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MAGAZINE
2013 | ISSUE 2
INSIDE
THISEDITION
Corporate News
Welcome
AVEVA infographic 22
AVEVA honoured at two prestigious award ceremonies 35
Focus on your industry 35
AVEVA World Summit 2013 38
Product News
Structural Growth: AVEVA Bocad
Customer News
Cover story: Aibels global operations deliver success
Cover photograph:
The Gudrun topsides. Photograph courtesy of Aibel and Statoil.
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Convergent evolution
In biology, it is common to encounter completely
unrelated species often on widely separated
continents that have so successfully solved
the same survival challenges as to have become
physically almost indistinguishable. Its called
convergent evolution. A corresponding convergence
is also taking place in the engineering world,
as sectors and disciplines that once considered
themselves unique progressively adopt common
solutions to what are, in essence, common
challenges.
The obvious difference of course is the speed of the convergence, which
is driven as much by the rapid advances in enabling technologies as by
the relentless growth of global demand. AVEVA has played a central role
in this, perhaps most conspicuously in integrating plant design and
construction technologies with those of shipbuilding to support the
booming offshore industry. We continue to drive convergence in other
areas, towards a vision of efficient, seamless engineering in a seamless
AVEVA technology environment.
This issue features some good examples of this. We have made strong
progress in integrating best-in-class structural steel design with plant
and outfitting design, while AVEVA Engineering is rapidly bringing
down barriers between engineering and design disciplines. Traditional
boundaries between asset creation and asset operation are also eroding
as Owner Operators come to appreciate the considerable economic
benefits of sharing information with their EPCs from the earliest
stages of a project. And this is not just one-way pressure; UPEC, one
of our progressive Russian EPC customers, is actively promoting this
collaborative way of working to its Owner Operator clients.
The big breakthroughs we described in the last issue are now being
followed up with consolidation as we bring planned incremental
developments and technology integration to market. So while last year
may have been the most exciting ever for AVEVA, I think many of our
customers are finding this year just as exciting. At our early adopters of
AVEVA Everything3D we find their engineers tremendously enthusiastic
about its new capabilities.
As you turn these pages you will find success after success as we and our
global customers advance together. As they have used AVEVA technology
to grow in efficiency and capability, so AVEVA has continued to grow in
turnover and global presence. Together we are converging on a shared
vision.
Richard Longdon
Chief Executive
AVEVA Group plc
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From left, Bengt A. Morken, Engineering Manager, and Knut O. Storsveen, Lead Advisor,
CAD Systems. Photograph courtesy of Aibel.
The town of Haugesund is situated on Karmsund, a strait which used to be strategically important, as ships could pass through it to avoid crossing heavy seas. The coastal waters off
Haugesund used to be a rich source of herring, and the town grew in consequence. In recent decades, the town has been turning towards the petroleum industry, and the herring are
long gone. Haugesund has a coastline on the North Sea, but the island of Karmy and the Rvr archipelago shelter most of the city from the rough waters of the ocean.
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Moving the Gudrun topsides out of the huge Haugesund fabrication hall
has made room for some important modification projects. Fabrication
work for Norske Shells Draugen platform and the Gullfaks C platform for
Statoil is now occupying the hall space. Troll TPC34 is also a major part of
the work in the yard these days. Aibel is carrying out the modifications
using AVEVA Plant.
Draugen started production in 1993 and the platform will undergo
major upgrading to significantly extend its service life. The project
involves adapting the platforms existing structure to provide a new
accommodation module and four new lifeboats.
Renewable energy projects
A promising new business area for Aibel is the wind energy industry.
Aibels first wind platform, DolWin Beta, is taking shape at Drydocks
World in Dubai and has also been designed with AVEVA Plant. DolWin Beta
is a submersible floating platform with a helipad, two lifting cranes and
separate living quarters for 24 people.
The platform is a collaborative project between Aibel and ABB. Aibel
is designing and building the platform, whilst ABB has overall project
responsibility and is supplying cables and the conversion equipment.
Work in Dubai will be complete by mid-December and the platform will
then be shipped to Haugesund for outfitting. In mid 2014, DolWin Beta
will be towed out and placed on the seabed in the DolWin field, a large
wind-farm cluster in the German sector of the North Sea, where it will
receive alternating current from wind farms, and convert it into direct
current before sending it onshore via subsea cables.
