SMARTER

ABOUT STEEL

PARTNERSHIP
FOR PRODUCTIVITY

ADVANCED
WORK PACKAGING

I N S I G HT
A publication of Intergraph Process, Power & Marine // Issue 37 // Quarter 4, 2015

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WORKING
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Kitanihon Shipbuilding
Hyundai Engineering & Construction
Fluor
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contents
From Our Leaders
4 
6

Letter From the Editor: Pressure Makes Diamonds

From the Top: Gerhard Sallinger

Feature: Working Smarter

10 
Kitanihon Shipbuilding Chooses Intergraph Smart 3D
11 Hyundai (HDEC): SmartPlant Construction
12 Being Smarter About Steel
14 LinkedIn Technical User Forums
16 Advanced Work Packaging: It Just Makes Sense
18 The Value of Data: Fluor and SmartPlant Cloud
20 Redesigned PP&M Website Enhances Visitor Experience
22 Intergraph Acquires EcoSys

10

Visionaries

14

24
28
29
31

2015 Golden Valve Winners

Platinum Pipe Winners
Drivers of Success Winners
3D Model View Manipulator Gets Patent

Customer Success
32 YANBU ARAMCO SINOPEC REFINING CO. LTD:
Partnership for Productivity in Middle East Mega-project
34 CHINA HI-TECH JIANGXI:
Success with CADWorx on Indonesian Viscose Facility

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Industry News & Events

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40
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48

ARC Ranks Intergraph as No. 1 Global Provider

PP&M Australia Receives Employer of Choice Award
The Latest Launches & Releases
Business Updates on Smart Customers
Global User Conferences
HxGN LIVE 2015: Roundup

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

PAT R I C K H OL C OM B

PRESSURE
MAKES
DIAMONDS
INTERGRAPH CUSTOMERS ARE INNOVATING
WITH TECHNOLOGY IN TOUGH TIMES

Patrick Holcomb
Executive Vice President,
Global Business Development
Intergraph Process, Power & Marine
Connect with me @
linkedin.com/in/patrickholcombglobal

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Weve all seen a diamond. Each of them starts out as a chunk of low-value carbon,
about a billion years ago, deep within the earth where pressure and temperature are
extreme. Over time, the extreme pressure and temperature force the lump into a new
crystalline structure. A volcano or two later, the hard crystalline substance erupts to
the surface. And voil, a diamond is born that is within the reach of human mining
capabilities.
Likewise, changes in market dynamics have increased the pressure to be more
efficient for Intergraph Process, Power & Marine customers. As a result, our clients
are innovating their use of technology and driving new technology development to
make their own diamonds. These solutions are tougher, more valuable, and have more
clarity of purpose.
In this issue of Insight, we look at how some of our customers are altering their
strategies in this high pressure environment to work more efficiently. SmartPlant
Cloud is enabling a collaborative environment for engineering design and plant
operational processes to be seamlessly executed, regardless of end-user location (page
18). Kitanihon Shipbuilding who after an extensive evaluation exercise chose
Intergraph Smart 3D for new projects because of its advanced automation features
and seamless collaboration between design and fabrication (page 10). We look at how
SmartPlant Materials, SmartPlant Construction and GT STRUDL are streamlining
the building process for some of the worlds largest projects (page 12). And we
highlight how Intergraphs Technical User Forums (TUF) on LinkedIn facilitate highvalue networking and sharing of best practices for almost 20,000 users of Intergraph
products (page 14) in near real-time around the globe.
We also share the winners in the annual Golden Valve, Platinum Pipe and Drivers
of Success awards and the amazing images our customers create using our marketleading software (pages 24-29).
No one could predict the downturn in oil prices or how it would impact the oil and
gas industry, and likewise nobody can predict when the situation might change again.
However, we can improve our technology and how it is applied, by collaborating with
our customers to forge technology which really contributes to lasting improvements in
industry efficiency.
THAT is how PP&M partners with clients to make industry diamonds!

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VIEW FROM THE TOP

I N T E RG R A P H P P & M

FROM THE TOP

Leveraging Intergraph PP&M Solutions

to Work Smarter
INTERGRAPH PROCESS, POWER & MARINE PRESIDENT
GERHARD SALLINGER DISCUSSES INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
AND HOW CUSTOMERS CAN MAINTAIN PROFITABILITY

Insight: Discuss the

current landscape and
how customers are using
PP&M products to work
smarter.
Gerhard Sallinger: The
oil price is down about half over the past year. This is creating
challenges for many of our customers because projects that were
profitable in the past arent profitable anymore. For example,
Shell recently abandoned active drilling in the Arctic, primarily
because the production of oil there would not be profitable.
Many oil upstream projects need an oil price of $60 or $70
a barrel to be profitable, so many EPCs and owners suffer and
reduce investments and headcount. Our solutions can help customers to improve their productivity and reduce costs to help
the industry to minimize the negative impact.
We see that our message is well-received. Our market share
is growing by taking market share away from competitors. Take
Intergraph Smart 3D as an example. We have made it the best
3D plant design system available. We have built integration between our software portfolio products to offer further benefits
for our customers.
Our SmartPlant Cloud strategy is another answer to working smarter because it allows engineering companies and owner
operators around the globe to cooperate on large capital projects
and share data and information.
Finally, it is the breadth of our solutions that helps our
customers work smarter. There is no other company in our
industry with such a broad portfolio of integrated solutions.

When PP&M acquired EcoSys in October, it represented

the largest acquisition of the year. In what way does this

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acquisition help PP&M in its quest to work smarter?

GS: Fundamentally, acquisitions bring strategic talent, relationships and technology to PP&M. Our largest acquisition of
the year, EcoSys, is the world leader in project controls software
and is growing fast in our core market of PP&M companies
despite the slowdown in project work. The EcoSys solution
helps clients by setting detailed expectations and creating
transparency of the progress and financial status of large capital projects. This visibility into cost performance is critically
important in the current market as our clients seek to improve
their efficiency, particularly for those who are implementing
Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) construction techniques.
EcoSys is not the only one offering this type of solutions, and
many companies use homegrown tools. However, EcoSys is the
most advanced and successful player in the project controls
market, and I am proud to have them as part of the Intergraph
and Hexagon family.

At HxGN LIVE Las Vegas 2015, it was stated that building information modeling (BIM) would become a more
important aspect of the PP&M portfolio. How is that path
unfolding?

GS: One step in this direction was the acquisition of EcoSys.

They have approximately 20 to 25 percent of the market share
in the BIM market. That was also an attractive factor in itself,
but by entering a new market, we can continue to increase our
diversification. Everybody knows that oil and gas is an industry
that is under pressure. Consumption is not growing as it has in
the past, due to alternative means of energy. So we are looking
actively on broadening our footprint, not only in our industry
but also adjacent industries, like the global construction industry, where we already have many strategic relationships with
EPCs who operate in both markets.
We will become a major player in the BIM market for con-

By PAT R IC IA M c C A RT E R

struction solutions. Right now we are developing new technology and evaluating what existing products should be enhanced
to serve the BIM market for construction solutions.

future. It is quite a large company with eight fabrication yards.

They recognized the strength of our software and went with
Smart 3D and other tools over the competition.

What PP&M products are creating the most interest

right now?

Industry analyst ARC Advisory Group has named

Intergraph No. 1 in process, power and marine
GS: The Cloud has created great interest in the market. We engineering solutions for a ninth consecutive year. Do
are not the only software vendor to offer cloud services, but we
you have any doubt that PP&M will be able to achieve a
are unique because our services simply lead to the best performance for the type of systems or software we offer. We have 10th such ranking?
optimized our services for the amount of data and throughput
in the network. This includes our service centers that we have
set up across the globe.
The products we run on the Cloud can include third-party
solutions. Our customers can easily have a half dozen or more
companies working on the same project. These online tools
share the information seamlessly.
SmartPlant Construction is a product that gets high attention and adoption rates due to the growing industry trend towards Advanced Work Packaging. SmartPlant Fusion is another one, due to the unique technology to manage unstructured
brownfield information. Intergraph Smart 3D is growing successfully, and we are breaking into the offshore industry, which
is not a traditional domain of Intergraph, but there are customers who recognize the strength of the software and switched to
our system. Recently, a large and prestigious project in Italy
for a company named Fincantieri decided to use Intergraph solutions to build all of its ships, including cruise ships, in the

GS: Absolutely we will! In 2014 we increased our market

share by almost 4 percent. For 2015 we will continue to grow
our share.

How does Intergraphs attitude and treatment of its

customers impact the success it is seeing?

GS: We have a culture of caring about our customer which

goes beyond the standard level. We do not let the customer
down, regardless of what it takes. We fix the issues, whatever
they are, to help our customers achieve their goals and targets
on time. Our customers simply know that whatever happens,
they can trust us. And the result is the company continues to
grow and remain No. 1 in our industry.
Patricia McCarter is editorial director for Insight magazine
and serves as senior content marketing manager for Intergraph
Process, Power & Marine. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama,
U.S.

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 FOCUS ON

WORKING SMARTER

Kitanihon Shipbuilding Choose Intergraph Smart 3D 10

Hyundai (HDEC): SmartPlant Construction 11
Being Smarter About Steel 12
TUFs Keep the Conversation Going 14
Advanced Work Packaging: It Just Makes Sense 16
The Value of Data: Fluor and SmartPlant Cloud 18
New Website Launch 20
EcoSys Acquisition 22

DESIGN
EFFICIENTLY,
BUILD SMARTER,
OPERATE SAFELY,
ACHIEVE MORE!
The process, power and marine industries have
faced unique challenges in recent months. For
some, it has meant delaying projects. For others,
projects are being viewed in a new way.
If the price for goods have declined, the only way to maintain
profitability is to reduce costs.
Our customers are having to think smarter than ever before to
compensate for conditions over which they have no control. This
allows them to see opportunities where others see problems.
By providing solutions that drive exceptional data flow the best
possible data in the fastest possible way Intergraph Process,
Power & Marine (PP&M) customers are completing projects of all
scales on time and on budget.
PP&M is the worlds acknowledged leading provider of enterprise
engineering software, enabling smarter design and operation of
plants, ships and offshore facilities. At the forefront of technological
advancement, Intergraph consistently delivers next-generation
solutions.
Intergraph PP&M solutions lead the way for our customers to design
efficiently, build smarter, operate safely, achieve more.

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WORKING SMARTER

KITANIHON

By C A ROL I N E WA R N E S

Kitanihon Shipbuilding Chooses

Intergraph Smart 3D
for High-specification Ship Design

FROM THE TOP

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KITANIHON SHIPBUILDING
HAS A LONG AND PROUD
HISTORY IN JAPAN, SO
WE ARE HONORED THAT
THEY HAVE SELECTED
INTERGRAPH TO WORK WITH
THEM AS THEY CONTINUE
TO DELIVER LARGE AND
COMPLEX PROJECTS FOR
CLIENTS.

