AVEVA World Magazine 2014 Issue 2

2014 Issue 2
MAGAZINE
Integrated Power Engineering

MAN Diesel & Turbo SE deploys AVEVAs IE&D solution
Engineering in harsh
conditions with AVEVA Bocad
Laser scanning speeds up

FPSO revamps
AVEVA Marine helps open new

opportunities in Latin America
INSIDE
THISEDITION
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Corporate News
Responding to Change
Page 25
AVEVA Webinars 19
AVEVA World Summit 2014 44
AVEVA Customer Highlights 46
Page 12
Product News
Advances in AVEVA Bocad 11
Controlling Change: AVEVA Engineering 28
Electrical & Instrumentation Solutions 34
Meridium and AVEVA Partnership 42
Customer News
Cover story: MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
Perstorp Oxo and COWI
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Ingenieurbro Schlattner 12
SBM Offshore 16
IES Engineering 20
GHENOVA Ingeniera 24
Daewoo Engineering & Construction 32
Fincantieri 38
Cover photographs:
Main image: courtesy of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE
Lower images, left to right: courtesy of Ingenieurbro Schlattner;
courtesy of SBM Offshore; courtesy of GHENOVA Ingeniera.
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Responding
to Change
Perhaps one of the hardest parts of a CEOs job is
steering a company through the often rapid fluctuations
in the global economy. But as we monitor regional
and global trends and plan our strategies, one thing
stands out: the worlds engineering sector continues
steadily to grow and strengthen. AVEVA plays a part in
this resilience; by enabling our customers to be more
efficient or to do more, we help them to anticipate and
take advantage of changing market forces.
A good example of this is our 3D laser scanning technology,
which has proved to be, as we expected, a game changer for
the plant industries. With portfolios of steadily ageing assets
and increasing demand for their products, operators have been
quick to use this powerful tool for planning and executing rapid
and safe plant revamps.
The combination of best-in-class 3D modelling and laser
scanning is at the heart of much of the AVEVA development
plans. You can see several excellent examples of just how
pervasive the combined technology is becoming in this issue
of AVEVA World magazine. Current achievements using AVEVA
PDMS, LFM and increasingly AVEVA Everything3D are the
result of our development teams across the globe working
together to produce truly interactive technology.
As we monitor regional and

global trends and plan our
strategies, one thing stands out:
the worlds engineering sector
continues steadily to grow and
strengthen...
The enthusiastic reception that the launch of AVEVA

Everything3D received has been matched by its strong uptake
by our customer community. Early adopters have expressed
great satisfaction at its class-leading performance and, most
particularly, at the way it interoperates reliably with their AVEVA
PDMS installations, even on the same live project. There are
enough business risks already without technology updates
adding to them.
Despite the downturn in global shipbuilding or perhaps
because of it we continue to see outstanding successes with
our marine solutions. Often, these are achieved by becoming
more efficient and competitive, as GHENOVAs success
demonstrates, but many customers are also taking advantage
of the ability to diversify successfully. There is also an
interesting story on the use of AVEVA Bocad for an offshore
wind project, and MAN Diesel and Turbo spoke to us about
their own unique implementation of Integrated Engineering &
Design.
Sadly, with this issue we say goodbye to Magnus Feldt, who
retires after ten years as the editor of AVEVA World Magazine.
Thank you, Magnus, for reflecting AVEVAs high standards in
this super magazine, as well as developing a team to carry on
the good work in future editions. On behalf of all at AVEVA and
our customers, we wish you a long and happy retirement.
Richard Longdon
Chief Executive
AVEVA Group plc
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PIPE-ing Hot Success

MAN Diesel & Turbo SE rapidly benefits from AVEVAs IE&D solution
In 2013, the power engineering division of MAN
Diesel & Turbo SE began to deploy AVEVAs Integrated
Engineering & Design (IE&D) solution as part of their
Programme for Integrated Power Engineering (PIPE).
Camille Nedelec-Lucas
Editor of AVEVA World Magazine and PR Specialist
At the 2013 AVEVA World Summit, Moritz Dyroff,

Lead Engineering IT Support & Services and Johann
Cohut, Project Manager Group IT, gave an engaging
presentation of the benefits that IE&D had already
brought to MAN Diesel & Turbo SE. We followed up with
them to see how this important project had progressed.
A rendering of UCIC, the first plant project completed

by MAN Diesel & Turbo SE using AVEVAs Integrated
Engineering & Design (IE&D) solution.
Image courtesy of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE.
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AVEVA won this tender process through a combination of technical

capabilities and their ability to deploy a pilot-scale solution in just
six months...
Formed from the 2010 merger of the Diesel and Turbo divisions
of MAN, MAN Diesel & Turbo SE held a workshop in 2012 to
develop its engineering vision for 2015. The turbomachinery
business has been an AVEVA customer for a long time,
explained Moritz, but the diesel division had been using a
different system for 20 years. Following the merger we needed
to standardise on common tools and best practice methods
across the combined business.
During the workshop, they assessed their future engineering
needs, which spanned 2D planning, 3D modelling, 2D and 3D
integration, technical document management and the need to
support synergies with other business units. Next, they moved
on to supplier assessment. We chose to organise a tender
selection process in which AVEVA and the competitor presented
their proposed implementations, Moritz said. AVEVA won this
tender process through a combination of technical capabilities
and their ability to deploy a pilot-scale solution in just six
months.
Various IT solutions
Previously, each area of the business had its own IT solutions
and data, making it difficult to integrate processes and projects.
Starting with the engineering department, the source of all
technical plant information, the implementation process had
to integrate a disparate collection of very high quality tools and
information.
MANs aim is for its Power Engineering division to further

strengthen its capabilities in the EPC space to meet the
increasing complexity of EPC contracts. The aim of the PIPE
project was to manage all kinds of documents in a structured
way. For this, we defined an overall engineering application
architecture that the entire business unit could share.
First steps
Once the project was defined, the next step was the integration
and control of the various business processes. The first
objective of PIPE was therefore to create an integrated system
platform that would enable global concurrent engineering
across the companys satellite business units.
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE began the pilot phase of the PIPE project
with AVEVA Diagrams for process system design, AVEVA
Engineering for managing the engineering data, and AVEVA
PDMS for 3D design. Johanns team functioned as a central
communication hub and liaised directly with AVEVAs technical
team. It was Johanns and Moritzs team that rolled out the basic
PIPE implementation, initially to key users from all disciplines in
MAN Diesel & Turbo SEs German and Indian offices.
AVEVA specialists provided knowledge transfer and were in
the driving seat of the project while in-house competency was
being established. The power engineering managers were also
closely involved in the implementation because, as Johann
explained, They are a part of this; it is their future and they have
to drive it.
Johann Cohut and Moritz Dyroff present at the 2013 AVEVA World Summit in Boston.
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IPE / Integrated Power Engineering

System Architecture & Information Flow issue for UCIC
PES, PET, PEA,
PEP
Compare & Update: Completeness & Consistency Check
PEP, PES/PET
AVEVA Diagrams
TAG-IDs (KKS)
Drawing P&IDs incl.

- all equipments /
packages & nozzles
- lines & from/to
connections,
- in line components,
- instrument loops
- off sheet connectors
- work on process
data for
equipments,
instruments,
and pipelines
P&IDs
AVEVA Schematic Integrator

------Compare & Update
Tendering and other

Information ...
STEP
Other 3D CAD
Mechanical Components
STEP
Rohr2
Pipe Stress Calculation
TAG-IDs (KKS)
Civil
Design
Systems
Instrument list
Consumer
list
Valve List
(opt. for UCIC)
Cable List
(opt. for UCIC)
Drawing Release
Management within
AVEVA Engineering
Compare & Update

PEP
AVEVA PDMS
(Design, Draft, Paragon)
Collision free 3D design with
- mechanical equipments,
- electrical equipments,
- pipelines,
- inline components
- cables ways & trays,
- structural basic design
- foundation, walls, floors
SDNF
PEC
Equipment
list
MDT DMS
- get consumer data

for electrical
equipment
Cats & Specs

Pro/E
Motor Design
Line list
- work on
mechanical &
electrical data for
equipments
Referenced
Specifications
TAG-IDs (KKS)
describing
scope of supply for:
- Mechanical Equipments,
- Package Units,
- Electrical items,
- Pipelines,
- Control Instruments
AVEVA
Engineering
MDT DMS
Bernecker Add-on
for pipe supports
Navisworks
3D
visualisation
UCIC
team
Cable lengths
10 Grid Plan 11 Site Plan
12 Layout 13 Equipment
Plan
Location Plan
Consumer Data
PFDs
Cable ID
Source ID
Consumer ID
14 Steel
Structure
Plan
15 Pipe 16 Installation 17 Isometric

Support
Plan
Plan
Location Plan
18 Main 19/20 Air Intake

Cable & Exhaust Gas
Tray Plan
Plan
MDT DMS
ABSI
Bocad
pipe specs,
catalog
components
PEP
Project
Control
Tool
MTO (Piping,
Supports)
Material Designer
Material Manager
Pipe Specifications
Pipe Components
Parts Lists
Material Mgmt
21 Pipe Support
Basic Plan
Electrical
components
PEA
All documents/drawings are listed and controlled in the Master Document List
(MDL)
MS Excel
MDT DMS
BOQ
SAP Material Modul
(Classification,
Numbergenerator, )
PE
E-Plan
22 Piping
Isometrics
SAP Procurement
Legend
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE / Issue 06, 20-Jul-2014
Manual transfer
or input
File transfer
Interface
Deliverables
MDT DMS
SAP
Procurement
Document
(pdf format)
The system architecture and information flows for the Integrated Power Engineering approach are shown above. Image courtesy of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE.
Our colleagues were quickly able to see direct, practical

benefits in developing a common system so that, with each
new project, more people become integrated into MAN Diesel &
Turbo SEs new way of working, added Moritz.
The project phases
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE had asked AVEVA to deliver a productive
environment which would be fully functional very quickly. The
pilot phase was originally six months, as AVEVA had proposed,
and included a training and familiarisation phase in which data
was imported into the new engineering environment from the
Thika project (an EPC diesel combined cycle power plant in
Kenya). Both in deployment and full implementation, the key
to success is to start with basic functionalities and increase
know-how step by step; so we began by remodelling an existing
real plant, Thika, because everyone on the project was already
familiar with it, explained Moritz.
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE then ran a User Acceptance Test to
check satisfaction levels amongst their engineers before making
the final decision to go ahead with full-scale implementation.
So began the next step: the productive preparation phase. This
involved the definition of processes and workflows in order
to integrate the new Engineering & Design system to existing
document management and material management systems.
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Within just one year, the system architecture had been

established and was already productive in supporting its first
EPC power plant project in the Middle East.
Achievements
The Middle Eastern project involves the construction of a power
plant in Saudi Arabia for the United Cement Industrial Company
(UCIC). Five MAN 20V32/44CR engines will generate electricity
for a new cement works 160 kilometres south of Jeddah, not
far from the Red Sea. With a total output of 54.5 MW, they will
enable the production of around 5,000 tons of cement a day.
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE is to build the power plant as part of
an EPC contract and will be responsible, not only for supplying
the engines, but also for building all the necessary secondary
structures, from the powerhouse, through the cooling plant, to
the treatment and disposal systems. Another member of the
project consortium will be responsible for on-site assembly, the
building work and construction of the storage tanks. At the time
of writing, prefabrication and construction has started.
The second project to benefit from the AVEVA deployment is an
equipment supply contract for a 140 MW power plant project in
Managua, Nicaragua, that required engineering services and 3D
planning.
As a result of the implementation of IE&D solutions,

the originally expected benefits have been met. The
objective of PIPE was to enable more efficient working by
standardising tools, workflows and business processes
across the business unit. The PIPE team had identified
significant opportunities for reducing manual effort,
duplication of work and time spent searching for
information, through the integration of the basic and
detailed engineering processes on a common database.
Achieving this would also support continual business
process optimisation, embracing planning, engineering,
production, suppliers and partners, through:
z improvement of engineering processes and capabilities
z increasing standardisation
z quality improvement, both in engineering and on site
z reduction of engineering costs thanks to reusable
product standards and templates.
In summary, the deployment of AVEVAs Integrated
Engineering & Design solution has delivered a strong
outcome for MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, through a higher
level of standardisation and increased efficiency. Quality
improvement, both in engineering and on site, was gained
through only having to enter data once (either in AVEVA
Engineering, AVEVA Diagrams or AVEVA PDMS) and reusing
it in all other applications through the built-in Compare &
Update capability. One of the most important outcomes
of the programme is that it takes fewer iterations to reach
a certain quality level, said Johann. The result is not
only a faster project but also higher quality design, which
considerably reduces rework.
Whats next?
At the time of writing, MAN Diesel & Turbo SE has AVEVA
Diagrams, AVEVA Engineering and AVEVA PDMS connected
with AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator in order to compare
and update data. They also use AVEVA Global and
have tested and will implement AVEVA Cable Design.
The operations and design work of the German office
are fully integrated with those of the Indian office for
efficient collaboration. In addition, MAN Diesel & Turbo
SE has connected some other systems, including a pipe
stress calculation tool, their management system and a
document management system, enabling them to execute
an EPC project using a fully integrated software solution.
Design data now flows in a controlled and structured
way throughout the divisions, but the PIPE programme
continues to develop to take further advantage of the
capabilities offered by AVEVA IE&D. In the second phase,
the electrical department also adopted AVEVA Engineering
and AVEVA PDMS. In the longer term, MAN Diesel &
Turbo SE intends to fully deploy AVEVA Bocad Steel for
structural steel design: thus far they have completed pilotscale deployment and user training. We will see further
integration between AVEVAs systems and other MAN
Diesel & Turbo SE systems, such as SAP DMS, and we also
want to roll out to further projects and extend the user
base, Moritz concluded.
Photograph courtesy of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE.
About MAN Diesel & Turbo SE

MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, based in Augsburg, Germany, is the worlds
leading provider of large-bore diesel engines and turbomachinery
for marine and stationary applications. It designs two-stroke and
four-stroke engines that are manufactured both by the company
and by its licensees. The engines have power outputs ranging
from 450 kW to 87 MW. MAN Diesel & Turbo SE also designs and
manufactures gas turbines of up to 50 MW, steam turbines of
up to 150 MW and compressors with volume flows of up to 1.5
million m/h and pressures of up to 1,000 bar. The product range
is rounded off by turbochargers, propellers, gas engines and
chemical reactors. MAN Diesel & Turbos range of goods includes
complete marine propulsion systems, turbomachinery units for
the oil & gas as well as the process industries and complete power
plant solutions. Customers receive worldwide after-sales services
marketed under the MAN PrimeServ brand. The company employs
around 14,500 staff at more than 100 international sites, primarily
in Germany, Denmark, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic,
India and China. MAN Diesel & Turbo is a company in the Power
Engineering business area of MAN SE.
For more information, visit: www.mandieselturbo.com.
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Project Valerox
Asset Expansion with AVEVA Software
How a combination of AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA P&ID and laser
scanning is efficiently extending Perstorp Oxos valeraldehyde plant.
Valeraldehyde and its derivatives are versatile chemicals
with uses ranging from detergents to plasticisers.
Growing demand for these chemicals prompted the
Perstorp Groups largest single undertaking in recent
years, the Valerox project.
The goal of the project is to progressively increase the capacity

of the groups Stenungsund complex by an additional 100,000
tonnes per annum. This major investment in new capacity
reflects Perstorps commitment to meeting new market
demands while continuing to increase cost-efficiency and
reduce its environmental impact.
Magnus Feldt
Editor of AVEVA World Magazine
To find out more about the Valerox project, AVEVA visited

Perstorp Oxo at its headquarters in Stenungsund on the west
coast of Sweden. We met Tommy Arvidsson, Corporate Project
Manager at Perstorp and project leader for the Valerox project,
and Peter Salomonsson, Senior Project Manager at the projects
engineering partner, COWI AB, which is responsible for the
basic and detail engineering.
The project started in 2012 and the new plant will be on stream
early in 2015, so when we visited the site it was extremely busy
with construction work.
Peter Salomonsson, COWI (left) and Tommy Arvidson, Perstorp (right) were proud to show us around the new upgrade project.
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One of the most conspicuous additions to the Stenungsund

skyline is the plants new flare, which was commissioned in
June 2013 in readiness for the Valerox project. Customers and
regulators alike demand greener and safer products, Tommy
explained. European legislation is particularly strict and new
requirements continually emerge as the state of research and
technology advances. Our aim is to be at the forefront of future
products.
Basic and detail engineering performed by COWI
Perstorp has worked with COWI on several petrochemicals
projects since the early 1990s, so the company was a preferred
candidate for the Valerox project. COWI is an experienced
user of AVEVA PDMS, which we first employed for a pulp and
paper project in 1998, explained Peter. Since then, we have
used PDMS widely in design projects and project management
in the refinery, petrochemicals, chemicals, pulp and paper,
pharmaceutical, power and gas industries. COWI often acts as
a turnkey provider, responsible not only for design, fabrication,
construction and commissioning, but sometimes even
purchasing as well.
The existing plant had originally been designed using a 2D
system and an older type of 3D system, explained Tommy.
None of the design documentation was accurate or up to
date enough to be used for the upcoming project, so we asked
ourselves whether we should use traditional manual surveying
methods or laser scanning technology for it. We made a few
trials with traditional methods, but quickly realised how timeconsuming this would be and that using laser scanning instead
would be quicker and minimise disruption to the daily operation
of the plant.
Early in the project, COWI laser scanned the entire plant with
extreme accuracy in only ten days. The point cloud data was
linked to a 3D PDMS model using AVEVA Laser Model Interface
enabling the existing parts to be connected and supplemented
with new parts.
The entire scanned plant in the PDMS environment.

Image courtesy of Perstorp/COWI.
Laser scanning saved a

considerable amount of time
because clashes could be
easily avoided, minimising any
rework at the site. And the
precise measurements made
fabrication and installation
much faster...
Manual surveying would probably have taken us at least a
month and we could not possibly have achieved the same level
of detail and accuracy, continued Tommy. Laser scanning saved
a considerable amount of time because clashes could be easily
avoided, minimising any rework at the site. And the precise
measurements made fabrication and installation much faster.
COWI has used 3D modelling with laser scanning technology
with great success on many revamp projects, said Peter. This
method saves a great deal of time in planning. AVEVA PDMS
was the obvious choice for this project, ensuring fast, clashfree design. Moreover, we can see very clearly, both in timing
and structurally, how the construction should proceed. The 3D
model is also a great facilitator for us when discussing design
features and issues with the client.
Valerox is a good example of the sort of multi-disciplinary
projects COWI works on, as the Valerox expansion consisted in
total of 17 sub-projects in a variety of disciplines. In addition to
undertaking a significant amount of engineering work, COWI
also helped with the design, management and, to some extent,
the purchasing. They will also be providing a HazOp study.
Design becomes reality. Designing in situ with the accurate laser scan ensured
efficient, clash-free construction. Photograph courtesy of Perstorp.
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Accuracy saves time

The most important benefits were achieved during the
installation of the new equipment, Tommy told us. The high
accuracy of the scans enabled accurate 3D models of all new
design elements to be created. The pipes, steelwork and
concrete structures could all be prefabricated with a minimum
of material wastage as we had the exact dimensions for them
from the model; and were talking about millimetre accuracy
here. This led to a very smooth installation when the new
equipment was lifted into place, saving us considerable time.
The 3D model was used for internal reviews throughout the
execution of the project. By the time the model was about
30% complete, Perstorps operations, maintenance and
safety specialists had already been able to make important
contributions to its design. It is very important to have this
feedback early in the process while it is still possible to make
design changes in a cost-effective way, Tommy added. At
Perstorp, we abandoned plastic models in favour of 3D ones in
the early 2000s, for just this reason.
Future plans
Perstorp sees considerable long-term value in maintaining the
3D model for project revamps, upgrades, operator training and
maintenance. It recently implemented PDMS at its engineering
office to be able to make smaller updates to the model, but will
continue to rely on COWI for major upgrades.
Information Management is now very important for us,
concluded Tommy. Today, the plant information is stored
in the model and in other databases. It is essential for our
personnel to have easy access to all this information. Our
internal commissioning, of which documentation handover is
an important element, is a key issue that we will have to look at
closely very soon.
Close-up view of the new design being tied in to the as-built plant.
Image courtesy of Perstorp/COWI.
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The most important benefits

were achieved during the
installation of the new equipment.
The high accuracy of the scans
enabled accurate 3D models of
all new design elements to be
created...
About Perstorp
The Perstorp Group is a world leader in several sectors of
the speciality chemicals market, supplying a wide variety of
industries and end-use applications. Perstorps products find
their way into a wide range of everyday products used in the
home, at work or in leisure activities.
One of seven chemical plants in Stenungsund, covering an
industrial area of around 300,000 square metres, the Perstorp
Oxo plant was commissioned in 1980. Today, the production
site hosts Scandinavias largest plant for the manufacture of
RME, an additive for diesel fuel. The network consists of several
independent chemical companies sharing significant track
records in the industry.
The Perstorp Group operates production plants in Europe,
Asia and North America, employing around 1,500 people in 22
countries.
Visit www.perstorp.com for more information about Perstorp,
and www.cowi.com for information about COWI.
Design becomes reality. Designing in situ with the accurate laser scan ensured
efficient, clash-free construction. Photograph courtesy of Perstorp.
Expanded Metal
A brief look at advances in AVEVA Bocad
Last year we introduced readers to the power of the newly
acquired AVEVA Bocad steel detailing solution. Enhancement
and integration with the rest of AVEVAs design solutions
continue to progress rapidly and many important new features
have already been added.
Integration
Lack of effective integration between steel detailing and plant
layout or vessel outfitting design has long been a source of
costly problems and project delays. We overcame this by
creating a robust bidirectional interface between AVEVA Bocad
and AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) and
AVEVA Outfitting. This enables the accurate transfer, not only
of linear and planar sections, but also of many elements such as
multi-bend parts, stairs, ladders and handrails; something not
usually possible with competing solutions. Equally importantly,
it also enables reliable round-tripping, which is essential for
bringing steel detailing within the scope of the multi-discipline
AVEVA environment for clash management and change
management functions. A steel structure can be exported to
AVEVA Bocad for detailing, and periodically returned for clash
checking and updating the common project model. Early
adopters have reported excellent results with this capability.
A WISCON interface has been added that enables geometric

and welding data to be transferred directly to welding robots,
offering significant improvements in fabrication efficiency.
New product: AVEVA Bocad NC
Smoothing the path between design, fabrication and
construction can bring huge benefits. AVEVA Bocad NC is
a powerful, standards-compliant production optimiser that
enables the design intent to be accurately and efficiently
translated into structural steel components. It includes direct
links to all major steel cutting and forming machinery and
provides production engineers with an intuitive graphical tool
for editing and optimising production data to suit the machines
to be used. Users benefit from increased rates of consistently
high quality production.
More to come
The development team continue to work on a range of projects
aimed at increasing productivity and bringing structural steel
detailing ever more closely into an Integrated Engineering &
Design environment. For the latest news about AVEVA Bocad
products, visit www.aveva.com/AVEVA_Bocad. To learn more
about how AVEVA Bocad works in practice, view a webinar at
www.aveva.com/webinars.
Additional interfaces now include a direct bidirectional interface

with STAAD.Pro for structural analysis and enhanced interfacing
with third-party fabrication management systems.
Cutting and welding
Steel is expensive, so being able to procure only as much as you
need, and then being able to make maximum use of it, can save
a lot of money. Responding to users requests, we have added a
powerful bar and plate nesting engine that tests show saves at
least 23% more raw steel than competing systems. Both cost
and time can be saved through reduced wastage and the ability
to plan and procure materials earlier and more accurately.
Material optimisation is also a feature of the way in which
AVEVA Bocad handles welds as individual tagged objects,
rather than the customary approach of adding call-outs to 2D
drawings. This enables automatic and accurate reporting of
weld consumables quantities. More importantly, it also makes
it easier to comply with applicable regulations and offers
opportunities to make better use of weld-related information,
such as inspection records, in an asset life cycle management
system.
Improve project visibility, control and collaboration via change highlighting

technology.
Design collaboration and clash checking enable early elimination of

construction problems.
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Found
at Sea:
Excellent
Engineering
in Harsh
Conditions
Photograph courtesy of Ingenieurbro Schlattner.
Osnabrck-based Ingenieurbro
Schlattner uses AVEVA Bocad
Steel for an offshore wind farm
Summer, 2012: A heavy-load vessel approaches the

German Bight. 45 km off Borkums northern coastline,
the gigantic barge stops and drops 800 tonnes of steel
with millimetre precision onto the bottom of the North
Sea. Over a ten-month period, this spectacular process
was repeated a total of 40 times. But what was being
dumped time and again into the depths? 30 metres
below the surface, 40 tripods have been erected since
the summer of 2013, forming the foundations of the
Borkum offshore wind farm an impressive feat of
engineering.
Another 40 tripods are destined for installation during the next

phase of construction. Over an area of 56 km2, 80 wind turbines
will eventually generate a total of 400 MW of power without
emitting a single tonne of CO2. At the time of writing, the first
phase of construction has been completed and the wind farm
is already delivering 200 MW, supplying 200,000 households
with electricity. By the final phase of construction the Owner
Operator, Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG,
expects to have made an investment of EUR 1.6 billion. After all,
the wind in the North Sea is something you can count on; with
no obstacles such as mountains or buildings, it blows at speeds
of around ten metres per second.
Barbara Drges
Marketing Communications Manager, AVEVA Germany
Complex inner workings