Aibel may not be unique in operating globally collaborative workflows,
but it certainly provides an example to others of how effective these can
be in delivering challenging projects to demanding cost and timescale
requirements. Aibels experiences clearly show that augmenting
engineering skill with enabling technology in this way increases the
capabilities and efficiency of all project participants.
About Aibel
Aibel is a leading service company within the oil & gas industry and is
also established in the renewable energy field. The company has close to
6,000 employees in Norway and abroad, engaged onshore and offshore.
With headquarters in Stavanger in Norway, Aibel has eight engineering
offices in Norway, in addition to four international engineering offices
in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Singapore and Thailand. The company
also has two fabrication yards, in Haugesund, Norway and Laem Chabang,
Thailand. Visit www.aibel.com for more information.
3D image of the
Gudrun topsides.
Image courtesy of Aibel.
Top: Aibels first wind platform, DolWin Beta, is taking shape at Drydocks World
in Dubai. Below: An artists impression of the platform in its operating position.
Photograph and illustration courtesy of Aibel.
To be able to deliver
the platform to Statoil on
time, fabrication had to
start well before the detail
design was complete.
The powerful data
management capabilities
of PDMS were a key factor
for Aibel in being able to
manage this effectively...
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Structural Growth
How AVEVAs acquisition of bocad
is delivering new capabilities
A great deal has been achieved in integrating bocad and its products into the AVEVA family.
Here, we take a look at the benefits this is already delivering for our customers.
Background
Most engineering companies use a variety of different applications
for different tasks, but incompatibilities between them often create
discontinuities in what should be a seamless, collaborative workflow.
The acquisition of bocad was an important step in AVEVAs continuing
strategy to remove such obstacles to sharing information. It brings bestin-class, highly automated structural steel detailing within the AVEVA
environment.
The need
In the plant or offshore industries, designers create structural steelwork
along with all the other piping and equipment layout. But it has been
customary to export the data to a specialist contractor who would use
third-party software to complete the detail design and fabricate the
parts. This export takes place early in the programme, because steelwork
must progress to construction in advance of the rest of the project.
From the moment of export, of course, the steelwork design diverged
from the rest of the layout, which continued to evolve, creating the
very real risk of undetectable clashes causing serious problems in
construction. The business case was clear. It was already possible to
exchange data with bocads solution, which was recognised as the
leader in its market and was popular with many AVEVA customers. Closer
integration would avoid the design divergence problem and increase
productivity.
Steve Insley
Product Business Manager, AVEVA
Brian Hughes
Product Strategy Manager, AVEVA
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Working together
The expanded AVEVA team has already created optimised solutions for
specific markets and simplified the product range, making it easier for
customers to acquire, and benefit from, this powerful technology. With
the recent release of two new products, the AVEVA portfolio now includes:
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z
z
z
z
The AVEVA Bocad Onshore add-on pack provides further productivityenhancing features for the plant industries, making it quicker and easier
to define structures such as pipe racks and towers. This not only saves
valuable man-hours, it also increases design quality because all the
essential features of a particular element are predefined and parametric,
configuring themselves automatically in accordance with rules (which are
themselves configurable).
and ideal for marine and offshore, too
AVEVA Bocad Steel also integrates with AVEVA Outfitting, offering
similar productivity gains for shipbuilders. To meet the specialist needs of
the offshore industry, which has evolved design principles and practices
not encountered elsewhere, AVEVA Bocad Steel can be augmented
with the AVEVA Bocad Offshore add-on pack. This extends the built-in
catalogue with a range of industry-specific templates that make it easier
and quicker to create features such as complex, compound-angle joints,
mudmats (used on the bottom of platform legs), helidecks and flare
booms. With the oil & gas industry moving into deeper waters, many of
these features will be of value to shipbuilders collaborating on floating
exploration and production facilities.
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Finally, AVEVA Bocad Roof and Wall serves the needs of many of
bocads long-standing customers in the Architecture, Engineering and
Construction (AEC) industry. It will be of particular interest to AVEVA
customers in the power industry, enabling them to execute both plant
and building design in a common 3D environment.
