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BlogZhejiang Engineering Design Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as ZEDC in English) was established in 1958, originally known as the Design Department of Quzhou Chemical Plant.
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ResearchThe “ZEDC Chemical Engineering Design Innovation Base” of Zhejiang University is a industry–university–research collaboration institution established through a donation from Zhejiang Engineering Design Co., Ltd. to the Zhejiang University Education Foundation.
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With full force and a reverse‑schedule approach, the Zhejiang Engineering Institute has launched an all‑out assault on project design.
Release time:
2016-07-29
Since the onset of “fu” period, Hangzhou has been locked in a relentless “scorching heat” mode, with maximum temperatures hovering around 40°C for 12 consecutive days. Meanwhile, the entire team of designers at the Zhejiang Engineering Institute has displayed an unprecedented surge in enthusiasm. With a wave of major projects under the Juhua Group commencing simultaneously, construction has gained full momentum, and project designs originally slated for three months now must be completed within one month. To meet these tight deadlines, the Zhejiang Engineering Institute has ramped up operations to full capacity, adopted a reverse‑schedule approach, and launched an all‑out assault on the design phase.
In accordance with the overall project schedule set by Juhua Group, the Zhejiang Engineering Institute has repeatedly coordinated project progress, urging its design team to embody the spirit of “tackling tough challenges and continuously pioneering,” adhering to the timeline down to the day, accelerating the pace, and ensuring both quality and quantity in completing all design tasks. At each critical juncture, senior leadership has personally taken charge, provided end-to-end oversight, and fostered cross-departmental collaboration, leveraging a series of major projects as opportunities to concentrate resources on overcoming key obstacles, building a “Zhejiang‑branded” construction initiative, and expediting the enterprise’s transformation, upgrading, and reform.
“The timeline is tight, leaving no room for repeated revisions, so we have to break away from conventional design processes and maintain constant communication with the client,” said Tong Xichen, deputy director of the Process Systems Department. In major projects, many are technology‑upgrade initiatives. The project team must identify existing issues in the current facilities, collect on‑site data, engage in extensive discussions with technical staff, and perform iterative calculations to refine process designs and select appropriate equipment—striving to modernize older systems and resolve the problems plaguing the existing plant. To this end, team members often shuttle between Hangzhou and Juhua: during the day they collaborate with on‑site engineers, and at night they return to Hangzhou to draft detailed design drawings.
At nine or ten in the evening, many residents have already returned from strolling and exercising along the banks of the Qiantang River. Yet the Zhejiang Academy of Engineering’s office building remains brightly lit, with employees everywhere busily working late into the night—some seated at their desks, fingers flying across keyboards, others gathered in small groups to discuss challenges arising in their designs. Faced with tight deadlines and daunting project targets, they are all engaged in a race against time on this battlefield without gunfire.
“Every member of the design team is a model worker,” said Chen Rong, head of the project department. Lately, colleagues on the project have been either on business trips or at the construction site; even when they return late at night from a trip, they immediately sit down at their computers to draft plans. To stay on schedule, projects often proceed with design and construction happening in parallel. Designers not only need to produce high‑quality drawings but also frequently work side by side with the on‑site management team, promptly identifying issues during construction and actively coordinating solutions. By pooling their efforts, they help ensure that the contractor completes all construction tasks as soon as possible.
It’s summer vacation, and employees of a design firm who live apart often hear their children’s innocent voices on their phones: “Dad (Mom), when are you coming to pick me up?” The promise, “I’ll come pick you up in a few days,” has turned into an unfulfillable “lie” due to work commitments. Even when their kids are right there, they rarely get to see them, because they don’t get home until 10 p.m. and leave again at 7 a.m. “Dad, if you don’t come back soon, I’ll be all grown up,” has become a stark reality for these families. Faced with their children, they are filled with deep regret.
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