A publication of Intergraph Process, Power & Marine Issue 28 Quarter 3, 2010

Focus on New
SmartPlant
Enterprise
Capabilities
Safety Management
Smart 3D
CAESAR II
PV Elite
Piping Practices

cPLM vs. PLM Interface Management

Whats the Difference? for CAPEX Projects
Marine Industry Owner Operators
 A publication of Intergraph Process, Power & Marine n Issue 28 n Quarter 3, 2010

Features
2 Focus on New SmartPlant Enterprise Capabilities
4 From the Top: Building and Operating Facilities More Safely
6 Safety Management: Smart 3D Solutions Increase Safety in the Page 6
Safety management
Engineering Enterprise
capabilities reduce risk
8 Smart 3D Update: Market-leading Smart 3D Offers New Productivity
and Performance Enhancements
12 Case Study: Grenland Group Advances Productivity with
SmartPlant 3D Automation
Page 8
14 Case Study: Tharo Consulting Develops Effective and Detailed New Smart 3D
Analysis with CAESAR II technology enhances
15 Case Study: Ward TANK Wins Fabricated Product of the Year productivity
Award Using PV Elite
16 Industry Perspective: Process Industry Practices Offers Built-in Piping
Practices with Standard Database for SmartPlant Reference Data
18 Special Section: 2010 Golden Valve Award Winners
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Departments Case Study:

Grenland Group
24 Great Minds Through Time: Siemens AG
26 Marine Update: cPLM vs. PLM
30 Did You Know? Manage Technical Interfaces on CAPEX Projects to
Reduce Costs and Avoid Delays
Page 14
32 Industry Newsbytes Case Study:
36 Events and Announcements: Intergraph 2010 in Las Vegas Tharo Consulting
Showcases a World of Opportunities
38 Events and Announcements: Latin America Annual Users
Conferences Draw Record Number of Attendees
40 Industry Outlook: Seeing the Big Picture
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Case Study:
Ward TANK

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 Issue 28

Letter from the Editor

R
ecent offshore, pipeline and mining accidents around the world have painfully
reminded us all that safety, while essential, is sadly sometimes still an after-
thought. At Intergraph, we believe safety by design is the premise for true life-cycle
asset management. A sound design translates to safer operations. Properly managed
engineering data ensures that an asset can be maintained and modified in accordance
with established standards for decades.
Safety is nothing new for Intergraph and our customers. As the industrys only rules-
based, data-centric 3D design solution, Smart 3D ensures the integrity of data, no matter
how often replicated. To further increase design safety for our customers projects, weve
innovated an interface between Smart 3D and FLACS, an explosion analysis software pack-
age developed by GexCon. This interface enables users to seamlessly validate the design
of their plants or offshore facilities and ensure the safety and integrity of the design to
lower the risk of leaks and explosions.
In this issue, I invite you to learn more about our safety philosophy and the extensive
safety management capabilities of the SmartPlant and SmartMarine Enterprise solu-
tions suites. Be sure, too, to read case studies from customers around the world who are
using this software as well as our newly acquired COADE analysis solutions to increase
productivity and competitiveness.
If you are reading this issue in Las Vegas at the Intergraph 2010 International Users

Safety
Conference, welcome and thank you for coming. We appreciate your patience during the
rescheduling of the conference due to the unprecedented flooding in Nashville and look
forward to another excellent conference and user experience for our attendees. We are
grateful to those of you who were able to attend this years event.
To all of our customers, we thank you for your support and we will continue to strive to
provide you with innovative engineering solutions to quickly and competitively create
efficient and safe projects.

Patrick Holcomb
Insight Editor
Executive Vice President,
Global Business Development
Intergraph Process, Power & Marine

Insight 1
Focus on:

New
SmartPlant
Enterprise
Capabilities
n F ROM THE TOP:
Building and Operating
Facilities More Safely