The AVEVA Bocad applications are elements of AVEVA Plant and
AVEVA Marine, enabling structural steelwork to integrate effectively
with all the other disciplines in a seamless, multi-discipline AVEVA 3D
environment.
Specific connection libraries are available, shown here for onshore applications.
Examples of off the shelf macros specifically designed for the offshore industry.
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Assured integrity
Structural integrity is not negotiable. It must be verified during
construction and maintained throughout the asset lifecycle. To support
this, the AVEVA Bocad products uniquely treat welds as intelligent
tagged items, not just arbitrary symbols on a drawing. This ensures that
callouts on a drawing exactly represent the welds defined on the model,
eliminating one obvious source of error. Welds can also have attribute
data associated with them, enabling efficient project tasks such as weld
material provisioning and certification tracking. In asset operations,
every weld can be individually referenced in work packs or inspection
procedures and its entire history recorded.
A secure future
In just one year, AVEVA has:
z met customer demand for more fully automated structural detailing
z optimised a range of best-in-class products for the plant, mining,
power distribution, shipbuilding, offshore and construction industries
z provided effective integration between the most advanced solutions
for structural steel, plant and marine outfitting design
z established a clear roadmap for continuing technology development
and integration.
Another example of Continual Progression in action!
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Daring to
be Great
How AVEVA Bocad technology enabled an
innovative Australian start-up to become
the most capable business in its sector
AVEVA acquired bocad because we could see that its
considerable technological leadership matched and
complemented our own. But even our enthusiasm for it
pales compared with that of EDC Consultants, its leading
exponent in the Australian structural engineering sector.
When we asked EDCs Managing Director, Chris Velovski, if
he would share his experiences of the Bocad technology,
we almost had to hold him down!
Steve Insley
Product Business Manager, AVEVA
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EDC Directors Mark Bajorek and Chris Velovski. Photo courtesy of EDC.
Like many start-ups, the company was formed out of trauma. ABB had
purchased the Allco Steel Corporation, then one of the biggest steel
fabricators on the east coast of Australia, and a number of experienced
engineering and design staff found themselves surplus to requirements.
This proved to be a blessing in disguise; Chris and a colleague, Mark
Bajorek, set up the Enterprise Drafting Company Pty Ltd in 1992 and have
never looked back since.
The team had a lot of high-quality experience behind them, having
worked on some of Australias most prestigious building and plant
projects, so success and growth came quickly. By 2008, the company
had grown far beyond being just a supplier of drafting
services, and renamed itself EDC Consultants Pty Ltd.
A key factor in this growth was the adoption, in 2001, of
BoCAD (as it was then called) software for structural
steel design. Chris Velovski explained, Wed
had some very bad experiences with
general-purpose 3D modelling
systems. They were claimed to be
able to do anything, but we quickly
discovered how drastically they
would fail when pushed. I had had
some experience with an early version
of BoCAD when working with Allco Steel,
and I learned that it had since moved on
from being a rather unwieldy programming
language to being a full visual modeller.
So I made a point of attending a
demonstration advertised in the Australian
Steel Institutes magazine.
For some time, Chris and his team had
been evaluating other structural steel
solutions and they had been disappointed
to find that these still had many of the
shortcomings of the general-purpose
systems. The BoCAD demonstration was
impressive and further investigation indicated that EDC had at last found
a solution that could support their long-term development. BoCAD-3D
was purchased and, after a brief training period, put to work on a live
project.
Above: An isometric view of the buffer bin assembly for the Newcastle Coal
Export Terminal. The facility handles 30Mtpa of coal. Image courtesy of EDC.
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Twelve years on, EDC has achieved some astonishing results with its
BoCAD system. Chris Velovski explained that one important driver was
being able to compete on technical ability against overseas competitors
who could afford to throw huge amounts of low-cost labour at a
project. I tell our clients that we use our smarts, he went on. With the
combination of our imagination and the power of the software we can
overcome any challenge. And I do mean any challenge!
The lower section of the buffer bin being lifted into position. Photo courtesy of EDC.
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Janis Choi
Senior Marketing Specialist, AVEVA Korea
Overview of DSMEs shipyards in Geoje Island, South Korea. Photo courtesy of DSME.
