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From Our Leaders

Letter From the Editor: Cloud Computing Now Mainstream
4 
6 View From the Top: Gerhard Sallinger

Feature: Cloud

8 Debunking the Myths of the IIoT
10 Customer Satisfaction: How Technology Can Help Improve 22
Safety and Project Productivity
12 The SmartPlant® Cloud Role in Digital Transitions
14 Connecting Assets, Big Data and Better Decision-Making

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16 Why Projects Fail: EcoSys EPC™
18 Advance Hull Design Processes: Samsung Heavy Industry
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR » PAT R I C K H OL C OM B

CLOUD COMPUTING
Now Mainstream
We want our clients to remain in the lead when it comes to high-ROI leverage of new
technology, and that’s why we continuously monitor upcoming technologies.
In 1995, a technology analyst named Jackie Fenn was credited as naming the expec-
tations cycle for new technologies, called the Hype Cycle, which is the typical wave of
expectations that technologies go through as they mature. Gartner has been issuing the
annual Gartner Hype Cycle for over a decade.
In 2010, cloud computing was on the peak of the Gartner Hype Cycle. Now, just six
years later, technologies like blockchain and machine learning feature at the peak of the
Patrick Holcomb
hype cycle, while cloud computing has moved out of the chart entirely because it’s been
Executive Vice President,
Global Business Development accepted as a mainstream, mature technology with proven Return on Investment (ROI).
Intergraph PP&M Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine began investing in SmartPlant® Cloud in 2011,
as the potential for the cloud delivery of enterprise applications became increasingly via-
ble. Since then, we’ve learned a lot about client needs for performance, security, data sov-
Connect with me at
linkedin.com/in/patrickholcombglobal ereignty, scalability and service needs by working with our clients and other technology
and on Twitter @Intergraph partners. Today, just five years later, the variable cost structure of SmartPlant Cloud has
emerged as a powerful option to the fixed-cost structure of on-premise deployments,
with comparable or superior performance and security.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) featured at the peak of Gartner’s Hype Cycle
in 2015 and refers to the growing trend for internet-enabled devices to interact directly
with myriad other computing systems to automate monitoring, management and con-
trol. IIoT is fundamentally enabled and accelerated by the ecosystem created by
cloud technology initiatives. Intergraph PP&M has some early experience in the
connection of equipment and enterprise management software in the arena of ma-
PLATEAU OF
PRODUCTIVITY jor project materials management, which we believe is just the tip of the iceberg
VISIBILITY

PEAK OF
INFLATED
as more and more physical assets become internet enabled. GE Digital’s Predix
EXPECTATIONS SLOPE OF
ENLIGHTENMENT
initiative is another example of a very big corporate bet on the industry value that
THROUGH OF
DISILLUSIONMENT
can be enabled by IIoT and cloud computing.
TECHNOLOGY
In this issue of Insight, we are exploring the current state of the industry of
TRIGGER
these two related technologies. We are also providing an overview of the Smart-
MATURITY
Plant Cloud platform and how it is already serving our customers, such as IHI
GARTNER HYPE CYCLE
E&C and Burns & McDonnell, as well as future-looking perspectives from the ARC
Advisory Group and Datanami, two entities well acquainted with industry trends.
It’s a bold new world out there, and Intergraph PP&M is proudly leading the way.
I’d like to hear what you think about the future of cloud computing and IIoT on
LinkedIn or #ppmSmartCloud on Twitter.

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Achieve Goals, Ensure Maximum ROI

Improve Software Delivery on
SmartPlant® Cloud

IN THE WORLD OF ENTERPRISE ENGINEERING

SOFTWARE, IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT YOU BUY;
IT’S ABOUT HOW YOU USE IT.
Gerhard Sallinger
President, Intergraph PP&M

We are in a time of great change for enterprise technology.
Cloud technology has enabled centralization, standardization
and automation of enterprise software such that there are many
great options to the proven client-server deployment model
used by most organizations in our industry today. Enterprise
software can be administered almost anywhere and delivered
almost anywhere there’s sufficient internet connectivity.
IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), an accelerating trend
among industrial equipment and sensor suppliers, is enabling
connections between enterprise software and field sensors of
every type imaginable. For example, GE Digital is combining a
cloud service with IIoT connection with major equipment like
turbines for the backbone of its new global offering, GE Predix.
Whether you’re an EPC, owner operator or fabricator, your
business depends on reliable software, delivered at a scalable
cost. Moving to a cloud service shifts the fixed capital expense of
hardware into the operational expense of on-demand infra-
structure.
Cost savings can include optimizing licenses and refocusing
on higher-value tasks within the company. Further value drivers
include faster project startup, decreased provisioning time,
easier project handover and increased global reach.
IIoT is similar to cloud technology in that it enables myriad
new work processes and IT system connections that were just a
dream five years ago. Our clients are still evaluating how IIoT
will best work for them, and we have just begun to explore how
unlimited sensor/machine – enterprise software connectivity
can be monetized. I urge you to have the discussion with your
people if you haven’t already and look for creative new work
processes enabled by IIoT.
The people of Intergraph are working 365 days a year, 24/7
to ensure that the infrastructure, application usage and per-
formance of SmartPlant® Cloud; is optimized for your global
users, customers, suppliers, vendors and partners. This allows
teams to collaborate in real-time on a worldwide basis with the
confidence of knowing the system is available for project or
operational activity.
Standards like ISO 27001 enable our teams to protect
your data with strong user compliance and governance, 24/7
monitoring, encryption, user segregation, all with an uptime
guarantee of 99.8 percent. The way in which we support users
differs from our competition in that we have developed, tested
and optimized all Intergraph applications for SmartPlant Cloud.
At HxGN LIVE 2016, Johan Krebbers - Royal Dutch Shell’s
chief technology officer for the IT Group - pointed out that
SmartPlant Cloud has created an extremely collaborative
environment for them, and the status of projects is exact and
transparent.
As Mr. Krebbers said, the key purpose of using the cloud is
that the data stays in the same location. It does not move. What
does move is the access to that data. Wherever your computer,
smart phone or tablet is, there’s your point of access.
Engineering company Burns & McDonnell, seeking better
collaboration and a streamlined workflow, is entrusting Smart-
Plant Cloud to house and manage its engineering infrastruc-
ture. The company wishes to maximize its financial investments
and human capital within its core business, which is producing
power and process plants, not running IT environments.
These two new technologies, cloud and IIoT, are creating the
option for big changes in many organizations. We are honored
to work with you in finding the best way to leverage these tech-
■
nologies for your enterprise.

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 » FOCUS ON «
CLOUD
SCALABILITY
SMOOTHER
IMPROVED PROJECT
COLLABORATION
HANDOVER

The Benefits of Working

in the Cloud are Abundant
While cloud adoption was hindered early on by security concerns of sensitive
corporate data being stored on offsite servers, those apprehensions have been
curbed. Cloud is now transforming the computing landscape.

And when utilizing Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine enterprise software
solutions, the SmartPlant® Cloud environment is helping our customers realize
these advantages and more.

SmartPlant Cloud boasts the most stringent security level for information
management systems, and there’s no need for additional software licensing.

Our customers don’t have to deal with hardware, memory or processor

requirements. It’s all part of the SmartPlant Cloud service.

In the next few pages, learn more about cloud execution, how SmartPlant Cloud can
make your data accessible anytime on any device, and then decide how to put the
cloud platform to work for you.

REDUCED FASTER
CAPITAL
PROJECT START-UP
EXPENDITURE

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CLOUD » ARC ADVISORY GROUP
Originally published by
the ARC Advisory Group
blog site, Industrial IoT/
Industrie 4.0 Viewpoints

INSIGHTS ON
THE DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION
OF INDUSTRY

Debunking the Myths

hile automation and tech
giants are embracing In-
dustrial Internet of Things
(IIoT) value props, discus-
sions with leaders at small and medium
manufacturers reveal that IIoT innova-
tors have failed to give tangible examples
of how IIoT solutions can be applied on
the shop floor today. Lack of information
leads the top myths of IIoT.
Myth No. 1: IIoT innovations are too
expensive. They lack clear Return on
Investment (ROI).
How do you quantify productivity
improvements and return on investment
from new technology? A recent report cit-
ed that of the companies that haven’t yet
incorporated IIoT technology, 23 percent
of the Industrial IoT
cited “unclear and unproven ROI” as the
primary reason.
Here’s the confusion: many IIoT solu-
tions offer the same benefits as traditional
on-premise solutions (such as asset per-
formance management). So while IIoT
technology is new, the benefits of asset
management aren’t. On-premise and
SCADA solutions have long served in-
dustrial manufacturers, but the high up-
front costs meant benefits were relegated
to those with capital flexibility. IIoT apps
shift the up-front investment to an ap-
proachable subscription-based operating
expense.
In this example, we don’t need to guess
at the return. The benefits are proven from
years of on-premise installations and are
the same whether you store your data on-
site or on the cloud, so there’s no myth to
ROI.
Let’s do a quick ROI breakdown with
the same asset management example
where downtime can be a major source
of profit loss. A scan of IIoT apps for as-
set management show manufacturing ef-
ficiency improvements of 3 to 5 percent.
In taking a pessimistic approach, let’s
assume efficiency is only improved by a
mere 1 percent.
For a company with 24/7 production
operations, that results in a 7.2-hour in-
crease in productivity per month. Anoth-
er example: A Monday-to-Friday, 9-5 pro-
duction operation, at a 5 percent efficiency
increase would achieve an eight-hour pro-
ductivity increase per month. Providing
there’s a market for the additional mate-