n  AFETY MANAGEMENT:
S
Smart 3D Solutions
Increase Safety

n  MART 3D UPDATE:
S
New Enhancements
Improve Productivity

n 
case study:
Grenland Group

n 
case study:
Tharo Consulting

n 
case study:
Ward TANK

n INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE:
Process Industry Practices
Intergraph Advances SmartPlant Enterprise Offerings
Intergraph is dedicated to providing best-in-
class solutions through its SmartPlant Enter-
prise product suite. The technology is constantly
being improved through intensive research and
development which will total approximately
US$50 million this year alone, and solution
suite expansions through product acquisitions
and partnerships with industry organizations.
As the world leader in enterprise engineering
software, Intergraph is committed to its custom-
ers and the industry in continually advancing
capabilities of SmartPlant Enterprise solutions.
This special section explores new products,
enhancements and safety management capa-
bilities that will enable users to save even more
valuable time and resources, accelerate project
schedules plus create and operate safer plants.
In this issue, learn how Smart 3D rules-based
technology boosts productivity and inherently
increases data integrity and design safety. You
will also discover how a new interface with
FLACS explosion analysis software enables
designers to much more quickly load models
and make safety changes while still in the
design phase. In addition, you will become
more familiar with SmartPlant Enterprises fire-
proofing for steel and concrete, leak detection
and repair (LDAR) and other safety manage-
ment capabilities.
In our featured case studies, you will see how
Grenland Group in Norway is taking advantage
of SmartPlant 3D automation in its business
and helping fellow Technical User Forum mem-
bers to enjoy those benefits as well. And in two
case studies featuring newly acquired products
from COADE, Tharo Consulting in South Africa
describes how it benefited from CAESAR II for
detailed analysis and Ward TANK in the U.S.
shares how it won a Fabricated Product of the
Year Award using PV Elite.
Youll also read how the Process Industry
Practices industry consortium of process plant
owners and engineering construction contrac-
tors is making its piping material specifications
available through Intergraph Standard Data-
base for SmartPlant Reference Data.
from the top
Building and Operating Facilities More Safely
Intergraph technology can help build better and safer facilities and operate them more effectively
n By Jana Miller
There is a growing interest in safety due to recent
events involving a variety of industries which
Intergraph Process, Power & Marine (PP&M)
serves. Insight discussed the heightened focus on
safety and the ways that Intergraph can help with
Gerhard Sallinger, president of Intergraph PP&M.
Insight: How can Intergraph improve safety
for facilities?
Gerhard Sallinger: Safety by design has
always been central to our philosophy. Our
solutions support the life cycle of facilities and
can address process safety, personal safety and
facility safety.
SmartPlant and SmartMarine solutions can help
to increase safety in the engineering enterprise
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by enabling our customers to design, build and
operate safer, more reliable and more efficient
plants, offshore structures and ships.
Insight: What can rules-based technology
provide your customers?
GS: Smart 3D technology (encompassing both
SmartPlant 3D and SmartMarine 3D) is our
state-of-the-art 3D plant and ship design sys-
tem. It is unique because it is the only system
which is able to incorporate engineering rules of
all types directly into the engineering tool. This
rules-based, data-centric technology empowers
engineering companies and plant operators
to transfer engineering and operational know-
ledge as well as relevant safety and regulatory
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requirements and procedures into the system. By
doing this, the system can automatically optimize
the design process and facilitate the automation
of engineering, leading to better, more effective
and more error-free design.
More error-free design, combined with the inte-
gration of relevant process safety data, materials
handling and construction, can reduce the need
for last-minute modifications at the construction
site or fabrication yard to correct undetected
design errors.
Besides the high costs of last-minute modifica-
tions, late modifications also bear risks, such as
area classification errors, improper documenta-
tion and tracking. By nature, late modifications
convert an as-designed plant into an as-built
plant, bringing in all sorts of new risks.
Insight: Can rules work as safety watch
dogs to increase safety?
GS: Rules-based design can save engineering
time and increase design accuracy. For example,
it can ensure that safety-related design rules
are properly applied and can only be modified
with proper authorization.
The rules-based design capability that Smart
3D offers is the top differentiator to traditional
design systems.
Intergraph engineering and information manage-
ment tools can also assist in identifying, preventing
or managing safety issues by automating hazard
and risk identification and conducting efficient
explosion impacts studies to name a few.
Insight: How can better management of
facility data increase safety?
GS: SmartPlant Foundation and SmartPlant
Enterprise for Owner Operators are highly
efficient solutions for plant data management,
Intergraph Announces Agreement to be Acquired by Hexagon AB
Intergraph Corp. has signed a definitive
agreement to be acquired by Hexagon AB,
a leading global measurement technology
company, in a transaction valued at approxi-
mately US$2.125 billion.
Upon closing of the transaction, Intergraph will
operate as a separate Hexagon division under
the Intergraph name and branding. Intergraph
will become Hexagons core software platform
and will continue to provide differentiated
and vertically-focused software solutions to its
core industries. Intergraph software will also
be integrated into Hexagons existing mea-
surement and precision technology system
markets to provide a visual presentation layer
for the management, analysis and sharing of
the vast amounts of critical data produced by
these products.
Intergraph remains deeply committed to our
customers and markets in which we serve
and are pleased to join the Hexagon Group.
specifically developed to address the demands
of the plant design industry. Engineering
companies and plant operators can use these
solutions to effectively manage and document
all relevant information, e.g. work procedures,
about the plant operations during its life cycle,
such as maintenance procedures, change man-
agement data and safety documents.
Insight: What other Intergraph capabilities
are available for a comprehensive safety
approach?
GS: A major strength of Intergraph is that we
offer a deep breadth of integrated applica-
tions for the complete life cycle. For example,
SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators
enables you to document non-conformities
and waivers. In case of an incident, you have a
traceable, auditable record for regulators and
investigators.
We work closely with leading O/Os, EPCs and
other technology providers to deliver new
functionalities, such as:
We believe the significant global resources
and technologies of Hexagon will allow us to
further invest in our customers, software solu-
tions, people and future, said R. Halsey Wise,
Intergraph chairman, president and CEO.
This transaction is a tribute to the more than
4,000 Intergraph employees worldwide whose
determination and dedication to our modern
growth mission and to our customers have
made our business and operational success
possible. It also is an acknowledgement of
the success of our multi-year Now Next
After-Next transformation plan and represents
an endorsement of the strength of our future
growth opportunities.
The acquisition of Intergraph to become Hexa-
gons core software platform provides excellent
growth prospects and synergies within our
portfolio of measurement technologies and
is fundamental to our companys growth
strategy, said Ola Rolln, CEO and president
Quarter 3, 2010
n  e now offer highly expedited explosion and
W
gas dispersion analysis through an optimized
interface between Smart 3D and GexCons
FLACS solution, which enables you to quickly
load Smart 3D models into FLACS to gener-
ate an impact report and apply the explosion
analysis findings to improve the plant design,
if necessary for your workflows
n Fireproofing rules are available in Smart 3D
n Leak detection and repair (LDAR) analysis
can be performed by operations and main-
tenance teams using SmartPlant P&ID and
SmartPlant Foundation to find and document
leaks in the plant.
And there is much more to come. We are com-
mitted to helping increase facility safety for the
industry with innovative solutions!
Jana Miller is editorial director of Insight and is
based in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
www.intergraph.com/go/smartsafety
of Hexagon AB. We believe Intergraph will
significantly expand our addressable market
opportunity, creating additional shareholder
and customer value through the addition of
a well-known and complementary software
company.
In 2006, Intergraph was acquired by an inves-
tor group led by Hellman & Friedman LLC, TPG
Capital and JMI Equity. The investor group
stated, We are pleased to have worked with
Intergraphs talented management team and
dedicated employees as they have continued the
companys transformation mission, delivering
strong operational performance and extending
the companys market leadership.
Pending regulatory approvals, as well as satis-
faction of other customary closing conditions,
the transaction is expected to be completed in
the third or fourth quarter of 2010.
www.hexagon.se
Insight 5
SAFETY MANAGEMENT: SMART 3D SOLUTIONS
Smart 3D Solutions Increase Safety in the
Engineering Enterprise
Intergraph automated rules-based design offers better solutions for safer assets
n By David Joffrion
As recent events have indelibly illustrated, lapses
in plant safety can result in the loss of life and
property, unimaginable environmental damage
as well as corporate financial and reputation
ruin, and intense governmental scrutiny.
SmartPlant Enterprise and its ship and offshore
counterpart, SmartMarine Enterprise, inherently
promote safer plant design and construction
with their rules-based Smart 3D engineering
design solution. The software helps users to build
safety into plants early in the design process and
enforce regulation and engineering standards to
reduce rework, increase productivity and quality
and lower costs. The rules can be nominally
configured to ensure compliance with many
industry and safety standards organizations from
around the world.
For example, with Smart 3D, the design and
modeling of cans, tubular structures added to
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nodal connections on the jackets of offshore
platforms to provide reinforcement, is compliant
with American Petroleum Institute (API) stan-
dards. Users can also create their own methods/
rules of flagging or containing questionable or
hazardous construction designs that could result
in compromising the safety of the plant, equip-
ment or employees.
Rules-based design impacts safety early in the
area classification of the 3D model. The software
identifies the locations of equipment that could
be unsafe if located near each other and will flag
or disallow the placement of that equipment in
the 3D model design. This helps to better manage
the hazardous locations of equipment and activi-
ties in those areas to ensure safe operations.
GexCon FLACS
Now, to meet the growing safety demands of
todays design engineers and plant owners,
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Intergraph has interfaced its Smart 3D and design
software with GexCons FLACS explosion analysis
software to enable users to visualize impacts and
ensure that equipment is placed correctly and
that structures are able to withstand an incident
such as an explosion. FLACS has been the lead-
ing tool for explosion consequence prediction on
offshore oil and gas installations for more than
a decade.
Ideal for chemical, metals, oil and gas, pulp,
power and other plants involved in the handling
or manufacturing of explosive or flammable
materials or pressurized liquids and gases, the
safety management software configuration
reduces design and component placement errors
that later must be corrected during construction.
With the interface between Intergraph design
software and FLACS, Smart 3D models can be
imported for analysis and validation in as little
as an hour or a couple of days. This capability
favorably compares to the typical workflow of
creating the model within FLACS or revising the
project models which can take from one week to
three months to complete.
The interfaced 3D design and explosion analysis
software enables users to more easily produce
reports showing gas dispersion and explosion
impacts and then incorporate changes while
still in the design process to minimize costly
late changes.
Using the rules, FLACS validates design and
rework is cut to a minimum due to the fact that
rules have enforced the right engineering deci-
sions from the beginning.
More Smart 3D features
Smart 3D can also model intelligent fireproof-
ing for both structural steel and concrete. The
process is specification-driven. Reference data
are preconfigured to enable automatic determi-
nation of key design aspects such as material,
grade, rating, segmentation and setback lengths.
Additional safety management capabilities of
the SmartPlant Enterprise and SmartMarine
Enterprise suites include leak detection and
repair (LDAR). By integrating SmartPlant P&ID
together with SmartPlant Foundation, users are
able to find all critical process connection points
inside a plant that are susceptible to leaks and
need regular inspection. Inspections can be
better managed by using SmartPlant P&ID as
the plant roadmap to identify all critical connec-
tions. SmartPlant P&ID then links to inspection
documentation and reporting, which can be
managed in SmartPlant Foundation. Smart 3D
locates connections to help plan inspections. For
example, the user can click on the connection in
SmartPlant P&ID, open the 3D model and zoom
in on the connection point.
David Joffrion is a contributing editor for Insight
based in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
www.intergraph.com/go/smartsafety
www.gexcon.com
SmartPlant Process Safety Improves Safety in Capital
Projects and Plant Operations
Intergraph SmartPlant Process Safety software
streamlines process safety review and builds
the corporate safety knowledge base, leading
to considerable benefits for capital projects and
operating plants in lowering operational risks.
By automatically identifying hazards (causes
and consequences with the associated risk fac-
tors) from the plants schematic drawings using
SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Process Safety
enables companies to:
n Produce consistent, high-quality HAZOP
study reports for much less time and cost
across the complete design
n 
Identify and eliminate hazards early in the
design process, before change becomes
limited and expensive
n Quickly and easily assess the effect of
change on the safety of the entire plant by
comparing several HAZOP studies
nTake advantage of action management to
execute risk reductions
n Pre-verify the P&ID before the HAZOP to
ensure safety devices are in place.
For capital projects, SmartPlant Process Safety
leads to lower risk, improved design quality
and reduced schedules. For the operating
plant, it means that through better Manage-
ment of Change (MOC) processes, users can
achieve improved and much faster re-HAZOPs
and also increase plant safety. Powered by
HAZID, SmartPlant Process Safety is an integral
part of SmartPlant Enterprise. Benefits include:
Substantially reduce HAZOP study time
and cost By largely automating hazard and
risk identification, SmartPlant Process Safety
can easily cut the time and cost of HAZOP
studies in half. SmartPlant Process Safety inte-
grates with SmartPlant P&ID and automati-
cally traces hazard and operability issues and
potential safeguards across multiple P&IDs.
Gain a powerful visual aid to under-
standing Information such as nodes, fault-
consequence paths, and potential safeguards
may be highlighted at any time to help the
Quarter 3, 2010
HAZOP study team evaluate risks and brain-
storm for any other fault-consequence pairs.
Enhance action management with com-
prehensive change validation Changes
resulting from the action management process
can be validated before acceptance, even
though the HAZOP team may have dispersed.
See thorough, consistent, auditable
results Unlike conventional HAZOPs in which
two teams may produce different results,
hazard identification with SmartPlant Process
Safety will always be thorough and consistent
from HAZOP to HAZOP.
Enable better quality designs and reduced
cost of change Process engineers can check
for safety at any stage of the design, even
to verify the P&ID on safety practices before
physical design. This improves design quality
and eliminates hazards and operability issues
before change becomes limited and costly.
Build and retain corporate safety know-
ledge base Companies can capture the
safety knowledge of their most experienced
engineers, operations staff and safety people
into a corporate safety knowledge base for
consistent reuse throughout the organization.
Improve MOC processes SmartPlant Pro-
cess Safety may be incorporated into MOC
processes to ensure that safety of any plant
modification is assessed across the whole
plant before work permits are issued.
Check the safety of your plants against
recently reported incidents All of a com-
panys plants can be quickly audited to ensure
they are not susceptible to recently reported
incidents in similar plants.
Support mergers and acquisitions New
acquisitions can be quickly checked against
the corporate safety knowledge base as soon
as the P&IDs are available.
www.intergraph.com/products/ppm/
smartplant/process_safety
Insight 7
SMART 3D UPDATE: NEW Enhancements
Market-leading Smart 3D Offers New Productivity
and Performance Enhancements
SmartPlant 3D and SmartMarine 3D improve the entire life cycle and give companies a competitive edge
n By Luther Walke
The latest releases of SmartPlant 3D and
SmartMarine 3D (collectively known as Smart
3D) continue the products positions as the first
and only next-generation 3D design solutions
for the process, power and marine industries.
Smart 3D technology delivers approximately
30 percent more productivity than any other
system available today.
More than 300 plant, ship and offshore providers
worldwide use Intergraphs Smart 3D technology
in production. Key components of the Smart 3D
technology architecture include rules, relation-
ships and automation.
Knowledge management and design reuse
The latest release of Smart 3D leverages its
data-centric architecture to deliver the next
generation in knowledge management solu-
tions. One of the most powerful of these is
the Model Data Reuse (MDR) command which
enables intelligent replication of extensive por-
tions of model data into another location in the
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same model or into a different model entirely.
MDR is not merely a sophisticated copy and
paste command. The newly generated data
reflects the result of Smart 3Ds rules. Launched
and controlled via a wizard, the MDR command
is easily configured and simple to use.
Unique, properly formatted names are assigned
to all first-class business objects. Likewise, refer-
ence data rules ensure that the newly gener-
ated data reflect any updates or improvements
that have been made to those rules helping to
ensure data accuracy, consistency and safety
through design integrity.
Data interchangeability
Interchanging data between 3D systems is
an ongoing requirement for capital projects.
The Reference 3D (R3D) command brings
externally generated 3D data into an active
model as a reference. Although it may have
originated in another application entirely, R3D
data brings both intelligence and graphics
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when attached to a Smart 3D project. The R3D
command supports:
n  ultiple 3D formats, including PDS,
M
PDMS, AutoCAD- and MicroStation-
based systems, mechanical CAD
applications and point cloud data
n Intelligent piping and nozzle connections
n F ull clash capabilities
n The use of tool tips for locating
key reference objects
n The creation of general arrangement drawings.
The 3D data that can be brought into a project
are independent of the source database plat-
form, project catalog or version. This makes
the R3D command very useful for evaluating
warehoused project data for applicability in an
active project or bidding situation.
Using Intergraphs product-proven SmartPlant
Review technology for data conversion, R3D
supports a variety of data interchange workflows
that were not previously possible. Intelligent 3D
data from external sources is easily attached to initiative. Projects deploying Smart 3D will reap Alternatively, the commands can be controlled
the Smart 3D project for spatial referencing of the benefit of these investments. with the keyboard.
sections of project data generated externally. The graphics performance of Smart 3D has also The View Navigation Control improves user
These datasets can also be checked against one been enhanced. This improvement also promises efficiency through an elegant mechanism for
another and against native Smart 3D data direct impact to a projects bottom line, potentially quickly moving around the model. While its
for interferences. This is handled by Smart 3Ds impacting a broad set of users. These performance similarity to the gaming experience is particu-
sophisticated clash-prevention engine which improvements are achieved by fully leveraging the larly attractive to younger designers, even the
continuously checks the entire project. processing power of the graphics adapter installed most seasoned veterans will benefit from the
in the workstation running the software. rich functionality and quick learning curve.
In addition to preventing clashes with externally
generated data, Reference 3D enables the review If project management determines that maxi- In addition to assisting with routine navigation
of property information through SmartPlant mum graphics performance is highly desired on during 3D design, this tool promises to be particu-
3Ds standard user interfaces designed for this all or a portion of the 3D design workstations, larly useful for conducting ad-hoc design reviews
higher-end graphics cards can be installed in between designers and other project participants.
purpose: the Object Property Page; Intelligent
those machines. Simply put, an investment by
Tool Tips and Custom Labels. This same attribute Not all mission-critical operations occur on
the project in higher-end hardware will result in
information can drive project deliverables such the design floor, so the latest release also
a direct payback in the form of improved user
as annotation of the related 3D graphics on delivers increased efficiency for downstream
experience and design efficiency.
orthographic drawings. and project-wide activities. Intergraph Batch
The improvements to Smart 3Ds graphic per- Services, the long-proven industry leader in the
With its ability to display externally generated
formance are impressive. Users of prior versions management of schedule-deferred processing,
graphics and attributes alongside native Smart
will immediately notice improved responsive- has been seamlessly integrated into Smart 3D.
3D data, Reference 3D supports workflows
ness during refresh-intensive operations such Several back-office operations, including project
required by large joint-venture projects. Whether
as pan and rotate. Users running high-end archival, can now be automated and managed
originating from PDMS, PDS or another instal-
graphics cards will be particularly pleased. via this powerful infrastructure.
lation of Smart 3D, Reference 3D normalizes
For example, Smart 3Ds View Navigation Control Intergraph Batch Services supports queue pip-
information so that all R3D data behaves iden-
is a new command panel which enables traversal ing, assignment of jobs at the processor core
tically for optimal interoperability.
of the model graphics in much the same way as a level, and the ability to automatically re-map
Reference 3D can also be used to bring in typical walk-through or shooter-type video user logins. Given the lack of these and other
graphical-only data from a variety of sources, game. A variety of commands can be invoked key capabilities in Windows Task Scheduler, all
including MicroStation, AutoCAD or standard graphically, including pan, zoom, fit and fly. Smart 3D batch operations will be migrated
formats such as SAT. Users can efficiently
An attractive user control overlays the from the Microsoft solution to the mechanism
execute highly complex projects without risk to
upper corner of the modeling environment. now native to Smart 3D.
project cost or schedule.
Product performance and user efficiency
Time is one of the most closely managed assets
on any capital project. Intergraph constantly
develops improvements that enable the Smart
3D model to be developed as rapidly and
error-free as possible. The latest product release
improves the softwares performance and pro-
vides new tools for improving user efficiency.
The first of two performance enhancements
result in a reduction in the amount of time
required to initialize the 3D workspace. Because
it impacts every user on a project, even a mod-
est improvement in this area can yield tangible
reductions in direct labor costs. Given the high
potential for delivering savings to all users,
Intergraph made significant investments in this