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DSME, always a pioneer, was moving on to the next phase in its business
growth and the company now states that the migration to AVEVA Marine
is playing a key role in its ongoing success.
Mr Heung-Won Suh, Director of DSMEs Information Technology Team
identified the five main reasons driving its migration to AVEVA Marine.
Full support from AVEVA
He told us, Adopting new tools is always risky. To minimise the risks,
DSME was clear about the need for close and seamless cooperation with
the software vendors. One of the advantages of AVEVA Marine for us
is that it still incorporates Tribons 40 years of shipbuilding expertise.
Over the last 25 years weve built very strong relationships and this
means that we could be confident AVEVA will support us well after the
implementation of the new tools.
After the first pilot test, Heung-Won Suh continued, we carefully
tested the AVEVA Marine version 12.0 environment and migration
toolkits and, to improve the testing process, DSME worked closely with
the development team at AVEVA. At DSMEs suggestion, functional
testing in a single-user environment was executed before the
application was tested in a multiple-user simulation. After that, we
deployed the testing in a real production environment. Working in this
way allowed us to save man-hours in both the testing and migration
phases of the project.
One of the key factors in the success of our migration was the
commitment of the local AVEVA engineers to solving the software
problems, no matter what the issue. The AVEVA development team were
keen to further improve the quality of AVEVA Marine and provided us
with software updates and new releases.
It was particularly helpful that local engineers were located close to us.
We had regular meetings with AVEVA to review the status of the project
and to exchange information. Migration was a complex process, but
AVEVAs support team worked hard to enable a smooth and effective
implementation process, Mr Suh added.
In addition, the AVEVA Marine Technology Service Centre (MTSC) in Busan,
Korea, completed a collaboration project with us at the end of February
2013. This long-term partnership will beneficially affect not only DSME,
but also other AVEVA Marine users, since we have been continuously
providing realistic feedback to assist with product development. AVEVA and
DSME are both looking forward to further collaboration on future product
development, which will provide considerable improvements for the
shipbuilding and offshore industries.
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An FPSO designed with AVEVA Marine is now in construction. Photo courtesy of DSME.
Tribon with its long development history was regarded as very stable,
but AVEVA Marine contains many more useful, up-to-date functions and
modules that are not included in Tribon. Users can feel uncomfortable
when they start to use the new tools, but eventually they find that AVEVA
Marine is faster and more versatile than Tribon.
Thanks to its strong core technology, AVEVA Marine is more suitable
for meeting the technical requirements of our new, complex upcoming
projects. For me, the most significant feature in AVEVA Marine is its
parametric functionality, which provides intelligent graphical design and
effective design quality assurance.
Among AVEVA Marines new features and functions, it allows users
to build template-based libraries, so they dont have to waste time
redesigning every item each time saving time and effort. AVEVA Marine
also includes a sophisticated 3D graphical user interface enabling
quick and intuitive modelling. The ability of various data input/output
functions provides further user-friendly customised features. Designers
can take advantage of Design Review features to check, not only for
clashes, but also for any model parts they may need.
Collaboration benefits
DSME now has a vision for the next 50 years as a global top player in the
Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning
(EPCIC) business. To make this a reality, DSME values the importance
of collaboration with major EPCs, not only locally but globally. AVEVA
PDMS is a leading solution of choice for the worlds power and plant
industries supporting projects of all sizes, from the smallest upgrade to
new-build installations of unlimited complexity, and it offers valuable
collaboration opportunities and an extensive pool of skilled users.
Demonstrated interoperability between AVEVA Marine and PDMS enables
effective collaboration between DSME and other EPCs.
This platform will have a 31,000 ton scaled topside for oil production
and will yield 31,000 barrels of crude oil per day. It will be designed with
AVEVA Marine and constructed in the Okpo shipyard. Delivery will be at
the end of 2016, said Mr. Suh.
About DSME
Since 1973, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)
has played a key contractors role in the shipbuilding and offshore
industry. The company has approximately 30,000 employees including its
subsidiaries. Its leading technology, competitive on-time delivery, and
reliable production management systems bring DSME to the top position
worldwide in building various vessels, offshore platforms, drilling rigs,
FPSO/FPUs, submarines and destroyers.