Gerhard Sallinger

President | Intergraph PP&M

eading Japanese shipbuilder Kitanihon Shipbuilding (Kitanihon) has selected breakthrough

3D design solution Intergraph
Smart 3D to deliver all new projects from
its shipyard in Hachinohe city.
Kitanihon is responsible for the construction of high-specification mediumsized ships, tankers and carriers exceeding
30,000 tons deadweight for a range of local
and international clients, including oil and
chemical tankers, refrigerated cargo carriers, liquefied gas carriers, roll-on roll-off
cargo ships, car carriers and multi-purpose
ships.
Given that projects of this size and complexity require market-leading design and
engineering solutions to achieve maximum
productivity and efficiency, Kitanihon recently undertook the search for a new 3D
design solution.
After an extensive evaluation exercise
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that took into consideration a number of

competitive products, Kitanihon selected
Smart 3D the worlds most advanced offshore and shipbuilding design solution. It
will be used for hull and outfitting design
on all new projects.
In undertaking a search for a new 3D
design solution, our two key requirements
were advanced automation features and
seamless collaboration between our design
and fabrication departments, said Takeshi
Toyokawa, general manager of the Design
Department at Kitanihon. Smart 3D was
the clear market leader for both requirements.
Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process,
Power & Marine president, said, Kitanihon Shipbuilding has a long and proud history in Japan, so we are honored that they
have selected Intergraph to work with them
as they continue to deliver large and complex projects for clients.

Smart 3D is breakthrough engineering technology that is knowledge-based

and rule-driven, streamlining marine asset
design processes and improving delivery
schedules, with increased detail and manufacturing design productivity of up to 30
percent.
It is endorsed and used by leading offshore and marine companies globally,
including the most productive shipyard,
the top offshore owner operator, the top
fabrication yard and the top classification
society in the world. Smart 3D provides
companies with the capabilities they need
to gain and maintain an edge in a highly
competitive industry.

>> www.kitanihonship.com
Caroline Warnes is a contributing editor for
Insight and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

WORKING SMARTER

HYU NDAI ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION

Intergraph
Construction
Planning Solution
Implemented at
Leading Korean EPC

FROM THE TOP

yundai Engineering & Construction (HDEC) is one

of Koreas leading engineering, procurement and
construction firms, with experience in oil refineries,
petrochemical, gas processing plants, gas-to-liquids
projects, iron and steel mills, and smelter facilities. HDECs vision is
to pioneer advancement in the global plant market through a combination of creativity and innovative technology.
The company has been responsible for a number of key construction sites in Korea and the Middle East over the past decade, including Shells Qatar Pearl gas-to-liquid project and Saudi Aramcos
Karan gas facilities project in Saudi Arabia.
These are complex projects, with the construction phase involving thousands of workers, millions of details, and numerous
complex variables, such as labor, materials, weather and schedules.
To ensure that the company was making the best use of resources,
HDEC investigated new technologies and solutions to help manage
the billions of bits of data required to complete such projects on time
and on budget.
HDEC was already using several other Intergraph solutions to
improve performance in design, but it wanted to investigate ways to
enhance productivity during construction. In November 2014, the
company commenced a pilot implementation of SmartPlant Construction, which offers dynamic work package planning, construction sequencing and reporting to streamline and integrate engineering for improved efficiency on capital projects.
The pilot project was completed in January 2015, with the final
report issued within HDEC during February. The feedback was exceptional, according to a manager from the IT planning team.
Increasingly, our customers want to see their construction status in real-time and manage sites through data-driven systems, with
no inconsistencies. We are confident that SmartPlant Construction
will help us to achieve this, said the manager. We expect the end
result to be improved project execution and improved operational
readiness for handover to the owner.
HDEC is training its engineers in both SmartPlant Construction
and SmartPlant Foundation, Intergraphs solution for plant information management, with a full implementation in the near future.

INCREASINGLY, OUR
CUSTOMERS WANT TO SEE
THEIR CONSTRUCTION STATUS IN
REAL-TIME AND MANAGE SITES
THROUGH DATA-DRIVEN SYSTEMS,
WITH NO INCONSISTENCIES.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT
SMARTPLANT CONSTRUCTION
WILL HELP US TO ACHIEVE THIS,
WE EXPECT THE END RESULT TO BE
IMPROVED PROJECT EXECUTION
AND IMPROVED OPERATIONAL
READINESS FOR HANDOVER
TO THE OWNER.
Manager
Hyundai Engineering & Construction

>> en.hdec.kr

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WORKING SMARTER

GETTING THE BEST ROI

Being Smarter About Steel

FROM THE TOP

This article is reprinted

with permission from
digitalPlant.

PP&M products offer smarter approach to steel structure

project life cycles

ven the smallest steel construction project involves

millions of parts, costs millions of dollars/euros, and
presents significant risks which must be identified,
mitigated and effectively managed.
In todays increasingly challenging economy, the margin
for error is less than ever before. Delayed time to market caused
by project overruns or incorrect data handover can cost millions in lost productivity. Its also costly to suppliers reputations.

Streamlining process, securing contracts

Clients wishing to maximize ROI (return on investment) and

ROCE (return on capital expenditure) are looking to bring further
value from their supply chain. Each project stakeholder must execute activities efficiently, provide value for money, and adhere to
all applicable engineering standards and industry regulations.
Contractors who streamline their work processes will achieve
efficiencies which they can pass on to their client a clear advantage in an increasingly competitive market.

Revolutionizing processes, reducing costs

The traditional EPC/PMC decision to subcontract all steel construction activities (including detail design, manufacturing, shipping, and erection) to a single fabricator is unlikely to change in the
short term. However, innovative engineering software, such as Intergraph Smart 3D and SmartPlant solutions, revolutionize work
processes and secure efficiencies in two key ways:
Digital data-centric approach replaces traditional document-centric paper-based / file-based project execution
Integrated software environment enables all authorized
project stakeholders to access and reuse data across disciplines, departments, companies and IT borders

How it works

Traditional file-based project execution is time and cost intensive. It is also heavily reliant on manual, repetitive and error-prone
activities.
Digital project execution stores data - including graphics for 2D
and 3D modeling design and analysis activities - in a central automated database which enforces pre-defined design processes and
standards enables data reuse across disciplines, provides automated
version control and change management and ensures consistent

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By M Y R IA H L E SKO
output quality.
This concept streamlines work processes and offers significant
benefits which are simply not possible with file-based execution.
Object correlation recognizes different 2D and 3D digital versions
of the same physical object to ensure design consistency, while
global work sharing enables multiple parties to work together in
real time, regardless of their geographical location.
Automation and data reuse eliminates valuable engineering
hours spent on non-value-adding tasks, and automated change
management and version control ensure timely propagation of
design changes to downstream work processes.

decides on the out-of-the-box integration it may take a few weeks

to make the software suite run effectively within the day-to-day
activities of the business. The solutions powerful out-of-the-box
functionality can also be easily configured and further customized to address additional customer-specific requirements, providing additional value and enhanced efficiency.
Per Intergraphs service methodology, Granata recommends
performing a workshop with PP&M experts to figure out which
implementation procedure and integration scenario best fits the
clients requirements. This helps avoid repetitive work and better
manages user expectations.

Comprehensive steel construction solutions

Smart Engineering Enterprise solutions cover the complete

scope of steel construction. They offer a flexible, scalable and
highly configurable environment.
For structural modeling, analysis, and design, GT STRUDL
solutions include all tools necessary. For steel structure design
and production, Intergraph Smart 3D ensures data integrity and
cross-discipline collaboration. Modules include manufacturing
planning for steel structures and relevant assemblies.
In the realm of fabrication planning and management, SmartPlant Construction retrieves 2D drawings or 3D models published within SmartPlant Enterprise environment, and data is
used to execute work package planning of steel fabrication and
erection.
For those working in materials management, SmartPlant
Materials supports definition of materials requirements and procurement work processes to support steel fabrication and erection.

Two ways, numerous benefits

Organizations who adopt a data-centric approach to project

design and execution will secure significant efficiencies. Leaner
working eliminates waste, optimizes team productivity and ensures data integrity. This helps you price smarter, perform faster,
and deliver quicker.
Integrated digital data can be rapidly verified against contractual commitments, compressing time to market. And data-centric
project handover offers a full and accurate digital record of the
physical facility. This information can be leveraged throughout
the asset lifecycle, to ensure operational integrity and optimum
productivity.
At a time when clients look for ever increasing value from the
supply chain, this concept offers a competitive advantage and will
reinforce your reputation as a supplier of choice.
Maurizio M. Granata - business development executive for
materials procurement and construction solutions at Intergraph
PP&M for the Europe, Middle East, India and Africa region - said
this can be achieved as a stand-alone solution or out-of-the-box
integration.
When choosing our stand-alone solution, in just a few days
the user is able to work productively, Granata said. If the client

Learn from Intergraph Experts

Whats new in Intergraph Smart 3D
Drawings and Reports
Download the Drawings and Reports webinar
to see the powerful new features for Intergraph
Smart 3D Drawings and Reports in our latest 2014
release.

bit.ly/ppm-S3D_DR_webinar

SmartPlant Construction delivers

information NOW for construction
resource planning with NEW SPC 2015
Download this webinar to learn about the many new
features of SmartPlant Construction 2015.

bit.ly/ppm-SPCr1_webinar

Getting to Error-Free Structural Design

Calculations
Download this webinar for an overview of the
step-by-step computational procedures involved in
the calculation of member internal section forces
based on response spectrum seismic analysis
results.

bit.ly/ppm-GTS_webinar

Myriah Lesko is a contributing writer for Insight and is based in

Hoofddorp, Netherlands.

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TECHNICAL USER FORUMS ALLOW

PP&M SOFTWARE USERS TO GLEAN BEST
PRACTICES ANY TIME
Intergraph Process, Power & Marine Technical User Forum groups provide online
peer-to-peer discussion for year-round global networking among clients of PP&M software,
allowing them to share expertise, knowledge and best practices, as well as interact with
Intergraph product owners.
Online engagement benefits regional TUF chairpersons by helping
them organize local user meetings, while global chairpersons
can organize global TUF group meetings, collect input
for meeting agendas and receive feedback from
technical users. bit.ly/ppm-TUF
B y PATR I C I A M c CART E R

Patrick Holcomb
EVP Global Business Development
Intergraph PP&M
Orange County, California

NETWORKING!
John Leeflang
Dir. Global Information Systems
Smart 3D Group Member
The Hague Area, Netherlands

ENGAGED
As an active member and chairman of the Smart 3D Benelux
TUF, I am very pleased to start and run this TUF over the past
years. After joining the UK & Ireland Smart3D TUF, I felt there
was a need to set up a similar forum in the Benelux. With support from Intergraph and a few other enthusiastic members,
the TUF is now running for a couple of years, having quarterly
meetings in sharing information and knowledge.
Meetings take place at participants' locations, and support
from Intergraph has been great. We establish a mix of presentations and discussions, where updates and presentations
from Intergraph experts and business development teams are
included engaged would be a good expression...
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By leveraging social media to create our user group system,

we have dramatically improved networking options for users
and product managers alike, Holcomb said. Now, anyone can
be heard and can research past discussions of others who may
have encountered similar challenges. Users learn many quick
answers from other super-users online, and they also learn
where challenges are more common so that they can share
strategies and provide consolidated input to PP&M product
management.
Holcomb said the steady, viral growth in membership
indicates that TUF LinkedIn groups are something the users
want.
We expect to see more participation of users over time
until a majority of users are at least casually monitoring group
discussions, he said. Weve started to see the online system
be used to plan and facilitate local face-to-face TUF meetings,
and we expect this trend to grow much more.
Our vision for the future is a robust network of colleagues
from around the world collaborating freely on issues in near
real-time, making these networks an even more valuable asset
for all involved.

Technical User Forums

(TUF)
bit.ly/ppm-TUF

between users and between product managers and users by an

order of magnitude. It created value for everyone involved. Everyone
seems to be very pleased with this simple new paradigm.