Quarter 3, 2010 Insight 9

SMART 3D UPDATE: NEW ENHANCEMENTS

Electrical solution Smart 3D now delivers a comprehensive, specification ensures proper bend radii are mod-
Although its 3D electrical solution already leads specification-driven solution for modeling an eled for each run of conduit within the duct bank.
the market, Intergraph continues to recognize intelligent duct bank. Encasement concrete and Likewise, the software automatically models the
and deliver additional value in this area. The lat- the conduit array are routed simultaneously appropriate chamfered turns in the ditch to allow
est release of Smart 3D delivers new capabilities following commands virtually identical to those for the longer radius bends.
that promise to help capital projects better man- used for routing cableway. The user can specify Once the duct bank has been modeled, the con-
age the electrical discipline by saving time and any combination of conduit types and sizes to duits created within it are ready to accept Smart
reducing cost, both in terms of labor required for be modeled within the duct bank. 3D cables. Most importantly, the entire cable-
designing the electrical cableway network as well In addition to ensuring the proper catalog parts way network encasement (or naked trench),
as capital to purchase materials for construction. are placed within the model, the selected conduit conduits and contained cables are all fully
intelligent and are easily modified in response to
SMART 3D DISPLAY PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS subsequent changes on the project while main-
taining key relationships to one another.
Independent testing in separate projects performed by four large companies proves the
As a result, the data driving MTO reports for the
significant time savings available in the latest version of Smart 3D technology.
cable and conduit, civil drawings for the duct
Calculation and display of enhanced edges in the 3D model bank, and cable route information sent to other
Average 88 percent time savings (8.7 times faster)
applications like SmartPlant Electrical through
LEGEND
the SmartPlant Enterprise are instantly updated
7 Previous version of SmartPlant 3D
Current version of SmartPlant 3D
along with the move or other modifications.
6
Another feature included in the latest release is
5 accounting for divided trays when auto-routing
cable and making tray-fill calculations. When a
TIME IN SECONDS

4 tray divider is inserted into a tray, the software

3 will recognize the position and allocate space
accordingly. Separate channels are subsequently
2 used by the cable routing algorithm in deter-
mining available space as well as the allowable
1
signal type (which can be set differently across
0 the divider).
PROJECT 1 PROJECT 2 PROJECT 3 PROJECT 4
In addition to being modified to account for
Screen refresh operation
Average 77 percent time savings (5 times faster)
tray dividers, the automated cable routing and
fill calculation algorithms now also account for
2
available bend radius at change-of-direction
1.8 components, ensuring the minimum bend radius
for the cable can be maintained. Otherwise, the
1.6
path will be rejected as a suitable route for
1.4 that cable. Other enhancements to Smart 3Ds
electrical solution include:
1.2
TIME IN SECONDS

n Integration with SmartPlant Electrical

n Enhanced support for multi-routing of stacked

1
cable trays
0.8 n More robust conduit specs delivered out-of-
0.6 the-box.

0.4 Fireproofing
Smart 3Ds latest release offers several fire-
0.2 proofing capabilities for designers. The process
0 is specification-driven. Reference data are pre-
PROJECT 1 PROJECT 2 PROJECT 3 PROJECT 4 configured to enable automatic determination
of key design aspects such as material, grade,

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rating, segmentation and setback lengths.
Smart 3Ds new fireproofing can be applied to
both concrete and steel.
Concrete design
The ability to model concrete structures has been
dramatically enhanced in the latest release with
a new set of commands for supporting the mod-
eling of highly complex civil structures which are
constructed of concrete. From the containment
structure for a nuclear reactor or an intricate
system of drainage sumps, a wide variety of
concrete structures can be modeled using these
commands with no special training required.
Marine and offshore solution
Some of the most impressive enhancements
are in SmartMarine 3D. For example, one key
enhancement specifically developed for use
on offshore oil and gas development projects
is the ability to model cans, which are tubular
structures added to nodal connections on
the jackets of offshore platforms to provide
reinforcement. The design and modeling of
cans in Smart 3D is driven by placement rules,
nominally configuredto ensure compliance with
the applicable American Petroleum Institute
(API) standard.
Smart 3Ds latest release addresses another
critical requirement in the design of offshore
jackets, trusses and derricks. Users gain the abil-
ity to place steel members with relative spacing
to other members coming into a common joint
using the new Rule-based Joint (RBJ) capability.
The RBJ command provides required behavior
for several key conditions: surface gap spacing;
required centerline distances and minimum
member overlap. As with rule-based cans, the
structural designer can ensure that require-
ments specified by the API standard are being
met. This eliminates the complex hand-calcu-
lations normally associated with this offshore
requirement.
Another rule-based capability further strength-
ening Smart 3Ds ability to support offshore
design is the Advanced Plate Systems (APS)
creation command. This highly automated
mechanism defines the shape and positioning/
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trimming rules for plate systems that ultimately
make up nodal connections.
Users simply design the required plate system
via a graphical interface, after which the defini-
tion including the code required for calculating
the proper sizing and placement is permanently
stored in the catalog. The plate system can then be
placed as needed in the future.
The most important benefit of cans, RBJs and
APS is that the rules behind these features auto-
matically fire when any changes are made to the
model. This provides tremendous productivity
improvements during changes to the design in
comparison to other competitive systems.
Flex hose and duct spools
Other functionalities in the latest release of
Smart 3D benefitting offshore industry capital
projects include specification-driven flex hose
and automated spooling of duct systems.
Flex hosing is used widely on oil and gas proj-
ects with each hose and termination assembly.
This requires individual specification and
manufacture. Smart 3D will automatically place
the proper assembly in the model, at the same
time checking minimum bend angle and radius
requirements to ensure the hose will not kink as
designed.
Duct spooling builds on the proven pipe
spooling capability, allowing duct runs to be
automatically broken into uniquely-marked
sections that can be individually manufactured,
transported and installed in a modular fashion.
Summary
In conclusion, the latest release of Intergraphs
industry-leading Smart 3D design solution brings
important new enhancements that will help pro-
cess and power plant, ship and offshore design-
ers further increase productivity and accelerate
completion while increasing project safety.
Luther Walke serves as product manager for Smart-
Plant 3D and is based in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
www.intergraph.com/smartplant3d
www.intergraph.com/smartmarine3d
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case study: grenland group
From left to right: Terje rbeck (Grenland Group), Darren Litherland (Grenland Group), Knut Meland (Intergraph), Ivan Randbye (Grenland Group), Pierre Fransson
(FConsult), Katarina Gustavsson (Chematur Engineering AB) and Jonas Wedin (Chematur Engineering AB).
Grenland Group Advances Productivity with
SmartPlant 3D Automation
EPC provides customization training course for Scandinavian 3D Technical User Forum members
n By Darren Litherland
Here at Grenland Group, we have developed an
in-house BIG utility. BIG is the common plat-
form on which we perform almost all of our 3D
automation. The name BIG was chosen because
it provides a big picture of what we do.
After attending an Intergraph SmartPlant 3D
Automation course in 2008, we wrote sev-
eral automation applications, all based on
BIG, covering diverse areas such as drawing
view styles, reports and piping progress.
These applications have given us tremendous
productivity benefits. By displaying data from
the 3D model in a spreadsheet-like browser,
we can sort, filter and select objects quickly
based on the data presented in the list.
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For example, all objects that have been modi-
fied by a certain user can be selected by simply
double-clicking on the users name. Achieving
the same results without BIG would take much
longer and involve creating a special filter
something many users would find difficult.
Foundation for building applications
We now have control over an interface where
groups of objects properties are listed. This
gave us the ability to create new applications.
We also have full control within these new
applications. This enables users to perform
previously out-of-bounds tasks, such as special
view-style creation.
Filter and XML file creation are managed
automatically. Users dont have to worry about
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making mistakes. Administrators dont have to
worry about their standard viewstyles getting
messed up.
Dramatic time savings
Our most advanced application came about
when our money guys started asking ques-
tions about how things were going in our proj-
ects. Apart from making a pretty good guess,
we were pretty certain that it would be possible
to create an application to measure design
progress in piping using reports and some sort
of macro to format the data.
But we already had a platform that could pro-
vide the answers and quickly. Using BIG and
some custom commands from the SmartPlant
3D tool kit, we were able to provide a graphical
representation of the progress of piping layout
and design in only a few days. This was much
quicker than if we had used reporting.
Encouragement to go further
To share our success story, we performed dem-
onstrations of our BIG system at two Intergraph
Scandinavian 3D Technical User Forum (TUF)
meetings in 2009. In gathering feedback from
my fellow TUF members, I learned that many
of them were interested in this technology and
applying it in their own businesses.
We knew this was a valuable opportunity, but
were not sure how to proceed. At first, we
thought we had three options:
n Offer the software as a commercial product
n Give it away for free
n Make it available as open-software.
After weighing the pros and cons, we came up
with a fourth option: to provide the know-how
behind the BIG technology so others could
develop their own versions. We decided to
conduct a course in SmartPlant 3D automation
with Microsoft Visual Basic for the Scandina-
vian Technical User Forum. We think this offers
several benefits, because the class:
n P rovides a base on which Scandinavian com-
panies can easily build their own applications
n Increases Scandinavian companies knowl-
edge of SmartPlant 3D automation
n Promotes activity in the Scandinavian 3D TUF.
Trial run
We first put together a three-day training
course for our own staff, made up of admin-
istrators and super-users. The administrators
had previously attended Intergraphs own
automation course a year earlier, but had not
had the opportunity to practice afterward. The
super-users had experience with Visual Basic,
varying from minor spreadsheet customization
to advanced programming.
The class reviewed the primary elements of Visual
Basic 6.0 in the SmartPlant 3D framework and
how to extract data from the 3D model using
ready-written, modular code. All five students
were soon able to create their own browser,
search for particular objects and find them in
the model.
SmartPlant 3D
automation
training tips
n Keep it simple
n Y ou dont always need to know
how all things work
n F ocus on what to use, when to use
it and where to find it
n Extensively use cut-and-paste
functionality to save time and
reduce syntax errors
n Be open to new ideas
and improvements
n E mphasize labs and tasks that
stimulate creativity
Rounding off their class with an exam, the students
had to successfully complete their choice of two
tasks from the following options:
 dd double-clicking functionality that auto-
A
n
matically selects objects with the same name
n Create a command that writes Microsoft Excel
data into the browser
n Add three or four new object attributes to the
browser using at least one new interface
n Create a command that hides selected objects
n Create a command that adds the different
values of a particular attribute to a func-
tional ComboBox
n 
Make their existing command buttons that
depend on selected objects be displayed as
grayed-out command buttons when there
are no selected objects
n Create a command that makes the highlighted
objects flash.
Good response
With the experience gained from the in-house
training course, we were confident enough to
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offer it to the user community in Scandinavia.
We were pleased with the response. Five peo-
ple from four companies, including Intergraph,
accepted our invitation.
Based on user suggestions and simplification, we
were able to condense the course into a two-day
schedule with theory and labs on the first day, fol-
lowed by a full day dedicated to the exam tasks.
It was clear from the start that the students
were very enthusiastic. They all knew what they
wanted to do with the knowledge they hoped
to gain and the code that they would be able to
take home with them. With this kind of attitude,
it made my teaching role quite enjoyable. The
positive learning atmosphere was also evident
during the networking time, which included a
special dinner held by the Sandefjord harbor.
Positive results
With the required exam tasks completed success-
fully on day two, all of the students seemed happy
with their results and our efforts. Jonas Wedin
from Chematur AB in Sweden said, I thought
the course content was very good and liked not
having a constant flow of information and that we
were given challenges to solve ourselves.
Considering the fact that the students had no
prior experience with automation in SmartPlant
3D and that they could now create their own
applications, everyone agreed the course had
been a great success. On my next Intergraph
project, Ill use what I learned during the
training, said Pierre Fransson, programmer at
FConsult in Sweden.
If there is sufficient interest, we hope to offer
the course again soon. We are also looking into
the possibility of offering a second-level course
with more emphasis on application develop-
ment based on BIG.
Wedin said, I tried my program when I got
back to the office and was, naturally, very
pleased when it worked!
Darren Litherland serves as SmartPlant 3D ad-
ministrator at Grenland Group. He is based in
Sandefjord, Norway.
www.grenlandgroup.com
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case study: tharo consulting
Tharo Consulting Develops Effective and Detailed
Analysis with CAESAR II
Consulting firm uses CAESAR II to perform detailed static pipe stress analysis for South African pipeline project
n By Vornel Walker
Tharo Consulting CC (Tharo) is a piping, design
and stress analysis consulting firm based in
Pretoria, South Africa, serving the petrochemical,
power generation and mining industries.
Turning coal to gas to electrical power
Beal Project Management and Consulting Engi-
neering recently awarded Tharo a pipe stress
analysis contract for phase I of the ESKOM Under-
ground Coal Gasification (UCG) pipeline project.
ESKOM is the main power service provider in
South Africa.
UCG technology requires wells to be drilled into
the coal bed, and the coal ignited. Air, water or
steam is injected into the coal seam to deliver
a controlled burn that produces hydrocarbon
gases, which can be used as fuel for power gen-
eration. Tharos task was to prepare the detailed
static pipe stress analysis.
Meeting temperature and pipe
routing challenges
Tharo had to route a 200 NB and 250 NB pipe
alongside one another, then tie a 150 NB pipe
into both at about 45 different points. The firm
also had to consider a large temperature dif-
ferential between the two pipes, with one pipe
having a temperature of 200 C and the other
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40 C. Equipment included approximately 2.5
km of piping with diameters ranging from 150
NB to 600 NB and valves in every line size. A
fast project turnaround of 12 weeks added to
these challenges.
To solve these challenges, Tharo chose Intergraph
CAESAR II pipe stress analysis software which
includes ISOGEN software. One of the reasons
it was chosen for this project was because Tharo
had eight years of success using CAESAR II.
Delivering analysis results within
project constraints
Using CAESAR II, Tharo successfully completed
a full stress analysis report, including stresses,
restraints and displacements, in 10 to 12 weeks.
With CAESAR II, the team performed a full
stress analysis of isometric drawings showing
all applicable pipelines with node numbers and
support types.
The ease of use of CAESAR II and the included
ISOGEN software enabled us to deliver success-
ful project results to our client on time and within
the allocated requirements and with all the
necessary detailed references to the CAESAR II
model report, said Hennie Swart, project direc-
tor at Tharo Consulting.
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Benefiting from exceptional support
What makes a huge impact on my companys
performance is the after-sale service and support
from the Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis
Solutions Group and Chempute, its reseller in
South Africa, Swart added. Chempute always
gives me a suggested solution within 24 hours,
which keeps us credible and the preferred sup-
plier due to the ability to deliver a project accord-
ing to customer requirements.
Ensuring flexible, cost-effective solutions
Tharo developed a detailed and flexible layout
analysis that conforms to the pipeline code
requirements as well as client requirements. By
keeping the system as flexible as possible for this
project, it enabled the client to use the most cost-
effective and detailed solution.
Vornel Walker serves as vice president of market-
ing at Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions
and is based in Houston, Texas, U.S.
tharoconsult@gmail.com
Technology
case study: Ward
at work:
tankFluor
and heat exchanger corp.
Ward TANK Wins Fabricated Product of the Year
Award Using PV Elite
Manufacturer uses PV Elite precision analysis to ensure reliability and minimize costs
n By Vornel Walker
Ward TANK and Heat Exchanger Corp. is a family-
owned company that manufactures pressure
vessels and heat exchangers for the chemical,
refining, water treatment and pharmaceutical
industries. The company serves its customers from
two U.S. fabrication facilities: one in Charlotte,
North Carolina and the other in Houston, Texas.
Alloy reactor project
Ward TANK chose PV Elite on a project for a
chemical plant in Houston. The project consisted
of two large reactors made of Alloy 400, a nickel
alloy (67 percent Ni, 30 percent Cu) with high
strength, ductility and corrosion resistance. These
reactors, with a total value of US$4.4 million,
contained complex internal manifolds and lad-
ders and measured 71 ft (21.64 m) in length and
15 ft (4.57 m) to 9 in (0.2286 m) in diameter.
Ward TANK was responsible for the engineering
design and shop fabrication of these units.
Analysis and fabrication challenges
The type of material specified for these reactors,
in combination with large diameters, created
a particular challenge for Ward TANK. Precise
calculations were imperative to determine the
appropriate loading and weight distribution dur-
ing the hydro testing and transportation of these
units. The potential for collapsing the shell during
hydro testing or damage during transportation
was extremely high, so the company relied heav-
ily on precision analysis.
To undertake this task, Ward TANK chose Inter-
graphs PV Elite. The solution enables pressure
vessel and heat exchanger design and analysis.
Ward TANK used PV Elite to perform load analy-
sis calculations to meet ASME codes plus seismic
and wind load calculations.
Quick project turnaround
With the help of PV Elite, Ward TANK was able
to successfully complete the project from design
conception to commissioning in just 14 months.
New units were manufactured to replace ones
that had been fabricated in Japan 20 years ago.
The project was designed and manufactured in
Houston, so the client was able to control costs
and be involved in the design process from start
to finish.
PV Elite helped us eliminate inaccuracy in calcula-
tion. We benefited from its ease of use and reliability
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without the need to second-guess any results. PV
Elite made the design process flow seamless, said
Jon Ward, president and CEO of Ward TANK.
Award-winning success
Ward TANK received the 2008 Steel Fabricated
Product of the Year Award from the Steel Tank
Institute and Steel Plate Fabricators Associa-
tion. This annual award recognizes outstanding
records in safety of facilities, quality of products
and project achievements.
Weve used other programs in the past and
have found that these programs and support
have been the cream of the crop, said Ward.
We tackle numerous complex and difficult pro-
jects every year and can engineer with confidence
using PV Elite.
Vornel Walker serves as vice president of market-
ing at Intergraph CADWorx and Analysis Solutions
and is based in Houston, Texas, U.S.
www.wardtank.com
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industry perspective: Process industry practices
Process Industry Practices Offers Built-in Piping Practices
with Standard Database for SmartPlant Reference Data
Take advantage of industry expertise to save time and reduce rework
n By B. C. (Bernie) Ebert
Process Industry Practices (PIP) is a consortium
of process plant owners and engineering con-
struction contractors. PIP harmonizes member
companies internal standards for design, pro-
curement, construction and maintenance into a
set of industry-wide practices for voluntary use.
Organized in 1993, PIP is a separately funded
non-profit initiative operating under the
umbrella of the Construction Industry Institute
at The University of Texas at Austin. PIPs active
membership has grown to 55 companies plus
50 additional subscriber and licensee com-
panies. While our emphasis is on the process
industry, it is clear that many PIP Practices can
effectively be used by related industries such as
pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals and power.
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Practices be purchased by non-members on an individual
PIP publishes and maintains recommended Prac- basis or by disciplines on an annual subscription
tices in the following disciplines: or licensing basis.
n  ivil, Structural and Architectural (CSA)
C Globalization
n Coatings, Insulation and Refractory (CIR) Although developed by member companies
n Document Management (DM)
based in the U.S., PIP Practices are also used
n Electrical
by companies from around the world. PIPs
n Machinery
internal work processes recognize the ben-
n Piping and Instrument Diagrams (P&ID)
efits and drivers for globalization of their
n Piping
published Practices. Guidelines are provided
n Process Control & Analyzers
to the discipline function teams to increase
n Vessels.
the global applicability of published Practices.
Specific Practices include design, selection, PIP continues to enhance the applicability of
specification and installation information. PIP has its Practices by including data sheets for U.S.
published more than 465 Practices. Practices may customary and metric units and by updating
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references to ICC, ISO and other globally
used standards.
Benefits
Through the implementation of these industry
Practices, members have reported successes
such as:
n Up to 70 percent reduction in the costs of
generating and maintaining various internal
company standards
n Reduced valve inventory by 10 percent