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rial produced, an added day’s production
is likely at least as valuable as the modest
monthly subscription fee.
Myth No. 2: With the cloud, my data
won’t be secure.
As the RtTech Software CTO com-
mented, it doesn’t matter how fast or well
we present the data, clients are first con-
cerned with cloud security. We fear what
we don’t know, and this myth is fueled in
large part due to a lack of understanding
of the security practices involved in da-
ta-sharing platforms. So rather than the
blanket, “your data is safe,” let’s take a
closer look at data security.
There are three essential stages that
comprise a data-sharing network: On-site,
in-going and out-going communication,
and data hubs. For each stage, there are
best practices to maximize security:
ON-SITE
Warning: On-site best practices are
obvious, but this is the most vulnerable
area of data security.
Do not share usernames and pass-
words. Sharing usernames and passwords
with co-workers or outsiders lowers the
security level within a data-sharing net-
work as it allows for increased users with
access to the network which may compro-
mise the integrity of the network.
Do not leave your computer unattend-
ed. If you are leaving your desk, simply
“lock” your computer screen by pressing
“Windows logo key+L”. Locking your
screen when you are away from your desk
ensures that only authorized individuals
(those with usernames and passwords)
can access the network.
Install anti-virus software. Having
an anti-virus software package will help
protect your computer and network from
external threats like untrusted web pages
or unrecognized email attachments which
can compromise the integrity of your se-
cure network.
IN-GOING AND OUT-GOING
COMMUNICATION
Tip: When choosing a cloud-based
software program, always do background
research on not only the software but, per-
haps more importantly, the company pro-
viding the service.
AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing
Protocol) is a standardized protocol used
by reputable software providers when
communicating data from a client’s de-
vices (within a secure network) to a data
hub or host cloud. The data is sent with the
same technique as used in online banking
or secure shopping websites. The encryp-
tion means that even if someone was able
to intercept the data while it is being trans-
ferred from the client to the cloud, the data
would be protected by an encrypted code.
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol
Secure) is another protocol used by repu-
table software providers when exporting
data from the cloud hub to the client’s
devices. Similar to AMQP, the data that is
exported from the cloud hub to a client’s
devices is securely encrypted.
OPC (OLE for Process Control) is a
series of specification standards developed
in collaboration by software vendors and
developers. OPC defines the security of an
interface between a client’s devices and a
server, as well as from one server to anoth-
er. Software that has OPC certification has
been tested for its secure practices to en-
sure ultimate data privacy.
DATA HUBS
The third component of a secure net-
work is the actual cloud, or data hub.
When selecting a cloud provider, look
deeper into the provider’s organizational
ethics, practices and reputation.
In a recent Microsoft study, clients re-
sponded that after the adoption of a cloud-
based network, 94 percent experienced
additional security benefits that were not
available with on-premise solutions, while
62 percent of customers felt that data pri-
vacy had increased since moving to the
cloud.
Myth No. 3: IIoT solutions provide too
much data with not enough context.
Less than 1 percent of North American
companies have achieved the highest level
of "big data" usage, according to the Inter-
national Data Corporation. However, ad-
vancements in IIoT technology mean the
data no longer has to be overwhelming for
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By T E R I M A LTA I S
those willing to dig into it with the right
tools.
Available sensors, cloud-based net-
works, API integration, advanced analytic
software and even data historians enable
the data to be easily collected, stored and
classified, allowing for deep analysis of the
data. The trick is to select the right data
points and analytics tools so that your
“medium” data can offer big value.
One thing to remember with IIoT
solutions is that they are ultimately tools.
The software and solutions we are seeing
emerge in today’s manufacturing indus-
tries are meant to empower the work-
force and improve operating process, but
they’re not a magic wand. Which leads to
the last myth:
Myth No. 4: IIoT solutions aren’t prov-
en to work yet. They have no track
record.
No innovation has a track record. If it
had a track record, it wouldn’t be “new” or
“innovative”.
With that being said, early adoptions
of IIoT solutions are starting to build
strong business cases, and if we circle back
to the answer for Myth No. 1, at least some
IIoT applications offer benefits that have
been proven via on-premise installations;
it’s simply that they’re now affordable for a
much larger market. ■
>> www.arcweb.com
Teri Maltais has been driving marketing
efforts within the manufacturing industry
for over 15 years and is now marketing
director at RtTech Software (www.rttech-
software.com), which develops and markets
industrial analytic apps. RtTech’s solutions
include RtDuet designed to improve asset
availability and utilization in industrial
facilities like manufacturing, mining and
power generation, and RtEMIS, an energy
management information system to help
industrial facilities reduce energy con-
sumption.
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CLOUD » SMARTPLANT® CLOUD
Satisfaction
How Cloud Technology Can Help Improve Safety and Project Productivity
precedent has been set.
Intergraph® Process, Power &
Marine customers are seeing
the very real benefits of acc-
essing their data through SmartPlant®
Cloud.
IHI E&C – an engineering, procure-
ment and construction company that ush-
ers projects from concept to completion to
commissioning to ongoing support – has
heard from its client base the request for
project management that mandates cloud
adoption. Tina Landrum, SmartPlant Ma-
terials administrator for IHI E&C, said the
industry is moving to “rapid-fire sched-
ules,” and her company is being called on
to speed up its processes.
The Need for Cloud in the Yard
“We can’t rely on finishing the engi-
neering to start the purchasing,” Landrum
said. “We have to start buying while we are
engineering. In order to do that, we have
to really be able to manage our specifica-
tions and manage the material at an early
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CUSTOMER
point.”
While working in a manual environ-
ment, material was unintentionally pur-
chased that wasn’t part of the specifica-
tion. The company then decided to utilize
Intergraph Smart™ Materials Mobile Scan,
a mobile application that enables barcode,
QR code and RFID tag scanning in the
construction yard. The app is fully embed-
ded in SmartPlant Materials and accessed
through SmartPlant Cloud.
“With Mobile Scan especially being a
mobile app on a Samsung or an iPhone®,
it is right there,” she said. “You have a few
people doing key pieces of those jobs and
then letting the technology actually work
for you … letting the system or tool work
harder and allowing you to work smarter.
“I think one of the biggest advantages
in terms of results is the schedule. You’re
able to meet your schedule more effective-
ly.”
Landrum said IHI E&C plans to lever-
age Mobile Scan on other multi-location
projects and believes it will assist in man-
aging multiple fabrication sites, construc-
tion, laydown, warehouses – onsite and
offsite – from a single location.
“We would really like to see a more
effective use of our personnel in the field,
instead of having people standing around,
always looking for where the material is,”
she said.
The Solution is Here
Poorly managed engineering informa-
tion compromises safety and effectiveness
and contributes to cost overruns on capital
projects. Access to trustworthy, integrated
engineering data and documentation is
essential for both effective project delivery
and safe, efficient plant operations.
A simple solution to the engineering
information challenges is available: Cloud
technology, where drawings, reports,
schedules, tag lists and criticality lists ex-
ist in a single location with all project /
operational staff reusing, not recreating,
the same piece of information. The most
innovative owners and contractors recog-
 By K E V I N HOL M E S & PAT R IC I A Mc C A RT E R

WE SEE TWO KEY BENEFITS TO

SMARTPLANT CLOUD. THE FIRST IS THE
APPLICATION EXPERTISE THAT INTERGRAPH
BRINGS…THE SECOND IS THE SPEED OF
ONBOARDING. INTERGRAPH WORKED
CLOSELY WITH OUR INTERNAL EXPERTS
TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES, WHICH MEANT
WE WERE ABLE TO GET WHAT CAN BE A
COMPLEX PRODUCT INTO PRODUCTION
QUICKLY.

- Jackie Davis, Senior Applications Specialist,

Process & Industrial Piping Department;
Burns & McDonnell

nize that a move to a cloud environment
will improve engineering information,
help to better manage their projects costs
and improve efficiency.
Using a cloud-based solution enables
the project deliverables to support the
next phases: FEED, detail design, fabri-
cation and construction and to support
ongoing plant operations. This consisten-
cy provides opportunities to better meet
schedules, reduce organization migration
costs, and ease the handover process from
project to operations by offering a central-
ized, integrated access point to all engi-
neering data and services.
Controlling access in a cloud envi-
ronment is straightforward; everyone has
access only to the data that is relevant to
them. A cloud-based solution reduces the
risk of a negative security incident by pro-
tecting data with strong user compliance
and governance. For example, an instru-
mentation engineer has full access to the
instrumentation data, but view-only ac-
cess to a limited part of the electrical en-
gineering data.
Industry leaders such as Eni, Fluor and
Shell have successfully executed projects
in the cloud, proving that not only can it
be done, but there are also significant ad-
vantages in terms of efficiency and access
to information. These leading companies
are now using SmartPlant Cloud to get the
best from their data and use it efficient-
ly, without significant investments in IT.
Under the current market conditions, this
is exactly what is needed to reduce costs
and compress schedules while improving
safety.
Burns & McDonnell, an American en-
gineering design firm, commented on the
implementation of SmartPlant Cloud for
their SmartPlant Reference Data solution.
The company noted two key benefits to
this technology.
The first is the application expertise,
both in terms of the backend database ad-
ministration and in the Intergraph appli-
cation itself, which aided greatly in setup
and maintenance. The second is the speed
of onboarding. Intergraph worked closely
with Burns & McDonnell’s internal ex-
perts to address any issues, which meant a
complex product could move into produc-
tion quickly.
Bracing for Challenge
As global energy demands increase
and the oil price continues to fluctuate, it
is becoming increasingly clear that a major
focus for everyone involved must be the
minimization of overhead, and an even
sharper focus on productivity and costs
is needed to achieve this. Implementing
cloud technology today will be best placed
to embrace these challenges. ■
>> ppm.intergraph.com/go/cloud
Kevin Holmes is a senior vice president
of AEC Sales, responsible for the HxGN
SMART Build initative. He is based in
Swindon, Wiltshire, UK. Patricia McCa-
rter is editorial director for Insight maga-
zine and serves as senior content market-
ing manager for Intergraph PP&M. She is
based in Huntsville, Alabama, US.

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 THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
IS DIGITALLY CONSERVATIVE
COMPARED TO OTHER
INDUSTRIES ...

4.68
ON A SCALE OF ONE TO 10.

- MIT Sloan Management Review

and a Deloitte 2015 study

The
SmartPlant®
Cloud Role in
Digital Transitions
Scalability, Collaboration and Cost Savings

he number of companies tran-
sitioning their legacy infra-
structure and software to a
hosted or cloud environment is
steadily rising, especially over the past few
years. By 2018, a projected 59 percent of
total cloud workloads will be Software-as-
a-Service (SaaS); 28 percent will be Infra-
structure-as-a-Service (IaaS), and 13 per-
cent will be Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).
Cloud is catching on, but what is caus-
ing this uptick in transitions for oil and
gas companies? It’s a combination of low
energy prices, realized business benefits
and a perfect-fit solution. For customers
already using data-centric applications
of Intergraph® – like SmartPlant® P&ID,
SmartPlant Instrumentation, and Inter-
graph Smart™ 3D – the SmartPlant Cloud
environment is the perfect solution to
increase consistency and collaboration
while reducing costs.
Due to the long-term low price of en-
ergy commodities, industry information
technology budgets have decreased by 10
percent or more, leading companies to re-
think their spending and strategically im-
plement digital solutions as a way to save
resources and improve efficiencies. While
the current slump in energy prices is in-
deed accelerating this digital transition,
the majority of cloud conversions can be
attributed to the benefits realized by the
organizations in this industry.
Scalability, collaboration and cost sav-
ings are just some of the reasons custom-
ers are embracing SmartPlant Cloud faster
than some may have expected.
Accessible Data, Where and When
You Need It
Becoming fully operational can take
months when deploying software in-
house. Additional provisioning for peak
usage leads to idle resources and increased
costs in both infrastructure and labor
hours. With SmartPlant Cloud, compa-
nies gain agility to rapidly start up, com-
press schedules and scale up or down to
meet business needs, respond to fluctu-
ating conditions and leverage distributed
teams.
Having grown through acquisitions,
the Italian multinational oil company Eni
S.p.A. had a dispersed workforce, a large
software footprint and various software
applications at each silo, making data ac-
cess difficult on FEED projects. The com-