Q. How many different groups are there?

There are 20 official groups. To view the full list, go to
ppm.intergraph.com/technical-user-forums.
From a conversation with
Ashley Ranguelov
Global Marketing Program Manager
Intergraph PP&M
Huntsville, Alabama

GROWTH
Q. How have these groups grown since inception?
Since 2011, TUFs have consistently achieved significant monthover-month growth in membership. We now have more than 19,000
members, which will top 20,000 members by the end of the year.
Active conversations are growing, as well as member numbers.
Intergraph PP&M was one of the first big software companies to
embrace social media for this type of exchange, rather than using
proprietary systems that are still common for many user groups.

Q. What was the response to the TUF meetings at HxGN

LIVE Las Vegas?
We had excellent attendance and engagement. The online
TUF discussions prior to the physical meeting resulted in more
productive and pointed discussions onsite about the things that
mattered most to attendees at HxGN LIVE. The Smart 3D group
was especially meaningful because we were a year away from our
next major release.
We were able to get validation on what were working on or
tweak our direction based on feedback from customers. The key is
making sure that what were working on will meet future demands.
It wasnt long-term only; we were also able to emphasize key areas
that arent getting much attention but provide significant value, like
our new civil environment and cable routing.
Total
Customers

4,110

SmartPlant
Instrumentation

Q. How do these groups function?

We have seen a significant shift in how people use the TUF
groups over the last four years. At first, most conversations were
initiated by Intergraph product managers to gather user input. Over
time, users became more comfortable with social media usage
and took over most conversations. Now, most conversations are
collaborative discussions between colleagues from around the
world, which our product managers listen to closely in addition to
the discussions the product managers still initiate to gather user
priorities and advice.

most customer members

3,700
20,000

19,719

134

TUF
Members
Total

SmartPlant
Instrumentation
largest group increase
since previous month

15,000

Q. Why do you think these forums are so popular?

The groups provide our users a uniquely open online forum to
connect globally with peers, ask questions and have all sorts of
technical discussions. These discussions range from very basic
installation questions to deep architectural debates. Users can
easily interact with Intergraph product owners as well, share ideas
and learn about the latest technical and commercial updates before
anyone else.
Bottom line By leveraging social media to organize PP&M
user forums, we have increased networking and communication

17,730

TUF
Member
Trend

10,000

5,000

Calculations as of November 2015.

2011

2013

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WORKING SMARTER

ADVANCED WORK PACK AGING

It Just Makes Sense

Advanced Work Packaging with SmartPlant Construction:

When common sense is used on major building projects

RISK IS LOWERED IF YOU PLAN

YOUR WORK IN A BETTER WAY.
WHEN YOU IMPROVE YOUR
PREDICTABILITY, IT GIVES YOU
ADDITIONAL RESPECT IN THE
INDUSTRY. AND IF YOU AS A
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
DELIVER WHEN YOU SAY YOU
WILL AND PREDICT YOUR
OUTCOME, YOU WILL BECOME
NO. 1.

Michael Buss
Senior VP of Global Business Development
Intergraph PP&M

ouve seen it before. You drive by a construction site

and see three guys standing there. Only two, however,
appear to be working. Why is that? Is the third one
lazy?
Not necessarily so, said Michael Buss, Senior Vice President
of Global Business Development for Intergraph Process, Power &
Marine.
Natural human behavior is to want to be productive,
Buss said. The problem could be that the work wasnt properly
planned, and only two of the three had something to do. Typically there is 30 percent waste on construction projects because of

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that. Companies dont want to pay three people when only two are
actually working.
The core issue is that the work had not been detailed planned,
for what needs to happen in the next week or in two weeks.
Through Advanced Work Packaging which is the basis for
SmartPlant Construction we keep that from happening.
Additionally, AWP aligns engineering, procurement and fabrication with the sequencing needs of site installation and turnover
to operation. Thousands of decisions have to be made for large
construction projects be they nuclear power plants, oil refineries,
offshore rigs or giant ships and without a detailed plan of exactly

By PAT R IC IA Mc C A RT E R

what should be done exactly when, waste can elevate costs.

And as companies becomes more familiar with what AWP software such as SmartPlant Construction can do, they are demanding it
is utilized for their projects.
Risk is lowered if you plan your work in a better way, Buss
said. When you improve your predictability, it gives you additional
respect in the industry. And if you as a construction company
deliver when you say you will and predict your outcome, you will
become No. 1.
It just makes sense. Its common sense.
Customers in various industry sectors who have used SmartPlant
Construction for their large projects are implementing it on their
next construction efforts as they have realized savings, Buss said.
In AWP, all parties in the project get around the table to itemize
their concerns and plans: engineering, procurement, construction.
It is planning from the highest levels, he said. It is communication and managing expectations.
Buss said the AWP approach began in Canada about three years
ago, and then migrated into the United States. And now, companies
across the globe are saying, We should do what makes sense.
Dr. Ted Blackmon is the founder and CEO of Construct-X, a
consulting firm that assists owner operators and their EPC partners
achieve break-through performance by using AWP on their capital
projects. Prior to founding Construct-X, Blackmon said he was the
initial inventor in the development of technologies and detailed
procedures to support WorkFace Planning, which is a key aspect of
AWP.
There is statistical proof, Blackmon said, that there are significant
performance benefits in the construction of large, complex developments when the virtual construction model made possible by using
the SmartPlant Construction tool is utilized with a holistic approach in the very DNA of a project.
This requires alignment of engineering and procurement with
the timing and information flow needs of construction and completions, he said. This is where use of SmartPlant Construction, as part
of a larger ecosystem of Intergraph tools, really provides projects with
a strategic advantage.
The Construction Industry Institute announced in September
that it was promoting AWP as a best practice, calling it a team-oriented practice in the project management toolkit that could improve
delivery effectiveness and predictability.
It is a driving force to transform the world of construction from a
rough-and-tumble, paper-based process, into a streamlined execution approach, agile and responsive to change, and adequately supported by technology in the field, Blackmon said.
But AWP is not just about enabling virtual construction. It also
takes a fresh approach whereby process efficiencies that both address
the need for increased time on tools for the construction workers, as
well as allows the construction management to spend more of their
time paving the way for the construction crews, and less time fighting
fires in the field because the crews cannot do their work.

From the Construction

Industry Institute
Benefits reported in case studies from the use
of Advanced Work Packaging:
Improved safety awareness and performance
Reduced cost through improved labor
productivity and reduced rework
Improved overall project predictability
for cost and schedule
Improved up-front planning
Better alignment among stakeholders from
planning through construction
Better than normal craft laborer retention
due to improved morale
More time for foremen to supervise in the field
Improved housekeeping
Improved quality of reporting from effectiveprogress tracking
Improved installation quality
Enhanced turnover
In terms of specific benefits, the payback is clear and
has been documented, both by the extensive research
reports published by the Construction Industry
Institute, as well as by a number of case studies and
publically available presentations that cover projects
which have adopted AWP practices. The storyline
on the benefits is clear and straight forward. Invest
1-2 percent in dedicating upfront planners to build
detailed Installation Work Packages in Smart Plant
Construction, and get a return of 10 percent or more
reduction in your cost of construction. This is largely
enabled by transforming the typical time on tools for
construction workers from 25-35 percent on the project
to number over 50 percent. That is largely because
through AWP the construction crews are not held up
in the field waiting or searching for materials or
drawings. Keep in mind though that the benefits go
beyond just itime savings. Safety and decreased risk
through better visibility and predictability are powerful
benefits, especially from the perspective of an owner.

Patricia McCarter is editorial director for Insight magazine

and serves as senior content marketing manager for Intergraph
Process, Power & Marine. She is based in Huntsville, Alabama,
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SMARTPLANT CLOUD

The Value of Data

Using SmartPlant Cloud to leverage one of your most

valuable assets

here has been increasing attention placed on the value of asset information, where data is
being used in new, innovative
ways to have a major impact on the feasibility of developing assets viably.
This in turn has also raised the awareness that loss of data, inaccessibility to
data and the poor quality of data is leading to a significant loss of value for owner
operators and EPCs alike.
Ben van Beurden, CEO of Royal Dutch
Shell, gave a speech in June at the World
Gas Conference and discussed how Shell
is stepping up its game in lowering costs.
For example, were working to create
an integrated engineering environment,
van Beurden said. This is called Project
Vantage. We expect key savings in design

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and engineering to come from the singlesource availability of up-to-date design

information semi-automated data validation and consistency checking across
disciplines, locations and contractors.
Put simply, if you do not have a strategy for managing data, you are increasing
design, procurement, construction, commissioning and operational costs.

The importance of cloud strategy

In order to facilitate this move to structured and accessible data, more and more
companies are choosing a cloud solution
for their asset information. Intergraphs
SmartPlant Cloud is a business enabler.
How? By enabling a collaborative environment for engineering design and plant
operational processes to be seamlessly

executed regardless of end-user location.

SmartPlant Cloud provides a platform in
which users access a common source of
data, with access controls to protect intellectual property, consistent application
of company / project standards, which is
all backed by a team of support personnel
available 24/7. Having centralized, up-todate, organized data that is accessible to
everyone in the company, and specifically
on the project, is of monumental value.
A cloud solution like SmartPlant
Cloud is an integral part of achieving this
efficiency. Within a cloud environment,
work processes are changed for the better EPCs, Owner Operators (OOs), and
all stakeholders have access to data they
can trust to support improved decision
making processes. The power of SmartPlant Cloud is seen both in its simplicity
of access and its comprehensive offerings
all that is needed at the end users device to access the full suite of Intergraph
solutions, third party applications and inhouse tools is web access.
The complete capabilities of all solutions are maintained in SmartPlant
Cloud. This enables OOs to ensure their
corporate standards are adopted, reducing handover costs as they move between
project phases, while EPCs are able to
execute work globally from a very diverse
set of locations. Equipment and service
suppliers also benefit from receiving information earlier, meaning fewer project
changes and more efficient work processes.

What the industry is doing

Think about the issue faced by EPCs

and OOs on a major project. If there is one

In-House

SmartPlant
Cloud

ByKKEEVVIINN HOL
HOLMMEESS
By

Days

Always
Reducing

Complete
Across All
Applications

Truly
Global

Yes

One
End to End
Suplier

Included
as part of
Service

Part of
Intergraph
Growth
Strategy

>80%

Speed To
Initiate New
Locations

Man Hours
& Cost

Application
Knowledge

Global
Reach &
Access

24 x 7
Support

Suppliers

Scalability

Core
Business

Utilization of
Infrastructure

Security

Months

Always
Increasing

Varies
Across
Locations

Not Global

No

Multiple
Disconnected
Suppliers

Expensive

Not A
Business
Differentiator

<50%

Expensive

refinery designed by two EPC joint venture consortia, each working in five different countries, how do you ensure that all
parties have worked to achieve a complete,
correct, consistent design basis?
Peter Paul Pruijn, FDH Joint Venture
Information Manager at Fluor, recently
presented his companys experience of implementing SmartPlant Cloud to increase
productivity in just such a situation - a
joint venture, multi-billion dollar refinery
mega-project in the Middle East consisting of multiple partners in numerous locations. It was a requirement of the contract
that one SmartPIant Instrumentation and
SmartPlant Electrical (the other Intergraph software being employed) system
be delivered, and after significant consideration Intergraphs SmartPlant Cloud was
chosen.
In the Fluor example, it was a common
scenario that companies executed their
specific aspects of the project in their own
environments, meaning that several different systems were constantly being used.
Fluor, however, recognized the advantage of working collaboratively via SmartPlant Cloud, and was able to have an operational environment within two months,
accessible by all contractors consistently.
This meant that all parties came together
in a productive environment with minimal impact. Once ready, access was immediate and globally accessible.