The shipyard, at Okpo Bay, Geoje Island in South Korea, covers an area of
4.3 million square metres, encompassing the worlds largest dock, with a
million-ton capacity. It is optimised for building high-tech motor vessels
using cutting-edge equipment, including a 900-ton Goliath crane.
Please visit www.dsme.co.kr for further information.
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AVEVA
Everything3D
Whats new
with the
Future of
Plant Design
The end of last year was a very exciting
time for everyone at AVEVA as we
completed the launch of our new plant
design product, AVEVA Everything3D
(AVEVA E3D).
At the 2012 AVEVA World Summit in
Paris, AVEVA E3D took centre stage,
but behind the scenes we were also
introducing our new project to develop
mobile applications for plant design.
It was here that we shared the first
previews of our research prototype,
which allows for the visualisation of
AVEVA E3D models.
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Visualisation
The ability to visualise and to easily
manipulate the 3D model with zoom,
pan and rotate functions is essential in
highlighting design areas of interest and
seeing them in the context of nearby
objects.
Inspection
In order to make decisions regarding the
validity of designs, the engineer must be
able to assess the design situation. This
means seeing the design in 3D model
space, measuring distances, identifying
potential clashes and querying the
attributes of 3D objects. All of these help
to create a picture of the design for proper
assessment. Notes and comments for the
design must also be easy to append and
share with collaborating parties for quick
problem resolution.
Approval
The most important part of streamlining
the approval process is enabled by
allowing mobile authorised workers to
approve designs in progress. Being away
from the office need no longer hold up the
process of design approval. Mobile users
should be able to change the status of the
design directly on the design model and
indicate their approval.
User experience (UX)
The availability of a lightweight
application development framework and
gesture technologies through Windows
8 has allowed us to direct our product
design effort to creating a simple and
efficient user interface. The introduction
of gestures for selecting functions and
manipulating the 3D model help to make
the experience very intuitive. Taking
advantage of the new 3D design graphics
within AVEVA E3D makes the operation of
the app very tactile and highly productive
when combined with our new pop-up
AVEVA PowerWheel.
Developments are still under way for the
new product, which will be launched at
the AVEVA World Summit in Boston at the
end of October 2013. For more information
on this exciting new application, simply
sign up to the new alerts from our Future
of Plant Design website:
www.aveva.com/futureofplantdesign.
Right: These images are from a development version of
the software; the final version may differ.
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49 Offices
1,400+
employees
30 Countries
R&D
25% in
2012/13
35.5m
2012/13
32.1m
2011/12
28.1m
2010/11
20.9m
2009/10
AVEVA serves more than 3,000 customers in the plant and marine industries
Oil & Gas
Power
Marine
Other
Stability and
growth
220.2
195.9
Innovation and
acquisitions
Launch of AVEVA
Everything3D
174.0
148.3
Acquisition of
Global Majic for
simulation
2010
2011
2012
2013
Acquisition of
bocad for steelwork
fabrication
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Two Years On
An overview of AVEVA Engineering in practice
AVEVA Engineering was released in
October 2011, so two years on seems
like a good opportunity to take stock of
its development since then and of its
impact on the engineering industries.
Background
AVEVA Engineerings importance can be summed up in one word: control.
Engineering projects create and manipulate huge amounts of disparate
types of information, through a process of continual change. Historically,
this required the different disciplines to work with many mutually
incompatible applications and any number of home-grown spreadsheet
documents. Chemical Engineering Magazine1 once observed that
...engineers working with stand-alone computer programs spend 5080%
of their time moving and organizing data between programs.
Julien de Beer
Head of Product Business Management,
Engineering & Schematics, AVEVA
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Multi-discipline collaboration
AVEVA Engineering enables the management of the status of every
tagged item on a project, from its initial creation as an item on a P&ID,
through its progress through successive changes and levels of maturity.
But rarely, if ever, is a tagged item of interest to only a single discipline; it
is the subject of collaboration between Process, Mechanical, Electrical &
Instrumentation and other disciplines. These various participants work at
different rates through different phases of the project. Each contributes
or updates information concerning the tagged item at different times. It
is essential, not only that the items various attributes remain under the
control of the responsible disciplines, but that every discipline can always
see the items true current status in order to keep their own part of the
overall design up to date.