n Savings of up to 1.6 percent of total installed

cost and two weeks on schedule
n Reduced piping work group hours by 25 per-
cent on a typical project
n Estimated potential 6 percent savings in total

installed cost for a project.

For example, one of our members worked with
five refineries to develop a set of project specifi-
cations that could be used for similar processing
facilities at each refinery. Approximately 50 PIP
Practices were used and they helped to unify
the requirements in several technical discipline
areas. Savings included reduced design con-
tractor work-hours plus a drop in engineering,
fabrication and construction rework based on a
common set of specifications.
Piping Practices
PIP piping Practices include more than 160 pip-
ing material specifications that cross-reference
nearly 1,000 valve specifications. Additional
engineering and complementary Practices plus
pipe support details Practices are also available
in the piping discipline. The current complete
Piping Practices Index is available for purchase,
and the Piping Materials Line Class Index Prac-
tice is available for free download.
Intergraph solutions
PIP is pleased to be working with Intergraph to
make our piping material specifications avail-
able to the industry through Intergraph Stan- Our relationship with Intergraph will enhance companies, the PIP subscription program offers
dard Database for SmartPlant Reference Data. delivery and provide additional outlets for our significant benefits as well.
piping material specifications. In addition, PIP
The current release of Standard Database for Bernie Ebert serves as director of Process Indus-
will use our SmartPlant Reference Data access
SmartPlant Reference Data includes 21 of the PIP try Practices and is based in Austin, Texas, U.S.
piping material specifications, and 20 additional to better manage future revisions and updates
www.pip.org
specifications will be available soon. The remain- to our piping material specifications.
ing specifications are planned for inclusion in the If you are not already a member, I encourage
near future. These specifications are available companies who have U.S.-based resources to
only to PIP member or subscriber companies. learn more about PIP membership. For all other

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2010
The
Yudong Liu of CNPCCEI was awarded Best of Show in the annual Intergraph Golden Valve Awards
competition. Featured on the cover of this issue of Insight, the stunning refinery image was generated
using PDS and SmartPlant Review. Liu was awarded US$1,000 and complimentary registration for the
Intergraph 2011 International Users Conference in Orlando, Florida, U.S.
The Golden Valve Awards competition is sponsored by Intergraph and is open to all SmartPlant and
SmartMarine Enterprise engineering design software users.
All the place winners are eligible to receive a monetary award for their efforts and also have their work

Golden
appear on Intergraphs Web site and the 2011 Intergraph Process, Power & Marine calendar.
The Golden Valve Awards competition recognizes the most innovative and well-executed uses of
software supported by Intergraph Process, Power & Marine.
www.intergraph.com/p2c2

Valve

Award
Best OF Show
Yudong Liu
CNPCCEI

Winners
The sun sets on Chinas largest refinery with an annual capacity of 10 million tons, owned
by China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) Guangxi Branch. This image was created with
PDS and SmartPlant Review.

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 2010

1st Place Rendering and Ray Traces

Michael P. OHara
Selas Fluid Processing Corp.
An expansion furnace and pipe rack at an
ethylene plant in Thailand are shown in this image
generated with PDS and SmartPlant Review.

2nd Place Rendering and Ray Traces

Daro G Rigaud M
Y&V Ingeniera y Construccin
Y&V designed a retrofit project in Venezuela using
PDS and SmartPlant Review. This image shows new
equipment and existing facilities.

3rd Place Rendering and Ray Traces

ECMs Engineering Team
ECM S.A. Projetos Industriais
The crushing process in a Vale iron ore processing
plant is detailed in this image created with
SmartPlant 3D and SmartPlant Review.

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the 2010 golden valve award winners

1st Place Visually Complex

Chin-Young Lee
Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.
The FDS multi-purpose offshore development ship
constructs pipelines under the deep sea. This image
was designed with SmartMarine 3D.

2nd Place Visually Complex

Xiao Yu, Huilin Liu and Wei Chen
SNERDI
The layout design of an annex building for the
AP1000-SWI subcontract project in China is
shown in this image developed with PDS and
SmartPlant Review.

3rd Place Visually Complex

Nick Viscomi
WorleyParsons Ltd.
WorleyParsons created this depiction of the Colusa
Generating Station in California. The image of the
2x1 combined cycle electrical power plant project
was created with PDS and SmartPlant Review.

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1st Place Discipline-specific

ECMs Engineering Team
ECM S.A. Projetos Industriais
An iron ore pelletizing plant project in Brazil is
shown in this image developed with SmartPlant 3D,
SmartPlant Review and SmartPlant P&ID.

2nd Place Discipline-specific

Martin T. Ammann Jr.
The Shaw Group Inc.
The Brunner Island project included complex detail
design of the de-watering building. This image was
created with SmartPlant Review, FrameWorks Plus
and PDS.