Fluor reported several advantages to

the overall project soon after implementation. Firstly, the simplicity of access in
SmartPlant Cloud made project information universally available. Having only one
environment for contracts, templates and
configuration meant consistency on deliverables and data entry, with no consolidation required after handover.
After one year of executing the project in SmartPlant Cloud, the Fluor consortium has seen good performance and
decreased set up time, and the environment continues to effectively meet both
OO and EPC needs. Fluor has reported
a clear advantage of operating in SmartPlant Cloud versus attempting to keep all
stakeholders engaged with the same data
and information across multiple sources.

Making data as valuable as oil

Fluor, Shell (Project Vantage), ENI

and JGC are just a few of the global companies implementing SmartPlant Cloud
to gain significant advantages, leveraging
in-house and project data to their fullest
potential. Not only are consistent data sets
being developed, they are also being efficiently put in the hands of the end-user. In
addition, companies are recognizing that
operating within SmartPlant Cloud fills
gaps in internal skills shortages by centralizing IT administration and effectively decreasing costs.

Free Workshops
SmartPlant Cloud is a
business enabler to improve
schedules, decrease
costs, improve safety and
ultimately deliver increased
productivity and profits.
Intergraph offers free
one-day workshops to
explore the benefits that
your organization can
achieve with SmartPlant
Cloud on your project or
in your operating facility.
For further details on this
workshop, contact Kevin
Holmes at kevin.holmes@
intergraph.com.
>> bit.ly/ppm-SP_Cloud
Kevin Holmes is senior vice president of
Cloud Solutions for Intergraph Process,
Power & Marine and is based in Swindon,
Wiltshire, U.K.

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Intergraph Process, Power &

Marine has launched a

Modern,
Mobile-Friendly and
Content-Rich
new website, where enhanced
visual appeal meets improved usability
and search engine optimization.

Main Objective:
Build a responsive website
which provides a simplified,
accessible approach to include
a more personalized yet robust
user experience & share customer
success stories that showcase
how Intergraph products
& solutions have helped them
overcome industry
challenges

Customer Stories
Explore the website to view
customer success videos and case
studies and see how Intergraph
PP&M can help you

Responsive Web Design

Rapidly access information
across a wide range of
mobile devices

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The new url is ppm.intergraph.com (without www)

Dont forget to update your bookmark!

The new
website design helps
visitors find everything
needed about individual
products or solutions
on their dedicated
webpages.

Main Navigation Bar

PRODUCTS
PP&M products broken down by
software sets or most popular solutions:

Intergraph Smart 3D

SmartPlant Construction

SmartPlant Interop Publisher

Information Management

SmartPlant Materials

SmartPlant Electrical

SmartPlant Foundation

View All Products

Case studies, key features & benefits are

located on the individual product pages.
PROJECT LIFECYCLE
Workflows delineated with case studies
& industry-specific products:

Navigate quickly
through the site by
touching the three line
hamburger icon

We are
excited about the new
websitewhich we will
continue to augmentand
view it as a helpful tool to stay
in better touch with our
customers. We hope you like
it as well.

Easily Share with your colleagues

on social media platforms.

-Intergraph PP&M
Global Marketing Team

Chemical

Consumer Goods

Marine Offshore & Shipbuilding

Metals & Mining

Nuclear & Power Generation

Oil & Gas

Pharmaceutical

ABOUT US
Intergraphs history, global locations,
leadership & career possibilities
NEWS/EVENTS
Searchable Press Releases, Events, Blogs,
Media Coverage, Insight Magazine,
& Social Media involvement
SUPPORT/TRAINING
Product upgrades & technical support,
Training Solutions lists all instructor-led &
virtual training for PP&M products
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ACQUISITIONS

Intergraph Acquires EcoSys

Acquisition is Provider of Best-in-Class Enterprise

Project Controls Software

ECOSYS EPC, OUR PROJECT

CONTROLS SOFTWARE
PLATFORM, IS AN IDEAL FIT,
AND THIS ACQUISITION WILL
CREATE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES BY
ALLOWING OUR COMPANY TO
LEVERAGE INTERGRAPHS
TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO,
CHANNEL INFRASTRUCTURE
AND GLOBAL CUSTOMER
CONTACTS.

Javier Sloninsky
Co-founder & CEO | EcoSys

ntergraph Process, Power & Marine announced in

September it had acquired EcoSys Management LLC, a
company that will allow Intergraph PP&M to broaden its
leadership position as a project enterprise solution provider by adding project controls to our existing portfolio.
EcoSys flagship software solution, EcoSys EPC (Enterprise
Planning & Controls), has been widely adopted by the project controls industry, both in PP&M (Process, Power & Marine) and AEC
(Architectural, Engineering & Construction) markets.

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A web-based platform introduced in 2006, EcoSys provides

the deepest capabilities to support the complete spectrum of solutions within the project controls discipline from project portfolio
management and capital program management, through budgeting, forecasting and performance reporting. Additionally, the integration of project scheduling (4D) and cost management (5D)
with PP&Ms 3D design and construction solutions will strengthen
Intergraph and Hexagons capabilities in the building information
modeling market (BIM).

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EcoSys project controls solution bridges the gap that has traditionally existed between planning and managing project execution. EcoSys sells its software for on-premise use, as a hosted solution, and as a software as a service (SaaS) model.
The acquisition was the third in 2015 by Intergraph PP&M, after OhmTech A/S, a Norwegian pressure vessel design software
company in March, and Blue Iron Systems, Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, in May.
Intergraph PP&M President Gerhard Sallinger said, EcoSys is
the most important and strategic acquisition we have done since
the acquisition of COADE in 2010.
EcoSys EPC is a great solution. It is a very dynamic company
with super growth numbers in the last three years. EcoSys technology will be strategic for our expanded offering to the AEC/BIM
markets to improve project execution.
Inc. magazine recently ranked EcoSys on its annual Inc. 5000
List, a prestigious ranking of U.S.-based, privately held, for profit
and independent companies. EcoSys revenue increased 222 percent during the three-year span evaluated by Inc. magazine.
EcoSys, which has approximately 100 employees in the United
States, will remain a standalone operation under its current management team. That team is comprised of software veterans with
hands-on experience designing and implementing world-class
commercial enterprise software currently used by thousands of
global organizations.
EcoSys is a strong brand with a skilled and experienced management team, and its EcoSys EPC core software solution is a strategic fit, Hexagon President and CEO Ola Rolln said in a news
release. We also see opportunities for international expansion of
EcoSys software throughout Hexagons global footprint.
EcoSys helps customers address the time and cost challenges
of capital project management on a global scale. Headquartered
in Broomfield, Colo., with offices in New York City, Houston,
London and Sydney, EcoSys has implemented enterprise planning
and cost control solutions for more than 250 leading organizations
around the world.
Founded in 2000 by the original developers of Primaveras enterprise project management system (now known as P6), EcoSys
has implemented enterprise solutions for over 250 leading organizations in the public and private sectors for a range of industries
including energy and utilities; oil, gas and chemicals; engineering
and construction; transportation; information technology and
government contracting.
We at EcoSys are very excited to be joining an industry leader
like Intergraph and becoming part of the Hexagon family, said
Javier Sloninsky, co-founder and CEO of EcoSys. With such a
powerful combination of technologies, we can help our customers
improve project performance and productivity like never before.
EcoSys EPC, our project controls software platform, is an
ideal fit, and this acquisition will create significantly more growth
opportunities by allowing our company to leverage Intergraphs

technology portfolio, channel infrastructure and global customer contacts.

>> www.ecosys.net

More to Come
Intergraph PP&M President Gerhard
Sallinger says the company will continue to seek
acquisition targets to strengthen its enterprise
engineering portfolio and BIM strategy.
We have increased our appetite to do
acquisitions, Sallinger said, and hope this will help
us reach the next level of size and success.
The September acquisition of EcoSys
Management LLC was PP&Ms third of 2015.
In March, Intergraph announced it had purchased
OhmTech A/S of Stavanger, Norway, a provider of
pressure vessel design software for more than 30
years. OhmTechs technical and development staff in
Norway joined Intergraph as part of the acquisition.
Acquiring OhmTech and its Visual Vessel Design
(VVD) software represented a pressure vessel
market share expansion for Intergraph into Europe,
as well as the addition of multi-language support for
important European design and construction codes
and standards.
Blue Iron Systems, Inc., and its flagship radiofrequency identification (RFID) and bar code product,
IronScan, became part of PP&M in May. Blue Irons
founder and staff joined Intergraph as part of the
acquisition and are based in Calgary, Alberta.
SmartPlant Materials Mobile Scan (formerly
known as IronScan RFID) and bar code tagging
technology is a bolt-on application to SmartPlant
Materials that gathers material site data. The
technology allows Intergraph customers
engineering, procurement, and construction firms
and owner operators to track materials in realtime directly from the manufacturers and suppliers
facilities to the construction site and further into
facilities management and maintenance phases.

Jerry Felts is a contributing editor for Insight and is based in

Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.

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VISIONARIES

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2015 GOLDEN VALVE AWARDS

The Golden Valve Awards annually recognize the most innovative and well-executed uses of Intergraph PP&M
solutions. The competition is open to all users of Intergraphs market-leading engineering design software, and
the subject matter must relate to the process, power, offshore, shipbuilding or mining industries.

Best of Show
Tyler Enright
Amec Foster Wheeler, Oil & Gas | Canada
This image depicts a night scene detailing a
pipe rack on a major Alberta oil sands project.
Amec Foster Wheeler used SmartPlant
Review, PDS, and 3D laser scanning
technologies throughout project execution.

Judges Choice: Engineering & Construction

William M. Fronheiser
Linde Engineering North America, Inc. | U.S.A.
This image represents the process piping and equipment for
a hydrogen plant designed by Linde Engineering. This project
exclusively uses Intergraph Smart 3D, SmartSketch, and
SmartPlant Review for plant design, detail drawing extractions,
modeling equipment, and for client design reviews.

Judges Choice: Offshore

Engineering Team - Keppel Fels Baltech
Keppel Fels Baltech Ltd. | Bulgaria
This artists rendering represents an upgrade project of
a semi-submersible drilling unit. Intergraph Smart 3D,
SmartPlant Review, SmartPlant P&ID, and SmartSketch
were used by Keppel Fels Baltech.

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Judges Choice: Power

3D R&D Center
SNERDI | China
This image depicts the layout design of the CAP1400 project
in China. The 3D Research & Development Center of Shanghai
Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI)
used PDS and SmartPlant Review to finish the CAP1400
layout design work and SmartPlant P&ID to create the 2D
system design.

1st Place: Discipline-Specific

ECMs Engineering Team
ECM S.A. Projetos Industriais | Brazil
This image depicts the detailing to piping electrical project
in an iron ore plant from Vale in Brazil. The engineering
team used Intergraph Smart 3D, SmartPlant Review, and
SmartPlant P&ID on this iron ore plant.

2nd Place: Discipline-Specific

LTEM Piping & Plant Engineering Team
Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering, Mumbai | India
This image shows the integrated network of piping in different
areas of the tubular reformer area of the plant. This image was
created using PDS and SmartPlant Review.