Your AVEVA Account Manager or local sales team will be
pleased to help you use the BVC to illustrate how AVEVA
Engineering would perform in your particular situation.
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Elena Kolesnikova
Marketing Specialist, AVEVA
What is surprising to those not aware of this regional characteristic is that UPEC rose to its current
pre-eminence in only 11 years. AVEVA technology has played a key role in this achievement, so we
met with Mr Arkadiy A. Egorov, UPECs General Director, to learn more. UPECs history shows that a
professional approach and a clear vision of ones goals can achieve extraordinary results in a very
short period of time, he explained. The companys philosophy has always been one of continual
progression, so in this respect we have very much in common with AVEVA.
Challenges and opportunities
The company was set up with the aim of being the most modern and innovative of its type, so the
need for both advanced technologies and best-practice working methods was obvious. From the
outset, UPEC developed a very successful internal quality management system, which is still in use
today. For Russian design enterprises, the 1990s were tough times, continued Mr Egorov, and
we saw many fundamental changes in the markets and in the challenges and opportunities that
emerged. We could see then that technology would be key to our future, so in 2008 we began our
successful collaboration with AVEVA, with our first seats of AVEVA PDMS.
Pavel V. Glukhovtsev, Head of the IT department at UPEC, takes up the story. Our first PDMS project
was for the production of design documentation for the new compressor station at the 410 MW GRES
Power Plant at Sredneuralskaya. This was a pilot project, during which we upgraded from PDMS 11.6
to 12.0. It involved all project disciplines and was accomplished within eight months.
Olga E. Gerulaytis, Head of the CAD department, added, One of the key requirements that we
needed AVEVA to demonstrate during the pilot project was the ability to connect objects with all
their associated data. For instance, we could associate the P&ID with the 3D model in PDMS and run
fully automatic consistency checks. The system enabled us to eliminate even the slightest risk of
clashes and errors.
A view of the Tom-Usin plants original turbine hall. Photo courtesy of UPEC.
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First steps in creating a new PDMS design in context with the 3D laser scan data.
Image courtesy of UPEC.
Early success
Success followed success. The next project, on a greater scale, was the
expansion of the Surgut-2 power station with a combined-cycle gas
turbine and steam turbine unit. This was particularly challenging, as the
engineering team had to design and analyse a number of alternative
approaches to increasing the plants generating capacity. Once the
best approach had been selected,UPECs specialists developed full
project documentation, both for the main building and for all of the
infrastructure. On completion, this project had increased Surgut-2s
generating capacity to 5,600 MW.
Extending capabilities
As UPEC rapidly became skilled in the use of PDMS, further AVEVA
applications were implemented. AVEVA Review had already been
implemented alongside PDMS, followed in 2010 by AVEVA Diagrams,
AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator and AVEVA Cable Design. AVEVA NET
was added in May 2011, adding advanced Information Management to a
powerful suite of engineering and design tools. Training was provided by
AVEVAs Moscow team, and UPEC today has over 80 trained AVEVA Plant
users.
With strong demand for plant upgrades, UPEC soon realised that
accurately capturing the as-built state would save significant cost and
time. In December 2011 it adopted AVEVA Laser Model Interface in
preparation for its next project, the Tom-Usin power station, where laser
scanning was used for the first time to survey the main building, and the
scan data was put into PDMS. UPEC immediately became a committed user
of this powerful technology.
AVEVA Plant is being used on a succession of challenging projects. A
complex gas turbine project on the Severo-Labatjuganskoe field was
quickly followed by the Tachom field development. Here, the challenge lay
in positioning a large quantity of racks on very difficult site topography,
a task which was made considerably easier using PDMS. Currently, the
UPEC team are working on projects for the Akademicheskaya Thermal
Power Plant (TPP), the reconstruction of the Nizhnekam TPP with the
introduction of cold gas turbines, and the re-equipping of Blocks 4 and 5
of the Tom-Usin plant.
The final PDMS layout of the new Tom-Usin turbine hall. Image courtesy of UPEC.