3rd Place Discipline-specific

Arley Costa
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
SNC-Lavalin used SmartPlant 3D and SmartPlant
Review for the Mina Apolo iron ore project in Brazil. A
buildings spiral classifier in the classifications plant is
shown in this image.

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the 2010
2008 golden valve award winners

1st Place Animation

Arley Costa
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
This animation, generated with SmartPlant 3D and
SmartPlant Review, depicts the construction of the mag-
netic separation for the Mina Apolo project in Brazil.

Judges choice offshore

Phan Thanh Son
PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard J/S
This isometric view was developed with SmartMarine
3D and SmartPlant Review.

Judges choice Power

Martin T. Ammann Jr.
The Shaw Group Inc.
PDS and SmartPlant Review were used to create
this aerial view looking down into the AP1000 core
reactor. The image reveals the organized chaos of
complex designs.

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HONORABLE MENTION Rendering and ray traces HONORABLE MENTION visually complex
Mario F. Beraldo Mehul Dholakia
Hatch Engenharia e Consultoria L&T Chiyoda Ltd.

HONORABLE MENTION visually complex HONORABLE MENTION Discipline-specific

Leandro Molinari Chin-Young Lee
UTC Engenharia S.A. Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.

HONORABLE MENTION animation

Cristobal Almecija
Inelectra

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GREAT MINDS THROUGH TIME: SIEMENS AG

A Legacy of Innovation
Siemens pioneering spirit brings enduring success
n By Jana Miller

Siemens AG can look back on more than 160
years of groundbreaking innovations the inven-
tion of the dynamo, the first commercial light
bulb, the first electric streetcar, the construction
of the first public power plant and the first
images taken of inside the human body. Today,
the company can point with pride to new firsts
such as the wind turbine for the worlds first
floating wind farm, inaugurated in 2009 off the
coast of Norway.
Founded by a visionary trailblazer
A forward-thinking inventor and entrepreneur,
Werner von Siemens helped define the electri-
cal engineering industry. He took daring risks
in complex projects, creating a company that
continues to push technological frontiers.
Born in 1816, Werner Siemens joined the Prus-
sian army in 1835 and studied mathematics, phys-
ics, chemistry and ballistics at Berlins Artillery
and Engineering Academy. He received his first
patent in 1842 for developing an electrolytic
method of gold and silver plating.
ing Berlin and Frankfurt/Main.
Four years later, Siemens came up with a unique
concept of using common materials cigar boxes,
tinplate, pieces of iron and some insulated copper
wire to improve upon the Wheatstone telegraph.
He asked a mechanical engineer, Johann Georg
Halske, to construct the pointer telegraph.
In 1847, the two men formed their own company,
Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske,
the Siemens & Halske Telegraph Construction
Co. The same year, Siemens developed a press
that enabled copper wires to be insulated with a
seamless coat of gutta-percha, helping advance
telecommunications. In 1848, the company suc-
ceeded in its first major project by building a
more than 500-kilometer telegraph line connect-
International success
The company soon started projects in other coun-
tries, whose royalty later recognized company
leaders for their contributions in improving their
citizens lives. In 1853, Siemens & Halske began
work on a Russian telegraph network stretching
10,000 km from Finland to the Crimea. In 1855,
Werner von Siemens set up a subsidiary in St.
Petersburg, headed by his brother Carl. In 1895,

1847 1874 1909

Telegraphen-Bauanstalt Siemens links Europe The first metropolitan auto-
von Siemens & Halske to North America via a matic telephone exchange is
is founded. transatlantic cable. built in Munich.

s s s
1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920

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Czar Nicholas II named Carl von Siemens a mem-
ber of the Russian hereditary nobility.
In 1858, Siemens, Halske & Co. opened a Brit-
ish subsidiary focused on the production and
laying of submarine cables, which it manufac-
tured at its own cable plant. Werners brother
Wilhelm led the subsidiary. Wilhelm who later
took English nationality and changed his name
to Charles William Siemens was knighted
by Queen Victoria in 1883. Werner Siemens
was renamed Werner von Siemens when he
was raised to the nobility by German Emperor
Friedrich III in 1888 for his great achievements
in helping science and mankind.
Electrical advances
In 1866, Werner Siemens made a key contri-
bution to electrical engineering by discover-
ing the dynamoelectric concept. The dynamo
made it possible to generate and distribute
electrical energy cost-effectively and in vast
amounts. Others at the time failed to recog-
nize the financial impact of the concept. But
Siemens patented the principle in 1867, and
his company reaped the benefits. By the late
1870s, power engineering began to spread
as a fast growing industry, and Siemens &
Halske had opened foreign agencies in all of
its main markets.
Siemens technology helped unite continents.
Werner Siemens devised a way to construct a
telegraph line to connect London and Calcutta.
Dispatches would transmit through induced
current, fully automatically, and continuously.
The company built large sections of the 11,000-
km line. In 1870, Wilhelm Siemens successfully
demonstrated the exchange of telegrams from
London to Calcutta that took only an hour.
The first electric railway in which the power
was supplied through the rails was presented
during the Berlin Trade Fair of 1879. Werner
Siemens electric locomotive pulled three
demonstration carriages around a 300-meter
circular track, speeding along at 7 km/h.
1953
Siemens introduces high-purity
silicon, which makes microelec-
tronic technology possible.
s s
1940 1950 1960
Wars and reconstruction
By 1914, Siemens was a major force in the
industry, with more than 82,000 employees,
of whom 25 percent worked outside Germany.
But after Germanys defeat in World War I, the
company lost 40 percent of its capital, and
most of its patents and foreign subsidiaries
were expropriated.
Carl Friedrich von Siemens, Werner von
Siemens youngest son, took leadership in
1919. He chose to focus on electrical engi-
neering and assign other business areas to
various subsidiaries and related companies.
Even though the company was made up of
several different organizations, corporate
identity was maintained through consistent
companywide branding.
Siemens-Schuckertwerke GmbH made major
achievements in power generation and medi-
cal equipment in the following decades. In the
1920s, the company built a power plant on the
Shannon River in the Irish Free State. The plant
generated power for all of what is now Ireland.
The company introduced the X-ray sphere in
1933. Rotating X-ray anode tubes withstood
much greater loads than their conventional
counterparts. The X-ray sphere could be con-
nected directly to the lighting circuit and was
used globally for more than 50 years.
During World War II, Siemens lost four-fifths
of its total assets, with many of its plants and
factories destroyed by Allied air raids. Siemens
postwar reconstruction began with major Ger-
man infrastructure projects performed by a
work force of 40,000.
Technology for a better future
Siemens helped usher in the modern age as
the first company to successfully produce
ultra-pure silicon, a necessary component
for semiconductors, in 1953. Its technique,
the floating-zone method, was patented the
same year.
1978
Siemens supplies generators
for the worlds largest
hydroelectric power station.
1970 1980
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In 1955, the company reacquired its expro-
priated foreign companies, patents and
trademarks. It built the 300-megawatt San
Nicols power plant in Argentina in 1956,
and developed Saudi Arabias telecommuni-
cation network.
Today, Siemens AG is the worlds largest
supplier of products, systems, services and
solutions to the industrial and building tech-
nology sectors. Power generation systems
from Siemens produce more than one-third
of U.S. electricity. Globally, a Siemens switch-
ing system connects every 10th telephone
call, and Siemens technology is included in
40 percent of all new automobiles.
The company has stayed true to its innovative
heritage handed down by its founder, Werner
von Siemens. Siemens AG holds more than
45,000 active patents and annually invests the
worlds third-largest amount toward research
and development.
Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Siemens
AG, along with its subsidiaries, is the sixth-
largest employer in the world, with more than
400,000 employees in 192 countries, and
worldwide revenue of 76.7 billion (US$~114
billion) in 2009. Today, Siemens bundles its
business activities into three sectors: Industry;
Energy and Healthcare. The company continues
to be involved in cutting-edge engineering
projects that are focused on the future. Whether
constructing solar-thermal plants in the Sahara
or wind farms in Europe, Siemens will be there,
expanding its business in renewable energies
while pushing technological progress such as
Siemens smart grid solutions and efficiency
increases in fossil-fueled power plants.
Jana Miller is editorial director of Insight and is
based in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
www.siemens.com
2009
Siemens supplies the wind
turbine for the worlds
first floating wind farm.
s
1990 2000 2010
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MARINE UPDATE: CPLM VS. PLm
cPLM vs. PLM: Whats the Difference?
Capital Project Life Cycle Management vs. Product Life Cycle Management for the shipbuilding,
marine and offshore industries
n By Ewan Botterill
A number of technical and business differen-
tiators exist between capital project life cycle
management (cPLM) and product life cycle
management (PLM). To better understand
which technology is best for your enterprise, one
must first be aware of the inherent differences
between the two as they apply to the shipbuild-
ing, marine and offshore development industries.
Capital project vs. product
There are two fundamental components of a
cPLM or PLM strategy nicely summarized by
Michael Grieves, author of Product Lifecycle
Management: Driving the Next Generation of
Lean Thinking (McGraw-Hill, 2006). He writes:
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is an inte-
grated, information-driven approach comprised
of people, processes/practices and technology,
to all aspects of a products life, from its design
through manufacture, deployment and mainte-
nance culminating in the products removal
from service and final disposal. By trading
product information for wasted time, energy and
material across the entire organization and into
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This article is a portion of the Capital Project Life Cycle
Management vs. Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)
for the Shipbuilding, Marine and Offshore Industries
white paper. Download the complete white paper at
www.intergraph.com/promo/cplm.
the supply chain, PLM drives the next generation
of lean thinking.
If we quickly differentiate between these two
approaches, it would be the following:
n  LM The design process executes and
P Clearly, shipbuilding and offshore platform
derives every bill of materials (BOM) for the
product before any production and procure-
ment begins. The design BOM is divided into
manufacturing BOM groups for production
plan. Production commences on many identical
products or pre-determined variations of the
BOM.
n c PLM Design and procurement begin at the
same time. The manufacturing BOM evolves
from initial BOM. Procurement BOM changes
during design evolution. As such, it is clear the
processes, practices and technology for these
two approaches are fundamentally different.
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Capital project and product
manufacturing differences
The key difference between companies operat-
ing in either of these spaces can be summarized
between these phrases engineer to order and
engineer to stock. Engineer-to-order companies
are typically project-driven, whereas engineer-to-
stock companies typically produce product without
a specific customer in mind.
cPLM as applied to marine
construction are much more aligned to the cPLM
model based on the following key criteria:
n Few products A shipyard essentially sells
its production expertise for delivering to the
customer a marine structure on time, on
budget and within its operational parameters.
A yard may even specialize in one form of
product, such as ships of the same size,
range or type (European yards specializing in
cruise ships; Japanese yards in bulk carriers;
Korean yards in LNG/FPSO/containers, etc.).
In other words, a shipbuilding company does
not speculatively build to stock products it
 might sell on the open market; rather, each
order is a project, a capital project. In con-
trast, a car manufacturer designs, assembles
and sells many different products a range
of cars with multiple options and variations
engineered and built to stock for the open
market. Therefore, cPLM is focused on project
execution meeting the delivery deadline
as opposed to PLM, which is focused at meet-
ing a market window of opportunity.
n F inite production capacity Throughput of
the shipyard the ability to fabricate, commis-
sion and float out the product is critical to
commercial success. Consequently, shipbuild-
ing is a concurrent engineering and manufac-
turing task. Just-in-time design, just-in-time
fabrication, having materials and resources
on hand for both and optimizing the produc-
tion of the laydown yards and dry docks all
mean that cPLM is for concurrent and multiple
project execution against a finite capacity plan.
This is in contrast to a discrete manufacturer
who, based on market demands, could build
a production facility at another location, or
reduce the assembly workstation to bolster
lead time.
n F ew configurations Experienced design
in shipbuilding is a process of deriving a new
ship from previously existing executed projects.
Essentially, it is the process of harvesting and
harnessing the knowledge from previously suc-
cessful projects to rapidly respond and deliver to
the customer. These derived configurations are
more concerned with reuse and re-purposing
than they are about managing multiple vari-
ants, options and alternatives. cPLM is focused
on derivative management. PLM, however,
focuses on variants, options and alternatives
for different markets and customers.
n  igh cost, capital-intensive (product and
H n
manufacturing) New production facilities
are not a viable option. It is critical to opti-
mize and streamline the available resources,
production schedule and material availability.
Any days shaved off production not only yield
extra capacity availability for the shipyard, but
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also extra production capacity for the customer
and reduced interest payments on the capital
invested. Therefore, cPLMs focus is on cost
management and progress against schedule
rather than sheer production capacity and
volume delivery, which is the focus of PLM.
n  illions of objects and relationships
M
Data volumes in shipbuilding are huge. An
FPSO, for example, may run into millions of
objects and relationships which have numer-
ous iterations. Sharing the correct information
between multiple disciplines in a concurrent
engineering environment is vital. As a result,
cPLM views accuracy, validity, integrity, quality,
timeliness, change impact and change man-
agement as critical success factors.
S pecify and order before completion of
design Many items on a ship or marine
structure are not available off-the-shelf and
need to be ordered as early as possible before
the design is complete to ensure their avail-
ability as required during fabrication. For that
reason, the BOM not only needs to distinguish
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MARINE UPDATE: CPLM VS. PLm
between what is and is not ordered, but also
needs to synchronize the delivery to the yard as
required. Of course, once ordered, the change
management capabilities of the cPLM need to
prevent or escalate changes that would affect
these ordered items. The cPLM focus is on just-
in-time fabrication versus planned, just-in-time
manufacturing for PLM.
n uild as the product is designed The
B
limiting factor of the ability to deliver more
ships is the finite production capacity of the
yard. Therefore, design and fabrication must be
executed simultaneously. The yard cannot wait
for the design to be complete, nor can it wait for
materials and package units to all be available
when fabrication commences. The cPLM needs
to facilitate inter-discipline communication and
collaboration and be proactive with change
impacts to and from design, procurement and
fabrication. Its focus is on agility, not planned
predictability.
n E volutional, dynamic and variable BOMs
As the design is progressing and changing, so,
too, will the BOM. It will be evolutional, dynamic
and variable. Material rollups and shipping reports
stores/warehouse usage will be different day by
day. This is completely opposite from discrete
manufacturing where the BOM must be known
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Engineer-To-Order (ETO)
Capital Projects
n Few products
n Few customers
n Finite production capacity
n Few configurations
n  igh cost/capital-intensive
H n
(product and manufacturing)
n Millions of objects and relationships
n Specify and order before design completion
n Build as the product is designed
n Evolutional, dynamic and variable BOMs
n  eavy regulation, safety and
H n
hazardous materials
and finalized prior to manufacture. Additionally,
tracking which material has been consumed on
which vessel in fabrication for cost management
reporting ensures schedule and cost manage-
ment. The cPLM focus is on evolutional, dynamic
and variable BOMs, not fixed and final BOMs.
n  eavy regulation, safety and hazardous
H
materials Ships and marine structures must
operate within a strict regulatory framework,
as well as in a safe manner, often while
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Engineer-To-Stock (ETS)
Discrete Manufacturing
n Thousands of products
n Many customers
n Variable production capacity
n Thousands of configurations
 lobal variance
G
(design/build anywhere)
n Thousands of objects and relationships
n Optimize sales and supply chain post-design
n Prepare for mass manufacture of the product
n Manufacture against finalized BOMs
Automation of production line
transporting hazardous materials. Having this
safety structure integrated during intelligent
design is an obvious advantage. cPLM must
support experienced design, as indicated ear-
lier, and also collaborate with regulatory and
classification societies. The automation and
established rules need to guide and monitor
the design and fabrication process. In cPLM,
rules and automation are imperative, rather
than unconstrained innovation as found in
PLM.
Clearly, the processes/practices on either side of
this product-definition spectrum will be different:
n  n the left-hand side the capital project
O
the product is typically the plant, ship or facility
delivering the product.
n  n the right-hand side discrete manufac-
O
turing the product is the product or service ulti-
mately delivered to the end-user by the former.
Intergraph SmartMarine Enterprise is designed to
meet the needs of cPLM shipbuilding, marine and
offshore projects. Learn more about SmartMarine
Enterprise at www.intergraph.com/ppm/sme.aspx.
Ewan Botterill is the director of global business
development for information management and
integration at Intergraph Process, Power &
Marine. He is based in Calgary, Canada.
www.intergraph.com/promo/cplm
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Did you know? SMARTPLANT ENTERPRISE FOR OWNER OPERATORS