3rd Place: Discipline-Specific

Chen Mengyao
Sinopec Ningbo Engineering Company Limited | China
This image details the coal handling system and
was generated using Intergraph Smart 3D
and SmartPlant Review.

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1st Place: Visually Complex

MiJeong Kim
Samsung Heavy Industries | Korea
This image shows the starboard column in a semi-rig. The
hull and topside of this semi-rig were designed entirely
using Intergraph Smart 3D.

2nd Place: Visually Complex

PGESCo | Egypt
This image depicts a section of a steam-turbine generator
building of a supercritical power plant. PGESCo used Intergraph
Smart 3D and SmartPlant Review to create this project.

3rd Place: Visually Complex

Sanjaykumar Sarvaiya
Linde Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. | India
Intergraph Smart 3D and SmartPlant Review were used to
create this image of a large piping network of a complex acid
gas recovery unit.

1st Place: Photorealism

Integration Engineering Department
Sinopec Petroleum Engineering Corporation | China
This image represents the sphere area of a DND gas treatment
plant, which has a complex treatment scheme. This image was
created with Intergraph Smart 3D and SmartPlant Review.

2nd Place: Photorealism

3D Design System Division
PT. Rekayasa Industri | Indonesia
This image was created from a condensate stabilization
system area LNG processing facility design using Intergraph
Smart 3D and SmartPlant Review.

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3rd Place: Photorealism

Process & Industrial
Burns & McDonnell | U.S.A.
The Freeport LPG export terminal handles propane and butane.
This image shows how both products will be taken from new
pipelines, dehydrated, refrigerated, and then loaded out across
new docks onto refrigerated gas carriers. Burns & McDonnell used
PDS, Intergraph Smart 3D, SmartPlant Interop Publisher, and
SmartPlant Review.

1st Place: Animation

ECMs Engineering Team
ECM S.A. Projetos Industriais | Brazil
This video represents the process of this projects
development throughout engineering and construction
using SmartPlant Enterprise. ECMs team used Intergraph
Smart 3D, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Electrical, and
SmartPlant Review on the project.

Honorable Mention:
Visually Complex
Tyler Enright
Amec Foster Wheeler, Oil & Gas | Canada
Depicting the future development of a major Alberta
oil sands project, a rendering was produced utilizing
SmartPlant Review and PDS.

Honorable Mention:
Photorealism
Kandarp Shah
L & T - Chiyoda Limited | India
PDS and SmartPlant Review were used to create
this image of a refinery plant in the diminished light.

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PLATINUM PIPE AWARDS

The sixth annual Platinum Pipe Awards recognized the most innovative automation ideas and implementations
for SmartPlant Engineering & Schematics (including use of SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Electrical, and
SmartPlant Instrumentation), Intergraph Smart 3D, and SmartPlant Review.
Submissions by CB&I (United States), Empresarios Agrupados (Spain) and Toyo Engineering Corporation
(Japan) received first-place recognition in the Engineering & Schematics, Smart 3D and SmartPlant Review
categories, respectively.

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First Place, Engineering & Schematics

Second Place, Smart 3D

Shawn Hillen

Caspar Arevad

CB&I | U.S.A.

Ramboll | Denmark

Second Place, Engineering & Schematics

Third Place, Smart 3D

Tetsuya Miwa

ECM Engineering Team

Toyo Engineering Corporation | Japan

ECM S.A. Projetos Industriais | Brazil

Third Place, Engineering & Schematics

First Place, SmartPlant Review

PMM Project

Tetsuya Miwa

Empresarios Agrupados | Spain

Toyo Engineering Corporation | Japan

First Place, Smart 3D

Second Place, SmartPlant Review

PMM Project

Sherif Mokhtar ElGanady

Empresarios Agrupados | Spain

PGESCo | Egypt

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DRIVERS OF SUCCESS AWARDS

The Drivers of Success competition recognizes innovative applications of CADWorx, CAESAR II and PV
Elite featuring impressive project results and significant benefits from collaboration among disciplines and
the integration of the products.

CADWorx
China Hi-Tech (Jiangxi)
Textile Design Institute Co., Ltd. | China
An 80,000-tons-per-year viscose staple fiber
production facility. Three-dimensional design work
included more than 3,000 pipelines with a total length
of 55,000 meters and 64,000 fittings. The accuracy
of the material list greatly improved and about 2,120
labor hours were saved.

CAESAR II

L&T Valdel Engineering

Limited | India
A floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO)
vessel that is turret-moored with risers in a maximum
water depth of 1,425 meters. The process plant has
capacity to produce and treat 80,000 bpd of crude
oil, 65,000 bpd of produced water (non-concurrent)
and 180 MMscfd of gas. LTV developed a macro to
interface between PDMS and CAESAR II, saving 85
percent of modeling time.

PV Elite & TANK

WorleyParsons | U.S.A
More than 300 mechanical design calculations that
were performed in PV Elite and TANK for an
upstream production facilities and infrastructure
project to meet a target of 1.2 million bpd of oil
production. The team reduced the number of labor
hours while gaining high accuracy in comparison to
performing the calculation in manual spreadsheets.

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VISIONARIES

3D MODEL VIEW MANIPULATOR

GETS PATENT By PAT R IC IA M c C A RT E R

hen Intergraph Process,

Power and Marine software
scientist Curt Werline first
thought about the patent
potential of his 3D Model View Manipulator Apparatus, he was concerned that
the product must already exist.
It was too simple of an idea, said
Werline, who has worked at Intergraph in
Huntsville, Ala., for 21 years. I thought
that someone must have already done it.
But after h is w ife a t echnical w riter generated an abstract on the problems that Werlines software c ould
solve, he forwarded the document and
his renderings to Intergraphs legal
department in 2008. The p rocess c ontinued with patent attorneys in Boston.
Seven years after h e fi rst pu t hi s id eas
on paper, Werline was granted patent
No. 9035944 on May 15. The c ompany
celebrated with a ceremonial pat on the
back and ice cream party on July 16.

IT MAKES ME FEEL
VERY HUMBLE BUT
ALSO PROUD TO
BE A PART OF
THIS WONDERFUL
INTERGRAPH
FAMILY.
Curt Werline
Software Scientist | Intergraph PP&M

and Quality Assurance, said patents add

value to Intergraph and Hexagon, and
she wants many more to be added to the
companys cache.

Left to right: Melanie Eakes, EVP; Charles Evans, EVP, CTO; Curt Werline, Software Scientist,
patent holder; Scott Moore, CFO, COO; Felix Gryder, Technical Director.
Charles Evans, Intergraph PP&M
Executive Vice President of Development and Chief Technical Officer, said
the company encourages employees to
pursue the patent path, and financial rewards await those who are successful. Additionally, Intergraph takes on the legal
expenses involved in the process.
Melanie Eakes, Intergraph PP&M Executive Vice President of Global Support

In Werlines words, his three-dimensional common view manipulation

cube allows users to easily and efficiently orient any 3D object represented on a
computer screen. This unique approach to
object manipulation and view positioning
uses no screen real estate and provides
an intuitive user interface designed for
maximum control and functional speed.
Werline has worked in softwares

visual realm for decades. Before joining

Intergraph, he served in the Air Force for
five years including during the Gulf War
as an imagery intelligence officer.
His patent-worthy idea began when he
was working with CAD packaging and
he had trouble orienting his module to a
common view. As he maneuvered his way
through the struggle, he found a way to
enclose it, show it and rotate the view.
SmartPlant Review is the first
Intergraph product in which he will
implement his discovery, and he later
plans to place it in a common location so
that other 3D visualization products can
use it.
So, now I have an official patent, and
I feel very proud to have my name on
something like that, Werline said. It
makes me feel very humble but also proud
to be a part of this wonderful Intergraph
family.

Patricia McCarter is editorial director

for Insight magazine and serves as senior
content marketing manager for Intergraph
Process, Power & Marine. She is based in
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.

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YANBU ARAMCO SINOPEC REFINING COMPANY LTD.

Partnership to Productivity
A joint Venture in Middle East Megaproject

anbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company Ltd.

(YASREF) - a joint venture between Saudi Aramco
and China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec)
- has committed to implementing Intergraph
SmartPlant Enterprise solutions to optimize the operation
and maintenance of its full-conversion refinery. The project is a
significant undertaking, as the refinery covers 5.2 million square
meters in Saudi Arabia and will use 400,000 barrels per day of
Arabian heavy crude oil to produce premium transportation
fuels as well as high-value refined products for both international
and domestic markets.

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Insight spoke with Abdulhannan M. Karim, senior engineer

at YASREF, at HxGN LIVE 2015 Las Vegas about the YASREF
project, its success with Intergraph solutions and his vision of
where the industry is headed.

Insight: YASREF is represented well here at HxGN LIVE

2015 with a session and a press release stemming from
YASREFs implementation of Intergraph technologies for
a megaproject in Saudi Arabia. Can you give us some
background on YASREFs experience with Intergraph?

By M Y R IA H L E SKO

Abdulannan M. Karim (AMK): YASREF first started with

a technology evaluation that aimed to identify those products
and services that would satisfy the needs and requirements of
the project. YASREF has gone through a very intensive technical
evaluation of Intergraphs SmartPlant suite along with other
competitive products available in the market.
Having narrowed the decision to two product options, it
was decided to go with SmartPlant technology after considering
the commercial evaluation. SmartPlant engineering tools along
with SmartPlant Foundation met all of YASREFs requirements,
including data security and integrity. This was accompanied by
excellent service of implementation by Atheeb AISC.

Can you give us some specific examples of how Intergraph

software is being employed in the project? What benefits
have you already seen?

session on YASREFs multi-phase adoption of SmartPlant

Enterprise solutions. The session touched on both past
experiences and plans for the future. What are some
messages you wanted the audience to take away from your
presentation?
AMK: Quite a few messages were brought forth during the
session that I am happy to relay. For projects of similar size and
nature, we recommend to have:
Clear standards and procedures
Correct, detailed FEED
Review/audit/validate program throughout the project
Face-to-face meetings with EPCs
On-time plan for data validation

If you were pressed to choose the most significant issue

facing the oil and gas industry at the moment, what would
AMK: YASREF implemented SmartPlant Foundation as the
main depository system to hold all of the projects engineering data it be?
and documents. The project started with using the engineering
tools SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Instrumentation and PDS.
Having the deliverables from all EPCs in SmartPlant
format, YASREF was able to uphold the utmost integrity of the
information on hand, and ensured the availability of the data to
all YASREF personnel in the right format at the right time.

What comments can you offer on the significance of this

project in the region and on the global oil and gas industry,
especially in light of current challenges?

AMK: The YASREF implementation has been unique and

one of its kind, considering the quickness with which the project
was able to be implemented and the overall short duration
of implementation. YASREF believes that it completed the
implementation of SPF (SmartPlant Foundation) in good time
and that the final data which was handed over from EPCs was
validated and audited just before the EPCs demobilized from the
site.
The implementation has now been completed, and the
engineering system is already in place, unlike other similar
initiatives in which the project is completed and the system is not
in place.
Due to the swiftness and efficiency of implementation,
YASREF has set a record in the region and is being considered a
role model for similar joint venture megaprojects. It is easy to see
how others would find value in what we have completed; initiating
the project with speed and efficiency means increased productivity
and decreased overall costs as the project moves forward.

AMK: We are all functioning in a very volatile environment.

