SMPP & Structural Detailing
Fabrication-ready and construction-ready documentation for steelwork, platforms, walkways, supports and associated interfaces.
Structural steel & Tekla detailing ↗ENGINEERING SUPPORT · DRAUGHTING · DETAILING
From concept
to construction.
Word of Mouth delivers practical engineering documentation for mining, industrial and fabrication projects — from SMPP and structural steel detailing to mechanical layouts, piping GAs, tender methodologies and site support.
DELIVERABLES
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- SMPPGAs · fabrication details · erection details
- STRUCTURALsteelwork · platforms · access · supports
- MECHANICALequipment layouts · plant interfaces · details
- PIPINGservice layouts · supports · route coordination
- TENDERSmethodologies · schedules · resource planning
- SITE SUPPORTas-built updates · RFIs · issue resolution
PRETORIA · SOUTH AFRICA
MINING · INDUSTRIAL · FABRICATION
AUTOCAD · INVENTOR · TEKLA · PLANT 3D · REVIT
What we solve
Technical output that helps projects move.
We plug into project teams where capacity, detail quality and speed matter. That can mean owning a drawing package, supporting a design office, preparing tender documentation or closing out site-driven changes under pressure.
Mechanical & Piping Layouts
Equipment arrangement, mine services, piping GAs, support detailing and coordinated plant layouts developed around real installation constraints.
Mechanical & piping detailing ↗Tender & Project Support
Construction methodologies, schedules, resource plans, document integration and technical support that strengthen tender submissions and delivery teams.
Explore capability ↗ENGINEERING / DELIVERYClear inputs.
Clear inputs.
Useful outputs.
We turn project scope, engineering inputs and client standards into coordinated 3D models, fabrication drawings, practical construction information and disciplined technical documentation.
Real project photography and model screenshots will be added only after their origin and publication rights are confirmed.
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How we work
Built around your project team.
We work as an extension of engineers, EPCM teams, fabricators and contractors — not as a disconnected drawing office. That means understanding the scope, standards, interfaces and construction reality first, then keeping the information coordinated as the project moves through review, fabrication, installation and closeout.
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Understand
Review the scope, client standards, reference information, interfaces, model data and delivery constraints so the drawing strategy is clear before production starts.
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Coordinate
Coordinate disciplines, identify missing information, resolve clashes and flag constructability risks early so changes are dealt with before they become drawing churn or site problems.
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Detail
Produce disciplined, practical documentation with consistent detailing, revision control and a clear issue path — suited to review, fabrication, construction and handover.
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Support
Stay involved through client review, fabrication queries, installation changes, RFIs and as-built closeout where required, so the package remains useful after issue.
Why WOM
We know what happens after the drawing gets issued.
That changes how we detail. We think about fabrication, access, transport, installation sequence, tolerances, maintainability and what the people on site are actually going to do with the information.
The objective is not simply to produce a drawing that looks complete. It is to produce controlled technical information that engineers can review, fabricators can manufacture from, contractors can install from and project teams can keep using as the job changes.
About Word of Mouth ↗
WOM Software
MPS Configurator
Our first commercial software product: a modular Autodesk Inventor configurator for controlled, repeatable engineering components. MPS is the first release in a broader WOM tool ecosystem built around the repetitive technical work we encounter in real engineering and draughting environments.
WOM DIGITAL ENGINEERINGCONFIGURE · GENERATE · CALCULATE · AUTOMATE
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Send the scope.
We’ll work out the drawing strategy.
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