Manage Technical Interfaces on CAPEX Projects to

Reduce Costs and Avoid Delays
SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators Interface Management saves two to six percent of CAPEX
n By Adrian Park
Large CAPEX projects involve many different
parties: the plant owner operator project
team; owner operator corporate process own-
ers; corporate service departments; a project
management contractor (PMC); multiple EPC
contractors; suppliers; and possibly design
institutes. Interface management provides for
the control of technical interfaces between
all of these different organizations that are
involved in a project.
A typical CAPEX project will have 20 to 100
separate interfaces that need to be managed,
each with hundreds of interface issues that
This article is a portion of the SmartPlant Enterprise
for Owner Operators Interface Management white
paper at www.intergraph.com/go/interfacemgmt.
need to be resolved. The traditional use of
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets or ad hoc data-
bases is insufficient for managing the com-
plexity of the interfaces and reporting needs
from project management.
Interface management is a key project execu-
tion activity to ensure the control of all for-
malized internal and external interfaces for
a project:
n Between contractors, suppliers and the
owner operator
n W ithin the owner operator project team and
the corporate organization
n  Between the owner operator project team
and design institutes where appropriate.
Each interface between two organizations in the
project consists of a list of technical issues that
need to be agreed upon between those parties.
Interface parties include contractors, key suppli-
ers and the owner operator. There are usually
interfaces within the owner operator that will
also need to be managed. For example, on a