Factors both within and beyond our control are steering the way
the oil and gas industry must operate all around the world. Having
the right tools in place helps navigate changes and volatilities in
the economic and industry climates, meaning that no matter
what happens, we are equipped to adjust our business effectively.
From an engineering perspective, I believe that creating
standards and procedures and increasing knowledge of
engineering tools are of top importance. These f actors d irectly
influence expenditures, and when expenditures can be stabilized
and minimized across all fluctuations, we see business prosper.

How do you see technology, namely Intergraph solutions,

supporting companies like YASREF and Saudi Aramco in
overcoming these issues?

AMK: YASREF is pleased and satisfied to be using Intergraphs

solutions. We are receiving outstanding support when it comes to
our engineering data. Moreover, Saudi Aramco has standardized
well on Intergraph solutions to enhance its capabilities. We see
this becoming a trend for those companies wishing to maximize
their productivity and meet the unique challenges of large-scale
projects.

>> www.yasref.com
Myriah Lesko is a contributing writer for Insight and is based in
Hoofddorp, Netherlands.

During the HxGN LIVE conference, you held a breakout

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CHINA HI-TECH JIANGXI

Saves Time and

Improves Accuracy
China Hi-Tech Jiangxi sees success with
CADWorx on Indonesian Viscose Facility
Founded in 1958, China Hi-Tech (Jiangxi) Textile Design Institute
Company, Ltd. was one of the first engineering design institutes in
Jiangxi Province. The companys 80 employees focus on advancing
technology and productivity in chemical and textile engineering,
light industry and civil design, including extensive experience in viscose plant design and in glue works.

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Facing local challenges in material sourcing

The PT Rayon Utama Makmur Group facility in Solo, Central Java Province, Indonesia, will produce an annual 80,000 tons of viscose staple fiber
and is the companys second such international viscose project. Because of
Indonesias limited industrial base, Jiangxi had to import all materials from
China, and the countrys complex import procedures demanded that the
bills of material be highly accurate. Also, the installation was to be built
by local workers, which elevated the importance of producing 3D isometric (ISO) drawings for the construction. To address these design challenges,
Jiangxi chose Intergraph CADWorx.

Automating deliverables and expediting completion with CADWorx

Three-dimensional design work included three main factory sections

including stations for viscose preparation, spinning and spin bath. The
preparation area contains 19,500 square meters in four levels 38 meters high
with 580 devices and 1,000 pipes. The spinning area is 12,000 square meters
in three levels 21.6 meters high with 300 devices and 500 pipes. The spin
bath is 15,300 square meters in three levels 37 meters high with 540 devices
and 1,500 pipes. The ancillary design included alkali, acid and carbon disulfide storage facilities and piping.
The overall project contained 1,340 pieces of equipment and more than
3,000 pipelines totaling 55,000 meters in length with 64,000 fittings and
28 specifications. Diameters ranged up to DN1400, and materials included
carbon, stainless, galvanized, polypropylene, fiberglass reinforced pipe and
fiberglass reinforced plastic pipe.
It was the first use of CADWorx for Jiangxi, but the software proved to
be easy to learn. From training to final drawing, the project took only three
months, including specifications and equipment modeling, and all done by
just eight people.

Improving accuracy and reducing labor requirements

CADWorx helped the company improve the accuracy of the bills of

material from 85 percent to 95 percent and reduced labor time with the softwares automated isometrics and materials lists, saving an estimated 2,120
hours. CADWorx helped Jiangxi eliminate errors and complete the project
on schedule, improving customer satisfaction significantly.

>> www.chtc.com
Jana Miller is an engineering solutions marketing specialist at Intergraph
CADWorx & Analysis Solutions. She is based in Houston, Texas, U.S.

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NEWS & EVENTS

GLOBAL LEADER

ARC Ranks Intergraph

Top Global Provider for Ninth
Consecutive Year

BRA

By J E R RY F E LT S
ARC Advisory Group, the leading research and advisory firm for industry and
infrastructure, again ranks Intergraph
Process, Power & Marine as the No. 1
overall worldwide provider of engineering tools for plant design, based on 2014
revenue data reported by participating
market providers. This marks the ninth
consecutive year Intergraph has been
named the global leader in ARCs market
research study Engineering Design Tools
for Plants and Infrastructure Worldwide
Outlook, which was first released in 2006.
The ARC Advisory Group Engineering Design Tools for industry and infrastructure study is a comprehensive, fiveyear forecast that offers an analysis of the
worldwide engineering design tools market. The scope encompasses two design
solution market domains: engineering design for projects in the process, power and
marine industries (process plants, power
generation and shipbuilding/marine/offshore), and engineering design for projects for infrastructure (utilities, buildings,
civil engineering and heavy construction,
and transportation).
The study finds Intergraph leads in
five industry market segments (Oil & Gas,
total; Oil & Gas, exploration and production; Chemical; Mining & Metals; and
Power) and is the only engineering design
solution provider to lead more than one
segment. ARCs plant design market subsegment size for 2014 is $1.82 billion.
The study assists suppliers and purchasers in staying abreast of engineering
design tools technology advancements,
and explores key issues that will impact
this business in the near future.

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Intergraph has maintained its leadership by offering a large and comprehensive

portfolio of products that can provide users with a compelling value proposition,
noted Dick Slansky, ARC Advisory Group
senior analyst and co-author of the study.
Intergraphs capability to provide global
connectivity and interdisciplinary integration enhances collaboration and aligns
work process to facilitate the adoption of
best practices.
Intergraph PP&M President Gerhard
Sallinger said, The latest ARC Advisory
Group analysis again reveals Intergraph
has a clear lead in global market share
over competitors. We are pleased to maintain our status as the worlds foremost
provider of engineering design tools for
the process, power and marine industries
by providing clients with the broadest
portfolio of best-in-class, next-generation
solutions available.
Founded in 1986, ARC Advisory
Group is the leading technology research
and advisory firm for industry and infrastructure. Its coverage of technology and
trends extends from business systems
to product and asset lifecycle management, supply chain management, operations management, energy optimization,
industrial internet of things and automation systems. ARC has more than 70
professionals worldwide with extensive
experience servicing business issues,
technologies and vertical industries.

Jerry Felts is a contributing editor for Insight and is based in Huntsville, Alabama,
U.S.

AVO

Human Resource Efforts

Recognized for Innovative
People Capital

Intergraph Process, Power & Marine is

one of the best places to work in Australia.
It was named as an Employer of Choice
in The Australian Business Awards 2015,
an honor presented to organizations that
maximize the full potential of their workforce through practices that demonstrate
effective employee recruitment, engagement and retention.
Franz Kufner, executive vice president
of Intergraph PP&M Asia-Pacific, said this
award provides important recognition of
the companys efforts to deliver innovative
people capital programs, as well as its individual employees.
Intergraph PP&M is delighted to be
recognized as an Employer of Choice by
The Australian Business Awards 2015,
Kufner said. This honor is a reflection of
the individual efforts of all our people to
build a positive company culture, as well
as our core values, which include giving
all employees the freedom to innovate as
well as the structures and opportunities to
learn and develop.
We are proud that our human resources programs and initiatives are helping us to meet our commercial strategic
objectives.
Tara Johnston, program director of
The Australian Business Awards, said:
For a decade, The Australian Business
Awards have conducted knowledge-building programs that focus on organizations
that foster a supportive workplace culture
through great leadership and clear strategies, enabling their employees to achieve
high performance.
Organizations that closely tie their
culture and leadership in with their work-

By C A ROL I N E WA R N E S
force can truly maximize employee engagement, which is essential to a successful
enterprise.
The key attributes of The Australian
Business Award for Employer of Choice
define the characteristics of well-managed,
high-performing industry leading organizations that provide a stimulating and supportive workplace.
Entrant organizations are required
to demonstrate their achievements
across the key areas of organizational
culture; leadership and strategy; employee education, training and development; employee health, safety and satisfaction; performance management;
and recognition and remuneration.

Caroline Warnes is a contributing editor for

Insight and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

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NEWS & EVENTS

P ROC E S S, P OW E R & M A R I N E

&

LAUNCHES RELEASES
GT STRUDL 2015

Latest version of modeling software features 3D CAD modeler

plus 64-bit high-performance, multi-processor solvers

With the release Intergraph GT STRUDL 2015, structural

engineers now have the most advanced version of industry-leading structural analysis and design software that now includes
a new 3D CAD modeler plus 64-bit high-performance, multiprocessor solvers. GT STRUDL is an extremely high-quality,
fully integrated, database-driven system for frame and finite
element linear and nonlinear static and dynamic analysis as
well as comprehensive steel and reinforced concrete design.
GT STRUDL includes all of the tools necessary to
perform a broad range of structural analysis and design projects and can do so accurately in a fraction of
the time of most other solutions. The new CAD modeler feature of GT STRUDL enables users to easily create simple to highly complex structural models for

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analysis and design purposes and to display analysis and design.

Patrick Holcomb, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine Executive Vice President of Global Business Development and Marketing, said, GT STRUDL is one of the most widely used and
adaptable structural analysis solutions in the world with a proven track record in a variety of applications. It has been a valuable
addition to the Intergraph portfolio, and the new version offers
our EPC and owner operator customers an enhanced solution to
help them increase efficiency while reducing costs.

SMARTPLANT MASTER TAG REGISTRY

New SmartPlant Foundation integration module automates
tagging consistency and tag registers for handover to owners

The launch of SmartPlant Master Tag Registry (MTR) offers a

new component for tag management and tag register production
that makes registers easier to produce with higher quality for
handover to owners. MTR transforms how companies manage
tags and register information required for handover and is one
of the first commercially available enterprise products to target
this systemic problem in the industry.
MTR leverages the inherent capabilities of SmartPlant
Foundation, Intergraphs total solution for plant information
management, for collecting and consolidating information.
MTR builds on this by providing specific functionality
to automate consistent tagging rules among supported
products and then makes tag register generation, management and monitoring dramatically more efficient.
APIs will be provided to support integration with
non-Intergraph applications.
Projects include hundreds of thousands of tags,
on thousands of documents, contained in hundreds
of applications, databases and spreadsheets. Traditional methods for handover involve the tedious
manual collection of numerous, key technical data
from numerous sources.
MTR Phase 1 is an important step for Technip by
offering an easy and controlled way in the delivery of
the data required by our clients for their operational
and maintenance systems, along project life cycle,
said Technip Project Information & Tools Depart-

ment Manager/Directeur Jean-Luc Hoffert. We look forward to

continuing close collaboration with Intergraph on the next MTR
development steps, with a central control of tags over SmartPlant
Enterprise.

INTERGRAPH SMART DATA VALIDATOR

Next-generation platform ensures high-quality data take-on
during operations

Intergraph Smart Data Validator 2015 (SDV) is a comprehensive data validation, transformation and migration platform that
enables companies to ensure the quality of information and significantly reduce the time and costs associated with data take-on.
SDV supports the import, validation and export of data, providing
consistency and traceability of the entire data migration process.
Monitoring and maintaining data quality is a significant challenge for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms,
system integrators and owner operators across all industries. It is
even more difficult to manage when data is being moved from one
source to another, such as during project handover, brownfield
data take-on and data loads or migrations.
Poor mapping or inadequate validation during these processes
results in data that is not trustworthy and higher costs for the remainder of the facilitys life. Data handover can easily account for
one to two percent of the total capital expenditure (CAPEX) cost of
a project and often can take a year or more to complete.
Shell and Intergraph have worked closely together during the
last two years to improve the Smart Data Validator product. Smart
Data Validator is now faster, easier to use, more reliable and with
a much better user interface, said Mario Stevens, Senior Delivery Project Manager Engineering Excellence, Shell Global Solutions International B.V. The end-user communities in Shell have
expressed their appreciation for the renewed Smart Data Validator
product and are looking forward to start working with SDV globally.

