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Industrial general contractor

FDI factories

General contracting for foreign-invested manufacturing plants: legal work, design, steel structures and handover.

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  • 2,500+tonnes a month · factory capacity
  • 15years of experience
  • 30countries supplied with our steel

Facility types

  • Production plants
  • Ready-built factories for lease
  • Expansion of plants in operation
  • Offices and ancillary buildings

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026-stage turnkey process

FDI factories general contracting: one partner from consulting to handover

World Steel is an industrial general contractor with its own international-standard steel structure factory, producing more than 2,500 tonnes a month. One contract and one accountable partner for the whole chain: consulting, design, fabrication, construction, finishing and handover.

  1. 01

    Consulting

    Investment and legal advice, site selection, technical options and a first budget.

    For FDI factories: Review of the plot, the industrial park rules and a permit route planned back from the investor’s start-up date.

  2. 02

    Design

    Concept, basic, technical and construction design; BIM and steel shop drawings.

    For FDI factories: Layout built around the production line, equipment loads and the parent company’s standards; fire safety design from the basic design stage.

  3. 03

    Fabrication

    Steel structures, purlins and envelope made in our own factory, inspected before dispatch.

    For FDI factories: Steel frames, purlins and cladding made in our own factory and delivered in erection sequence.

  4. 04

    Construction

    Infrastructure, foundations, steel erection and MEP, with site safety and programme control.

    For FDI factories: Foundations and steel erection run in parallel to shorten the critical path.

  5. 05

    Finishing

    Envelope, industrial floors, fire protection, structural fire coatings, architecture and interiors.

    For FDI factories: Industrial floors, MEP, clean rooms or office areas to the operating requirements.

  6. 06

    Handover

    Acceptance, as-built records, operator training, handover and warranty.

    For FDI factories: Fire safety acceptance, as-built records, operating handover and warranty.

03Specific challenges

  1. 01

    Schedule tied to start of production

    Handover, machine installation and commissioning dates are usually fixed in the investment plan.

  2. 02

    Parent-company standards

    Investors often apply group technical and safety standards on top of Vietnamese codes.

  3. 03

    Fire-safety and environmental approvals

    Files must follow the right sequence so the plant can open on time.

04Contracting scope

World Steel delivers FDI factories projects turnkey, or any part of them the investor needs.

See the 6 turnkey stages
  • Project legal advice
  • Design: concept, basic, technical, construction drawings
  • Permits: environment, fire safety, building permit
  • Steel structures, frames and envelope made at the Hai Son factory
  • Construction: infrastructure, building works, installation, MEP
  • Completion and handover

Steel structure factory

Our own international-standard steel factory

A 20,000 m² factory at KCN Hải Sơn, Tây Ninh producing more than 2,500 tonnes a month. Because the contractor makes its own steel, programme, quality and cost on your FDI factories project stay under one roof.

See the factory
  • 2,500+tonnes a month · factory capacity
  • 20,000 m²KCN Hải Sơn, Tây Ninh
  • EN 1090-2 · ISO 3834-2AS/NZS 5131

05Technical control points

  • Fire-safety design review

    Fire-safety files coordinated from the basic design onward.

  • Industrial floors

    Floor loads and flatness checked against equipment requirements.

  • Welding quality

    Welding procedures and welders controlled to ISO 3834-2.

  • Steel fabrication

    Fabricated at the Hai Son factory to EN 1090-2 EXC3 or AS/NZS 5131 CC3.

06Vietnamese codes and investor standards

TopicVietnamese code / standardCommon investor standards
Fire safetyQCVN 06:2022/BXDNFPA, FM Global (as required by the investor’s insurer)
Steel structure designTCVN 5575EN 1993 (Eurocode 3), AISC 360, AS 4100
Loads and actionsTCVN 2737EN 1991, ASCE 7, AS/NZS 1170
Steel fabrication and weldingProject technical specificationEN 1090-2, AS/NZS 5131, ISO 3834-2, AWS D1.1

For reference only; the codes that apply are agreed in each project contract.

07Materials commonly used for FDI factories

Material groups World Steel supplies and installs for this sector; see grades and brands in the materials library.

  • Structural steel

    Sections, plates, hollow sections, pipes and purlins for factory frames, high-rise buildings and industrial works.

  • Roofing and cladding

    Coated and pre-painted steel sheet, insulated panels, metal deck and skylight sheets for factory roofs and walls.

  • Fasteners and connections

    High-strength bolts, anchor bolts, screws, shear studs and chemical anchors for structural connections.

  • Thermal and acoustic insulation

    Stone wool, glass wool, PU/PIR foam, XPS board and reflective foil for roofs, walls and cold stores.

  • Paints and protective coatings

    Anti-corrosion paint systems for steel, hot-dip galvanizing, epoxy floor coatings and powder coating.

  • Passive fire protection

    Intumescent coatings, sprayed fireproofing, fire-rated boards, fire doors and firestop materials.

  • Fire-fighting equipment

    Sprinklers, fire alarm, hose reels, fire pumps, extinguishers and emergency lighting.

Materials library

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09Internationally certified capability

World Steel’s factory and management systems are certified to the international standards below.

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10Downloads

Company profile, technical documents and certificates for this sector.

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11FAQ

Does World Steel deliver fdi factories projects turnkey, from legal work to handover?

Yes. World Steel works in 6 stages under one contract: legal advice, design, permits, steel fabrication, construction, and completion and handover.

Can we contract only part of the work?

Yes. Investors can contract design, steel structures and PEB, MEP, or construction to an existing design as separate packages.

Which standards does World Steel work to?

Vietnamese codes plus the investor’s standards (Eurocode, AISC, AS/NZS…). The steel factory is certified to EN 1090-2 EXC3, AS/NZS 5131 CC3 and ISO 3834-2.

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    Expert in charge of FDI factories

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