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typical offshore oil and gas development, there
could be interfaces between corporate reservoir
engineering, the subsea project team and the
corporate drilling department.
All of these interfaces are broken down into hun-
dreds of interface items that need to be executed
according to formalized contracts or agreements
between the interfacing parties. In most projects,
responsibility for interface control is allocated to
a nominated interface coordinator. Each interface
coordinator individually documents his or her
interface either through multiple spreadsheets
or an ad hoc database. This makes consolidated
reporting and gaining an overview for manage-
ment purposes almost impossible.
Role and importance of
interface management
Average CAPEX overruns of 20 to 30 percent
and delays in production start of several months
are common in many areas of the process,
power and marine industries today. Examples
of projects that have fared much worse are not
difficult to find and gain considerable adverse
publicity for the companies involved.
There is a highly positive correlation between
the size and complexity of projects and the
relative magnitude of cost overruns and delays.
As projects grow larger and more complex, the
number of things that can potentially go wrong
increases, and so do the consequences and com-
plexities in project execution. This is worrying in
an industry where what was once considered a
mega-project at US$1 billion is now becoming
more the norm, and multi-billion dollar projects
involving many different contractors working
globally are more frequently encountered.
It is estimated that for a $1 billion CAPEX refin-
ery project, VOs related to interface management
conflicts can typically account for between one
to two percent of CAPEX ($10-20 million).
PMCs face similar issues to owner operators in
managing complex projects effectively, often
against challenging fixed-price or incentive-
based contracts.
Interface management is one of a number of
key areas where, through proactive intervention
and visibility of all issues, potential cost over-
runs and delays can be significantly reduced.
Regardless of the processes and procedures
deployed on a project, the goals for interface
management remain the same. Such goals
include the ability to:
n E nsure that all necessary interface issues are
identified in accordance with project agree-
ments and that the responsibility of provid-
ing the necessary data and need dates is
properly identified
n Promote the effective exchange of interface
information, e.g., actions, decisions, respon-
sibilities, documentation, designs and data
between all parties involved in the process
n Identify earlier the interface issues that may
impact cost or schedule to facilitate immedi-
ate, proactive intervention
n Ensure that interface issues do not give rise
to disputes that impact cost or schedule, i.e.,
ensure no variation orders (VOs) arise as a
consequence of interface issues
n 
Provide management oversight through sta-
tus reporting, enabling proactive actions to
be taken
nTrack and manage interfaces, where complex
relationships exist between organizations,
through a single, easy-to-use environment
n Report key performance indicators (KPIs) for
project and corporate management.
The templated processes provided in Intergraph
SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators
(SPO) Project Execution solution allow for the
hierarchical structuring of interface needs and
management reporting. This highlights where
interface issues are not being addressed as
planned and enables management to take
remedial measures before the consequences
become serious. Interface issues and informa-
tion needs can be linked to parts of the plant
that are involved, such as tags, areas and
systems. This provides multiple access routes
to interface information. Automated workflows
ensure consistent handling in accordance with
project procedures and auditable traceability.
Interface control is one of a number of key,
critical project management processes within
the SPO Project Execution solution that also
include: management of project change; techni-
cal and site query management; and non-con-
formity/waiver management. These processes
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are all closely related and can all be linked in
SPO, providing full traceability between inter-
face items and these other processes. The SPO
Project Execution solution is designed to enable
owner operators and PMCs to manage CAPEX
and turnaround projects effectively and reduce
project schedules, risk and costs.
SPO Project Execution is built on Intergraphs
industry-leading SmartPlant Foundation infor-
mation management solution that provides a
robust repository and flexible workflow engine.
SPO Project Execution Solution
The SPO Project Execution solution is part of
the SPO solutions suite. SPO provides a unique
set of solutions for managing the complexity of
plant data and associated work processes in
one place throughout the entire plant life cycle.
The other solutions are SPO Core, SPO Operat-
ing Plant and SPO Validation, Transformation &
Loading. SPO Project Execution includes pre-
configured processes that are suitable for both
owner operators and PMCs.
Work processes in the SPO Project Execution
solution can make a major impact in both
greenfield and brownfield CAPEX projects,
saving between two to six percent of CAPEX.
Improved project execution processes result in
a combination of reduced CAPEX overruns and
compressed project schedules, improving data
quality, reducing risk and bringing plants online
more quickly.
SPO Project Execution provides preconfigured,
out-of-the-box work processes for managing
several critical project management procedures
for very rapid, low-risk implementation. The
processes currently available with SPO Project
Execution include:
n  anagement of change
M
n Non-conformity management
n Technical queries/site queries
n Interface management.
Adrian Park is global executive director of owner
operator solutions at Intergraph Process, Power
& Marine and is based in Stavanger, Norway.
www.intergraph.com/go/interfacemgmt
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News
I N D U S TR Y
bytes
New Release of SmartPlant 3D
Now Available
Intergraph has released the new version of its
industry-leading SmartPlant 3D enterprise engi-
neering design software with new capabilities for
multiple 3D model referencing, enhanced model
data reuse and laser scanning integration capabili-
ties to further increase engineering design quality
and productivity and accelerate project schedules.
EPCs and other users of SmartPlant 3D are
constantly looking for ways to improve produc-
tivity and reduce project schedules and design
errors. The new release of SmartPlant 3D offers
several enhancements to address these issues,
said Tom Fiske, Ph.D., senior analyst with ARC
Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm.
Enhancements to the newest version of Smart-
Plant 3D include:
n Reference 3D capabilities using proven
SmartPlant Review technology, SmartPlant 3D
ENI Saipem Standardizes on SmartPlant Enterprise
ENI Saipem S.p.A., one of the worlds largest oil
and gas EPCs, will standardize on the SmartPlant
Enterprise engineering solutions suite, including
Smart 3D, Intergraphs next-generation 3D design
software, to further increase productivity and cost
savings and to accelerate project schedules.
An Intergraph customer for 20 years, Saipem
experienced significant benefits and productiv-
ity gains using Intergraphs plant design and
information management software solutions.
Saipem will now expand its use of these solu-
tions, using Smart 3D as its new standard on a
worldwide basis to enable complete integration
in production within its onshore, offshore and
drilling divisions and help the company maintain
a competitive advantage in the global market.
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now can reference external data from many
sources for visualization, clash detection and
routed systems connections. Supported for-
mats include PDS, PDMS, SAT, DGN, DGN V8,
DWG and VUE. This capability is very powerful
when undertaking repeated 3D designs or for
joint venture projects where multiple compa-
nies may be using different design products.
Referenced 3D models can also be included in
drawing and report generation.
n E nhanced model data reuse SmartPlant 3D
can copy 3D data within a model or to another
model while maintaining relationships within
the design. Entire units of a plant can be rep-
licated with all associated intelligence, reduc-
ing valuable engineering design effort while
accelerating project schedules.
n Laser scanning integration integration with
laser point cloud data ensures accurate mea-
surements and placement of equipment while
checking for interferences against the point
cloud data. Clashes are automatically high-
lighted, allowing for easy edits and removal and
saving time on designs and rework. Smart 3D
supports Leica, Z&F, Trimble, QuantaPoint and
CSA laser data formats.
www.intergraph.com/smartplant3d
To review and achieve optimum production
processes, Saipem recently started its Produc-
tion Data Integration (PDI) program, a strate-
gic initiative which specifies the usage of the
fully integrated SmartPlant Enterprise suite for
the design, procurement and construction of
all new projects. The program encompasses all
SmartPlant Enterprise solutions, including the
SmartPlant Foundation and document man-
agement database, to interface with Saipems
in-house applications.
www.saipem.it
Issue 28
Emirates Aluminum
Chooses SmartPlant
Foundation for Worlds
Largest Single-Site Smelter
Emirates Aluminum Co. Ltd. (EMAL) has selected
SmartPlant Foundation as its standard life-cycle
document and data management solution for
the operation of the worlds largest single-site
aluminum smelter in Al Taweelah, Abu Dhabi. The
US$5.7 billion, six square-kilometer site project
is making history by being the largest greenfield
aluminum smelter project ever built at once and
one of the largest industrial projects in the UAE
outside the oil and gas sector.
SmartPlant Foundation will help EMAL man-
age the vast amount of engineering data that
is needed for such a large project. EMAL will
organize its plant data using SmartPlant Founda-
tion and integrate it with existing maintenance
systems to optimize operations and efficiency
over the life cycle of the smelter. By preserving
the integrity of the data, EMAL will avoid redun-
dancy and save valuable time and money.
EMAL chose SmartPlant Foundation because
of its superior technical and data integration
capabilities, widespread industry adoption and
ability to scale for large projects. Intergraphs
local distributor, ATHEEB Intergraph Middle East
LLC, was instrumental in EMAL standardizing
on SmartPlant Foundation and will be providing
support services for this and future projects.
www.emal.ae
BBA Chooses SmartPlant 3D for Metals and Mining Projects
BBA, an independent Canadian consulting engi-
neering firm active in the international energy
and mining and metals sectors, has completed
the design of its first project for Consolidated
Thompson, the Bloom Lake project in Northern
Quebec, with SmartPlant 3D.
BBA was selected to design the iron ore mine at
Bloom Lake in 2006, and selected SmartPlant
3D to execute the project. Since the successful
completion of Bloom Lake with SmartPlant 3D,
BBA has begun modeling on its next project, a
gold mine for Osisko Mining, called Canadian
Malartic, also using SmartPlant 3D.
BBA chose SmartPlant 3D because it is well-suited
for the specific challenges related to metals and
mining projects large and complex equipment
and very mining-oriented specifications for
components. The softwares rule-based design
and specification-driven capabilities provide true
discipline integration into a single 3D modeling
CADWorx 2010 Now Compatible with AutoCAD 2011
Intergraph CADWorx 2010, the newest version
of its plant design solution for smaller projects,
is now compatible with AutoCAD 2011, the
latest AutoCAD release from Autodesk (NAS-
DAQ GS: ADSK) to offer users the improved
capabilities of both software editions.
CADWorx 2010 builds on current capa-
bilities and performance-enhancing features
including a parametric pipe support modeler
for user-defined intelligent pipe supports,
an ISOGEN version 9.3 update, new steel
shapes, import and export capabilities for
CIS/2 format files, and features that allow
structural steel models to be created from
project databases.
Other CADWorx 2010 features include,
for Intergraph CADWorx Equipment, an
ANSI flange look-up table and an insula-
tion feature; for Intergraph CADWorx P&ID
Professional, improved process and instru-
mentation diagramming capabilities, such as
tools to selectively match database values
from selected components, and capabilities
environment, minimizing rework for changes and
ensuring consistency across designs.
We are pleased with the results that we have
achieved so far with SmartPlant 3D, and are
excited about moving forward with it on future
projects, said Steeve Fiset, president and CEO of
BBA. By adapting SmartPlant 3D to the mining
industry, we add to our high value engineering
a very efficient design capacity and provide our
customers with a timely and cost-effective project
execution with an extremely low re-work level at
site. Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power
and Marine president, said, BBA demonstrates
how SmartPlant 3D can benefit companies of all
BASF Extends its Intergraph
Global Alliance Agreement
sizes and in all industries to be more competitive
BASF SE (DAX: BASF), the worlds leading chemi-
using this next-generation technology.
cal company and longtime Intergraph customer,
www.bba.ca has renewed its Global Alliance Agreement
(GAA) with Intergraph for SmartPlant Enterprise
engineering software over the next three years.
The agreement extends BASFs usage of Inter-
graph SmartPlant Enterprise integrated engineer-
to identify which values are to be inher- ing software suite solutions which provides full
ited from process lines during component design, construction, materials and engineering
selection. data management capabilities needed for the
creation, safe operation and maintenance, and
The Intergraph CADWorx Plant Design Suite
capital Project Life Cycle Management (cPLM) of
for process plant design offers intelligent
large scale projects. The softwares life cycle data
drawing-to-database connectivity, advanced
management also enables owner operators to
levels of design automation and easy-to-
more easily maintain, refurbish or modify their
use design tools. Because of these distinct
advantages, EPC firms and owner operators plants.
in the process, power, water treatment, phar- The GAA renewal is the third between BASF and
maceutical, food and beverage and semicon- Intergraph over the past 20 years and covers
ductor industries have rapidly adopted it. BASF sites worldwide.
CADWorx also offers the industrys first and We are pleased with the results SmartPlant
only true bi-directional links between CAD Enterprise has delivered, said Dr. Ronald A. Klein,
and engineering analysis tools, linking CAD- senior manager of IT, Engineering & Maintenance
Worx with Intergraphs industry-leading pipe at BASF. We look forward to continuing and
stress analysis program, Intergraph CAESAR increasing the productivity and project efficiency
II and pressure vessel and exchanger analysis gains we have realized to help us maintain an
program Intergraph PV Elite. edge over our competitors.
www.intergraph.com/cadworx www.basf.com
www.intergraph.com/ppm/analysis
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industry newsbytes
PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard
Company Selects SmartMarine 3D
PetroVietnam Marine Shipyard Joint Stock Co.
(PV Shipyard) has selected SmartMarine 3D
engineering and design software to increase
productivity and accelerate the completion of
offshore projects.
To enhance its competitiveness in a bid for an
offshore jack-up rig, PV Shipyard needed next-
generation technology to assist in the design,
construction and production of its current and
future complex platforms. PV Shipyard also
wanted engineering software from a stable
and proven vendor that could ensure quality,
accuracy and automated processes in producing
the deliverables required for a number of other
offshore contracts. After an intensive evaluation,
PV Shipyard selected Intergraph for its compre-
hensive solutions suite, advanced technology,
commitment to customers, proven track record
and local distributor support from Intergraphs
partner in Vietnam, Credent Technology.
We at PV Shipyard have been exploring the
market for an industry-leading partner and solu-
tion to assist us in our plans to establish design,
procurement, construction and management
capabilities for building offshore facilities,
said Phan Tu Giang, managing director for PV
Shipyard. Given the strong track record of the
solutions and the commitment from the Inter-
graph and Credent team, we are confident that
the solutions will prove to be invaluable to us
at PV Shipyard.
www.pvshipyard.com.vn
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A-Evangelista S.A. Expands Its Use of SmartPlant Enterprise
A-Evangelista S.A. (AESA), a leading Argentine
oil, gas and petrochemicals EPC, has expanded
its use of SmartPlant Enterprise software and
standardized on the SmartPlant Foundation
engineering document and data management
solution to electronically manage and globally
share project and plant engineering information
to accelerate projects and decrease costs.
AESA, which had previously implemented
SmartPlant Enterprise design solutions includ-
ing SmartPlant 3D, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant
Instrumentation and SmartPlant Electrical, recently
successfully utilized SmartPlant Foundation on an
oil refinery project in Uruguay.
The project, which included refinery expansion and
sulfur elimination at gasoline and diesel plants, as
well as logistic and auxiliary services, provided two
milestones: it was the largest lump sum project in
AESAs history and was the first implementation of
SmartPlant Foundation in Argentina.
Intergraph Ships New Version of SmartMarine 3D
Intergraph has released the new version of
its SmartMarine 3D enterprise engineering
and manufacturing software with expanded
automation capabilities to further increase
design quality, consistency, productivity and
accelerate project schedules.
The newest version of SmartMarine 3D further
increases productivity with enhanced rule-based
design automation capabilities. Graphical pro-
gramming capabilities, referred to as geometric
constructions, enable the efficient definition of
complex elements and structures based on engi-
neering, construction and manufacturing rules.
Once defined, the geometric constructions can be
applied to other similar situations in the model.
With Intergraphs patented associativity engine, the
geometric construction will be fully adapted to the
new situation using other objects as input param-
eters, saving time and preserving design integrity.
The new features in SmartMarine 3D also include
expanded multi-3D model referencing and model
data reuse capabilities. SmartMarine 3D now
can reference external data from many sources
for visualization, clash detection and routed
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Alas Ingenieria, Intergraphs local distributor for
Argentina and Uruguay, provided support for
AESA during their implementation, helping it to
be completed in just three months.
With SmartPlant Foundation, AESA and its sub-
contractors in Uruguay, Argentina and Venezuela
are now integrated on a network system sharing
a single database allowing AESA to integrate
and manage all project and plant engineering
data, including physical asset, work processes
and regulatory and safety imperatives. Through
this networking environment, SmartPlant Foun-
dation also facilitates enhanced global decision
support and worksharing capabilities permitting
approvals, rejections or comments to be made
more easily and efficiently.
www.astraevangelista.com
systems connections. Supported formats include
PDS, PDMS, ACIS (SAT), MicroStation (DGN V7 &
V8), AutoCAD (DWG) and Intergraph SmartPlant
Review (VUE). This capability is very powerful
when undertaking repeated 3D designs or for
joint venture projects where multiple companies
may be using different design products.
Often in offshore structure and shipbuilding build-
ups, the elements created are treated as single
entities during the pre-FEED and FEED phase,
but are separated into independent parts at the
detail design and manufacturing stage. By using
the advanced design, planning and manufacturing
capabilities of SmartMarine 3D, users can bring
these new features all the way from design to
manufacturing without remodeling. This ensures
consistency of designs and as-built situations
which improve the overall quality as well as the
productivity of the project.
www.intergraph.com/smartmarine3d
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events and announcements
Intergraph 2010 in Las Vegas Showcases a
World of Opportunities
Powering the future of engineering today
n By Jana Miller
Industry leaders and customers from around
the world are gathered at the ARIA Resort at
CityCenter in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. for
Intergraph 2010, the annual international users
conference, to learn about the latest solutions
and best practices for their industries.
A World of Opportunities is this years aptly Tuesday morning, Aug. 31, with the Intergraph
named conference theme for Intergraphs
flagship users event which offers attendees
the chance to preview new Intergraph tech-
nology, see presentations by industry experts,
participate in targeted break-out sessions and
hands-on training and hear inspiring keynotes
from todays thought leaders.
During conference sessions, attendees are learn-
ing how their peers use Intergraph technology
to achieve extraordinary results, even in turbu-
lent times. This exciting conference provides
creative solutions to real business challenges.
At Intergraph 2010, attendees are:
n Gaining a global perspective
n Learning new industry trends
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n  iscovering how Intergraph SmartPlant Enter-
D Pickens began his illustrious career as a geologist
prise and SmartMarine Enterprise can increase
productivity, accelerate their projects and help
them gain a competitive edge.
Opening day
The program for Intergraph 2010 opens on
and proved that businesses can flourish in both
keynote address given by Halsey Wise, Intergraph
chairman, president and CEO, and Reid French,
executive vice president and COO. This C-level
session highlights Intergraphs strategy, direction
and continued commitment to providing value to
Intergraph customers now and into the future.
Conversation with T. Boone Pickens
Following the executive keynotes, the guest
keynote, T. Boone Pickens, is featured. Few know
better than Pickens that opportunities are better
made than found. The consummate entrepre-
neur, Pickens is founder and chairman of one
of the worlds most successful energy-oriented
investment firms and author of the best-selling
autobiography The First Billion Is the Hardest.
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in the early 1950s and honed analytical skills that
would serve him both in the oilfield and the board-
room. As an upstart independent oil producer in
the recession-racked early 1980s, Pickens created
his own opportunities in the midst of a downturn
good times and bad.
Today, Pickens continues to unlock a world of
opportunities by investing in fresh ideas for the
future. Recognized around the globe, Pickens
has been named one of the 100 Most Influential
People by TIME magazine, CEO of the Decade
by Financial World and one of the 100 Most
Influential People of the Petroleum Century by
Oil and Gas Investor.
At Intergraph 2010, we invite you to A Con-
versation with T. Boone Pickens, a thought-pro-
voking keynote session in which the renowned
expert will offer his views on global solutions for
today and the future as well as candid responses
to your questions. Regardless of your interests,
we promise you a thought-provoking hour that
will help you to see a new world of opportunities
everywhere you look.
Leaders share viewpoints
On Wednesday morning, Sept. 1, the Intergraph
Process, Power & Marine divisional keynote is
led by Gerhard Sallinger, president of Intergraph
Process, Power & Marine. In his keynote address,
Sallinger discusses how the division is working
with customers around the world to boost their
productivity, speed up projects and gain an edge
over the competition. During the keynote, several
Intergraph customers and their success stories are
highlighted as examples of trends in the industry.
Attendees also learn how PP&M is performing in
2010, its plans for 2011, and Intergraphs com-
mitment to its customers, solutions, continued
innovation and safety.
After the divisional keynote, Charles Evans, chief
technology officer and executive vice president,
and Patrick Holcomb, executive vice president,
both of Intergraph Process, Power & Marine,
present Innovation 2010: A Commitment to
New and Expanded Solutions. This presentation
focuses on the innovation and expansion of the
divisions solution portfolio, highlighted by two
new acquisitions: COADE and SIGRAPH.CAE.
The session ends with Intergraph recognizing the
2010 Platinum Pipe winners.
Next, Mirko Stock, vice president at Intergraph
Process, Power & Marine, presents Delivering
Engineering Enterprise Value: Reducing Schedule,
CAPEX, Risk and OPEX An Offshore Example.
Increasingly complex vessel and offshore plat-
forms including Floating Production, Storage
and Offloading (FPSO) or Floating Liquefied
Natural Gas (FLNG) vessels represent a new
challenge for owner operators, project man-
agement contractors, EPCs and joint ventures,
who are all looking for ways to further increase
productivity and profitability. His presentation
addresses how these giant projects can be
more efficiently and safely managed.
Discover new approaches
Intergraph 2010 conference attendees are finding
answers to their questions, discovering new ideas
and strategies, and seeing how others are using
Intergraph solutions to streamline their workflows.
They are taking advantage of the many sessions
and workshops being offered in the conferences
three-day program. Attendees are learning directly
from Intergraph professionals and taking those
skills with them back to the office.
The conference sessions focus on how Inter-
graphs technology and engineering solutions
are being applied from an international user,
partner and Intergraph perspective and from
the straightforward to the more complex.
Take the next step in engineering tasks
Interchange between professionals is a big part
of Intergraph 2010 both in conference sessions
as well as structured networking opportunities
and events. Customers are learning how their
peers are implementing the newest 3D modeling
innovations, SmartPlant 3D and SmartMarine 3D,
and about new product capabilities. Customers
also are providing valuable user feedback.
Improve your business with
innovative solutions
Organizations can succeed in a competitive envi-
ronment by taking advantage of project optimiza-
tion. Intergraph 2010 attendees are learning how
SmartPlant Enterprise and SmartMarine Enterprise
solutions can grow their profits by increasing pro-
ductivity in every phase of the plant life cycle and
make a measurable difference by generating more
value from their engineering dollars.
TechExpo showcases Intergraph and
partner solutions
At the Intergraph 2010 TechExpo, Intergraph and
its international partners are showcasing and
demonstrating products, projects, services and
solutions for the process, power and marine
industries. Seeing hands-on demonstrations
in one convenient setting is the perfect way
to quickly learn all thats new and available to
complete any project.
Jana Miller is editorial director of Insight and is
based in Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
www.intergraph2010.com