INTERGRAPH SMART STANDARD DATABASE FOR

HANGERS AND SUPPORTS
New solution encapsulates standard engineering practices from
across many industries

Intergraph Smart Standard Database (SDB) for Hangers and

Supports is a catalog of dozens of support types with 330 preconfigured rules-based pipe supports and associated fully automated
drawing templates for Intergraph Smart 3D, covering multiple industries.
SDB for Hangers and Supports significantly reduces configuration costs for company-specific Hangers while providing end-users

a sophisticated library of supports that intelligently connect to the

surrounding environment so they will update automatically when
external factors such as pipe diameter steel size or location change
in concert with Smart3Ds intelligent rules and relationships.
The intelligent rules and relationships make configuration
changes to pipe and steel fast and easy since supports automatically
update, eliminating the need to delete and replace supports and
greatly reducing cost and the time required for quality assurance/
quality control of the model.
Myung-Su Han, General Manager and Engineering IT Team
Leader at HEC based in Seoul, Korea, said, Configuration, extension or changes to the supports can be performed without any
programming. Simple data changes in an Excel workbook and a
quick administrator upload into the database are all that is necessary to customize these supports.

PV ELITE 2015
Complete solution for vessel and heat exchanger design, analysis
and evaluation includes new modeling capabilities

PV Elite 2015 is the most advanced version of the complete

solution for vessel and heat exchanger design, analysis and evaluation that includes a new 3D PDF modeler, plus Intergraph CodeCalc improvements and pressure vessel code and calculation
updates. The latest release of PV Elite also adds configuration options, improved analysis capabilities and many other productivity
enhancements.
Favored by owner operators and engineering firms worldwide,
PV Elite is compliant with American Society of Mechanical Engineers guidelines, providing an inclusive set of international code
rules and region-specific content combined with robust data collection tools. This allows engineers and designers to create vessel
and heat exchanger designs quickly and accurately for projects of
varying scopes and sites.
PV Elite has important equations built in to help users meet inspection requirements and graphical inputs make it easy to create,
update and manipulate analysis models. It also includes bi-directional links to CADWorx Plant Professional and PV Fabricator
for information-sharing throughout the project.
Rick Allen, President of Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions, said, Users have a lot to look forward to with this latest
release of PV Elite, especially the addition of a 3D PDF modeler,
which allows for easily-shareable and dynamic visual representation of vessels, as well as enhanced output presentation. This visibility allows others to easily see the results and make comments
and changes earlier, which enables higher-quality deliverables.

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By J E R RY F E LT S

P ROC E S S, P OW E R & M A R I N E

&

PARTNERS PROJECTS
JGC America picks
SmartPlant Cloud

JGC America, Inc. - an engineering,

procurement and construction (EPC)
management firm based in Houston,
Texas, and a subsidiary of JGC Corporation of Japan - has entered into a seven-year agreement to use Intergraphs
SmartPlant Enterprise Engineering &
Design Solution Suite hosted in Intergraph SmartPlant Cloud as the computing infrastructure for its American
office.
For its new office JGC sought a secure, more efficient way to collaborate
and share project data using SmartPlant software with its parent company, affiliates and other engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC)
firms. It also required a flexible and
scalable information technology infrastructure to manage costs to meet
changing business conditions.
Following an extensive industry review, it was concluded that Intergraphs
SmartPlant software suite, combined
with SmartPlant Cloud, delivered the
technology platform to support the
companys innovative business strategy.
By partnering with Intergraph, JGC
is now positioned to be more effective
in executing projects in Houston, or
with other global EPC partners, said
Nick Cummins, Vice President, IT,
JGC America, Inc.

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Toyo to Use PP&M

Products for Steam
Cracker Complex

CH2M Selects
Intergraph Solutions
for Oil, Gas Projects

Toyo Engineering Corporation

(TOYO), one of Japans foremost EPC
companies, has purchased of two leading Intergraph solutions, which are being used to deliver a large-scale steam
cracker complex in Malaysia.
The project is part of the Refinery
and Petrochemicals Integrated Development (RAPID) mega-project. When
completed, RAPID will consist of a
300,000-barrels-per-day refinery and
petrochemical complex with a combined capacity of producing 7.7 million
tons per annum of various grades of
products, including differentiated and
specialty chemicals products such as
synthetic rubbers and high-grade polymers.
The first was Intergraph Smart 3D, a
next-generation 3D design solution specifically tailored for the plant industry.
It employs a breakthrough engineering
approach that leverages real-time concurrent design, rules, relationships and
automation. TOYO also selected SmartPlant Materials, the only solution available on the market that fully supports
the unique materials management processes needed in the chemical industry.
It offers a total materials management
and subcontract management solution
for chemical plants and projects.

CH2M, a global leader in engineering solutions based in Englewood,

Colorado, USA, has chosen the Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise software suite as its strategic tool for winning contracts in the oil and gas sector.
CH2M recently completed a purchase agreement for the Intergraph
SmartPlant Enterprise suite of solutions, including Intergraph Smart
3D, SmartPlant P&ID and several
CADWorx solutions, which will be
implemented globally within the companys Energy and Chemicals Division.
CH2M has been a user of Intergraph
solutions for more than 15 years.
SmartPlant Enterprise covers all of
the virtual project cycle for greenfield
and brownfield projects to achieve integrated project delivery. This results
in improved productivity and efficiency, which help address time and cost
restraints as well as improve data and
document management quality.

www.toyo-eng.com

www.ch2m.com

PIELDS Selects
Intergraph for
Floating Production
Vessel

Korean
engineering,
procurement and construction company

(EPC), PIELDS Engineering Co., Ltd.

(PIELDS Engineering), has selected Intergraph Smart 3D to design
a floating production, storage and
offloading (FPSO) vessel for Brazilian
energy company Petrobras.
PIELDS Engineering executed all
engineering design as well as the production of all deliverables required for
the fabrication, installation and construction of the FPSOs gas compression modules. PIELDS Engineering
had already used Smart 3D to perform
engineering work for a different contractor involved in the Petrobras project and had experienced the quality of
the software.
As the contract required us to not
only complete the 3D design work, but
also extract all the drawings, isometrics and reports from the 3D model
and hand over the up-to-date database
to Petrobras at the end of the project,
we required a 3D design solution with
advanced, automated capabilities,
said Kim Won Jin, an Executive in
PIELDS Engineerings Management
Support Team.
www.pields.com

DSE Oil and Gas

Increases Efficiency,
Productivity with
Intergraph
Dutch-based company DSE Oil and
Gas selected Intergraph SmartPlant
Instrumentation (SPI) to better meet
the needs of its working environment
and to improve data accessibility.
Making the move from an alternative
system, DSE has already seen benefits
from using SPI.
Key motivators for the implementation of SPI were the growing demands

of several high-profile, international

clients using DSEs services, as well as
the market-leading reputation of Intergraph solutions.
Richard Keijser, Operational Director at DSE, said, For DSE, it became
essential that we move to new, better
functioning software, and since implementing SmartPlant Instrumentation
we are already further ahead in three
months than we have been in a year
prior. SPI supports the specific needs
of our working environment and our
need for quality over quantity.
www.dseorg.com

Pertamina EP
Selects Intergraph
for Matindok Gas

Development Project

Leading Indonesian oil and gas company PT Pertamina EP has selected

two Intergraph solutions SmartPlant Foundation and SmartPlant
Enterprise for Owner Operators (SPO)
Core to power a new Electronic Document Management System (EDMS)
on the Matindok Gas Development
Project.
The Matindok field is an offshore
project in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, comprising the Donggi, Matindok,
Sukamaju, Maleo Raja and Minahaki
fields. Pertamina EP is currently deploying the combination of SmartPlant Foundation and SPO Core on the
Donggi project and recently made the
decision to implement the same solution on the wider Matindok project.
Intergraph is working in conjunction
with local distributor and partner,
PT Everest Technology, to roll out the
EDMS, which will provide a single,
integrated system to manage engineering drawings and data when the project goes into operational mode.
www.pertamina-ep.com

Vale Canada Uses

SmartPlant Materials
for Long Harbour
Nickel Processing
Plant
Vale Canada has purchased Intergraph SmartPlant Materials as its
supply chain management software at
the Long Harbour Nickel Processing
Plant located in Long Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada. After an extensive
review of the software capabilities and
in a commitment to maintain procurement transparency, Vale replaced its
existing solution with the Intergraph
solution that the company has successfully implemented in its Brazilian operations.
SmartPlant Materials will be used
mainly for tracking previously procured materials as well as changes in
material requirements as the project
continues.
Vale Canada owns licenses for other
Intergraph products, including SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant Electrical, and PDS,
which also are scheduled to be utilized
and integrated on the Long Harbour
Plant. This project marks Vales first
implementation of SmartPlant Materials for a Canadian CAPEX project.
www.vale.com

Neste Jacobs
Implements
Intergraph Solutions
Globally
Neste Jacobs has entered into a multiyear agreement to use Intergraph solutions globally. The company seeks to

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BUSINESS
ON
By J EUPDATES
R RY F E LT
S SMART CUSTOMERS

position itself as the go-to provider of

engineering and project management
solutions in the increasingly competitive international marketplace by expanding their use of Intergraph solutions in its projects worldwide.
The Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise portfolio utilized by Neste Jacobs
includes all the main 3D and schematic design systems together with
the system integration layer and tools
required to efficiently maintain and
develop the design environments of
these systems. This portfolio ensures
Neste Jacobs position as the preferred
project management and control, engineering, procurement, construction,
installation, pre-commissioning and
commissioning solutions provider for
medium-sized projects.
Teppo Kainulainen, Neste Jacobs
Head of Engineering, said, Solutions
from Intergraph are highly sought by
owner operators and after identifying
market trends and seeing the strong
adoption of Intergraph technology,
Neste Jacobs decided to extend the
agreement globally to capture business
opportunities and establish a worldwide offering.
www.nestejacobs.com

PTT RTI Chooses

SmartPlant Solutions
Thailands PTT Research &
Technology Institute (PTT RTI) has
selected three Intergraph SmartPlant
solutions to deliver a range of projects
that will help to drive innovation in
process engineering.
The solutions are being implemented
by PTT RTIs Process Technology Research Department, where researchers
use them to create preliminary design
layouts and basic design deliverables
for projects that relate to future devel-

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opment in process engineering technology.

