as MHI Group, including the verificationof the suitability of facility layout arrangements using 3D CAD, as shown in Figure 2(b). The orders
were placed separately from the customer: the liquefied carbon dioxide production system to MJR
and the spherical storage tanks (including civil engineering work) to our company.
The storage tanks, which we are responsible for, were delivered to the customer in February
2024. The following construction of the production system by MJR is now in progress.

Figure 21.3

Liquefied carbon dioxide tanks for Resonac Gas Products Corporation

Refrigerated warehouse for Kyoto Enkangyo Oroshi Kyodo KumiaiThis is a case of our first large collaboration project with MJR, which was previously reported.
A full view of the refrigerated warehouse is in Figure 3. The orders were placed separately from thecustomer: construction of a refrigeration system to MJR and building construction to our company.
However, while MJR took the lead role in planning the performance of the refrigeration system, theplan was developed in collaboration by streamlining from both viewpoints of the refrigeration system
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as a general safety and health supervisor. The construction was completed in January 2023. The
refrigerated warehouse has been operating smoothly as of February 2024.

Figure 3 Full view of completed refrigerated warehouse for Kyoto Enkangyo Oroshi Kyodo
Kumiai

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Installation of EBLOX for Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and ENEOS Real Estate
CorporationThe installation of EBLOX is aimed at optimizing the use of electricity at the logistics centerplanned by the customers. MHI-TC collaborated with MHIET to design an energy-saving system inwhich MHIET’s control system “COORDY” is the pivot. The layout of the facility was proposed, as
shown in Figure 4. MHI-TC received the order as the prime contractor for a series of construction
works from the construction of electric power systems (including storage batteries) and civilengineering structures to the commissioning of these systems. Detailed design has been underwaysince February 2024.

Figure 4 Image perspective of installed EBLOX and layout drawing for Mitsui FudosanCo., Ltd. and ENEOS Real Estate Corporation
EBLOX and COORDY are MHIET’s registered trademarks in Japan (Trademark Registration Nos.
6213361 and 6213362, respectively).

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Automotive environmental test equipment for unspecified company

In regard to the all-weather automotive environmental test equipment (environmental windtunnel), which was previously reported, the equipment itself is closely connected with the structureof the building. It is therefore necessary to work on both the equipment and the building structure in
an integrated manner, as shown in Figure 5(a). The orders were placed separately from the customer:
the environmental wind tunnel test equipment to MJR and the construction of the building to ourcompany. However, since the initial stage of planning, MJR and our company have been providing
one-stop services as MHI Group.
As of February 2024, the frame structure of the building was under construction. The progressis shown in Figure 5(b).

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4Figure 51.6Automotive environmental test equipment for unspecified company

Construction of new refrigerated warehouse for Sankyo Chemical Co., Ltd.

This construction pertains to the customer’s plan to build a new refrigerated warehouse, on
which we collaborated with MJR and Logisnext Chugoku Co., Ltd, each in charge of their respective
fields in terms of the components of a refrigerated warehouse, that is, the warehouse building, therefrigeration system, and the movable racks. The three group companies prepared and laid out theplan together to move the talks with the customer forward. As the prime contractor, MHI-TC received
the order for a series of construction works. An image perspective of the warehouse is in Figure 6(a),while the building floor layout is in Figure 6(b).
This collaboration, therefore, is based on the relationship of prime contractor (MHI-TC) andsubcontractors (the other two group companies), unlike the aforementioned case of Kyoto Enkangyo
Oroshi Kyodo Kumiai in which orders were placed separately.
As of February 2024, the building’s foundation was under construction.

Figure 61.7

Construction of new refrigerated warehouse for Sankyo Kasei Corporation

Plant-related construction work

In MHI Group businesses, MHI-TC has engaged in the construction of various types of plants
for wide-ranging purposes including power generation, environmental and chemical field. Our civilengineering and construction capabilities are based on the solid experience of our having built MHI’splants and facilities. Being often subcontracted for plant-related construction work, we aim to satisfy
the needs of group companies and customers by making full use of our expertise.
Table 2 shows the recent major collaborations with MHI Group companies in the field of plantconstruction.

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Table 2: Major collaboration project cases in field of plant construction
Under construction since 2022
Partnercompany

MHI Environmental & Chemical
Engineering Co., Ltd.

Work
description

Shin-Higashi waste incineration plant for
Nagasaki City
Civil engineering and construction work
(Nagasaki Prefecture)

To be constructed from 2024
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
MHI Power IDS Co., Ltd.
MHI Power Control Systems Co., Ltd.
Kijiyama geothermal power plant
Civil engineering and construction work
(Akita Prefecture)

Exteriorview|2. Future directions
As described so far, with our capabilities in the fields of civil engineering, construction andplant engineering at the core, MHI-TC collaborates with other MHI Group companies to provide
one-stop services, thereby satisfying wide-ranging needs of customers and solving the problems they
are facing. Towards achieving an optimal, efficient and sustainable society, we will further expand
our Facility Engineering in which MHI Group’s products and systems are utilized.