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Energy Engineering & Instrumentation Solutions

Driving the future of energy through custom electromechanical design, facility automation, and rigorous process controls.

The energy sector requires uncompromising safety, strict regulatory compliance, and scalable infrastructure. RLA Engineering supports both traditional oil and gas operations and the rapidly expanding renewable energy market. From designing unique consumer-facing enclosures for electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure to specifying complex plant-wide instrumentation systems, our team delivers solutions that enhance operational efficiency, ensure safety, and build strong brand identities.

Applying Our Core Services to Energy

Hardware Development

Developing versatile, production-ready mechanical enclosures to support New Product Introduction (NPI) in the clean energy space.

Software Development

Engineering automated macros to ensure data integrity across enterprise systems, such as SAP.

Test and Measurement Solutions

Specifying, designing, and installing robust instrumentation control systems (DCS/SCADA) to automate critical refinery and plant operations.

Proven Results: Energy Case Studies

Custom Level 2 EV charger enclosure hardware design for wall and pedestal mounting applications

Custom Level 2 EV Charger Enclosure

The Impact: Successful NPI, marking the first time the client could create a unique brand ID for their products.
The Solution: Designed a custom enclosure that supported multiple EV charger SKUs and could be either wall or pedestal mounted.
Complex DCS and SCADA instrumentation control systems installed at an oil and gas refinery

Oil & Gas Refinery Instrumentation (DCS/SCADA)

The Impact: Improved safety procedures, increased automation efficiencies, and successfully met regulatory compliance.
The Solution: Specified, designed, and helped install various complex instrumentation systems (DCS/SCADA) for use at an oil and gas refinery.
Automated software macros validating P&ID changes for oil refinery SAP database integration

Refinery Documentation & Process Controls

The Impact: Virtually eliminated the occurrence of rejected and resubmitted P&ID changes due to incompleteness.
The Solution: Implemented an improved SOP featuring automated macros to assess the input data quality of P&ID changes before they were uploaded to a plant-wide SAP database.