The harsh environmental conditions mean that the foundations
of the turbine must withstand extreme loads. The 40 tripodstyle steel foundations, weighing 36,000 tonnes (around
three-and-a-half times the weight of the Eiffel Tower), are now
embedded in the sea floor. A single tripod is 30 metres tall, of
which only a couple of metres are visible above the surface.
Together with a central tube mounted on top, the complete
structure stands 50 metres tall.
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Above: Mountings on the lower sections of the legs secure the cables that feed
power to the transformer platform. Image courtesy of Ingenieurbro Schlattner.
While the dimensions and the tremendous weight of the tripods

are impressive, the interior detail is even more amazing. What
looks like a compact steel giant is really a high-tech structure
with numerous pipes, connections, lines, platforms and
individual parts. Ingenieurbro Schlattner GbR from Osnabrck,
Germany, was hired by Offshore Wind Technology (OWT)
GmbH to participate in the detailed engineering and planning
of the gigantic tripod-style foundations. Two variants had to
be prepared for different sea locations, each with three subvariants depending on their positioning with reference to the
transformer platform. In each case, AVEVA Bocad Steel was
an indispensable planning tool for Marit Bachmann, engineer at
Schlattner, who has been working with bocad software
since 2000.
Bocad Steel does all the thinking

Marit received from OWT the structural analyses and the
associated plans of the outer shell and the primary steel in
PDF format, with all the details of the materials, standards and
regulations to be applied to the design of the connecting parts.
This data had first to be manually transferred to the system in
order to develop the inner workings the so-called secondary
steel after creating the master data and classification systems.
One major challenge was to route all necessary piping without
collisions, both through the central tube, which has a diameter
of 6 metres, tapering off at the bottom, and around the three
legs, each with a diameter of approximately 4 metres. Another
complicating factor was that the piping had to be routed
through the tripod at precise slopes and angles.
Once secured to the

sea bed, the tripod
is ready for the
installation of the
superstructure and
wind turbine assembly.
Photograph courtesy
of Ingenieurbro
Schlattner.
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The concrete pumping pipes are designed to be dualredundant in order to be able to switch to the adjacent
pipe in case of a blockage. Like swimming-pool slides,
these pipes wind sinuously in and along the tripod.
When the turbines are in service, the electrical energy
must be transmitted from the point of generation at the
rotor, through the superstructure and the tripod to the
transformer platform. 12-centimetre-thick power cables
connect the wind farm with the platform and then on to
the mainland. Power cable routing also calls for skilled
design, since any kinks or tight curves could cause
problems.
In addition to these main components, a great many
ladders, platforms, flanges, braces, openings, welds
and profile sections had to be created. Altogether, Marit
had to plan, administer and document 3,244 individual
design elements for each tripod variation. Once I had
designed the first tripod, I was able to import and reuse the
component and design data for subsequent modifications,
she explained. For instance, if I had to change the
orientation of a power cable outlet, AVEVA Bocad
automatically adapted the surrounding architecture. The
amount of repetition between the tripod variations was
relatively high, but connection points, fasteners and line
orientations did change. AVEVA Bocad Steel generated the
part lists for every variation on demand and exported the
lists as Excel files.
For our customers, it was important to be able to regularly
review intermediate design data, such as the overall
weight of the tripod or the total length of pipelines. The
construction of a wind farm involves a considerable
amount of logistics, so they had to be able to charter
appropriate construction cranes and ships in good time.
It only took a couple of mouse clicks for me to obtain all
the necessary information and for the system to output it,
continued Marit, describing the exchange of information
between the companies.
The program did the work for

me. In the case of very complex
assemblies, some additional
work was required, but I still
saved a lot of time thanks to the
softwares functionality...
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Detailed views, showing some of

the features inside and outside the
tripod structure. Images courtesy of
Ingenieurbro Schlattner.
Detailed drawings at the press of a button

Once the general layout drawing had been completed, the
software generated detailed drawings of the components
at the press of a button, with all dimensions and connection
points fully defined. Together with all associated information,
including item numbers and assignment numbers, material
specifications, geometric data, profile section details such
as wall thickness and diameters, and all connections, this
automation made Marits day-to-day work easier. The program
did the work for me, she explained. In the case of very complex
assemblies, some additional work was required, but I still saved
a lot of time thanks to the softwares functionality.
A network of heavy-duty electrical

cables feeds energy from the turbines
to this transformer platform, from
which it is then fed to the mainland.
Eight interface drawings show the production engineers how

and where the other assembly sections meet and connect.
All details such as location, angle, orientation or connection
points can be grasped at a glance. For instance, if a component
consists of different materials, AVEVA Bocad Steel shows this
information graphically. With the click of a mouse button, the
user can at any time instantly switch between a 2D drawing and
a 3D spatial representation, with both individual elements and
general overviews.
Marit explained, My favourite tool in AVEVA Bocad is Open GL,
which enables me to move around the inside of the tripod and
see everything in 3D, so I can visually check that the lines run
without clashes and that the dimensions are correct. This facility
for the human eye to double-check the software calculations is,
in my opinion, crucial.
Photograph courtesy of Ingenieurbro Schlattner.
The project was completed after one year of planning, with

up to nine development drafts. Schlattner handed over the
shop drawings and production data to Weserwind GmbH in
Bremerhaven. AVEVA Bocad Steel supports the DSTV, DXF,
DWG, SDNF and IFC data exchange formats. With AVEVAs
technical support, design data was converted using the IFC
and STEP standard interfaces and then sent to Weserwind,
who used this data to construct the tripods, to a large extent
manually.
Schlattners engineers also

use AVEVA Bocad Steel to
create platform structures.
Image courtesy of
Ingenieurbro Schlattner.
New module supplements AVEVA Bocad Steel

Schlattner had already invested in three AVEVA Bocad Steel
workstations. With its ten employees, the Osnabruckbased engineering company has completed many projects,
ranging from industrial and commercial buildings through
to components for offshore wind farms. In addition to the
tripods, Schlattners engineers also frequently plan and design
platforms. While the majority of its customers come from
Germany, Schlattner also handles a number of international
projects.
The AVEVA Bocad Offshore add-on was released in 2013
to simplify the work of offshore structure designers. Users
can now design complex offshore structures and output all
necessary data with less effort and greater precision. Such
productivity boosters can save valuable man-hours and cost
something that makes any business owner happy, said the
engineering consultancys owner, Cornelius Schlattner.
To find out more about Schlattner, visit www.schlattner.de.
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A New Lease of Life

How 3D laser scanning helps SBM
Offshore to speed up FPSO revamps
After eight years of service with one of the big five oil
producers, one of SBM Offshores FPSOs was due to be
refurbished to operate off the coast of Angola, in the
Deepwater Field Development, under a twelve-year
lease. However, complex projects are rarely without
challenges; the design team at SBMs Kuala Lumpur
execution centre quickly realised that the vessels
as-built data was both incomplete and severely out of
date. With a tight schedule to meet, SBM turned to laser
scanning.
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A rapid learning curve

A key issue was that the as-built isometrics did not correlate
with the original PDMS model, explained Chandru Sockalingam,
Section Leader of Engineering Information Systems at the SBM
Kuala Lumpur office. We discussed a strategy with colleagues
at SBM Monaco, who hired Scopus, a specialist laser surveying
company, to scan the entire vessel on location at the Paenal
shipyard in Angola. This proved very effective; once the scan
was completed we could then compare it with the AVEVA
PDMS model, enabling us to accurately correct the model.
SBM KL had never previously used laser scanning in its
projects, so using AVEVA Laser Model Interface (AVEVA LMI)
to incorporate laser data within a PDMS model was a new
experience for its designers. SBM and Scopus created training
manuals, after which it took only two days for a new designer to
understand how to work with the laser point cloud data within
PDMS. Further issues arising through hardware constraints and
the volume of scan data were all solved with the support of LFM
Software.
At its peak, there were 20

designers working on the
projects piping modelling.
I estimate the savings
in design time alone are
significant. A big contributor
is the way that the very
realistic LFM BubbleView
shows the scan area and
any clashes, making it easy
to see where work needs to
be carried out...
SBM constructs, builds and converts FPSOs around the world, such as the
FPSO Aseng, which is pictured here. Photograph courtesy of SBM Offshore.
Big advantages
SBM quickly found that one of the major advantages of 3D
scan data is the ability to compare an AVEVA PDMS model with
the actual as-built configuration without the need to rely on
2D drawings or lengthy site visits. This method considerably
reduced the time required on site and this represents a big
cost saving, Chandru explained. The Angola site is particularly
expensive to get to, with a lot of safety and security issues. The
laser scanning meant that few project staff needed to be on site
at all; with a good quality scan, there was no real need to have
many site visits.
The benefits, though, extended beyond just the accuracy
of creating an as-built model. Clash checks could also be
performed between the new or modified model and the point
cloud. Designers could quickly model as-built piping, structural
and cable tray elements based on the point cloud. Where it
would have taken a piping designer two hours to check and
remodel a single piping system (whether an as-built or a new
pipe) based on 2D layouts, it now took less than an hour to
complete. The ease and intelligence of clash checking meant
that the model could be updated with high accuracy.
...LFM software and

AVEVA LMI have become a
standard part of our toolkit
to enhance value both
for ourselves and for our
clients...
At its peak, there were 20 designers working on the projects

piping modelling, Chandru told us. I estimate the savings in
design time alone are significant. A big contributor is the way
that the very realistic LFM BubbleView shows the scan area
and any clashes, making it easy to see where work needs to be
carried out.
Building capabilities
Success breeds success. Once the Angola FPSO project had
demonstrated the benefits of laser scanning, SBM decided
to take advantage of the newly gained expertise of its Kuala
Lumpur design team by using laser scanning on other projects.
The Espirito Santo BC10 FPSO, which is currently operating
in the Parque Das Conchas oil field off the coast of Brazil,
requires some modification of the modules; laser scan data is
helping to eliminate clashes with the existing as-built model.
Similarly, FPSO Kikeh, which operates off the coast of Sabah,
Malaysia, also took advantage of laser scanning for its module
modifications.
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We have used PDMS a lot on a variety

of projects, Chandru commented. In
addition to this project in Angola, we
are using laser scanning on a number
of ongoing projects. LFM software and
AVEVA LMI have become a standard part
of our toolkit to enhance value both for
ourselves and for our clients.
Point cloud model overlaid in the PDMS model.
Building around the point cloud model.
Using the LFM BubbleView to view the scanned area and the clash element.
The future
Looking to the future of laser scanning
at SBM, Chandru highlighted his interest
in the possibilities offered by AVEVA
Everything 3D (AVEVA E3D). Directly
incorporating and manipulating laser
scan data in AVEVA E3D is seen by
Chandru to be more user friendly. We
have seen AVEVAs presentations on
AVEVA E3Ds capabilities with the scan
data; I am sure that is the way to go. Im
very interested in the tighter integration
of the two technologies, the way the LFM
dataset and AVEVA E3D work together,
he concluded.
About SBM
SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding
company headquartered in Schiedam.
It holds direct and indirect interests in
companies that collectively form the SBM
Offshore group.
SBM Offshore provides floating
production solutions to the offshore
energy industry, over the full product
life cycle. It is a market leader in leased
floating production systems, with
multiple units currently in operation and
unrivalled operational experience in this
field. The companys main activities are
the design, supply, installation, operation
and life extension of FPSO vessels. These
are either owned and operated by SBM
Offshore and leased to its clients, or
supplied on a turnkey sale basis.
The group employs over 9,600 people
worldwide over five project execution
centres, eleven operational shore
bases, several construction yards and its
offshore fleet of vessels.
Visit www.sbmoffshore.com for more
information.
Overview of the point cloud model with the vessel model. All images courtesy of SBM Offshore.
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how AVEVAs solutions for engineering,
design and Information Management
increase business efficiency and capabilities
throughout the entire asset life cycle.
AVEVA routinely hosts live webinars that
help you learn more about our software
and offer the exclusive opportunity to have
your questions answered by our product
specialists.
Register for an upcoming AVEVA webinar or
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www.aveva.com/webinars.
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IESs Ernesto Montes De Oca reviews PDMS design model and scanned fabrication model. Photograph courtesy of IES Engineering.
Towards the Lean Revamp