Upcoming events
n  ADWorx University 2010
C n
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Sept. 27-29
www.cadworxuniversity.com
n I ntergraph Australia
Perth, Australia
Sept. 30 Oct. 1
www.intergraph.com/global/au
n I ntergraph Canada
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Oct. 6-7
www.intergraph.com/global/ca
Intergraph Eastern Europe n  NS Winter Meeting &
A n I ntergraph Finland
Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland Nuclear Technology Expo Helsinki, Finland
Oct. 7-8 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Nov. 11-12
www.intergraph.com/global/pl Nov. 7-9 www.intergraph.com/global/fi
n I ntergraph Italy www.ans.org n I ntergraph Scandinavia
Florence, Italy n I SPE Annual Meeting Oslo, Norway
Oct. 13-15 Orlando, Florida, U.S. Nov. 16-17
www.intergraph.com/global/it Nov. 7-10 www.intergraph.com/global/no
n I ntergraph Spain www.ispe.org n  EGUG
C
Salamanca, Spain n I ntergraph UK & Ireland Mannheim, Germany
Oct. 20-21 London, U.K. Nov. 17-18
www.intergraph.com/global/es Nov. 9 www.cegug.org
n S hiptec China www.intergraph.com/global/uk n  OAA WFP Conference
C
Dalian Liaoning, China Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Oct. 26-28 Nov. 30 Dec. 1
www.shiptec.com.cn www.coaa.org

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events and announcements: latin america
Latin America Annual Users Conferences Draw Record
Number of Attendees
Events focus on benefits offered by SmartPlant Enterprise
Argentina
SmartPlant Enterprise 2010
n By Cecilia Virgili
Alas Ingeniera, an Intergraph distributor in
Argentina and Uruguay, organized the SmartPlant
Enterprise 2010 seminar May 11 in Buenos Aires.
SmartPlant Enterprise technology was presented
to 80 attendees from major engineering and con-
struction companies and plant operators across
Argentina. Topics included:
n SmartPlant Enterprise as an integration platform
n SmartPlant 3D Design automation and
ways of referencing other 3D models
n SmartPlant Materials
n SmartPlant Construction.
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Several industrial plant customers shared their
experiences in adopting SmartPlant Enterprise
technology as a standard for the management of
technical information. Also, Nilda Minutti, market-
ing manager of natural gas and hydrocarbons at
Enarsa, discussed current trends and the future of
the natural gas industry.
Alas Ingeniera has 20 years of experience in
Argentina with design and engineering soft-
ware and technical information management
of projects and plants. A staff of highly trained
professionals serves EPC and O/O clients.
Cecilia Virgili is a marketing associate at Alas Ing-
eniera and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
www.alasingenieria.com
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Venezuela
Engineering Solutions for the
Challenges of a New Decade
n By Arianna Calcaterra
Intergraph Services of Venezuela held its annual
users conference May 18 and 20. Engineering
Solutions for the Challenges of a New Decade
drew attendees from the most important EPC
companies in Venezuela as well as operators
from leading refineries, upgraders and petro-
chemical plants.
On May 18 in Caracas, 78 participants attended
the seminar from a variety of leading compa-
nies, such as:
n  ITECH
D n PENTECH
n Empresas Y&V n Polimerica (Braskem
n Inelectra and Pequiven
n Jantesa Joint Venture)
n Otepi Consultores n Polinter
n Pacific Rim Energy n Tecnoconsult.
n PDVSA
On May 20 in Puerto La Cruz, the seminar
attracted 38 attendees, mostly from PDVSA, since
there is a growing push for new refineries and
expansion projects in that region.
At both seminars, Jose Rafael Bastidas, director
of Latin America at Intergraph, welcomed the
attendees. Adrian Hernandez, general director
of Intergraph Mexico, began the presentations
with SmartPlant Enterprise: Philosophy for the
Intelligent Handling of Plant Information. Other
sessions included:
n  hats New with SmartPlant 3D New features
W n B HP Billiton
include migration, hybrid atmospheres and inte-
gration with COADE
n SmartPlant Engineering & Schematics New
functionalities for 2D intelligent design deliver
gains in productivity, quality and integrity
n S martPlant Materials & Construction Integrat-
ing the tools of engineering reduces changes
during construction.
Arianna Calcaterra is a marketing executive at
Intergraph Servicios de Venezuela and is based
in Caracas, Venezuela.
www.intergraph.com/global/ve
billion Esperanza Project was developed using
Chile Intergraph SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Review
A World of Opportunities and PDS. The project was in the final stages of
n By Marcelo Vsquez Villarroel construction at the time of the seminar.
Chiles A World of Opportunities seminar was Attendees learned about the progress made
held May 13 in Santiago, hosting top execu- in the new releases of Intergraph SmartPlant
tives of the leading companies in the country Enterprise solutions. Topics included:
and Intergraph professionals. Event attendance
n SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators
was higher than in previous years with 80
CAPEX and OPEX benefits achieved by
attendees. Representatives from major operat-
operators through the strategic manage-
ing companies attended, including:
n A MSA ment of plant information from design to
n A nglo American operation and maintenance
n S martPlant 3D Standardizing modeling
n C odelco. and design to achieve operator benefits at
all stages of project life
Also represented were major engineering
companies, such as:
n SmartPlant Construction Complete data
n A ker Solutions view of design, procurement, program control
n A MEC and supplies during project implementation
n A RA WorleyParsons n SmartPlant 3D Materials Handling Edition
n B echtel
Solution for mining and belt conveyor design.
n F luor
Marcelo Vsquez Villarroel is the metals and min-
n Foster Wheeler
ing industry solutions manager at Pixis Ingeniera
n S NC-Lavalin
n S KM.
y Consultora and is based in Santiago, Chile.
consultoria.pixis.cl
Several case studies were presented, includ-
ing one delivered by Raul Romero, project
manager at Antofagasta Minerals. The US$2.4
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industry outlook
Seeing the Big Picture
The role of data and documents in the Project Information Asset
n By Joe Morray
Ever since the first release of 3D design systems,
a debate has raged between the benefits of a
data modeling system versus a document man-
agement system (DMS) on projects. This stems
from the early days when design was performed
on a drawing-based paradigm (as opposed to
modeling) and the presumption that documents
are therefore old technology.
Our experience has been that for a modern
engineering project, both the data capabilities
of a formal design system and the document
management capabilities of an enterprise
document management system (EDMS) need to
co-exist and be synchronized. The data-driven
design system:
n Is fundamental to the development of the
layout, logical design and generation of views
and drawings
n E nables the creation of automated bills of mate-
rial, serves as the basis for simulation analyses
and provides visualization for maintenance,
construction and operations reviews
n elivers the ability to rapidly make global
D project workflows are document-based, and
changes (drawings are terrible for this), apply
design rules on a broad basis and verify that
there are no spatial interferences.
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For information that needs to be utilized for
multiple plant life-cycle deliverables, the data-
driven system is the only way to effectively reuse
the information. Documents are generally poor
when applied to multi-purpose usage.
In turn, the DMS becomes the source for project
constituents to access and understand the design
with the drawings and documents that describe
basis, as well as search and view a wide range
of other documents, such as correspondence,
commitment tracking, vendor documents and
their associated reviews, and the management
of regulatory/licensing correspondence.
The inherent role of the DMS, therefore, is to
provide a simple and intuitive view of, and
access to, all project information, some of it
being fed from the design system. When broad
access is critical, the DMS provides the portal
to project constituents, including subcontractors,
field personnel, project management staff and
client organizations. The simplicity of the DMS is
a major advantage.
A DMS also provides electronic workflows. Most
therefore the systems ability to electronically
distribute the review, approval and annotation
functions to multiple parties is integral. The
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document-based system also provides an audit
trail related to the processes that have been
undertaken.
One of the key elements in a modern Project
Information Asset is the ability to bring together
the data-centric design system and the DMS
through electronic correlation of the data items
them. With this integration, the design system
and the document system simply become differ-
ent views of the Project Information Asset.
So whether you are an owner or an EPC, the
harmonization of the design data with its associ-
ated documents is critical to achieving the whole
picture. They are equally essential.
Joe Morray is president of
Trinity Technologies Corp., a
process and power industries
consulting firm that helps
owner operators and EPC
firms succeed in the use of
information systems. The company specializes in
driving companies to align work processes, tech-
nology, and organizational change requirements
for the plant environment.
www.trinitytechnologies.com
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