Environmental compliance ensures fabrication operations and manufactured equipment meet applicable environmental regulations governing air emissions, water discharge, waste management, and other environmental impacts. Compliance protects communities and ecosystems while avoiding regulatory penalties and reputational damage.

For fabricators, compliance includes managing coating and painting emissions, properly handling and disposing of welding consumables and metal wastes, controlling stormwater runoff, and maintaining required permits and monitoring programs. Equipment design must consider customer environmental requirements and how fabricated equipment will support their compliance obligations.

Increasingly, environmental compliance extends beyond regulatory minimums to sustainability commitments, carbon footprint reduction, and circular economy principles. Leading fabricators integrate environmental considerations into business operations, pursuing continuous improvement in environmental performance.