How AVEVA technology and laser scanning enable IES
Engineering to apply Lean processes on revamp projects
California-based IES Engineering is a dynamic young
company specialising in the design, engineering and
programming of upstream oil & gas facilities and
processes. Strong demand for laser scanning brownfield
projects has enabled IES to invest in developing
specialised expertise in high-value scanning and asbuilding services. As a result, not only can it offer cost
savings ranging from 25% to as much as 70% on laser
scanned data, it is also able to apply Lean Construction
methodologies to revamp projects. We met with Randy
Meyer, Mechanical Project Manager at IES, to learn more.
Benefits from AVEVA PDMS and laser scanning

The decision to utilise laser scanning with AVEVA PDMS was
based both on the value obtained from such a combination
and from its ease of implementation and use. AVEVA PDMSs
support for laser scan data means that IES field crews can
use high-performance scanners and survey instruments to
efficiently capture the numerous pipes, vessels, supports
and other plant features, including data needed for terrain
models. We made the decision to invest in in-house scanning
capabilities predominantly due to our piping and facility design
expertise, Randy explained. Many survey service providers do
not have the level of specialised engineering understanding
required.
The ability to take laser scanned data and move it directly
into the PDMS design model saves a significant amount in
overall costs and time. Not only have we been able to cut
labour hours in half, the amount of material wastage is greatly
reduced, continued Randy. We believe that if the design can be
fabricated in shop instead of on site, this provides great value
in the construction phase through reduced costs, fewer manhours and earlier project start-up.
Tracey Nabe
Regional Lead Marketing Coordinator, AVEVA
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Layered image depicting, from left, point cloud data, point cloud with 3D model overlay, and point cloud intensity scan. Image courtesy of IES Engineering.
Lean Construction in action

The use of 3D laser scanning enables rapid in-process
verification at every stage of fabrication and construction,
creating a closed control loop in which every participant
can actively contribute to the success of the project. This is
an important enabler of Lean Construction, which aims to
eliminate wastage of any kind. Laser scan data can be imported
into the 3D design environment and quickly compared with
the design model for every item, even down to individual pipe
spools. As IES has proved, this ability to continually check and
resolve deviations almost in real time is just as valuable on
brownfield projects as it is for new builds.
By overlaying the scans onto the design model, IES can quickly
generate accurate deviation reports, enabling the client to
assess the nature and extent of any deviations and make
informed decisions to reject or accept any non-compliant
spools, vessels or structural components.
Randy Meyer (left) and client conduct an on-site review of a water plant
vessel installation with reference to the PDMS design model.
These deviation reports are very important to IESs clients; the

ability to identify incorrectly fabricated items to avoid on-site
rework can save considerable costs. Randy described how
IES had recently scanned six filter-vessel skids that had been
fabricated in Canada and produced detailed deviation reports to
the clients specification.
Scanning in the fabrication shop creates a baseline for asset
integrity. If any fabrications are damaged during transit,
installation or start-up, more scans can be captured and
overlaid on the originals to determine the extent of the damage.
IES used this capability for a large process facility located in
Bakersfield, California, for which the piping was fabricated on
the east coast of the US. Laser scanning was used to verify the
accuracy of the fabrications before their shipment across the
US, saving IESs client over $2 million.
On-site PDMS design model client review using latest tablet technology.
Photographs courtesy of IES Engineering.
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3D PDMS model of gas plant corridor in Belridge, California. Image courtesy

of IES Engineering.
IES heavily exploits the capabilities of AVEVA PDMS to save

overall time and cost through better quality design. Pipes are
regularly modelled to less than 1 (25 mm) and the rebar, anchor
bolts, and other components are designed with a similarly high
level of detail. IES then updates the 3D PDMS design after the
fabrication and scan of the spools, so that the PDMS design
model accurately reflects the as-fabricated condition. Such
attention to detail pays dividends; for one steam generator
project, IES had 800 spools fabricated, of which only four
needed to be modified on site.
Such quality and accuracy of 3D data adds value far beyond
design and fabrication; it is an important enabler of Lean
processes in the on-site construction stages by eliminating
clashes and by supporting the efficient sequencing of
demolition and construction tasks. 3D data not only offers the
ability to create design and fabrication that will bolt up with no
issues, it also enables the creation of highly detailed demolition
plans, providing the client with more control to define the scope
of work on a project, Randy explained.
Using AVEVA PDMS, we can apply rule sets for demolition
drawings, helping us to efficiently create accurate cost
estimates. 3D design also enables the client to more fully
understand the design concept and to contribute effectively to
reviewing it for ease of operation.
Grade model generated by mobile scanning using PDMS to design pipeline.

Image courtesy of IES Engineering.
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3D laser scan of as-built used with PDMS for new design construction
support. Image courtesy of IES Engineering.
So, not only can the revamp design be created with operations
in mind by ensuring the accuracy of as-built information, laserverified 3D data also supports many other aspects of efficient
asset management, minimising downtime and increasing
operational safety.
Key differentiators
While many companies provide only data capture and a few
also carry out modelling, IES uses the data to add value to all
its engineering and design processes. It uses AVEVA PDMS and
laser scanning data for piping, civil and structural design and
enforces a high level of design accuracy. The technology is also
used extensively for data mining and material management.
PDMS enables us to extract far more information value from the
3D model than any other software application on the market,
Randy assured us.
IES takes pride in working closely with its clients to keep them
involved throughout the entire design review process. 3D
models are sent out daily for review and approval, which cuts
down time spent issuing drawings with revisions and keeps
projects on schedule. In addition, the point cloud laser scanning
application that IES uses is highly interoperable, so that clients
have the advantage of also using this application with their own
vendors.
Point cloud generated by mobile scanning to create grade model using

PDMS. Image courtesy of IES Engineering.
3D data not only offers the ability to create design and fabrication
that will bolt up with no issues, it also enables the creation of
highly detailed demolition plans, providing the client with more
control to define the scope of work on a project...
Client (left) and Randy Meyer (right) meet for an on-site design review. Photograph courtesy of IES Engineering.
Increasing affordability
Rapidly increasing adoption of laser scanning as an important
tool for capital projects is increasing the demand for laser
scanning hardware. This is good news for EPCs as vendors
compete vigorously to win this new business by increasing
hardware capabilities and reducing prices. The result is that
laser scanning for large engineering projects is becoming ever
more affordable. As an added benefit, the lower costs that we
can offer for laser scanning have enabled smaller clients to take
advantage of its capabilities, Randy concluded.
About IES
Randy Meyer originally worked for a large overseas Owner
Operator. Whenever he was back in the US, he was struck by
the number of requests that he would get from operators and
EPCs for design work on local facility and pipeline projects.
Spotting an opportunity, in 2009 Randy decided to capitalise on
his 20 years experience of using AVEVA PDMS and incorporated
TSM in Bakersfield, California. In little over three years, through
growing demand for PDMS standardisation and a high level of
client satisfaction, Randy grew the company to 28 employees.
Vision for the future

Through its focus and commitment to developing its inhouse expertise, IES has achieved significant success in the
California region and beyond. Today its challenge is to retain
its competitive advantage as it expands into wider markets.
Part of its plan to meet this challenge includes adopting AVEVA
Electrical and AVEVA Instrumentation, enabling IES to offer
a more extensive design package. As still a relatively small
company, IES appreciates the ease of use of AVEVA solutions,
which enables it to quickly train new designers with minimum
disruption to ongoing project work.
In 2013, TSM merged with IES Engineering, another local

engineering company in Bakersfield and, for simplicity, kept the
company name. The company has continued to grow strongly,
and now employs over 200 staff and is expanding its customer
base throughout California and into other regions. IES currently
has two dedicated laser scanning teams who are kept fully
occupied on brownfield project work.
The merger of IES and TSM proved to be a match made in
heaven as their respective skills complement each other
perfectly, establishing the expanded business as one of the
regions leading engineering service providers for process
and pipeline facilities and positioning it to take advantage of
opportunities both across North America and globally. Visit
www.ies-engr.com for more information.
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GHENOVA Ingeniera Designs LPGs

for Transpetro, Subsidiary of Petrobras
Spanish engineering firm opens up new opportunities
in Latin America with the help of AVEVA Marine
To mitigate the shipping industrys contraction, Spanish
engineering company GHENOVA Ingeniera has seized
opportunities in the high-growth markets of Latin
America. A key lighthouse project enabling them to
establish a strong position is the design of a fleet of LPG
tankers for Transpetro, using AVEVA Marine. We visited
GHENOVA at their headquarters in Seville to understand
how this high-profile project is playing a strategic role in
their Latin American future.
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Entry into growth markets

Ignacio Grau, GHENOVAs Head of Marketing and
Communication, told us that Europe, especially the naval
sector, has been GHENOVAs core market since the companys
foundation. Several projects signed in Brazil, both for naval
engineering and energy, are now expanding the companys
client base. As a Spanish company, GHENOVA has a head start.
For us, expansion into Latin America was the natural choice,
explained Julin Fontela, GHENOVAs Manager of Business
Development. We have fewer linguistic or cultural barriers to
entry than equivalent North American or other Anglophone
companies.
The depressed shipping market following the slump in 2008

especially impacted GHENOVAs customer base in Europe and
in the naval sector; the company recognised the need to pursue
new opportunities in high-growth markets. Our main office in
Latin America is in Brazil, and from there we are orchestrating
our expansion into the rest of Latin America, Julin explained.
Projects executed from the Brazilian office are of strategic
importance for us, because each one demonstrates both the
high quality of our work and our long-term commitment to
our customers in the region as a whole. This strategy really
represents a key ingredient for the growth of the company.
The focus on both Europe and Latin America has meant
intensified activities and a resulting notable staff increment,
which are cornerstones of a longer-term growth strategy:
we want to reach 50 million Euros in annual revenue and
significantly increase our workforce by 2018, Ignacio added.
In September 2011, a year after GHENOVA first entered Brazil,
success came with the signing of a seven-million-Euro contract
with the STX Promar shipyard (now Vard, part of the Fincantieri
group) to carry out the engineering of eight LPG tankers for
Transpetro. A subsidiary of Petrobras, Transpetro is Brazils
largest oil & gas distribution company. It stores and transports
oil, ethanol, biofuels and natural gas, and has a network of more
than 11,000 kilometres (7,000 miles) of pipelines.
The LPG project
Our Brazil office is very strong on the marine side and the LPG
project is a great reference case, continued Julin. It clearly
demonstrates our capabilities to neighbouring countries who
are also important oil & gas players on the global stage. We
hope that this project will be a springboard for GHENOVA to
foster relationships with other oil & gas producers in the region.
Left: 7,000 m3 series LPG tanker

design in AVEVA Marine.
Right: Sections of the tanker model.
Images courtesy of GHENOVA.
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7,000 m3 series LPG tanker design in AVEVA Marine. Images courtesy of GHENOVA.
The project consists of the detailed engineering and

purchasing support for the prototypes of three LPG carrier
designs. A design for four vessels with a pressurised capacity of
7,000 m3 has already been delivered. The first three are already
in fabrication. The first vessel in the series has been christened
Oscar Niemeyer and will be delivered in December 2014. A
further vessel design for two LPGs with a smaller pressurised
capacity of 4,000m3 is also complete; at the time of writing,
both vessels are being constructed and will be delivered soon.
GHENOVA is now working on a design for two semi-pressurised
vessels that will each have a capacity of 12,000 m3. GHENOVA
is responsible for all the detailed engineering of the structures,
piping, equipment and outfitting, the electrical, instrumentation
and electronics systems, and HVAC and accommodation. The
Brazilian team are using AVEVA Hull, AVEVA Outfitting, and
AVEVA Cable Design, collaborating with their colleagues at the
Spanish headquarters with the help of AVEVA Global.
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The business opportunity

This high-profile project provided an excellent opportunity for
GHENOVA to establish a reputation with Petrobras, Brazils
largest company and one of the worlds leading players in the
oil & gas industry. A link to Petrobras is an endorsement of
GHENOVAs capabilities and sends a strong message to other
OOs in the region. Furthermore, GHENOVA has established a
connection with this Brazilian oil & gas giant at a crucial time
in Petrobrass history. The offshore Santos Basin discovery
means that Petrobras will invest in fleet expansion and renewal
to support its future increase in E&P activities and, as a result,
there will be plenty of opportunities for further projects.
Julin Fontela, GHENOVAs Manager of Business Development, and Ignacio