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AVEVA Everything3D
tM
AVEVAs vision for the future of plant Design allows project teams to move
up to a new level of performance for plant design and drives a new era of
plant Design for lean construction. AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D )
is the new plant design product from AVEVA that exploits technology
innovations in laser scanning, mobile and cloud computing to enable
lean construction in plant project execution.
No 1 for Compliance
Ensuring projects meet with corporate,
client and legal standards
tM
tM
www.aveva.com/futureofplantdesign
AVEVA E3D is thE corE DEsign ApplicAtion within thE AVEVA plAnt proDuct portfolio.
it is fully intEropErAblE with All othEr AVEVA EnginEEr, DEsign AnD MAnAgE proDucts.
Since its foundation in 1958, SEDIN has built up an enviable reputation as a technology-driven EPC.
By 2008, increasing demand for its services on ever more challenging projects had begun to reveal
the limitations of its engineering design technology. This prompted a search for a more efficient
and scalable solution that would support its continuing business growth. A trial of AVEVA PDMS
quickly convinced SEDINs engineers and managers of its capabilities and, supported closely by
AVEVA China, the initial deployment was put to use on an alkene coal gasification project for the
Shenning Group. Successful on-time delivery led to SEDIN increasing its AVEVA deployment; in 2011
it extended this again with a further 50 PDMS seats.
From the outset, the relationship between SEDIN and AVEVA has been one of close partnership.
With their deep experience of the application of technology in the engineering industries, AVEVAs
consultants were able to work with SEDINs engineers to develop more efficient workflows and
business processes.
The relationship grows
From that first, successful PDMS trial in 2008, cooperation between SEDIN and AVEVA has continued
to grow. In addition to SEDINs increased deployment of PDMS, it has adopted more AVEVA products,
including AVEVA VPRM, AVEVA Diagrams and AVEVA Global, all of which are now in daily use on
a range of important projects.
Paul Eveleigh, Executive Vice President, AVEVA, commented, Chinas engineering industry
recognises the importance of using the most up-to-date technology to support world-class
business performance. SEDINs strategy is a good example of this in practice. Working with SEDINs
engineers to ensure a successful implementation of our solution, and then helping them develop
more efficient working methods that take advantage of the technology, has been a rewarding
experience for both parties.
A successful relationship like this with such a highly regarded Chinese engineering company also
helps to establish AVEVA as a credible technology partner in this economically important industry.
As a full-service EPC, SEDIN also extends the use of PDMS to the fabrication sites, making the model
available to support efficient construction processes and to help quickly resolve any problems. The
improved workflows developed at SEDIN have been so successful that SEDIN has now teamed up
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AVEVA has provided exemplary support in the maintenance of our PDMS system and
has helped us further develop our layout design and engineering applications to much
greater depth. AVEVAs solutions and services are indeed helping us achieve many
operational goals. This successful collaboration has been invaluable to us and will, I
believe, continue to drive our close partnership with AVEVA to reach even higher levels...
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About SEDIN
Originally Chinas Second Design Institute of Chemical Industry, SEDIN
Engineering Co., Ltd was founded in 1958 and affiliated to the former
Ministry of Chemical Industry. It became a member of the state-run
China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation (CNCEC) in
1988 after a national reorganisation. SEDIN is today one of Chinas
leading EPCs, with extensive expertise in the coal-to-liquid, coal-togas, coal-chemical, organic and inorganic chemicals, pharmaceutical
and agricultural chemicals, environmental protection, and geological
surveying industries.
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Focus
These two awards are a real testament to how the AVEVA team made 2012
a great year, said Richard Longdon, CEO, AVEVA. 2012 marked our 45th
anniversary. We are growing rapidly and we have just released some of
the most exciting technology in the companys history. This accolade is
a direct reflection of our commitment to significant and sustained R&D
investment, commercial achievement and a solid growth strategy. We
currently employ 1,400 staff around the world, with approximately 400 in
the UK, making us a truly global company.
Our customers are in the process plant, power and marine industries
and rely on our software to create and operate the worlds most complex
engineering assets. We continually strengthen our product portfolio
through both in-house development and the acquisition and integration
of industry-leading technologies. Its wonderful that the dedicated
efforts of our AVEVA colleagues have been recognised by the judges.