Intergraph worked with its local
Global Network Partner, Neon Infotech, to set up and install the products,
including preliminary 3D plant layout
tool, SmartPlant Layout; piping and
instrument diagram (P&ID) manager,
SmartPlant P&ID; and instrument design solution, SmartPlant Instrumentation.
We made the decision to implement
SmartPlant solutions as Intergraph is
known for providing innovative, bestin-class engineering software, said Dr.
Vivan Thammongkol, Vice President
of the Process Technology Research
Department.
www.pttplc.com

Mott MacDonald
Standardizes Use of
SmartPlant Across
Global Oil and Gas
Mott MacDonald, a leading global
management, engineering, and development consultancy, is to standardize
use of Intergraph SmartPlant solutions across its oil and gas business.
The decision was prompted by the
success of the companys adoption of
Intergraph Smart 3D for particular
projects in the Middle East.
The software will be rolled out to
the consultancys offices in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates,
Oman and India over the next year.
Mott MacDonald has purchased licenses for Smart 3D, SmartPlant Electrical Basic, SmartPlant Foundation
Basic Integrator, SmartPlant Interop
Publisher and Smart 3D to PDMS Exporter. These solutions will allow the

company to capitalize, when needed,

on the interoperability of the solutions
and achieve increased productivity
and significant savings.
www.mottmac.com

ST Engineering
Implements
Intergraph 3D Design
Solutions
Korean engineering company ST
Engineering has implemented various
Intergraph 3D design solutions, enabling it to deliver significant savings
in cost and schedule to its clients.
ST Engineering was using Intergraphs PDS plant design system, but
was specifically interested in improving its small-to-medium plant design
capabilities. The decision was made to
purchase CADWorx Plant Professional and CAESAR II.
CADWorx Plant Professional is Intergraphs plant design system specifically tailored for the small-to-medium
plant market. It includes the most
complete range of tools for efficient
plant design and has helped thousands
of companies create revenue-earning
deliverables quicker and more accurately.
CAESAR II evaluates the structural
responses and stresses of piping systems to international codes and standards. CAESAR II is the pipe stress
analysis standard against which all
others are measured.

www.stengg.com

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NEWS & EVENTS

GLOBAL USER CONFERENCES

CONVENING ACROSS THE GLOBE TO...

Intergraph Process, Power & Marine hosted regional

conferences across the world in 2015 on the theme Learn.
Grow. Connect. Users of PP&M solutions were provided
opportunities to gain insight into the latest engineering developments.

AMERICAS

Mexico

Intergraph PP&M Mexico held its 8th annual user conference, IMEX 2015, in Mexico City on Sept. 22. IMEX 2015
provided Mexicos leading process, power and marine companies with an opportunity to connect with industry leaders and leverage best practices from other companies.
Several leading EPC companies working in Mexico gathered at the conference, in addition to representatives from
the main divisions of Pemex, the state oil company of Mexico, to discuss the principal trends of engineering, safety,
quality and productivity, while focusing on their experiences and sharing best practices in an open dialog between
engineering companies, suppliers and owner operators.
The conference featured keynote presentations by Manuel Ruza and Noel Tineo of PDVSA-Petropiar; Josu Terrazas of CH2M Hill; and Emigdio Garca of GISSE. Attendees
enjoyed breakout sessions presented by representatives of
Aquadynamics, Leica and Tiger Engineering. Several Intergraph technical experts also spoke, including Melanie

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Eakes, PP&Ms Executive Vice President of Global Support

and Quality Assurance.

United States
On Sept. 30, Intergraph PP&M welcomed nearly 400
delegates and industry experts from the energy, power and
offshore industries in H ouston, f or th e In tergraph
PP&M USA (IUSA) user conference. The conference included
a full day of networking, technology and an engaging
technical agenda.
IUSA 2015 highlighted four enterprise components
tracks, a popular Tech Expo featuring interactive technical
demonstrations, and an Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis
Solutions track.
Each track included technical presentations from Intergraph product experts and customers featuring real-life
applications of Intergraph solutions within the 3D and visualization, 2D schematics, information management, materials management, construction and analysis solutions.
Representatives from CB&I, IHI Corporation, Insight-wfp,
Burns & McDonnell and Mangan Inc. provided customer
presentations.

Canada
More than 200 delegates from across Canada gathered at the
Intergraph PP&M Canada User Conference (ICAN)

2015 at the Telus Convention Centre in Calgary, Alberta,

Canada on Oct. 20. ICAN 2015 provided attendees with the
opportunity to discover engineering solutions to address
emerging trends who use Intergraph solutions in their daily
operations.
Intergraph customers from leading EPC companies including AMEC and WorleyParsons attended the conference
alongside project leaders from Shell Canada, ConocoPhillips
and more. Attendees enjoyed a keynote presentation by Jacek
Morawski, Engineering Director for Oil Sands and Natural
Resources at AMEC, featuring best practices for maximizing efficiencies to control costs and schedules in an industry
environment where budgetary control is paramount to project success.
Charles Evans, Intergraph PP&Ms Executive Vice President of Development, presented Intergraphs latest product
enhancements. He also addressed how Intergraph continues
to work alongside leading industry experts to forecast rapidly evolving conditions and continue to deliver world-leading engineering solutions. The day was complete with four
breakout tracks featuring technical presentations on SmartPlant Enterprise Components including 3D & visualization,
engineering & schematics, information management, and
procurement, fabrication & construction.

HIGHLIGHTS

Keynote sessions hosted by visiting Intergraph

PP&M executives, which explored topics related to
technological and business innovations in the oil,
gas, power and marine industries
Presentations by leading OOs and EPCs who
already use Intergraph PP&Ms innovative
solutions to drive productivity on projects around
the world
Standalone learning sessions covered topics
such as enterprise information management;
engineering and schematics; 3D engineering;
and procurement, fabrication and construction,
presented by Intergraphs PP&Ms local and
visiting experts

ASIA-PACIFIC
The Intergraph PP&M 2015 Conference series arrived in
Asia-Pacific in the third quarter of the year, playing host to
approximately 1,000 delegates in Japan, Korea, Malaysia and
Indonesia over the course of four events.
The conferences provided OOs and EPCs an opportunity
to connect with the industrys experts, learn about the latest engineering and technological innovations, and leverage
best practices from other companies.

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NEWS & EVENTS

GLOBAL USER CONFERENCES

The Netherlands

EMIA

In March Intergraph held its annual BLX User Group and Technical
User Forum (TUF) meetings at the Corpus Museum and Conference Center near Leiden, attracting attendees from 43 companies. The turnout was attributed to an extensive agenda which included a separate Intergraph
CAD-Worx and Analysis Solutions track and customer presentations from
Shell, Tekla, The Badger Company, SMRT Projects, Nuon, Dynaflow and
others.

France
The 2015 French User Group was held in April 2 at Le Palais Brongniart
under the theme Great Stories Start Here. More than 40 companies were
represented. The event made an exceptionally good impression on attendees, with 98 percent saying they would recommend the event to a colleague.
Presentations from valued clients and partners such as Accenture, ATS Ingenierie and Heurtey Petrochem provided relevant insights into the use of
and lessons learned in implementing Intergraph solutions.

Italy
The Italian branch of the Intergraph PP&M EMIA User Groups was held
in February at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Milan, attracting more than 100 people
from 47 different companies, and all in attendance said that they would recommend the Italian User Group Conference to colleagues. Presentations from
ENI, Tecnimont, Saipem, Bellelli, PPC, Gelsia, S.T.I Engineering and CAD
Dataconsult outlined their experience with Intergraph solutions.

Russia
The Intergraph PP&M Russia & CIS User Group Conference took place
April 8-9, 2015 in Sochi, Russia, and gathered 79 attendees from 45 companies.
The agenda of this two-day event consisted of customer presentations, product
updates and industry trends and set up a good environment for knowledge
exchange, discussions and networking. One of the highlights was an introduction to the new SmartPlant Enterprise Portal opportunities. All in attendance
rated the event highly.

United Kingdom & Ireland

The UK & Ireland User Group and TUF meetings were held in March at
Dexter House in London attracting 44 people from 24 companies. For the first
time, an external keynote speaker was invited. Mandy Hickson, one of the first
female pilots on the front line for the Royal Air Force, gave an inspiring and
motivational speech, which was linked to Intergraph products. The keynote,
combined with presentations from valued clients such as Mott McDonald and
Fluor, provided lessons learned in implementing SmartPlant solutions.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

All PP&M Events are listed at

bit.ly/ppm-events
South Africa User Group

March 8, 2016
Johannesburg, South Africa

CEGUG User Group Germany

March 14-16, 2016

Darmstadt, Germany
www.cegug.org

Fiatech 2016 Technology

Conference & Showcase

April 4-6, 2016

Austin, Texas, U.S.
www.fiatech.org/events/techconference-showcase

ETAP User Conference

April 18-20, 2016

Irvine, California, U.S.
www.etap.com/uc2016/userconference-2016-welcome.htm

HxGN LIVE | ANAHEIM

June 13-16, 2016

Anaheim, California, U.S.
hxgnlive.com/anaheim

Emerson Global User Exchange

October 24-28, 2016
Austin, Texas, U.S.
www.emersonexchange.org/
americas/

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ONE CONFERENCE

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Hexagon bid a fond goodbye, for now at least, to Las Vegas and the
MGM Grand Convention Center with the conclusion of HxGN LIVE 2015
in June.
This years conference marked the end of a highly successful four-year
stint at the colossal, emerald-colored casino resort located on the famed
Las Vegas Strip.
HxGN LIVE 2015 was a rousing success with more than 3,500 attendees
participating this year. Under the theme Great Stories Start Here, Hexagons annual international conference was organized along six tracks Intergraph Process, Power & Marine, Geospatial, Geosystems, Metrology,
Safety & Infrastructure and Synergy and presented a lineup of must-see
technology innovations, exclusive presentations by industry experts, 400plus sessions, hands-on training and networking opportunities with peers
from around the world.
Ola Rolln, Hexagon President and CEO, presented the opening keynote address in Las Vegas, Human Ingenuity: An Ambitious Plot, An
Evolving Tale, in the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Rolln addressed the
role information technologies play in fueling curiosity and materializing
imagination. His keynote also highlighted different aspects of Hexagons
portfolio, empowering business and industry to discover, answer, refine
and, ultimately, innovate.
Rolln was followed by a special presentation from Doug Menuez, photojournalist and author of the best-selling book Fearless Genius: The Digital Revolution in Silicon Valley 1985-2000.
Intergraph Process, Power & Marine President Gerhard Sallinger and
PP&M executive team members Melanie Eakes, Charles Evans and Pat-

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TWO LOCATIONS

rick Holcomb presented the divisional keynote address, Innovating Together, where attendees learned first-hand how PP&Ms global customers
are innovating to successfully overcome market challenges by utilizing the
broadest solutions portfolio in the industry.
Another highlight in Las Vegas was The Zone, HxGN LIVEs technology expo, which showcased 50,000 square feet of technologies where conference participants experienced hands-on, one-on-one demonstrations of
Hexagon solutions from global product experts.
HxGN LIVE attendees also were treated to spectacular after-hours networking events at the MGM Grand Pool Complex and at Hakkasan Nightclub.

HONG KONG
The inaugural HxGN LIVE conference outside of the United States was
held in Hong Kong Nov. 18-20, with 3,500 attendees hailing from China,
Korea, India, Russia, Germany, France, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Canada,
Australia, Bahrain, Finland, the United Kingdom and United States.
Intergraph Process, Power & Marine software users were encouraged
to take away knowledge to help ignite positive change in their companies.
They also evaluated new technologies in The Zone that simplify workflows
and generate unprecedented efficiency for plants, ships and offshore facilities.
This international user conference offered 26 combined hours of Learn
& Share opportunities; five PP&M tracks featuring over 35 sessions; networking at meals and planned events; and keynotes from Hexagon and
Intergraph PP&M leadership.

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By J E R RY F E LT S

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Customer Story

Nothing shows Intergraphs capabilities or commitment to customer satisfaction better than

real-life examples of our solutions and people at work.
Whether at a plant, an offshore
facility or a shipyard, Intergraph
solutions are enabling organizations to make better and faster
operational decisions.

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Intergraph offers superior
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to meet your needs. Virtual and
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