Grau, GHENOVAs Head of Marketing and Communication.
Another key factor that will push forward growth in this market
is the Certificado de Registro e Classificao Cadastral (CRCC)
certificate, which is awarded by Petrobras to companies that
meet all the requirements to become an approved services
provider. The CRCC specifically certifies GHENOVAs ability to
carry out comprehensive shipbuilding and tanker-ship projects.
This document allows GHENOVA to tender and participate
in bids for work from Petrobras and, combined with the LPG
project, marks a significant step forward. GHENOVA describes it
as its passport into the Brazilian market.
Selecting the tool for the job
To make the most of this business opportunity, GHENOVA
needed the best tool for the job. With experience of Tribon,
GHENOVA had successfully adapted to AVEVA Marine several
years ago and is very happy with the result; their designers
and engineers were able to adjust quickly and smoothly to the
new system. Their AVEVA deployment forms part of a suite of
applications that enables GHENOVA to meet a wide range of
client- and project-specific requirements. As a result, GHENOVA
selects the design software on a case-by-case basis. Our
business is engineering, first and foremost, said Julin. Each
of the different types of software that we use is one system
within a diverse toolkit. Every client has different requirements
and meeting those requirements is key. We dont only design
ships; among other things we also design thermal power
plants, so our choice of software for any particular project is
usually dictated by the nature of the project and the clients
requirements.
As a result, AVEVA Marine was chosen specifically for this
project because it best matched Transpetros needs and was
consequently mandated by Vard Brazil. This is an entirely new
project for us, so it was essential to select a 3D engineering and
design tool that could deliver true strategic value, explained
Francisco Cuervas, General Director of GHENOVA. AVEVA
Marine met all the requirements that the client set out, making
it the ideal choice for such an important project. The integrated
AVEVA Marine applications have helped us to save many hours
during the design phase, allowing an efficient and accurate
model to be delivered to our customer.
An engineer works on a design in AVEVA Marine at global head offices in

Seville, Spain. Photographs courtesy of GHENOVA.
Rui Miguel de Sousa, GHENOVA Brazils Branch Director, added,

The AVEVA solution was subjected to a rigorous tender process
and its integrated hull and outfitting design capability stood out
against the competition. It will enable us to efficiently create
clash-free, production-oriented design. We are confident this
will help us achieve reduced rework and deliver the highest
quality designs. With concurrent global project execution we
can also ensure that all sites and users have access to the latest
approved data, right down to attribute details.
The results that we have

achieved with AVEVA Marine
speak for themselves and we look
forward to completing similar
noteworthy projects...
The future
We will continue to use AVEVA Marine as part of an overall
service offering as we continue to seek out opportunities in
both our European client base, and our expanding new client
base in Latin America, said Julin. The results that we have
achieved with AVEVA Marine speak for themselves and we look
forward to completing similar noteworthy projects. GHENOVA
is currently involved in several multi-disciplinary projects and
is now clearly making strong headway into the Latin American
market, whilst maintaining its European partnerships. We look
forward to further news of their progress.
About GHENOVA Ingeniera
GHENOVA is an international multi-disciplinary engineering and
consulting company that acts in sectors where there is a need
for a comprehensive solution. Its team undertakes large projects
with extreme technological complexity for some of the worlds
largest firms in the naval and offshore, industry and energy,
aeronautical, infrastructure and defence sectors. The company
has offices in Germany, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Norway, the
Netherlands and Spain, and headquarters in Seville and Ferrol.
Visit www.ghenova.com for more information.
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Sweet Simplicity
How AVEVA Engineering
makes it easy
for engineers to
control change
We have all, no doubt, encountered software that

required us to think or act in a non-intuitive manner.
Often, this is no more than a nuisance, but when
the work involved is the safety-critical design of a
complex engineering project valued in millions of
dollars per day, nuisance takes on a much more
serious aspect.
With engineering software there is a huge premium
on ease of use, not only to increase productivity but
also to minimise the risk of error. In plant or ship
design, where many engineers and designers across
a range of disciplines must collaborate to evolve
the design, this ease of use must also extend to
supporting the iterative, change-intensive nature of
the work.
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An apt analogy for this is the design

spiral, which represents the way in
which each discipline contributes
progressively smaller refinements to the
overall design. Key to holding the spiral
in shape are the lines of communication
whereby changes are transmitted
between participants.
Viewed in this way, iterative project
development seems deceptively simple.
The reality, however, can be quite
different if the technology used cannot
handle the vast quantities and different
types of evolving engineering data, or
the workflows followed by the various
disciplines through successive stages of
the project.
Change management
The critical issue is change
management. On the one hand,
each responsible discipline must
be free to update their work as and
when necessary to progress it from
first approximation to final released
status. But uncontrolled change
makes their work almost impossible
if, every time they accommodate a
change made by one discipline, three
others make changes that undo the
work already completed. Equally, if the
technology attempts to prevent errors
by automatically imposing changes
across all affected disciplines, this can
not only hinder the entire collaborative
effort, but also effectively undermine the
responsibility of each discipline.
For example, if a process engineer
decides to increase the capacity of
a pump and the software were to
automatically apply rules to upgrade
the power supply, this could result in
the Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I)
disciplines selection of switch or fuse
gear being overridden without their
authorisation or even their knowledge,
leading to potentially dangerous plant
operation.
AVEVA Engineering overcomes this
dilemma. It supports true collaborative
working by enabling each engineering
discipline to work at its own pace while
also having visibility of changes made by
others. Changes are not only controlled
by the responsible disciplines but can be
accommodated in a controlled manner
by the other affected disciplines.
The design spiral represents the way

in which each discipline contributes
progressively smaller refinements to
the overall design.
Controlled object revisioning

The latest release of AVEVA Engineering implements a powerful feature for efficient
collaborative working: revision control at the object level. This is a good example of
how a complex technical function can be carried out in a manner which is transparent
to the user. Under the covers it involves sophisticated database manipulation to
manage the revisioning processes; users, however, see only a clear and intuitive
means of performing the task in hand. It just works.
The concept is easy to understand. Each engineering discipline works on objects
pumps, pipes or valves, say. At first, information about an object will be sketchy; the
process engineers know they need a valve in the circuit here, but have not yet decided
what size or type it should be. At this stage, because they are working with a number
of poorly defined objects to create an initial P&ID, they do not want other disciplines
to use their information; it is not sufficiently mature. So they continue working in their
closed sandbox environment until the P&ID is sufficiently well defined that others
can confidently begin to work with it. They then issue the P&ID, at a controlled release
level, whereupon it becomes visible to the rest of the project.
The process engineers continue their P&ID development on a working copy of the
issued version retained in their sandbox. More information is added, such as valve
types and catalogue references. Meanwhile, for example, the E&I engineers have
used the first P&ID release to update their own preliminary system for powering and
controlling the various objects within the P&ID, and have issued this at its own first
release level. At some suitable point the process team will update their issued P&ID
from the latest working copy, to reflect both their own changes and the work of the
E&I team. Other disciplines will then see, for example, that the P&ID now includes
more detail as well as new objects such as pressure relief valves and various in-line
instruments, while some valve objects have been changed from manual to
motorised types.
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This well-managed control of the evolution of engineering

information also benefits the design disciplines that work
with it, because both engineering and design share common
information. For example, the piping designer sees that the
P&ID has been updated because various objects in the 3D layout
have become highlighted: the new relief valves and instruments
will need moving into suitably convenient positions. However,
he or she might reasonably expect that the E&I engineers will
soon be updating their equipment and cable specifications.
The designer may therefore decide to defer making design
changes until these additional engineering changes have been
issued. It is this ability for each discipline to retain control of
which changes to make and when to make them that is the
key to efficiency in the complex process of multi-disciplinary
engineering design.
Maturity levels
In practice, the process is rather more sophisticated than this
very simple illustration. The sandbox typically comprises three
distinct and controlled maturity levels: Working, Submitted and
Checked. This provides the necessary structure for managing
development within each engineering discipline. And while a
discipline is normally considered to be a functional grouping,
such as E&I, it can also be a grouping by scope of work and/or
location, according to the structure of the particular project.
The basic maturity levels and their characteristics are described
below:
Working
z Dynamic data is not shared outside the discipline

z There is only one working version of an object unless alternative topologies are being assessed
z Not visible to other disciplines
Submitted
z Non-versioned snapshot data release for consumption within the discipline by an approver
z Allows working to carry on without locking the object
z Not visible to other disciplines
Checked
z Any other intermediates of similar characteristics of submitted or issued

z There may be one or many issued types or areas, e.g. Submitted, Approved, Issued each containing multiple versioned
snapshot instances of an object
z Not visible/visible to other disciplines
Issued
z
z
z
z
Freeze
z Approved snapshot data that represents a consistent object dataset across all the disciplines for a particular design freeze
z Versioned snapshot data frozen for consistent viewing
z Each discipline should have the same number of freeze snapshots representing a consistent horizontal view or milestone of
the virtual object split amongst each discipline
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Versioned snapshot data release for consumption by other disciplines within their working area
There are multi-versioned snapshot instances of objects
Each discipline may have differing numbers of versioned snapshot instances of an object
Visible to other disciplines
This object-based management of maturity

is, however, not the complete answer to the
problem. Where ownership of an objects
attributes is distributed across multiple
disciplines, it is essential to also control data
consistency at the overall model level.
The importance of data consistency
Not all changes made to an object will affect
all disciplines; a change to a pumps electrical
rating, for example, will not affect its process
attributes but will affect its electrical ones.
Evidently, imposing blanket revision changes
across all disciplines can waste effort and
create opportunities for error. This problem
is overcome by maintaining and checking the
interface-dependent attributes of objects.
If attributes at the interdiscipline interfaces
match, consistency has been achieved
between an objects different views at their
respective release levels. AVEVA Engineering
categorises attributes as follows:
Mechanical
Electrical
Stress
No
tifi
Process
ca
tio
No
Objects
Issued
tifi
ca
tio
No
tifi
ca
tio
AVEVA Engineering ensures that updates from one discipline to another are correctly
applied through controlled publication of issued data, notifying dependent disciplines
when ready to accept changes.
z Neither changes nor attributes impact other disciplines

Owned and used by
only one discipline
z Changes here would require a new version of the object in the owning discipline only
z Read/write access within this discipline
z No visibility for other disciplines
z Changes and attributes impact the work of other disciplines
Owned by one
discipline and used
by one or many other
disciplines
z Changes here would require a new version of the object in the owning discipline and the consuming
disciplines
z The owning discipline does not know who the consumers are
z Read/write access within this discipline
z Read access for other disciplines
Owned by other
discipline and used by
this discipline
z Changes and attributes impact the work of other disciplines

z Changes from others would require a new version of the object in this discipline
z The owning discipline does not know who the consumers are
z Read access for this discipline
Efficiency and adaptability

Different disciplines work at different rates at different stages of
a project. For efficient project execution, enabling them to do
so in a controlled manner is essential to avoid progress being
limited by the slowest. AVEVAs Compare & Update functionality
is an important enabler of efficient concurrent working and is
supported in all AVEVA products by Subscription & Notification
functions.
These functions enable changes to be published by the
responsible discipline as soon as they have reached a sufficient
level of maturity for others to use. Importantly, however, the
Subscription & Notification function enables those disciplines
that consume information to respond to only those attributes
that directly affect them. Irrelevant changes can be ignored,
while relevant ones can be assessed, prioritised and queued for
action within the disciplines own workflows.
Keeping track
Controlling and sharing engineering change information is
important for efficient project execution, while tracking changes
through the projects evolution is important both for diagnosing
errors and for verifying regulatory or contractual compliance.
AVEVA Engineering meets these needs with two types of
record. The Audit Trail traces the history of a value and shows
values up to the points at which revisions are made. This is a
working tool, recording information that can be used for tracing
errors. In contrast, the Revision History is a permanent record
that cannot be tampered with or deleted. It shows what has
changed between any selected revisions of any tagged object.
This new release of AVEVA Engineering delivers another
essential enabler of Engineering & Design for Lean
Construction. The revolution is gathering speed.
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Integrating Operations
with AVEVA NET
How a major Korean EPC is making AVEVA NET the
foundation of its Information Integration facility
Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Daewoo E&C) is
an important Korean EPC in the oil & gas industry. It has
a strong presence in Africa and the Middle East, being
responsible for many LNG facilities in Libya, Nigeria,
Algeria, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. The companys
work across such widely distributed assets triggered
its decision to invest in AVEVA NET to support the
integration of its business processes.
Daewoo E&Cs decision to base its Information Integration
System on AVEVA technology followed a long and successful
history of using AVEVA design and visualisation products on
its projects. The company had first used AVEVA NET on the
Nigerian Gbaran-Ubie integrated oil & gas project and had
been impressed by its performance. The ability to associate
document lists and tags, and to export data according to the
standards required by the Owner Operator, was extremely
helpful, said Junho Yoo, Site Handover Manager, Plant System
Management Team, Daewoo E&C.
Mihoko Usui
Marketing Administrator, Korea and Japan
AVEVA NET and the Otumara project

