Sewage Treatment Design Problems #1: Lack of consideration of the needs of other disciplines

Real process plant designers have to take into consideration the needs and desires of several other engineering disciplines, most notably civil, mechanical, electrical, and software in that order. The idea that a chemical engineer can sit down and design a plant in glorious isolation probably comes from the inadequacy of links between disciplines and professional practice in academia. Even the simplest “brownfield” management of change projects on existing facilities almost always require multidisciplinary input and expert reviews before they can be progressed.