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pany’s transition to SmartPlant Cloud
has increased the quality of its collected
engineering data, documents and models,
which is saving time and costs, allowing
Eni to respond rapidly to business chal-
lenges.
Unlike in-house software, security
patches and updates can be rolled out
instantly instead of being sent out to nu-
merous individual installations. Solutions
delivered via SmartPlant Cloud are ac-
cessible from almost any device (desktop,
mobile device or smart phone) without
having to change IT infrastructure. Proj-
ect participants can use any device brand
and operating system and still gather the
data and documents that are critical to
achieving project success.
By C OR A C L O U D - F O S T E R & T R E N T P OP E
Collaboration in the Cloud
Project teams can span several loca-
tions all over the world, which illuminates
why 72 percent of CIOs reported collabo-
ration capabilities as a top benefit of cloud,
according to The State of the CIO 2016
report. The challenge for these dispersed
groups is the need for instant access to
business information, data and other team
members in real-time.
Working in a cloud environment en-
ables teams to collaborate instantly across
geographic, organizational and systems
boundaries; teams working from even the
most remote and inhospitable sites can ex-
change ideas and share information effec-
tively on their device of choice.
With access permissions in a compa-
ny’s control, venture enterprises can bring
new partners or vendors on board instant-
ly. After having purchased a company in
India, leading EPC Burns & McDonnell
wanted to leverage its acquisition for proj-
ects already in progress, using the same
products and specs already in place. Mov-
ing to a SmartPlant Cloud environment
provides a consistent infrastructure and
streamlined collaboration with its new
business unit.
Cost Savings of SaaS
At a time of lower capital spending due
to lower revenues, solutions like the cloud
become significant drivers of cost savings.
According to a 2015 report by BP, digital
technologies have the potential by 2050 to
increase production volumes by four per-
cent and reduce costs by 13 percent. Host-
ing software in a cloud environment elim-
inates the upfront capital IT expenditure
by becoming an operational expense, en-
abling companies to control spend based
on their needs and the market condition.
Companies in this industry spend a
tremendous amount of time and money
internally managing datasets that they do
not own outright but rather lease. Transi-
tioning to an external cloud solution for
vendor datasets significantly reduces the
footprint of the internal IT systems and
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reduces headaches and costs associated
with project handover.
Shell’s Project Vantage, enabled by
SmartPlant Cloud, is a templated ap-
proach for including operational param-
eters during the design phase in order
to accelerate project handover. Shell sees
SmartPlant Cloud as a major cost savings
and operational safety improvement. By
providing a standard environment for
companies and their partners, owner op-
erators such as Shell gain better visibility
into projects, which enforces consistency,
reduces rework and saves money.
Cloud Adoption is a Process
As a data-intensive industry, a cloud
environment is ideal for the oil and gas
industry, but the inevitable transition of
migrating decades of legacy systems and
workflows is an incremental process.
More than just the capabilities of hosted
infrastructure, the value comes in being
able to orchestrate the mix of in-house,
remotely hosted, and cloud service adop-
tion – in addition to the software products
chosen – which is unique to each organi-
zation.
Companies should invest in quality
software delivered in a way that best suits
their business model and needs, whether
in-house, in the cloud, or a hybrid of the
two.
All of Intergraph PP&M products are
available in a SmartPlant Cloud environ-
ment including the product families of
3D modeling and visualization; engi-
neering and schematics; information
management; procurement, fabrication
andconstruction; Project Controls; and
Analysis. ■
>> ppm.intergraph.com/go/cloud
Cora Cloud-Foster is the global marketing
program manager for SmartPlant Cloud.
Trent Pope is the executive manager of
Global Cloud Solutions. Both are based in
Huntsville, Alabama, US.
» ppm.intergraph.com l digital INSIGHT 13
CLOUD » POWER OF CON NECTIVITY
Originally appeared
on the datanami.com
news portal

90%
OF THE WORLD’S
DATA WAS
CREATED IN THE
LAST TWO YEARS

Connected Assets, Big Data

and Better Decisions
Making the World a Better Place with the Industrial Internet of Things
ew power does not come from
data itself but from the evolu-
tion of connectivity. First we
connected computers, then
we connected 2.3 billion people annually,
and then we connected sensors and ma-
chines. There is no doubt that our lives as
humans are evolving. New technologies,
including everything from our refriger-
ators and Fitbits® to our cars and drones,
have a huge impact on our lives. But they
also have an even bigger ability to impact
our business operations.
Ninety percent of the world’s data was
created in the last two years. In 2005 the
world created a record breaking 130 exa-
bytes of information; that’s enough data
to stack books to Pluto and back several
times over. Yet, it’s nothing compared to
the more than 40,000 exabytes we’re ex-
pecting to produce by 2020.
Those who excel in this data-driven
economy do more than react – they are
proactive champions of information-
based competitive advantage. These peo-
ple also understand there is an important
distinction between the Industrial Inter-
net of Things (IIoT) and the Internet of
Things (IoT).
The IIoT should not be confused with

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the IoT; they have completely different
business implications and impact. IoT is
consumer-based and works towards mak-
ing your world a better place – by telling
you when your washing machine needs
service, controlling your home systems
while you are away and indicating your
peak hour of sleep during the night or
heart rate during a workout.
The Industrial IoT is working to make
our collective world a better place – by im-
proving the monitoring, control, safety,
reliability and operational excellence of
the massive industrial systems that pow-
er everything around us. Greater visibility
and control into operations not only bene-
fit the infrastructure, security, energy pro-
duction, transportation and medical sys-
tems powered by the IIoT that we all rely
on, but it also improves decision making
on the plant floor and across the industrial
organization.
Every production facility has thou-
sands of sensors that power the IIoT. Ulti-
mately each asset – including each pump,
valve, motor and generator – will generate
accurate data to provide a holistic view of
operation performance. This will allow
manufacturers to identify when individu-
al assets are running below efficiency and
determine how the inefficiency will im-
pact the entire plant. And not all assets are
created equal, and as a result, they are pri-
oritized across the facility and organiza-
tion. Under ideal circumstances, the IIoT
will highlight whether critical assets are
running below peak efficiency – allowing
plant managers to apply smart technology
to the correct equipment and immediately
schedule maintenance and repair – before
all operations grind to a halt.
It’s always challenging to put theo-
ry into practice. With so many sensors
and connected assets, the IIoT gener-
ates overwhelming volumes of data from
equipment assets, and there is no room
for oversight when it comes to managing
asset maintenance and risk. For this rea-
son, Harvard Business School’s Michael
Porter has formulated four key stages for
leveraging smart, connected products to
secure the data context that businesses all
seek, including:
• Monitor – both sensors AND exter-
nal data sources can be combined to
paint not only the “what” but also
the “why”
• Control – separate control from
physical proximity to improve reac-
tion times and lower costs
• Optimize – enabling algorithms
enhance productivity by focusing
on the most impactful actions
• Autonomy – combining all of the
above enables elements of autonomy
that redirect resources to strategic
imperatives
All operators understand that asset
failure could result in the injury of peo-
ple, the environment and business invest-
ments. Therefore, it’s crucial to have the
technology needed to flag potential risk
and proactively avoid it. Today many or-
ganizations are making do with multiple
systems and solving one problem at a time
rather than considering long-term costs
and strategic implications.
When systems are operating in silos
across an organization, they generate dis-
parate data sets and cause hours of rework
and confusion. Because data is so critical
for business operations, it must be collect-
ed, processed and managed in a cohesive
system to be made actionable and enable
better decisions. This is how businesses re-
alize the value of the IIoT in both theory
and practice.
A unified data set that pulls from ev-
ery sensor and connected device can help
businesses benchmark the performance of
individual sites against that of others in
the organization and even against indus-
try peers around the globe to get a true
picture of how well they’re operating.
To ensure that organizations are taking
full advantage of the IIoT, making strate-
gic business decisions and seeing a return
on their investment, they must be able to
QUARTER 4, 2016
By E DDI E A MO S
draw insights from data within their own
plants across their facility and against the
performance of other organizations in
their industry.
Asset Performance Management
(APM) programs efficiently and accurate-
ly manage all of this data to improve re-
liability strategies, reduce operational risk
and drive actionable recommendations.
APM also provides incredible ease of ac-
cessibility, use and sharing, which allows
companies to synchronize operations and
run at peak-levels.
Having a better understanding of asset
allocation and predicted replacement and
maintenance costs can be the difference in
making large-scale investments for many
organizations. Whether it be in the form
of new facilities, capital equipment or per-
sonnel, understanding with a greater level
of certainty what the production and cost
estimates are can enable more informed
business decisions.
Today, many manufacturing compa-
nies base purchasing and investment de-
cisions off of this data to ensure a healthy
bottom line that provides both financial
stability and flexibility. Making business
decisions without this level of data anal-
ysis can be detrimental as performance
insight and equipment health is limited to
isolated metrics rather than actual com-
parative data and information.
When accurately managed, big data
generated by connected assets keeps plants
more efficient and creates a safer environ-
ment – allowing executives to shift focus
away from operations to more advanced
business strategies and investment op-
tions. ■
>> www.datanami.com
Eddie Amos is chief technology officer at
Meridium and is responsible for Merid-
ium’s software strategy, development,
quality and innovation.
» ppm.intergraph.com l digital INSIGHT 15
INDUSTRY UPDATE » ECOSYS EPC™

98% OF MEGAPROJECTS
SUFFER COST OVERRUNS
OF AT LEAST 30 PERCENT
WITH THE AVERAGE COST

Why Projects Fail INCREASE BEING

» Is Technology the Weak Link 80%

in Your Project Controls? - McKinsey & Company

he old adage, “the bigger
they are, the harder they
fall” would seem to have
been written with projects
in mind. Big projects tend to fail big. The
global management consulting company
McKinsey & Company estimates that 98
percent of megaprojects suffer cost over-
runs of at least 30 percent, with the aver-
age cost increase being 80 percent.
A number of factors contribute to poor
project performance, but they all point to
the same core issue: inefficient communi-
cation and lack of information. “Who ap-
proved these numbers? How much have
we spent so far? How did we calculate
the forecast? How does this project com-
pare to the last one?” Megaprojects are so
complex, with so many resources, trans-
actions, milestones and interested parties
that it’s very hard to get a clear picture of
what’s happening at any given moment.
These questions can be difficult to get
any answers, let alone timely ones. Thus,
workers could sit idle while other projects
are clocking overtime, revenue streams
can be delayed, interest charges can ac-
crue, contracts can be mismanaged and
lucrative opportunities can pass by.
Further, problems for the organization
can multiply when information and col-
laboration issues affect the strategic level.
If a project could run over budget by 30
to 80 percent, and if it could easily slip by
20 months, how can an organization con-
fidently plan an appropriate portfolio of