Because of this positive experience, Daewoo turned again to
AVEVA NET to support the handover and operations phases
of the Otumara project in Nigeria. During the benchmarking
process AVEVA used a sample of Daewoos own data to
demonstrate the superior data integration capabilities of AVEVA
NETs open architecture approach, explained DoYoung Lee,
Senior Manager, Technical Services, AVEVA. Showing that
we could easily and intelligently extract data from Daewoos
central repository, regardless of the datas source and format,
and deliver it directly into the OOs Computerised Maintenance
Management System in a structure that the customer required,
convinced Daewoo that AVEVA NET was the right product
for them. It was AVEVA NETs ease of use and flexibility in
enabling Daewoo to meet its customers exact data handover
requirements on schedule that won AVEVA this important deal.
Nigeria is currently Africas biggest oil producer and its Otumara
processing facility serves three oil fields in the western Niger
Delta, Otumara, Saghara and Opuama. The EPC contract for a
gas compression and liquefaction plant had been awarded to
Daewoos Nigerian subsidiary, in October 2010. The OO had
problems integrating with the many systems that Daewoo E&C
and its client were using. Daewoo E&C realised that this could
prevent them from delivering a consolidated, high-integrity
dataset that met their clients standards at the point
of handover.
Daewoo representatives Mark Julian, Document Controller, Junho Yoo, AVEVA NET engineer, and Sanghyeon Kim, DCC and IM manager, meet with Ese Ehworho,
Document Controller at SPDC. Photograph courtesy of Daewoo E&C.
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With only five months in which to deliver all the project data,
AVEVA NET had to be operational almost immediately in order
to resolve Daewoo E&Cs issues by integrating almost all project
information and data from the various source applications. Its
deployment proved so rapid and successful that Daewoo E&C
was able to fully meet its delivery commitments.
AVEVA NET data integration system
As a result of these two successful projects, Daewoo E&C
decided to build an overarching Information Integration
System with AVEVA NET as its foundation. AVEVA NET is easily
operated, both by its normal users, who can access the portal
site without any further training, and by its administrators, who
can easily manage its Gateway configurations and user profiles,
Daewoo told us. We decided to use AVEVA NET Portal for
our Integration System because it is more flexible than other
vendors systems and can be integrated with many design tools,
including AVEVA PDMS, AutoCAD and even PDS, explained Il
Seob Kim, Plant System Management Team Manager, Daewoo
E&C. It is easy to create reports in AVEVA NET Portal and its
Gateway configuration is much more easily managed than other
vendors software.
We havent seen the full

advantages yet because
rollout is still in progress. But
the current data validation
process, which includes
checks for inconsistencies
in the engineering data, has
already achieved excellent
results in data quality. We have
a plan to extend the systems
scope in the future, by
exchanging data also between
our engineering systems...
The system is currently being rolled out on two pilot projects,

both for petrochemical facilities, and engineers are testing it
using validation reports. We havent seen the full advantages
yet because rollout is still in progress, said JunHo Yoo, Plant
System Management Team, Assistant Manager, Daewoo E&C.
But the current data validation process, which includes checks
for inconsistencies in the engineering data, has already achieved
excellent results in data quality. We have a plan to extend the
systems scope in the future, by exchanging data also between
our engineering systems.
One challenge is that Owner Operators in Africa rarely make
their information requirements sufficiently detailed and
clear. However, data quality is essential for efficient project
management and handover. Daewoo E&C therefore had to
define, not only its own workflow, but also standards to improve
data quality. It plans to deploy the AVEVA NET system on
upcoming projects, but this will be decided on a case-by-case
basis according to customers requirements.
Screenshot of the AKKAS project with AVEVA NET.
The future
Daewoo E&Cs vision is to be the worlds most reliable, leading
engineering and construction company, and to draw the highest
possible value from world-leading technologies and highlyskilled human resources. AVEVA NET is clearly helping them to
get there.
About Daewoo E&C
Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Daewoo Engineering &
Construction is a Korean construction company established
in 1973 and previously named Daewoo Construction Co., Ltd.
Its main constructions in Korea include the Wolseong Nuclear
Power Plant, Nurimaru, the Busan-Geoje Fixed Link and half
of the LNG storage tanks at Koreas gas liquefaction plants. Its
major constructions abroad include the Swani Hospital project
in Tripoli, Libya, the Menara Telekom Tower in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia, and the Houay-Ho dam in Laos. To find out more,
please visit www.daewooenc.com.
Screenshot of the AKKAS project with AVEVA NET.

Images courtesy of Daewoo E&C.
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Current Flow
AVEVA Instrumentation was launched in 2009 and, in response to enthusiastic requests
from customers, was quickly followed by AVEVA Electrical. Both were far ahead of their
nearest competitors when launched, and sustained development has further extended
their lead. 2014 saw some important new developments in these rising star applications,
so it is timely to review the progress made.
Piping layout may create the body of a plant, but Electrical and
Instrumentation (E&I) engineering creates power and control
system intelligences, enabling and controlling all of its critical
functions. One might therefore expect that, just as piping layout
uses sophisticated 3D design software, so E&I would have its
own powerful, specialised applications. However, available
applications were generally regarded as costly, inefficient and
difficult to use, while most E&I engineers still had to make do
with spreadsheets and 2D CAD software. This is all the more
astonishing when you reflect that E&I accounts for 60% of
a plants life cycle hardware costs and is critical to safe and
Cable calculation
efficient plant operation, while its information Sheets
is accessed
more often than any other type. Little wonder then that both
Equipment lists
AVEVA products met with immediate success; within a year,
AVEVA Electrical went from a standing start toLoad
overschedules
40 major
installations.
Datasheets
Users of both applications reported a sense of liberation, both
from the costly drudgery imposed by their original E&I tools and
Cable schedules
from the poor response of other vendors to requests for new
Cable blockwas
diagrams
features. As a result, an enthusiastic user community
eager
to work with AVEVA, contributing ideas and requests,
offering
Termination diagrams
valuable insights into practical aspects of using these products
and helping AVEVA to prioritise developments. 2014 has
KOLscustomers
seen many resulting improvements that increase
productivity.
SLDs
Installation details
New technology partnership

Arguably the most significant new development has been a
technology partnership between AVEVA and ETAP, the global
market leader in Power System Design Analysis Deliverables
software.
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Electrical design for engineering projects is considerably more

complex than just ensuring that the right connections are made.
Power supplies must be correctly specified for both normal
and peak demands, cables and switchgear optimally sized for
their current-handling capacities, fault conditions analysed, and
so on. ETAPs technology provides the most comprehensive
functions for such tasks while AVEVA Electrical complements
them with its best-in-class engineering design functions.
Making the two technologies interoperable has obvious and
substantial benefits.
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AVEVA Electrical
Creation of equipment
Preliminary sizing
Creation of deliverables
Above: Bidirectional workflow between AVEVA Electrical and ETAP.
Continual Progression in Electrical

& Instrumentation solutions
Collaboration between the two companies has proved very
successful, bringing benefits to both parties as well as to our
customer communities. Importantly, our core technologies are
highly compatible, facilitating the development of a bidirectional
interface. Electrical engineers can now create designs in AVEVA
Electrical, export them into ETAP for analysis and the sizing of
cables and equipment, and then reimport the data to update
the AVEVA design and create deliverables.
This provides a capability not achieved with any other electrical
design solution. It extends the scope of information integration
and exchange provided by AVEVAs solutions so that a layout
designer using either AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D),
AVEVA PDMS or AVEVA Outfitting can work with data
created and managed using both AVEVA Electrical and AVEVA
Instrumentation to develop an optimum, fully defined cable
installation. A project can be initiated in either ETAP or AVEVA
Electrical; when installed together, each product now features a
new menu item to import data from the other.
A typical workflow might involve an engineer importing
Excel load lists and supply lists into AVEVA Electrical, creating
schematics with provisional cable specifications, using ETAP to
check system characteristics and refine the cable specifications,
updating the electrical design and issuing it for use by other
disciplines. A 3D designer works with the electrical data to
create provisional component placements and cable tray
routings. This, in turn, will determine the actual lengths of the
cables, which may require them to be respecified to reduce volt
drop or to use less costly types. ETAP can now be used again
to reanalyse the system design and identify any necessary
cable specification changes. This efficient, iterative process of
design evolution combines the use of AVEVAs unique Compare
& Update function with the ability to quickly call in specialist
functions from third-party solutions.
Above: The ETAP export functionality in AVEVA Electrical.
Dave Gibson, AVEVAs Head of Business Management, Electrical

& Instrumentation Systems, explained, Customers were
unanimous in expressing a desire to extend interoperability work
efficiencies between AVEVA and ETAP software. Now, AVEVA
Electrical users have seamless access to the most powerful
analysis software of its type. For others, it provides yet another
compelling reason to upgrade to AVEVA.
Shervin Shokooh, Chief Operating Officer, ETAP, agreed.
Our own customers have also been vocal in expressing
these requirements, so we had been looking for a way to
break down the barriers between design and analysis. This
collaborative development with the acknowledged leader in
electrical engineering design software has proved outstandingly
successful, both in its execution and in the added value it
delivers. AVEVAs customers can now not only save time
and effort, they can also provide their own clients with ETAP
Certified deliverables.
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Cable routing design using AVEVA Electrical data in AVEVA E3D.
Theres more
Even before this latest batch of enhancements, prospective
customers were running comparative benchmark assessments
that consistently showed both AVEVA Electrical and AVEVA
Instrumentation to be best in class on almost every criterion.
Now we have added or improved many functions in both that
will make the daily work of E&I professionals even easier and
more productive.
3. Security with flexibility

Controlling access to E&I information is important, both to
protect an organisations intellectual property (IPR) and to
prevent malicious or inadvertent corruption of what may be
safety-critical system design. AVEVA has therefore worked
closely with selected customers to define requirements and
features that meet a wide range of security needs.

1. Flexible tagging
Important improvements have been made to accommodate
the wide variety of tag formatting used across the
engineering industries. Tag formats can now be made up of
an unlimited number of individual part codes and classified,
for example by object class, location, process, service, and
so on. Tag formats are associated with classes via the Class
Definitions dialogue. Users can create new classes if required
and classes can be exchanged between projects via Excel.

Enabling Compare & Update between AVEVA Electrical and

other AVEVA applications requires the mapping of three
fields between both applications: Area Path, Tag Class
and Tag Format. Once this has been carried out, and the
corresponding fields populated on both sides, efficient
collaborative working between the respective disciplines can
be achieved, ensuring that E&I becomes an integrated part of
the Lean design spiral workflow.
2. Cable routing
The sharing of cable catalogue data between AVEVA Electrical
and AVEVA E3D enables cable data to be pushed from AVEVA
Electrical to AVEVA E3D for routing, after which the cables
are returned to AVEVA Electrical complete with all route node
information for the creation of pulling lists and drumming
schedules.
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In the latest release, AVEVA Electrical now includes AVEVA

Project Security, which enables administrators to define
user access rights on a per-project basis, without having to
rely on individuals Windows domain or SQL Server accounts.
In addition, user access can also be assigned by project area,
a useful feature for safeguarding IPR where a workforce may
comprise engineers on short-term contracts. Together, these
enhancements fulfil the need to combine robust security
with the flexible assignment of resources.
4. and flexibility with consistency

Different organisations have different ways of working, but
all require one thing: consistency between a design and its
deliverables. The latest release now supports three different
workflows for creating and maintaining intelligent distribution
diagrams when using AutoCAD.
z A distribution diagram can be created in AVEVA Electricals
Engineer module and published to DWG format using the
Designer module. All graphical blocks in the drawing remain
linked to their counterparts in the project database.
z The diagram can be created from scratch in the Designer
module and the blocks manually associated with their
database counterparts.
z A diagram may be imported in DWG format and the graphics
objects manually linked to the database.
These options may all be employed on

the same project, offering considerable
flexibility of working, while achieving
the essential consistency between the
database information used across many
project disciplines and the deliverables
used in construction or handed over to
the client.
5. Configurable pick lists

Users with appropriate permissions
can now assign a pick list to fields or
properties displayed in any data access
grid and add meaningful descriptions to
pick list values. A range of default pick lists
can be augmented by user-defined lists
and either type can be locked to control
the selection of items from them.
6. Enhanced Excel import/export
This can now be controlled by user groups
within the Security Manager function,
which also offers new access types. For
example, all the instrument designers
can be granted full access but denied
permission to export or import instrument
or loop tags via Excel.
7. Improved localisation
As part of AVEVAs long-term programme
to increase support for local preferred
practices, both AVEVA Electrical and
AVEVA Instrumentation now enable
the use of decimal commas. This
apparently insignificant change helps to
eliminate potentially costly errors due to
misinterpretation of numeric values.
8. Wiring rule enhancements
Terminal status options now include
Spare and Reserved. These can be
applied to either or both sides of the
terminal block and are colour coded in the
relevant views. A user alert is triggered
when an attempt is made to connect to a
Reserved terminal.
The core features of these two sister
products, together with these latest
updates, not only extend their considerable
technology leadership, but also contribute
to the development of Lean Construction
methodologies. The Lean philosophy has
to embrace all aspects of a business and
its projects; AVEVA Electrical and AVEVA
Instrumentation ensure that the E&I
disciplines can fully participate in the Lean
Construction revolution.
Whats in the box?