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Neha Gianchand
Marketing Manager, AVEVA India
Adding PDMS to LTCs existing suite of engineering and design solutions proved straightforward.
User training was provided at LTCs offices, and modelling of the new design began less than a
month later. Two years on, and LTC has over 80 engineers and designers trained and working with
AVEVA software.
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The client had mandated the use of AVEVA PDMS for this prestigious 3 million cubic metres/
day gas production facility. Mr. Kishorkumar Shah, LTCs IT Head, explained, This was a major
breakthrough for LTC. It was the biggest project we had handled and was strategically important
for us. There is considerable growth potential in the regions natural gas industry, but it is a very
competitive market for EPCs, so we needed to demonstrate our ability to deliver large, complex
projects efficiently.
With AVEVA,
we can do
more, in less
time and to a
higher quality
standard...
Using Multi-Discipline Supports, LTC customises and models project-specific supports with a
significant degree of detail in the 3D model. Fully detailed piping support drawings can be produced
much more quickly than by using a conventional CAD drawing utility. Mr Chaube estimated that this
saves around 3540% of the man-hours originally required.
Similarly, using AVEVA Mechanical Equipment Interface has resulted in significant savings in effort
which would have been spent on remodelling vendors equipment. For the PDO project, LTC is
importing models of compressors and accessories designed by their vendor (GE) in Pro/ENGINEER,
using the AP203 format. Together with PDMSs powerful model editor, this makes equipment
positioning and the associated pipe routing work quick and efficient.
On the same project, Mr Chaube explained that they were expecting a requirement to work with
as-built data captured by laser scanning, something which he is well placed to meet by the use of
AVEVA Laser Model Interface, which enables 3D scan data to be referenced directly within PDMS.
PDMS also delivers value right through to construction. LTC routinely makes the PDMS model
available to the team on the construction site, greatly assisting the avoidance or resolution of
problems at this critical stage.
A bright future
LTC is in no doubt about the opportunities that its AVEVA Plant deployment offers for its business
growth. Demonstrated success on the PDO project followed similar high performance on two Indian
projects: a process/living-quarters platform for Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Limited and a
modular cellar skid for Cairn India, on the Raageshwari, Bhagyam and Aishwariya oil fields.
Mr Chaube commented, We are already working on a follow-up project for PDO and four units for
ERC. The ERC project is our largest international direct order to date. We would not have been able
to tender for it without our proven ability to work on collaborative projects. With important add-ons
like AVEVA Global and Laser Model Interface, it enables us to punch well above our weight on far
bigger and more complex projects. With AVEVA, we can do more, in less time and to a higher quality
standard, he concluded.
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Streamlined Agendas
This years Summit has three focused agendas, designed to meet the
different interests of our delegates. Maximise your Summit experience
by selecting the agenda that offers the greatest benefit to your business.
Rest assured that you are also free to move between agendas, selecting
individual sessions that are of particular interest. All three agendas contain
a mix of both AVEVA and customer speakers.
Agenda for Owner Operators
This agenda focuses on the key risk reduction and ROI challenges faced in
the CAPEX and OPEX phases of the global Oil & Gas, Process Plant, Power
and Mining industries projects.
Agenda for EPCs
This agenda explores how these companies can improve the efficiency of
major capital projects from FEED through to handover while improving their
competiveness in an increasingly complex market.
Agenda for Shipbuilders
This agenda delivers insights and strategies for creating a more integrated
and competitive shipyard for both vessel and offshore projects.
Welcome Reception
Team working
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The advance
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shipbuilding
The evergreen
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Team working
across the project
Plant design,
construction
and material
management
Working smarter
Building relationships in structural
steel
EPC
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Be sure to check the Summit website for the latest list of confirmed customer speakers.
www.avevaworld.com
See you in Boston!
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Kelvin Davis
Marketing Communications Manager, AVEVA
MIPACs engineers take advantage of AVEVA Instrumentations close integration with Microsoft Excel.
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Editor, AVEVA World Magazine
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We have extended the use of the 3D model to the fabrication area. The
model is made available for review by the fabrication engineers and
workers. This gives us a prompt understanding of how the pipes and
equipment are placed.
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