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projects for the next five years? When will
skilled resources be available? What will
the cash flow look like?
From a process standpoint, organi-
zations understand what must be done
to address these issues: enterprise proj-
ect controls. It means that to realize true
improvement, an organization can’t stop
at day-to-day project execution and must
consider also long-term strategic think-
ing. Every project in an organization’s
portfolio has the potential to influence
other projects – by using limited resourc-
es, by tying up cash reserves, by taking the
place of a better project – so improving
projects at the individual level means con-
sidering its relationship to the portfolio.
Adopting such an approach offers a
number of measurable benefits: project ef-
ficiency, cost avoidance and faster time to
revenue. Combined, these benefits allow
an organization to complete more projects
with less effort and greater returns.
Why is it Such a Challenge?
The challenge of adopting this broad-
er approach is that the successful imple-
mentation of new ideas often requires new
processes and new tools. If you want to
get to the moon, you can’t get there with
a best guess and a horse-drawn cart. U.S.
audit and advisory firm KPMG recently
released a report, “Building a Technology
Advantage,” that reveals many more or-
ganizations have been slow to adopt the
necessary technology. Of the construc-
tion and engineering firms surveyed for
the report, very few rank as “cutting edge
visionary”, while the vast majority classify
as “followers” or “behind the curve.”
If megaprojects are consistently fail-
ing, and proven processes are firmly in
place with seasoned experts, the process
of elimination leaves only one source of
blame: insufficient tools. This lack of a
critical requirement leaves project teams
frustrated with a burdensome set of new
responsibilities that appear to add little
value.
Closing the Technology Gap with
EcoSys EPC
For project controls, technology offers
an opportunity to integrate sources of
data and automate processes. The infor-
mation necessary to perform various proj-
ect controls tasks, such as cost analysis,
typically comes from a number of discrete
sources: the scheduling system, the ERP
system, supplier systems, timesheet sys-
tems and perhaps additional proprietary
sources as well. Since this information is
also not designed around a standard, com-
piling and collating the data can be an ar-
duous manual process, taking perhaps six
hours to create a single cost report. Get-
ting information into the right hands is a
time-consuming, error-prone process that
can easily be automated.
EcoSys EPC - Enterprise Planning and
Controls - offers a unique combination of
capabilities that provide a seamless view of
all projects, at any level of detail. As a sin-
QUARTER 4, 2016
By M AT T W I L S ON
gle source of project data, both active and
previously completed, EcoSys EPC enables
highly effective strategic planning as well
as effective tactical project cost controls.
Unlimited what-ifs, configurable work-
flows and built-in auditability for every ac-
tion help to give it the richest functional-
ity of any project controls software, while
support for unlimited coding structures,
scalability for any size of project and right-
fit standards enforcement demonstrate its
unparalleled flexibility. Finally, its ability
to scale across unlimited locations, users
and projects as well as its ability to inte-
grate and compare all source data and its
state-of-the art drillable dashboards and
automated reports ensure the fullest visi-
bility into project performance.
Automation: Ensure that communi-
cations reach the right decision makers,
whether it’s an RFI from the job site or a
monthly cost report. Reduce costly idle
time and identify potential issues before
they can steer projects out of control. Tem-
plates allow for faster setup and standard-
ized performance data.
Visibility: Real-time project data al-
lows analysis down to the smallest detail,
providing not just accurate project data
but consistent project data so organiza-
tions can review a history of project per-
formance and better predict the behavior
of future projects: when resources will be
needed, how much cash will be allocated,
when new projects can start.
Flexibility: A high-performance sys-
tem, EcoSys EPC can handle a virtually
unlimited number of transactions, proj-
ects, hierarchy structures, and business
rules, ensuring that the largest of projects
can be managed with confidence.
No other solution on the market can
effectively support the adoption of Enter-
prise Project Controls. ■
>> ppm.intergraph.com/go/ecosys-epc
Matt Wilson is the content marketing man-
ager for EcoSys and is based in New York
City, NY, US.
» ppm.intergraph.com l digital INSIGHT 17
INDUSTRY UPDATE
Trying Something New
» Looking at Advanced Hull Design Process at Leading Korean Shipyard,
Samsung Heavy Industry
amsung Heavy Industry (SHI)
is the world’s leading company
in the shipbuilding and offshore
facility manufacturing indus-
try. This company is now exploring a new
challenge with Intergraph Smart™ 3D,
which has never been tried by any other
company and CAD software.
Traditionally, the early design of ship-
building is based on 2D drawing and each
designer’s skill. Designers have been do-
ing following works for shipbuilding over
dozens of years manually:
• Class Rule (Scantling) Calculation
• FEA Analysis
• 2D drawing with the above results
• Pre-weight calculation for produc-
tion evaluation
• Providing information for produc-
tion design
Because the outcome is dependent on
each designer’s knowledge and skill, the
quality of output varies and is not consis-
tent. And as all works are performed by
designers manually, it consumes many
man-hours.
SHI believes that previous problems
should be solved if it utilizes 3D mod-
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» SAMSU NG HEAV Y INDUSTRY
el data when designers start the process
instead of 2D-based works. To pursue
this hypothesis, SHI sought to discover
the proper 3D CAD software to satisfy
all necessary requirements. It concluded
that the best tool was Smart 3D, which has
been being used for production for the last
10 years by SHI.
SHI calls this new shipbuilding design
process Advanced Hull Design (AHD),
which has been enabled by a number of
recent enhancements to Smart 3D to im-
prove early design capability. These en-
hancements are split root systems, partial
detailing and enhancements to neutral
XML export.
Drawings
SHI developed a process to get the ap-
proval of classes and owners for the draw-
ings generated from this model database,
noting that human-errors caused by 2D
design processes can be avoided through
3D model design. Since drawings are no
longer dependent on designer’s skill and
knowledge, SHI can keep drawings’ qual-
ity above a given level.
SHI’s final goal was to gain the ap-
proval of classes and owners from the
Smart 3D model instead of providing 2D
drawings and to provide production in-
formation to all areas. The high quality
classification drawings were enabled by
the newly implemented Partial Detail-
ing functionality, which allows detail-
ing features like slots and stiffener end
cuts required on classification drawings
to be added to the molded forms objects
in the Smart 3D model without fully de-
tailing the model. The result is the model
remains lightweight and easily modified,
but still contains the details required on
the classification drawings.
Weight calcuation
The importance of weight accuracy
management is increasing in the ship-
yard, as it is important to make a project
succeed in the offshore business. It is pos-
sible to check the weight for each design
step in real time, from the one unified
Smart 3D model by division and material,
so the weight calculation’s accuracy and
management are improved dramatically.
 By H YOJ I N ( J I N N Y) K I M

Prescriptive (local rule) calculation and

FEM analysis
Each class and Harmonized Common BEFORE
Structure Rule (HCSR) requires prescrip-
tive calculation and FEM analysis for ship
structure. SHI developed an interface,
which can create FEM model in KR analy-
sis tool (Hull-Scan) and extract the infor-
mation for the class rule calculation with
KR (Korean Register). The geometries and
properties retrieved from the Smart 3D
model can save the modeling labor hours
for prescriptive rule check. Also, this in-
terface reduces the time of total analysis
and calculation of labor hours.

Implementation of one database from

early design to production
SHI used one model database for both
the structure and outfitting; but that was
only for the production model. Now, SHI
has accomplished the real, one unified da-
tabase from the basic/detail design to the
production design with this new AHD
process. The Split Root System (SRS)
AFTER
makes the designers split the zone-based
big modeling into the block unit. This
means that the user doesn’t need to con-
cern the production design at the early
stage of the modeling. After splitting the
big root parts into the small root parts, the
production designers can input the pro-
duction information (bevel, margin, etc.)
for their responsible blocks.
Vice President Mr. Sungho Ha, who is
in charge of the hull structure design, said,
“SHI believes that this new process will
bring innovative design. With the Smart
3D enhancements and the new AHD de-
sign process, SHI has been able to reduce
overall design cycle time by two months.
With additional process improvements,
we expect to further reduce design cycle
for a 30 percent savings. SHI appreciates
Intergraph’s aggressive cooperation to
make a success of AHD last year.” ■
>> www.samsungshi.com

Hyojin (Jinny) Kim is a marketing manag-

er for Intergraph Process, Power & Marine
and works in Seoul, Korea.

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INDUSTRY UPDATE » HYDROGENICS EUROPE
Enhancing & Customizing
» Hydrogenics Europe Engineering Data Quality
with Intergraph® SmartPlant® P&ID
ydrogenics is a worldwide
leader in designing, manu-
facturing, building and in-
stalling industrial and com-
mercial hydrogen systems with more than
60 years of experience. The company was
searching for a solution to replace its ex-
isting in-house P&ID solution and to find
a way to improve the quality of engineer-
ing information while making it accessi-
ble in the ERP system without unneces-
sary manual work.
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Hydrogenics was already using IFS
as an in-house ERP system and needed
a solution that would be linked with IFS,
database driven, customizable, and easy
to use once implemented.
Looking to Organize
One of the main challenges Hydrogen-
ics wanted to mitigate was the complexity
and increasing scope expansion of its proj-
ect deliveries and the effect on the quality
of engineering information. The company
needed a way to organize engineering in-
formation in a manner that would enable
it to communicate with its customers in a
standardized manner, making sure that
all the necessary information was up-to-
date and available for all the departments
in the company.
After the initial decision to choose
Intergraph® SmartPlant® P&ID as the re-
placement of Autodesk’s AutoCAD®, the
project scope was discussed. This was
challenging, as it was the first time that an
 By ERIKA AHVENAINEN