Key features of AVEVA Electrical
and AVEVA Instrumentation
These two products offer an unrivalled level of productivity, data
integration and ease of use. They share a common database structure,
which enables the necessary integration, not only between them, but
also with a complete AVEVA Engineering & Design solution for plant
construction or shipbuilding.
For the benefit of new readers, a few key features are summarised
below.
Modular
Each comprises three modules, configured for different aspects of E&I
system engineering:
z Engineer for creating items, interfacing to others, calculations,
datasheets and graphical engineering.
z Wiring Manager for creating cables, and connecting cables to
AVEVA Electrical or AVEVA Instrumentation.
z Designer for deliverables production.
This ensures that the different engineering functions are provided with
dedicated tools for their needs, while working with a common dataset.
Graphical
Engineers work better when they can see pictures. The extensive
use of highly intuitive graphical tools for creating and manipulating
information increases productivity and promotes more accurate,
error-free working. This is a unique feature, unmatched by any other
comparable solution.
Database-driven
Unlike file-based solutions, this inherently enables robust sharing and
control of data.
Interoperable
While the two products offer class-leading productivity as stand-alone
solutions, they also integrate seamlessly with other AVEVA engineering
and design solutions and are interoperable with commonly used
business systems, such as Microsoft Office, materials management
applications, CAD tools and document management systems.
Production-optimised
Both products include powerful functions for the specification and
optimum use of costly cable materials, enabling efficient procurement
and installation, and minimising waste.
Easy to learn and use
In addition to the intuitive graphical user interfaces, both products
make extensive use of familiar spreadsheet tools for working with the
considerable amount of tabular data involved.
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The PROXIMA Project

How AVEVA Marine is
enabling Fincantieri to
develop an innovative
drillship to set new
records in ultra-deepwater
oil production
A rendering of the the
PROXIMA drillship.
Image courtesy of
Fincantieri.
Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilding giant, selected
AVEVA Marine software to develop an innovative,
efficient drillship design that will take deep water
drilling to record depths. The new Fincantieri vessel,
named PROXIMA, can drill up to 3,657 metres (11,998
feet) of water depth, reaching a total drill depth of
15,240 metres (50,000 feet), which far surpasses the
12,192 metres (40,000 feet) capability of most
advanced drillships currently in operation.
PROXIMA is the answer to the markets need for high
drilling capabilities and superior safety performance
in deeper and complicated wells in remote areas. As
well as achieving new depths, PROXIMA has extended
operational time, heavier and larger diameter casings,
and control of the kick-back in high pressure.
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In recent years the upstream financial returns achieved by the

major oil producers have dropped significantly, so the reduction
of operating costs is also a key requirement for the design and
engineering of any new drilling vessel. Fincantieri has risen to
this challenge with an innovative design that achieves both
objectives, as well as increasing the safety on board.
PROXIMA represents a real step change for the offshore
industry, said Giuseppe Coronella, Executive Vice President,
Offshore, Fincantieri. Its design reflects the needs of an ever
more demanding market which must exploit ever deeper
offshore opportunities. This is only possible through superior
drilling capabilities, so PROXIMA has been conceived to increase
both performance and profitability for our clients.
Selecting AVEVA Marine

Developing such a revolutionary design
obviously requires both specialist
expertise and the most advanced tools,
so Fincantieri chose to use AVEVA Marine
with AVEVA Global. For such a large
multi-disciplinary shipbuilder, the vital
advantages of AVEVA Marine are that it
supports both offshore and conventional
marine projects, and can manage global,
multi-site projects.
In order to speed up the learning curve,
after a three-week course of introduction
to the various AVEVA tools, Fincantieri
started work on the vessel design with a
train on the job approach. This proved
highly successful, thanks to the intuitive
nature of the software and the regular
presence of AVEVA consultants in
Fincantieris design department.
PROXIMA has been widely recognised
to be a reliable, innovative and integrated
design, but creating it required an
effective modelling tool able to provide
the highest degree of interaction
between the designer and the ship model
itself, said Mr Coronella. After a thorough
evaluation, we selected the AVEVA
Marine solution, combining hull and
outfitting design modules with AVEVA
Global. This software has supported our
design team well during the early and
basic design stages of this innovative
project, and it has all the ingredients to
support the multi-site engineering and
detail design stages.
Key features
Operational efficiency is at the core of
PROXIMAs design. Integration of the
hull with the drilling systems gives the
vessel superb drilling efficiency, while the
extension of the automation to outside
the drill floor aims to improve operational
efficiency by minimising downtime.
PROXIMA pushes the boundaries
of drillship capabilities, explained Mr
Coronella. The rig specifications will
make it the worlds most advanced
drillship when it enters service, while its
future-proof design means that it will
continue to meet our customers needs
for many years to come.
This integration makes the vessel more
powerful while reducing its overall
dimensions and increasing its seakeeping capacity.
Above: Different stages of the modelling of the PROXIMA drillship, from structural hull design to
equipment modelling. Images courtesy of Fincantieri.
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A rendering of the the PROXIMA drillship. Image courtesy of Fincantieri.
It also contributes to increasing on-board storage capacity and

Variable Deck Load (VDL). These features not only minimise
PROXIMAs annual weather downtime, but also reduce its
thruster power requirement, enabling it to hold station while
consuming less fuel.
At the request of some of our clients, Mr Coronella continued,

we have also improved the material handling capability of the
forklifts, which assures a horizontal and vertical circulation of
loads across the vessel without the necessity to use the huge
deck cranes for any moving operation.
Energy is also saved by the use of a regeneration system

on the hydraulic lifting winches, which stores energy during
the non-productive time (NPT) or during the lowering of the
hooks, ready for use when hoisting requires increased power.
As a result, less power is required per tonne of lifting capacity,
significantly reducing the size of the hydraulic power unit.
Rapid, energy-efficient redeployment

Thanks to its energy-saving design features PROXIMA has
power reserves that can, if required, be used to sustain a design
speed as high as 14 knots while burning equivalent levels of
fuel and putting out the same levels of emissions as vessels
travelling at much slower speeds.
The innovative drilling tower and its related lifting system allow
PROXIMA to operate in a safer way and, at the same time, to
reduce the NPT, thanks to the faster tripping time. The lean
profile of the towers and the larger drill-floor area increase
visibility, reduce the possibility of a dropped object, and avoid
the V-doors limitation. The quiet, low-speed hydraulic winch
provides a clean, open and safe working environment.
PROXIMAs energy-saving features, together with its huge VDL

and large tank capacity, give the vessel a drilling endurance of
50 days and a transit endurance of 80 days, compared to an
industry average of 30 and 60 days, respectively. This reduces
the oil companys well costs by reducing the frequency of
resupply trips, and also enables PROXIMA to work in remote
regions where berthing to refuel is not an option.
Giuseppe Coronella, Executive Vice President, Offshore,

Fincantieri. Photograph courtesy of Fincantieri.
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PROXIMA has been widely

recognised to be a reliable, innovative
and integrated design, but creating it
required an effective modelling tool
able to provide the highest degree
of interaction between the designer
and the ship model itself. After a
thorough evaluation, we selected the
AVEVA Marine solution...
A rendering of the the PROXIMA drillship. Image courtesy of Fincantieri.
Tier III ready

Due to ever more stringent criteria in Emission Control Areas
(ECAs), PROXIMA has been developed to meet the new Tier III
regulations, which represent an 80% drop in nitrogen emissions
from the Tier I standards implemented in 2000. PROXIMAs
exhaust duct casings and auxiliary machinery rooms are ready
to accommodate a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system.
It is in this context that Fincantieri aims to temper advanced

innovation with the highest degree of reliability, costeffectiveness and quality. With this heritage well keep offering
high-end, high-tech products like PROXIMA, Mr Coronella
concluded.
With its experience of building LNG-fuelled merchant vessels,

Fincantieri also anticipated the new regulations by designing
an alternative, dual-fuel version of PROXIMA. The dual-fuel
capability would enable the vessel to achieve compliance by
operating for up to 15 days with LNG fuel only. This, together
with its high transit speed, provides PROXIMA with sufficient
range to cross the North American, North Sea and Baltic Sea
ECAs.
About Fincantieri
Fincantieri is one of the worlds largest shipbuilding groups,
which in over 200 years of maritime history has built more
than 7,000 vessels. With its world leadership in the design and
manufacturing of cruise ships and supply vessels, as well as
its excellence in offshore products, naval vessels, ferries and
mega-yachts, in addition to its well-known activities in the ship
repairs and conversions space, Fincantieri is the first shipbuilder
by diversification and presence in every high value-added sector.
Headquartered in Trieste, Italy, the group has over 20,000
employees (of whom 7,700 are based in Italy), and 21 shipyards
around the world, including in Italy, Norway, the US, Romania,
Brazil and Vietnam.
Extending frontiers
Fincantieris mission is to support both the oil & gas companies
and their drilling and offshore contractors in maintaining
profitability in an ever-changing market, by continually
extending the frontier of what is technologically possible.
This will probably lead to larger, customised offshore projects
on which standardisation will focus on the ability to reuse
design elements, rather than on the vessels configuration,
Mr Coronella predicted.
PROXIMA is more than just a vessel: it is a statement of intent.
After the acquisition of VARD, the world-leading shipyard in

the construction of offshore support vessels for oil & gas
production, Fincantieri has become the worlds number four
shipbuilder in terms of turnover, and a market leader in the high
added value segment.
To find out more, visit: www.fincantieri.it.
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The Visual Approach to Asset

Performance Management: Meridium
and AVEVA partner to deliver increased
value from asset performance data
Asset Performance Management
(APM) solutions provide asset
operators with the required
information to support riskreducing and profitabilityenhancing decisions, leading to
better overall performance of
production assets. AVEVA and
Meridium have jointly developed
visualAPM, an innovative asset
performance management
solution which delivers a new
class of decision support
software, enabling improved use
of available information when
developing maintenance and asset
management strategies.
visualAPM allows this data to
be viewed in context using a
navigable 3D model of the plant,
offering an intuitive means of
distinguishing critical from noncritical information. This visual
representation of asset information
means that engineers can now
make improved decisions on how
to manage their production assets
quickly and easily.
Paul Cooper
Vice President, Partnerships and
Strategic Alliances
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A complement to visualAPM, Meridiums enterprise APM solution supports all aspects

of asset performance management to enable asset owners and operators to achieve
predictable production at the lowest cost. visualAPM augments this solution and
makes use of the capabilities of AVEVA NET by visualising and contextualising
information, and provides the asset performance or maintenance engineers with an
improved navigation platform for key APM data. This allows users to better understand
and interpret the health and risk status of an operating plant. Better understanding,
of course, means better decisions: the team can take corrective action and perform
maintenance to increase efficiency, safety and return on investment, reduce operating
risks and more easily ensure regulatory compliance.
Visualising asset health
visualAPM can enable a significant increase in the overall health of a facility. For
example, with visualAPM an engineer can quickly compare the health of two adjacent
pumps. Where a non-visual system would identify them separately (and their proximity
and location would not immediately be apparent), engineers using visualAPM could
not only see that the pumps were adjacent, they could also see immediately the
relative health status from colour coding on the 3D model.
Reference to the relevant P&ID (available by extending visualAPM to include additional
AVEVA NET functionality) reveals the roles of both of the pumps in plant operation,
and a drilldown to the Meridium APM data shows the underlying problems: one has
a leak, whereas the other shows excess vibration. An informed decision can now be
made to apply best practices and schedule repairs to both.
Visualising mechanical integrity
visualAPM can also display the key mechanical integrity criteria of a selected area
of plant pipework using the configurable colour-coding system, which is based on
Meridium-derived data for the pipes thickness, wall loss, corrosion and replacement
date. These metrics are calculated using Meridiums powerful predictive algorithms
from data obtained during plant inspections. Using visualAPM, the asset performance
engineer can identify the proximity of areas of concern on the 3D model (for example,
understanding the mechanical integrity of a particular section of pipe by highlighting
critical areas) and then make appropriate decisions for corrective action.
The engineer can now see the status of nearby equipment, so that all outstanding
issues in the surrounding area can be addressed in a prioritised and well-managed
manner. This approach can make possible a dramatic reduction in the cost of asset
ownership, as more efficient use of maintenance resources reduces direct OPEX
costs, while minimising the need for downtime reduces the payback period on capitalintensive assets.
Owner Operators (OOs) seeking to reduce operational risk and total cost of ownership
can use visualAPM to make better informed asset maintenance decisions. The solution
is an invaluable tool in helping innovative OOs with mature APM strategies to achieve
the next level in asset performance management.
Engineers can see the visual context of

key data from the Meridium system and,
rather than treat each alert as a separate
occurrence, can identify important
interdependencies, and therefore
immediately spot opportunities for preemptive intervention or prioritisation of
work packages.
About visualAPM
visualAPM is a solution, delivered in
partnership with Meridium, which uses
a plants 3D model as a navigation
platform for Meridium APM data in
order to provide a rich, contextual view
of asset performance information.
The 3D model is continually updated
with Meridiums data, which draws on
information collected in plant to generate
Key Performance Indicators, health
management information and a criticality
index for each piece of equipment, right
down to the level of an individual valve,
pump or flange. When the functionality
of visualAPM is extended to include the
wider capability of AVEVA NET, the asset
performance engineer can also access
related engineering information such as
data sheets, P&IDs, maintenance records
and drawings, to further inform the
decision-making process.
About Meridium
Meridium is the global leader in asset
performance management (APM)
software and services for asset-intensive
industries. Meridium provides insights
into industrial assets for mitigating risk
and improving operational excellence.
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in
Roanoke, VA (USA), Meridium pioneered
the vision, software and technology
behind APM. Today, Meridium serves
market-leading companies in more
than 80 countries with more than 1,200
licensed sites around the globe.
Above: visualAPM using colour coding to visualise key mechanical integrity criteria e.g. wall
thickness, corrosion rate, etc.
Above: visualAPM showing the comparative health of two adjacent pumps.
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AVEVA World Summit

1416 October 2014
Estrel Hotel and
Convention Center
Berlin, Germany
Dont miss the 2014 AVEVA

World Summit in Berlin!
The annual AVEVA World Summit provides an invaluable
opportunity to learn about new developments at AVEVA and to
gain insights from the worlds leading EPCs, Owner Operators
and shipbuilders. Featuring customer speakers from each
industry, the presentations share business expertise about
technologies being implemented to manage megaprojects and
improve operational efficiency.
Designed to follow the life cycle of a project and the operation
of an asset, the Summit programme provides three targeted
agendas. Each agenda covers a range of topics, and delegates
may choose to attend one targeted agenda or move between
agendas. This popular format allows everyone to take full
advantage of the depth and range of topics offered from AVEVA
industry experts and customer speakers.
Targeted agendas to meet business needs
z The EPC agenda focuses on critical issues and technologies
for compressing schedules while reducing the costs and
commercial risks of todays increasingly challenging plant
projects.
z The Owner Operator agenda covers the spectrum of life cycle
management and how dedicated technologies can optimise
asset performance.
z The Shipbuilder agenda focuses on strategies that enable
shipyards to increase project efficiency and widen their
capabilities to meet challenging market conditions.
Who attends the AVEVA World Summit?

z Executive Management
z Divisional Directors
z Departmental Managers
z Engineering and Project Managers
z Senior Engineers and Designers
How can you participate?
z Register to attend as a delegate
z Apply to be a customer speaker
z Sign up as a sponsor in our exhibition area
Registration includes:
z Owner Operator, EPC and Shipbuilder Agenda sessions
z Welcome Reception and Gala Dinner
z Meals and entertainment
z Access to Summit materials
Join us in Berlin!
Hosted on the first night, the Welcome Reception is a wonderful
opportunity to network with industry colleagues and sponsors.
Days 2 and 3 then break out into the targeted agendas and
each features customer and AVEVA speakers. Throughout the
programme you can view software demonstrations and interact
with some of the technology featured in the sponsor exhibition
area.
Find out more about the AVEVA World Summit and register
online at www.avevaworld.com. We hope to see you in Berlin!
For me, the most valuable part of the Summit is receiving the latest news about further
developments and upcoming releases. Taking part in the Summit opens doors to business contacts
from all over the world. I am certain that this year, like all the previous years, the information will be
truly unique and new. I want to be the first to hear it and to start working with it. It will help me to be
strong enough to beat competitors in my market.
Nick Maximenko, Deputy Director of Engineering, Industrial Petrochemical Company of Russia
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Day 1 Tuesday 14 October 2014

Evening Welcome Reception
Day 2 Wednesday 15 October 2014
Keynote Sessions
Networking Break and Exhibition
AVEVA Showcase
Networking Lunch and Exhibition
Owner Operator Agenda
EPC and Shipbuilders Agenda
Operational Readiness
Integrated Engineering and Design
AVEVA Presentation and Customer

Case Studies
AVEVA Presentation and Customer Case Studies

Enterprise Asset & Information
Management
Project Information Management

AVEVA Presentation and Customer Case Studies

Case Studies
Day 3 Thursday 16 October 2014
Owner Operator Agenda
EPC Agenda
Shipbuilders Agenda
Asset Visualisation and Simulation
Construction Management
Enterprise Resource Management

Case Studies
AVEVA Presentation and Customer Case

Studies

Case Studies
Operational Readiness / Handover
AVEVA Marine Update
AVEVA Presentation and Customer Case

Studies

Case Studies

Brownfield Data Capture
Asset Modification
Case Studies
Networking Lunch and Exhibition
Laser data across the life cycle
Future Roadmap Sessions
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AVEVA Customer Highlights

AVEVA enables our customers to engineer, design and manage increasingly complex projects
and assets for the process plant, power, mining and marine industries. In the past six months,
clients in these industries from around the world have begun, or expanded, their collaboration
with AVEVA in order to better serve their business needs. Here are just a few of the highlights.
To keep up to date, visit www.aveva.com/news.
Sembawang Shipyard upgrades

from Tribon to AVEVA Marine
GLTech chooses
AVEVA Everything3D
AVEVA Marine boosts shipbuilders productivity

by enabling powerful integration between
disciplines while protecting legacy data
AVEVA Everything3D software enables NGLTech

to adopt the principles of Lean Construction
Sembawang Shipyard Pte. Ltd., a global leader in

shipbuilding with more than four decades of ship refit
and conversion experience, has migrated from Tribon
M3 software to AVEVA Marine for its engineering,
design and production projects.
AVEVAs legacy Tribon M3 has long been the software
of choice at Sembawang Shipyard but, after a thorough
evaluation, the company decided to upgrade to
AVEVA Marine, which proved to be the best and most
complete solution for its current and future shipbuilding
requirements.
The advanced functionalities of the new AVEVA design

software will play a strategic role in the evolution of
NGLTechs business operations, helping it to improve
profitability by reducing risk and minimising project
costs.
GHD increases efficiency

with AVEVA Electrical and
AVEVA Instrumentation
Keypro invests in
AVEVA Everything3D
Integrated Electrical and Instrumentation

solutions deliver design man-hour savings
GHD, one of the worlds leading engineering,
architecture and environmental consulting companies,
has achieved considerable cost savings by integrating
AVEVA Electrical with AVEVA Instrumentation.
Impressed with both its performance and the technical
support available, GHDs team in Brisbane, Australia
has been using AVEVA Instrumentation successfully
since 2011. Its productivity encouraged GHD to also
implement AVEVA Electrical in the summer of 2013.
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NGLTech Sdn Bhd. (NGLTech) has chosen AVEVA

Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) as its first and primary 3D
design tool. NGLTech is a technology development and
licensing company focusing on developing innovative
solutions for the improvement and enhancement of
processes in upstream oil & gas.
A leading engineering firm in the Chilean mining

industry implements AVEVA Everything3D to
shrink project delivery times
Keypro Ingeniera S.A., a leading engineering firm in
the Chilean mining industry, has migrated to AVEVA
Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) after successfully using
AVEVA PDMS since 2012. Keypro has already deployed
AVEVA E3D on a project to optimise the capacity and
operational flexibility of a regrinding circuit for a major
Chilean mining company.
Intuitive graphics, user-friendly interface and the new
Draw module are just some of the capabilities that
motivated Keypro to make the move to AVEVA E3D.
Atkins chooses AVEVA

Everything3D and
AVEVA Laser Modeller
AMEC commits to long-term

global deployment of AVEVA
software solutions
Leading Oil & Gas Engineering and Design

Consultancy adopts AVEVA software to drive
Engineering and Design for Lean Construction
Long-term partnership strengthened by new

five-year contract
Atkins, one of the worlds leading design, engineering

and project management consultancies, has chosen
AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) and AVEVA Laser
Modeller software to support Lean Construction
processes. Atkins has already executed many successful
projects on AVEVA PDMS and is keen to increase its
delivery standards with AVEVA E3D.
Key capabilities that persuaded Atkins to migrate to
AVEVA E3D were its BubbleView laser scan imagery
and the tight integration of AVEVA Laser Modeller.
AMEC signed a new five-year global agreement for the

supply of AVEVA software for engineering, design and
information management.
This latest agreement extends a single global contract
that provides access for all of AMECs worldwide offices
to the full portfolio of AVEVA software and services,
including the AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management
suite, and the new, market-leading AVEVA Everything3D
(AVEVA E3D) design software.
AVEVA provides Integrated

Engineering & Design solutions
to TOTAL E&P Nigeria
KBR selects
AVEVA Everything3D
for global projects
Leading Owner Operator standardises on AVEVA

Engineering & Design solutions for increased
efficiency on all new projects
Expanded contract includes AVEVA Everything3D

as part of a complete Integrated Engineering &
Design environment
Total E&P Nigeria Ltd (TEPNG) has adopted AVEVAs

Engineering & Design solutions as part of an Integrated
Engineering & Design approach. TEPNG is the operator
of a joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC).
KBR, a global engineering, construction and services

company, has substantially extended its utilisation of
AVEVA technology, which includes the selection of
AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D).
The Company has invested in licences for AVEVA

PDMS, AVEVA Instrumentation, AVEVA Electrical, AVEVA
Engineering, AVEVA Diagrams and AVEVA Review and
has fully implemented the software across its local site
modifications and repair projects.
The new contract enables KBR to deploy AVEVA E3D

along with an increased number of AVEVA solutions on
major capital projects around the world.
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Headquartered in Cambridge, England, AVEVA Group plc and its operating

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Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, South Korea, the United
Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
AVEVA also has representatives in additional countries around the world.
For more details on AVEVA Worldwide Offices, visit www.aveva.com/offices
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Integrated Power Engineering

Laser scanning speeds up

AVEVA Marine helps open new

Perstorp Oxo and COWI

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As we monitor regional and

The enthusiastic reception that the launch of AVEVA

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PIPE-ing Hot Success

At the 2013 AVEVA World Summit, Moritz Dyroff,

A rendering of UCIC, the first plant project completed

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AVEVA won this tender process through a combination of technical

MANs aim is for its Power Engineering division to further

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IPE / Integrated Power Engineering

Compare & Update: Completeness & Consistency Check

Drawing P&IDs incl.

AVEVA Schematic Integrator

Tendering and other

Compare & Update

- get consumer data

Cats & Specs

10 Grid Plan 11 Site Plan

15 Pipe 16 Installation 17 Isometric

18 Main 19/20 Air Intake

MAN Diesel & Turbo SE / Issue 06, 20-Jul-2014

Our colleagues were quickly able to see direct, practical

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Within just one year, the system architecture had been

As a result of the implementation of IE&D solutions,

Photograph courtesy of MAN Diesel & Turbo SE.

About MAN Diesel & Turbo SE

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The goal of the project is to progressively increase the capacity

To find out more about the Valerox project, AVEVA visited

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One of the most conspicuous additions to the Stenungsund

The entire scanned plant in the PDMS environment.

Laser scanning saved a

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Accuracy saves time

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The most important benefits

A WISCON interface has been added that enables geometric

Additional interfaces now include a direct bidirectional interface

Improve project visibility, control and collaboration via change highlighting

Design collaboration and clash checking enable early elimination of

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Summer, 2012: A heavy-load vessel approaches the

Another 40 tripods are destined for installation during the next

Complex inner workings

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While the dimensions and the tremendous weight of the tripods

Bocad Steel does all the thinking

Once secured to the

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The program did the work for

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Detailed views, showing some of

Detailed drawings at the press of a button

A network of heavy-duty electrical