interface would be developed between IFS

and SmartPlant P&ID. Originally, it was
decided that the information exchanged
between the two systems would include
only objects and properties, as well as
pipe and functional relations. During the
project execution, it became clear to both
companies that part relations would also
need to be added to the system.
Due to this, Hydrogenics was looking
for a database-driven engineering solu-
tion. In addition, the structure of the data-
base needed to be similar to IFS so that the
customization need would be minimal.
The key idea was to have a solution that
would both bring information together
from different departments and also make
it available to all relevant parties.
The Solution
After the first introduction to Smart-
Plant P&ID, Hydrogenics was convinced
that the solution would easily mitigate
the challenges and that the customiza-
tion would be only a matter of mapping
properties and basic data. After this, In-
tergraph built a customized interface be-
tween the ERP system and SmartPlant
P&ID, enabling Hydrogenics to capture
all engineering data entered in SmartPlant
P&ID, such as process specifications and
instrument data, and to store it in the ex-
isting ERP system.
This made the information available
to all departments, and the bidirectional
interface removed the need to manually
touch data, eliminating human error.
The centralized access and storage of
engineering information enhanced effi-
ciency, as the field service engineers have
no trouble accessing the correct infor-
mation and require less support from the
engineering department to perform their
daily tasks.
During implementation, Intergraph
suggested Hydrogenics create company
standards so that in the future it would
have full freedom to customize the im-
plementation and enable the standard to
develop.
Ultimately, the project was finalized
after a testing and debugging period
where both companies worked together to
share feedback and finalize the interface.
Currently, the interface migrates process
parameters, functional relations, pipe sys-
tem relations, part relations of all items on
the project P&IDs, which include 600+
items and another 6,000+ properties on
average.
Jan Vaes, technology director at Hy-
drogenics Europe, said, “We are pleased
with our decision and expect to improve
the quality of our documentation with
less effort than before with SmartPlant
P&ID and the customized interface with
our ERP system. The implementation of
Intergraph software allows us to keep all
our information in one place and available
to all departments, enabling us to focus
on our customers rather than our docu-
ments.”
What’s Up Next
At the moment six process design
engineers are working with SmartPlant
P&ID benefiting of the bidirectional data
exchange between SmartPlant P&ID and
the ERP system to keep the master data
set sound. The solution is used in approxi-
mately 20 projects on a yearly basis. ■
>> www.hydrogenics.com
Erika Ahvenainen is a communications
specialist for Intergraph PP&M in Hoofd-
dorp, Netherlands.
FACTS AT A GLANCE
Company: Hydrogenics
Description: Hydrogenics Cor-
poration is a world leader in
engineering and building the
technologies required to enable
the acceleration of a global power
shift. Headquartered in Mis-
sissauga, Ontario, Hydrogenics
provides hydrogen generation,
energy storage and hydrogen
power modules to its customers
and partners around the world.
Hydrogenics has manufacturing
sites in Germany, Belgium and
Canada and service centers in
Russia, Europe, the US and
Canada.
Employees: 150+
Industry: Energy, machinery
Country: Belgium
Products Used:
Intergraph® SmartPlant® P&ID
Key Benefits:
• Improved engineering data
quality due to an automated,
bidirectional interface between
P&IDs and the ERP system
• Enhanced efficiency and time
savings due to centralized
access for engineering
information
• Capturing basic engineering
data in the early stages of
process design
• Rule-based P&IDs to improve
document consistency
• Automated tagging allowing
customized nomenclature
of P&ID
• Automated generation of
maintenance project structure
in ERP for service department

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INDUSTRY UPDATE » INTERGR APH SMART™ 3D LIGHTWEIGHT PRODUCTION MODEL
A Lightweight Approach to
Heavy Modular Construction
» Next-generation Fabrication Solutions for Better Modular Construction
odular construction is wide-
ly used for offshore struc-
tures, ships and onshore
plants. This approach allows
for greater efficiency, including parallel
construction of modules. However, the
transition from the EPC’s design office to
the fabricator’s yard can be inefficient and
time-consuming. Intergraph® Process,
Power & Marine’s Arne Monsholm, vice
president of business development for the
marine industry, talks about recent soft-
ware developments which help to ease this
transition.
This new approach to modular con-
struction can also facilitate change man-
agement and enable fabricators to deal ef-
ficiently with mundane but essential items
such as scaffolding, lifting lugs and crane
operations.
Fabrication Challenges
One of the key challenges for fabrica-
tors is to optimize their production plan-
ning. Optimization enables fabricators to
50% Labor hours reduced
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minimize the production time and cost,
while allocating their resources and yard
space more efficiently. This means they
have to interpret the information provid-
ed to them by the EPC contractors, which
generally includes numerous 2D draw-
ings, spreadsheets and, sometimes, 3D
models.
Unfortunately, this information is of-
ten not in a format the fabricator can use
efficiently. Hence, new drawings need to
be produced before the production plan-
ning can start, which obviously delays the
whole fabrication process. These projects
get even more complicated when the EPC
makes changes to the design, and the fab-
ricator has to propagate those changes
through the drawings.
Lightweight Production Model
One of the main reasons for the dis-
connect between design and fabrication is
that the 3D models produced by the EPC
tend to be too large and data-rich for use
in production planning. Furthermore, 3D
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design software usually has limited op-
tions for fabrication planning, estimation
and fabrication simulation. Added to that,
the software is often too complex to be
used efficiently by personnel such as proj-
ect planners and estimators.
To ease this transition from the EPC’s
design office to the fabricator’s yard,
PP&M has recently introduced the Inter-
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Model (LPM) and supporting software.
LPM contains the information relevant
for production planning, leaving out un-
necessary details. This results in much
more compact models. For example, an
85 GB model used by the EPC might be
reduced to a 5 GB LPM.
Intergraph’s LPM Publisher software
takes a 3D model developed using In-
tergraph’s SmartPlant® product or other
design software and removes features
such as relationships from it. Essential-
ly, an LPM file contains the geometry of
the object, weld information and material
information (grade and thickness of the
30% Labor hours reduced

plates). This leaner package is much easier
for the yard to work with, and fabricators
can plan production activities in advance.
“Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the
top three shipbuilders in the world, was
an early adopter of LPM and has used it
to make major productivity gains,” Mon-
sholm said. “For example, the preparation
of Detailed Assembly Procedure (DAP)
drawings now takes 50 percent less time
than before. This seamless handover from
EPC to fabricator also reduces the oppor-
tunities for mistakes to creep in.”
Production Planning Features
The LPM solution offers a range of
planning features to assist fabricators
working on offshore, marine and onshore
plant projects. One of the key functions
is producing accurate Bills of Materials
(BOM) that cover everything from the
steel plates through to welding, painting
and outfitting. The data can be presented
at various levels (whole plant/ship, block/
module, assembly, sub-assembly) and can
be exported as an Excel® spreadsheet.
Production planning is supported by
functions for determining the fabrica-
tion sequence, simulating the handling
of modules in the yard as well as center of
gravity and weight calculations. There is
also a function to dynamically calculate
the effective dimensions of components
as a function of their orientation, which is
very useful for determining if the compo-
nents can be moved through the yard or
the structure being fabricated.
Finally, the production planning can
be refined into sequencing and assembly
drawings for use on the shop floor. There
is also an interface to nesting, cutting and
beveling software to optimize the use of
plates, profiles and pipes.
Scaffolding is essential for most fab-
rication projects, but its design can be
labor-intensive as it usually involves man-
ual processes. Intergraph’s software suite
has a dedicated module that makes 3D
scaffolding design much more efficient.
The catalogue and copy functions
enhance the designer’s productivity, and
once the design is completed, the BOM
can be generated automatically. Having
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a good scaffolding design available at an
early stage also helps to make the work
processes in the yard more efficient and
safe.
Once the blocks or modules have
been fabricated, they need to be moved
around the yard by crane or on a trans-
porter. LPM has functions for managing
lifting lugs and calculating the center of
gravity of each piece to be lifted. The user
can also determine the required length
of the lifting accessories and analyze the
movements to be made by cranes and
transporters. This makes the whole pro-
cess much more efficient and enables the
user to identify potential bottlenecks in a
crowded yard at an early stage.
Revision Management
Any large project is subject to constant
revisions, which often creates a significant
workload for the fabricator and can lead
to costly mistakes. Intergraph’s LPM has
a powerful revision management mod-
ule which can operate automatically or
interactively and identify any changes in
revised designs. This can be done at the
project or block level.
Improving Productivity
“Our customers have made very signif-
icant productivity improvements. It’s not
just that they can produce the drawings
for the yard more quickly,” Monsholm
said. “They can now do what-if analyses to
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decide if it is worth rotating a component
so they can weld it in the orientation their
equipment works most efficiently in. Sim-
ilarly, they can try out and rehearse trans-
port operations on screen, which is obvi-
ously much easier than handling modules
weighing hundreds of tons.
“Basically, we offer fabricators a com-
plete planning solution, from cutting the
first plate through to final outfitting of
the vessel or module. This saves signifi-
cant time at the start of the project, when
they receive the first LPM from the EPC. It
also improves the workflow and efficiency
throughout the rest of the project, in the
offices as well as in the yard.
“Our customers tell us they’ve man-
aged to save 30 to 50 percent of the time
needed to plan their operations. As a bo-
nus, they’re now much less worried by re-
visions the EPC makes to the design. So
using our LPM solution improves profit-
ability and also contributes to better rela-
tions with the EPC.” ■
>> ppm.intergraph.com/go/S3D-LPM
Davide Guzzi is an executive consul-
tant with Intergraph. For more details
about the LPM solution, contact him at
davide.guzzi@intergraph.com. Arne Mon-
sholm is vice president of business devel-
opment at Intergraph Process, Power &
Marine.
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INDUSTRY UPDATE » ECOSYS EPC™ By A DA M G OL DFA R B

LA METRO IS THE COUNTY’S

TRANSPORTATION PLANNER,
DESIGNER, BUILDER AND
OPERATOR, SERVING A LOS
ANGLES POPULATION OF 10.4
MILLION, INCLUDING A SERVICE
AREA COVER OF 1,433 MI²

$40 Billion Transit Upgrades

» EcoSys EPC ™
Integrates Analysis Platform

he Los Angeles County Met-
ropolitan Transportation Au-
thority (LA Metro) is the third
largest public transportation
system in the United States.
In 2008, after two decades of extreme
traffic congestion in their city, LA Coun-
ty residents voted to approve tax initiative
Measure R, which would commit $40 bil-
lion for traffic relief and transportation
upgrades over the next 30 years.
Measure R was the largest investment
in transportation infrastructure there
since the 1980s and will provide an esti-
mated 210,000 new construction jobs. The
program responsible for expanding the
rail network includes airport connections;
adding carpool lanes and freeway connec-
tors; and funding local street improve-
ments.
Due to the size of the project, it was
clear the agency needed a system that
would help them successfully manage the
program.
EcoSys™ Enterprise Planning & Con-
trols, known as EcoSys EPC™, was chosen
to implement an enterprise-wide web-
based program management information
system, inclusive of capital planning and
staffing analysis. The program’s central
hub created an integration, reporting and
analysis platform to address the demand
for greater cost accountability and report-
ing.
Challenges
• Project control systems had not
been updated in 10 years.
• Enterprise-wide summary data was
unavailable for cost or schedule.
• Departmental silos prevented data
share.
• Manual, redundant business
processes saw heavy reliance on
multiple spreadsheets.
• Progress reports for management
were not timely.
• Expenditures, budgets and commit-
ments were not integrated with any
other systems.
Benefits
The benefits of EcoSys EPC creating a
“single version of truth” include achieving
quick end-to-end visibility and data qual-
ity with automated roll-ups of project sta-
tus data. It reduced manual logging, com-
pilation and redundant data entry, which
facilitates better project management and
control.
EcoSys EPC was used as the cost man-
agement and reporting hub, which in-
tegrated budget, schedule, resource and
commitment systems including Oracle®
Primavera P6 and Contract Manage-
ment. It standardized project structures,
milestones and coding to allow for easy
comparisons against actual performance,
delivering visibility into labor resource
needs and imbalances.
By providing role-based dashboards
via the web, managers and stakeholders
had access to real-time project and pro-
gram performance, current status and
forecast trends.
Through its use of EcoSys EPC, LA
Metro has realized a major increase in its
capabilities for project and program man-
agement and is better able to deliver on the
Measure R timelines. Use of EcoSys EPC
will now be extended to other capital pro-
grams beyond Measure R. LA Metro and
EcoSys are working together to systemat-
ically develop in-house application exper-
■
tise at the agency.
>> ppm.intergraph.com/go/ecosys-epc
Adam Goldfarb is marketing director for
EcoSys, an Intergraph company. He is
based in New York City, New York, US.

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NEWS & EVENTS »
PR O CES S, P OWER & MA RINE
PARTNERS PROJECTS
Performance
Contractors selects
PP&M for Improved
Materials Management
Performance Contractors, Inc. of
Baton Rouge, La., a provider of all
phases of industrial construction from
site preparation through start-up, has
selected SmartPlant® Materials for
materials management on all of its up-
coming projects, including one of the
largest the company has ever under-
taken.
The company previously used Inter-
graph SmartPlant Spoolgen®, a proven,
industrial-strength application that
enables the creation of piping isomet-
ric drawings for fabrication and erec-
tion from the design created during
the detail engineering phase of proj-
ects. Performance Contractors iden-
tified a challenge within its material
management process and decided to
purchase and implement SmartPlant
Materials, Intergraph’s best-in-class
integrated solution for life cycle ma-
terial, supply chain and subcontract
management.
SmartPlant Materials will improve
reporting, materials management and
procurement, resulting in a reduction
of time and materials to complete
projects, fewer errors and more trans-
parency, better quality assurance and
&
control, and cost savings.
Performance Contractors Project
Coordinator/Manager Courtney Deb-
etaz said, “SmartPlant Materials gives
us the visibility, across all four of our
fabrication facilities, to accurately pro-
cure the materials needed and give a
more accurate schedule of completion
to our customers – while reducing
material handling costs and material
overages on all of our projects.”
www.performance-br.com
JSC Giprogazoochistka
Chooses SmartPlant®
for Complex Refinery
Projects
JSC Giprogazoochistka, a leading
Russian engineering company spe-
cializing in oil and gas processing and
petrochemical industries, has chosen
Intergraph® PP&M solutions to improve
in-house engineering design processes.
The main reason the company selected
Intergraph solutions is to integrate all
relevant design data in one system, In-
tergraph Smart™ 3D. SmartPlant® P&ID
and Intergraph SmartPlant Interop
Publisher will also be utilized.
With more than 80 years of experi-
ence in large-scale engineering projects,
JSC Giprogazoochistka works with
many leading companies in the oil and
gas industries. With Smart 3D and In-
terop Publisher, JSC Giprogazoochistka
will be able to standardize engineering
processes, improve 3D design quality
and flexibly work between different file
types and software providers.
In the future, JSC Giprogazoochist-
QUARTER 4, 2016
ka will use Intergraph solutions in some
of its engineering projects for the pet-
rochemical industry, in both greenfield
and brownfield environments.
Sergey Terentjev, deputy director
general JSC Giprogazoochistka, said,
“With increasing the use of Intergraph
solutions, JSC Giprogazoochistka aims
to expand its services portfolio and
client base. This enables us to improve
project execution, reduce time needed
for approval processes and improve the
quality of documentation, enhancing
overall engineering efficiency.”
http://ggo.ru/en/
TecSurge, PP&M
Announce Alliance in
Asia-Pacific
TecSurge and Intergraph PP&M
signed a regional Alliance Agreement,
under which Intergraph customers in
the Asia-Pacific region will be able to
subscribe to Intergraph OnDemand,
an online managed services offering to
assist customers with system admin-
istration, onboarding, project set-up,
help desk and monitoring require-
ments.
The new managed service offering is
the result of market research conduced
ed by the two companies. Both con-
» ppm.intergraph.com l digital INSIGHT 25
NEWS & EVENTS » PARTNERS AND PROJECTS
by the two companies. Both conclud-
ed independently there was a need
for on-demand managed services for
Intergraph solutions in Asia-Pacific’s
process, power and marine markets.
Customers who opt into Intergraph
OnDemand will benefit from direct
access to skilled resources and business
processes, based on Intergraph’s and
TecSurge’s combined years of practical
experience and expertise in operating,
maintaining and enhancing complex
engineering software solutions. The
service also comes with the added se-
curity of an Intergraph service level
agreement.
“Intergraph is well respected in the
industry as a trusted partner, and we
are excited about this partnership and
the opportunity to strengthen Inter-
graph’s capability to serve their cus-
tomers,” said Anton Schreibmueller,
president and CEO of TecSurge.
www.tecsurge.com
Powerful Design
Technology seen in Altair
Partnership
Altair has partnered with Intergraph®
PP&M to create an interface that trans-
fers a complete structural model from
Intergraph Smart™ 3D software to Al-
tair’s HyperMesh. This integrated inter-
face will greatly increase the efficiency
of marine vessel design and engineering
for HyperMesh and Smart 3D users.
This integrated interface will greatly
increase the efficiency of marine vessel
design and engineering for HyperMesh
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and Smart 3D users.
The Smart 3D to HyperMesh inter-
face exports the 3D model at any stage
in the vessel design or construction
process in an XML format into Hyper-
Mesh. The configurable, filter-based
interface exports the structural model hi-
erarchy and all components containing a
full description of the objects, including
all properties and geometry.
“HyperMesh’s superiority in prepara-
tion, geometry simplification, and clean-
up is particularly suited to handle the
simulations and analyses associated with
extremely large structures like ships and
offshore structures,” said Molly Heskitt,
Altair senior director of business devel-
opment, marine and shipbuilding indus-
try.
“As a unique simulation technology
and engineering service company, Altair
understands the engineering challenges
that our marine customers are facing and
is committed to continually invest in pro-
viding powerful technology to help them
optimize efficiency and be more competi-
tive. Adding this marine specific interface
is another example of that commitment.”
www.altair.com
Gazprom Neft Uses SPO
Technology for Data
Management
Intergraph® SmartPlant® for Own-
er Operators (SPO) technology is now
used by Gazprom Neft, one of the larg-
est oil companies in Russia, to integrate
engineering data management systems
during major construction projects and
the operation of oil refining sites.
In 2015, Intergraph PP&M - together
with Gazprom Neft specialists - imple-
mented the first part of the pilot project
called “Engineering data management
system for oil refining sites (the first stage
– Fast Track).”
This engineering information data-
base, based on SPO technology, will al-
low reduction of the data and document
transfer management costs during the
entire life cycle of oil refining assets.
The benefits of the system include the
ability to reduce time spent on search-
ing for information, enhanced security
and an ability to centralize engineer-
ing project data to provide access to all
employees involved. Later, the database
will support timely and informed deci-
sion-making processes at the industrial
sites.
Sergei Ovchinnikov, director of lo-
gistics, refinery and sales management
systems department, said, “When con-
sidering the specifications and unique-
ness of this project, we expect the new,
integrated engineering data manage-
ment system to become an indispensable
tool for both production site specialists
and experts, as well as the management
of Gazprom Neft.”
www.gazprom-neft.com
Hyundai Engineering
Sees Cost Savings with
Intergraph Smart™ 3D
Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd., has
achieved cost savings of more than 20
percent in engineering rework labor
hours on a multi-billion dollar petro-
chemical plant project with the Intelli-
gent Design Basis Verification (IDBV)
solution, a new customization for In-
tergraph Smart™ 3D that automates the
process of verifying and confirming
engineering design work.
The company adopted Smart 3D
for a project in Korea in 2008 and ex-
 perienced an immediate boost in its
productivity and efficiency. As one of
Korea’s leading and most competitive
engineering, procurement and con-
struction (EPC) companies, Hyundai
Engineering sought a solution to verify
the quality of design work performed
by junior engineers and sub-contrac-
tors on its projects.
The Smart 3D Intelligent Design Ba-
sis Verification solution was launched
in November 2015 and implemented
on a current Hyundai Engineering
project, a US$2 billion petrochemi-
cal plant for Turkmengas, Turkmen-
istan’s national oil and gas company.
IDBV immediately helped Hyundai
Engineering optimize the verification
process by automatically eliminating
design errors detected at an early stage.
“Approximately 40 rules were de-
veloped and implemented for the first
time in November 2015 on one of our
projects, a $2 billion petrochemical
plant in Turkmenistan,” said Myung-
su, Han, CIO Hyundai Engineering.
“It reduced work hours and costs
while improving productivity. Consid-
ering Intelligent Design Basis Verifica-
tion prevents construction re-work of a
project, it achieved about 20 percent or
more in cost savings on the project.”
www.eng.hec.co.kr
SmartPlant® Boosts JSC
Giprokislorod Russia
Terminal Design
JSC Giprokislorod will use Inter-
graph® solutions to improve engineering
quality in its upcoming oil and gas proj-
ects. The modern Russian engineering
company specializing in global oxygen
and nitrogen-oxygen refinery projects
chose Intergraph Smart™ 3D, Intergraph
SmartPlant® P&ID, Intergraph Smart-
Plant Interop Publisher and SmartPlant
Review, mainly to enhance 3D design
quality, interoperability and accuracy of
project execution.
Since being founded in 1946, JSC
Giprokislorod has specialized in build-
ing air separation plants, executing
gas processing projects, as well as con-
struction of transportation and storage
units, including LNG elements.
With Intergraph Smart 3D and Smart-
Plant Interop Publisher, Giprokislorod
will be able to use the Smart 3D model
as a central data model for all the de-
partments, enhance the quality of proj-
ect execution and work more flexibly
with different clients.
JSC Giprokislorod chief engineering
expert and 3D CAD chief expert Dy-
achenko Grigory, said, “By choosing to
use Intergraph PP&M software, we ex-
pect to be able to broaden our solution
portfolio, bring in new projects, and in-
crease revenue.”
Intergraph PP&M President Ger-
hard Sallinger said, “The increasing
amount of new clients who rely on our
engineering solutions, including JSC
Giprokislorod, shows us that we are on
the right path on developing our solu-
tion suite to match the project needs of
our global customer base.”
www.giprokislorod.ru
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Technology Institute
Deploys Intergraph®
Solutions
Thailand’s PTT Research & Tech-
nology Institute (PTT RTI) will use a
range of Intergraph® SmartPlant® design
and modeling solutions on a key process
engineering research and development
(R&D) project.
This announcement followed the
successful implementation of the solu-
tions across PTT RTI’s Petroleum and
Petrochemical Process Technology Re-
search Department in 2015. Research-
ers are now using a next-generation
3D design solution, Intergraph Smart™
3D; a piping and instrument diagram
manager, SmartPlant P&ID; and an in-
strument design solution, SmartPlant
Instrumentation, to create preliminary
design models and basic design deliver-
ables.
Researchers will use the solutions on
a key R&D project in 2016 to expedite
the transition from a laboratory-scale to
pilot-scale unit, where the innovations
developed will be scaled up to enable
testing on a larger, more complex pi-
lot-scale unit.
“We have been satisfied with the
performance of Intergraph’s Smart-
Plant design and modeling solutions
and are looking forward to using them
on this upcoming project,” said Dr.
Thana Sornchamni, head of the Process
Design & Simulation Research Group in
PTT RTI’s Petroleum and Petrochemi-
cal Process Technology Research De-
partment.
“Furthermore, the training and on-
the-ground support provided by Inter-
graph and its partner in Thailand, Neon
Infotech, helped our researchers to be-
come thoroughly familiar with the tools
very quickly.” ■
www.pttplc.com
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NEWS & EVENTS »
&
PR O CES S, P OWER & MA RINE
ACQUISITIONS LAUNCHES
NESTIX OY ACQUIRED
NESTIX Oy of Oulu, Finland – a leading software suppli-
er of data-centric production management solutions that allow
connections to pipe, plate, profile cutting and panel welding ma-
chines – is now part of the Intergraph family.
NESTIX’s skilled and experienced staff in Finland will join
Hexagon as part of the acquisition.
The NESTIX marine products are currently included in In-
tergraph’s Smart™ Yard enterprise solution offering, branded
as Intergraph Smart Production powered by NESTIX. This
strategic acquisition solidifies the integration of NESTIX
and provides Intergraph clients with a long-term solu-
tion for managing and nesting parts for fabrication and
welding assembly.
Hannu Käkelä, NESTIX Oy managing director,
said, “Intergraph’s global reach provides NESTIX
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with many opportunities to expand our solutions into
new markets and provide more value to our existing
customer base. We are very pleased to be joining the industry
leader in the plant design arena and excited about the enterprise
level capabilities that we can now offer fabricators."
HOSTSURE LTD. ACQUIRED
Fast-growing technology provider of cloud services HostSure,
Ltd., of Ireland, is now part of Intergraph®.
This acquisition further solidifies Intergraph’s strategic com-
mitment to delivering best-in-class cloud solutions and growth
objectives for Intergraph PP&M's SmartPlant® Cloud solution and
its EPC, fabricator and owner operator client base.
The acquisition enables Intergraph to support customers by
helping reduce costs, shorten project schedules, improve qual-
ity and reduce risks. The combined strength of Intergraph and
HostSure’s deep domain experience enables PP&M customers to
manage their businesses more profitably, helping them to achieve
operational excellence, while improving value and reducing IT
overheads.
The HostSure team brings extensive experience in delivering
cloud solutions and technology and have previously worked
in conjunction with Intergraph deploying applications to
major projects such as Pearl GTL – the crown jewel in
the Shell-Qatar Petroleum partnership and one of the
most complex and challenging energy projects ever
commissioned.
More recently, HostSure has helped deploy Inter-
graph SmartPlant Cloud across 17 different coun-
tries and over 20 major engineering and owner op-
erator companies.
HXGN SMART BUILD,
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Hexagon AB has launched HxGN SMART Build,
an enterprise construction management software solu-
tion designed to alleviate cost overruns and delays.
SMART Build was unveiled at Hexagon’s Construction
Innovation Forum, part of HxGN LIVE 2016.
Benefitting from Hexagon’s decades of leadership
and expertise on some of the world’s most complex
construction projects, SMART Build facilitates the convergence
of construction planning and execution through real-time clarity,
accountability and management of the project lifecycle.
This empowers construction executives with top-down visi-
bility of progress and deviations and field crews with automation
and real-time access to the relevant and up-to-date information
they need every day on the job site.
Hexagon President and CEO Ola Rollén said, “General con-
tractors face an almost impossible challenge with the number of
variables they deal with every day. SMART Build will deliver cost
savings, improved workflows, increased productivity and count-
less other benefits to an industry seeking a better way to deliver
projects on time and on budget.”
ECOSYS™ MOBILE APP
EcoSys has made available the EcoSys Mobile App Platform.
EcoSys mobile apps interact with the EcoSys EPC project controls
web platform and provide a native mobile experience enabling
enhanced collaboration and information visibility for customers
delivering capital projects.
Mobile app development can be a huge burden on IT teams,
yet these apps are critical to an organization’s ability to remain
competitive. Future gains in worker productivity will stem in
large part from enterprise mobility, and data analytics tied to mo-
bile apps will enable better business decisions.
The EcoSys Mobile App Platform includes three new mobile
apps, as well as an open app platform with which customers can
easily configure their own mobile apps. The apps are created with-
out any IT programming and once installed on mobile devices,
will self-update automatically as new configuration is published.
They offer rapid and easy deployment, reducing implementation
time from months to days.
“Effective project delivery requires the coordination of com-
plex tasks by many disciplines and stakeholders across a poten-
tially wide geography” said Javier Sloninsky, CEO of EcoSys. “The
EcoSys mobile app platform offers organizations with a rapid path
to real-time collaboration and enhanced information visibility,
allowing project teams to benefit from the latest technology in-
novations.”
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT MODULE FOR
PROJECT CONTROLS SOFTWARE PLATFORM
A new contract management module is available that offers
rapid adoption of EcoSys EPC’s industry-leading contract man-
agement features. The module provides owners and contractors
with a rich set of contract control, collaboration and workflow
features, with the added benefit of a seamless integration with
EcoSys’ enterprise project controls platform.
Effective contract management is an essential component to
a successful project execution strategy. Capital projects are often
delivered using multiple contracts with varied terms that need
to be diligently monitored in order to avoid surprises and costly
overruns. Project productivity can be greatly impacted by timely
status reporting and follow-up on open actions on contracts.
The EcoSys contract management module provides organiza-
tions with an easy-to-use web and mobile solution for addressing
the complex management issues within contracts. It combines
traditional contract management features – including manage-
ment of RFIs, changes, submittals, and payment certificates –
with EcoSys’ robust cost controls and performance management
functionality.
The EcoSys solution allows current and new customers to
quickly adopt best practice contract management features, all
within the framework of EcoSys’ enterprise project controls plat-
form. Based on a user’s role, be it a third-party contractor, contract
manager, project controls manager, or project executive, contract
status and issues can be routinely monitored and addressed.
Armed with greater visibility into how contracts are impacting
projects, organizations can make smarter decisions and deliver
projects more efficiently.
INTELLIGENT DESIGN BASIS VERIFICATION SOLUTION,
CUSTOMIZATION FOR INTERGRAPH SMART™ 3D
Leading Korean engineering company Hyundai Engineer-
ing Co., Ltd has achieved cost savings of more than 20 percent in
engineering rework labor hours on a multi-billion dollar petro-
chemical plant project with the Intelligent Design Basis Verifica-
tion (IDBV) solution, a new customization for Intergraph Smart™
3D that automates the process of verifying and confirming engi-
neering design work.
Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine and Hyundai Engi-
neering started collaborating on the development of Intelligent
Design Basis Verification in early 2014. As one of Korea’s leading
and most competitive engineering, procurement and construc-
tion companies, Hyundai Engineering sought a solution to ver-
ify the quality of design work performed by junior engineers and
sub-contractors on its projects.
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INTERGRAPH EXCELLENCE
ARC Advisory Group Ranks Intergraph® PP&M Named
Intergraph® PP&M as No. 1 Provider Employer of Choice at Australian
of Engineering Design Tools Business Awards 2016
for 10th Year
For the second year in a row, Intergraph® Process, Power &
Marine was named an Employer of Choice in The Australian
It’s been a decade of excellence. For the 10th consecutive year,
Business Awards.
ARC Advisory Group – the leading research and advisory firm
The Employer of Choice Award is presented to Australian or-
for industry and infrastructure – ranks Intergraph® Process,
ganizations that maximize the full potential of their workforce
Power & Marine as the No. 1 overall worldwide provider of engi-
by adopting approaches predicated on employee engagement and
neering tools for plant design, based on 2015 revenue data report-
workplace improvement.
ed by participating market providers.
Franz Kufner, executive vice president of Intergraph PP&M
The ranking is included in ARC’s annual “Engineering De-
Asia-Pacific, said this award provides important recognition of
sign Tools for Plants and Infrastructure Global Market Research
the company’s ongoing efforts to create a high-performance cul-
Study,” a comprehensive, five-year forecast that offers an analysis
ture and an engaging workplace supported by innovative people
of the worldwide engineering design tools market.
and capital programs.
This year’s study finds Intergraph owns the largest market
“Intergraph PP&M is delighted to once again be recognized
share in five industry market segments (Oil & Gas, total; Oil &
as an Employer of Choice by The Australian Business Awards in
Gas, exploration and production; Chemical; Mining & Metals;
2016,” Kufner said.
and Power) and is the only engineering design solution provider
to lead more than one segment. It marks the second consecutive
year that Intergraph has led in five industry market segments. “THIS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IS
“Intergraph has continued to expand its comprehensive port- A REFLECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL
folio of solutions that provides a compelling value proposition EFFORTS OF OUR PEOPLE WHO LIVE
to its markets,” said Dick Slansky, ARC Advisory Group senior
OUR CORE VALUES EVERY DAY AND
analyst and co-author of the study.
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SUCCESS – THEY
“INTERGRAPH HAS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED ARE EMPOWERED TO SUCCEED WITH
ITSELF AS THE LEADING PROVIDER OF PLANT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN, DEVELOP
DESIGN ENGINEERING TOOLS, AND THAT’S AND REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.”
REFLECTED BY 10 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AS
THE NO. 1-RANKED COMPANY IN OUR ANNUAL Tara Johnston, program director of The Australian Business
MARKET STUDY.” Awards, said, “Transforming workplaces practices through the
application of innovative human resources management is the
Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine pres- cornerstone of successful modern business. Employers who are
ident, said, “This is an important and well-respected study, and able to provide world-class workplaces will attract and retain the
Intergraph is again very pleased to be recognized as the unques- most talented employees.” ■
tioned market leader by the ARC Advisory Group. For 10 years
in a row, Intergraph PP&M has consistently led the market by
continuing to invest in innovative technologies that drive the in-
dustry.” ■
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NEWS & EVENTS » VISIONARIES

Congratulations to
Intergraph® Golden Valve, Platinum Pipe and
Drivers of Success Award Winners

The Golden Valve Awards annually recognize the most innovative and
well-executed uses of software supported by PP&M solutions.

JUDGES’ CHOICE - POWER

Tapio Laakso
ÅF – Consult Ltd./Eletronuclear, Finland
This image depicts a view inside the
reactor building in the Angra 3 Nuclear
Power Station in Brazil. ÅF – Consult used
PDS® and SmartPlant Review on
the project.

BEST OF SHOW
Engineering Team
Keppel FELS Baltech, Keppel Fels Baltech Ltd., Bulgaria
This artist’s rendering represents an R&D prototype design of a Multi-Renewable Energy
Plant (MREP) together with some classic Offshore Drilling Units serving the oil & gas
industry today. Intergraph Smart™ 3D, SmartPlant® Review, SmartPlant P&ID, and global
workshare were used for basic and detailed engineering.

JUDGES’ CHOICE - OFFSHORE

Wang Zhe
Sinopec Petroleum Engineering Corp.,
China
This image depicts the cutaway of a
platform and emphasizes the structure
discipline. Sinopec Petroleum Engineering
Corporation has adopted the Intergraph
SmartPlant Enterprise engineering
solution, which includes SmartPlant
Foundation, SmartPlant P&ID, Intergraph
Smart 3D, SmartPlant Reference Data,
and SmartPlant Review.
ANIMATION 1ST PLACE
Myung Su, Han & Ji Yeon, Park
Hyundai Engineering, Korea
Existing areas to be modeled for the RPLC
project in Venezuela were captured by laser
scanning. Using CloudWorx™ for Intergraph
Smart 3D, models of the scanned areas
were created, and then the video was
produced with SmartPlant Review based
on the derived 3D models. Only Intergraph
solutions were used for this project.

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DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC 1ST PLACE
Prashant Bharadia
L&T-Chiyoda Limited, India
The image highlights a golden piping
network and structural arrangement around
equipment for a petrochemical unit in India
L&T-Chiyoda used PDS and Intergraph
SmartPlant Review.
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC 2ND PLACE
ECM’s Engineering Team
ECM - Projetos Industriais, Brazil
This images depicts filtering in a Vale iron
ore plant in Itabira, Mina Gerais, Brazil.
SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Electrical,
SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant
Interop Publisher, Intergraph Smart 3D,
and SmartPlant Review were used for this
project.
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC 3RD PLACE
Eduardo E. Espinoza Muñiz
Cerrey, S.A. de C.V., Mexico
This image is from a 2D arrangement drawing
to a 3D model. Intergraph SmartPlant P&ID,
SmartPlant Review, and PDS were used on
the Lake Charles Chemical Complex project in
Westlake, La., USA.
VISUALLY COMPLEX 3RD PLACE
ChangKoog Lee
Samsung Heavy Industries, Korea
This image shows a complicated piping
arrangement with machinery equipment
in the mud process of a drillship in South
Korea. Intergraph Smart 3D was used on this
VISUALLY COMPLEX 1ST PLACE
project.
Tapio Laakso
ÅF – Consult Ltd./Eletronuclear, Finland
This image reveals the interior of a reactor
building. The colored lights highlight the
four redundancies in the Angra 3 project
in Brazil. PDS served as the main design
software on the project.
PHOTOREALISM 1ST PLACE
Miguel David Gómez
Cerrey, S.A. de C.V., Mexico
This image compares the 3D model to the
real project. Intergraph SmartPlant P&ID,
PDS and SmartPlant Review were used on
this project.
VISUALLY COMPLEX 2ND PLACE
Abhishek Nambiar & Ankur Mohan
Larsen & Toubro Hydrocarbon Engineering
Ltd. (LTHE), India
This image captures the symmetrical
arrangement of a process pump house
of the ADIA Aviation Fuel Depot Project
in Abu Dhabi on a cloudy night using the
photorealism techniques of SmartPlant
Review. LTHE employs the latest Intergraph
tools to conceptualize and detail complex
engineering systems in 3D as well as 2D PHOTOREALISM 2ND PLACE
environments. PDS, SmartPlant P&ID, and William M. Fronheiser
SmartPlant Instrumentation were also used Selas Linde North America, USA
on this project
This image shows a flare drum being lifted
into position for a hydrogen plant. Intergraph
Smart 3D, SmartPlant Review, and
SmartSketch® were used on this L3 project.
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 NEWS & EVENTS » VISIONARIES

Platinum Pipe
The Platinum Pipe Winners are
recognized for the most creative
automation ideas

JUDGES’ CHOICE
PHOTOREALISM 3 PLACE RD
HONORABLE MENTION - Engineering & Schematics
SmartPlant 3D Application Team PHOTOREALISM
Shawn Hillen, CB&I (US)
East China Engineering Science and Plant EPC Systems Team
Technology Co., Ltd. (ECEC), China SK Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd., Intergraph Smart™ 3D
Korea
This image reveals a close-up shot on the Myung-Su Han, Hyundai Engineering (KR)
YITAI 2000kt/a coal-to-oil project. Intergraph
Smart 3D and SmartPlant Review were used
on this project in China.
ENGINEERING & SCHEMATICS
1st Place
Brian Petty, Burns & McDonnell (US)

2nd Place
Mohamed Ahmed Ghoneim, PGESCo (EG)

3rd Place
Integrated Engineering, China Tianchen
Engineering Corp (CN)

HONORABLE MENTION -
VISUALLY COMPLEX INTERGRAPH SMART™ 3D
HONORABLE MENTION -
PHOTOREALISM Integrated Engineering Group 1st Place
Tianchen Engineering Corporation, China
Chen Mengyao, Zhang Honghui, Yang MengYong, China Tianchen Engineering
Corporation (CN)
Song, Ye Rongjie, Wang Mingjie, Yang
Yueguan, Zhao Kai, Ren Haibio, Sinopec 2nd Place
Ningbo
Tetsuya Miwa, Toyo Engineering Corp. (JP)
Engineering Company Limited, China
3rd Place
Proyecto PMM, Empresarios Agrupados (ES)

SMARTPLANT® REVIEW
1st Place
Kevin Dmonte, Amec Foster Wheeler Group
Limited (UK)

2nd Place
HONORABLE MENTION -
PHOTOREALISM Harshil Jobanputra, Linde Engineering India
Pvt. Ltd. (IN)
SmartPlant Software Developing Team
HONORABLE MENTION - Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Co.
DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC Sinopec, China 3rd Place
Eduardo E. Espinoza Muñiz Tetsuya Miwa, Toyo Engineering Corp. (JP)
Cerrey, S.A. de C.V., Mexico

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 Drivers of Success

The Drivers of Success Winners are recognized for the most leading-edge uses of
Intergraph® CADWorx® & Analysis Solutions.

CAESAR II®
China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corp., China, for
the world’s largest indirect coal liquefaction project. CAESAR
II was used on this $10 billion project to increase the design
quality of 13,450 process pipelines and reduce the stress
analysis time by 20 percent.
GT STRUDL®
Southern Nuclear Operating Company, United States, for
a $10 million Digital Turbine Controls project to upgrade
analog technology to all new digital controls. GT STRUDL
saved $3 million on the project by significantly reducing the
structural modifications required for cable tray supports and
minimizing the outage execution time.

PV ELITE®
CADWORX®
Larsen & Toubro Heavy Engineering LLC, Oman, for designing
Rishabh Engineering, India, for building a 105 MW power
and manufacturing five high-pressure columns. This critical
plant with 18 generators in three power blocks. The team
equipment is the heart of the entire refinery. PV Elite helped
used CADWorx to perform field engineering and develop an
the team perform fast calculations and better control
intelligent 3D model for the whole plant, reducing modeling
revisions.
work hours by 30 percent and improving productivity by 20
percent.

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NEWS & EVENTS » HxGN LIVE 2016

RETROSPECTIVE

• 3,000+ ATTENDEES
• 65 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
• 116 SESSIONS
• 5 LIVE IDEA DISCUSSIONS
• 28 DEMO STATIONS
• 15 SPONSORS

Anaheim, California

HxGN LIVE 2016

Keynote: The Technology
Roadmap of Tomorrow Wrap-up
HxGN LIVE, Hexagon’s international four-day conference held June 13-16, at-
tracted more than 3,000 attendees to Anaheim, California, USA.
Hexagon President & CEO Ola Rollén officially kicked off the conference with
his keynote address, “How Great Stories Take Shape,” at the Convention Center
arena. Rollén provided examples of how stories across various industries can be
improved given the information and narrative provided by Hexagon technolo-
gy, including how the construction industry could employ the newly announced
HxGN SMART Build platform to manage projects.
Keynote: Integrated The launch of HxGN SMART Build – a pioneering enterprise construction
Construction Execution management software solution that leverages industry leading technologies from
Hexagon’s Process, Power & Marine and Geosystems businesses – was major news
throughout HxGN LIVE.
HxGN SMART Build was officially unveiled during Hexagon’s Construction
Innovation Forum and prominently referenced throughout PP&M’s keynote ad-
dresses. Vice President of BIM Industry Solutions Marc Goldman said SMART
Build provides “clarity, connectivity and simplicity, from the ground up.”
PP&M President Gerhard Sallinger noted during his keynote that the company
has experienced double-digit growth over the last 10 years and that positive trend
is expected to continue.
Guest keynote speaker Johan Krebbers – IT CTO & VP TaCIT Architecture
Keynote: Breakthrough the with Shell – shared how his company is prospering with the cloud and mobile solu-
Barriers with New Cloud-based tions offered by Intergraph. He encouraged the audience to increase investing in
the cloud, where updates are made every few weeks, versus on-premise hardware
Information Management
updates of once or twice a year.
Service The latest PP&M acquisition also was made public at HxGN LIVE. Intergraph
announced an agreement to acquire NESTIX Oy of Oulu, Finland, a developer

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NEWS & EVENTS » GLOBAL CONFER ENCES
of production control solutions for the fabrication of pipes and
structures used in heavy industry construction.
PP&M Chief Technology Officer Charles Evans piqued the
audience’s interest with a glimpse into the future of augmented
reality using PP&M modeling software. Evans presented a vid-
eo of next-generation design review with Micosoft® HoloLens
and DAQRI Smart Helmet™ hardware, highlighting how these
collaborative reviews can soon have gaming-style graphics and
peeks behind walls previously impossible.
AMERICAS
-
IUSA At the Intergraph Users Conference USA (IUSA)
held in Houston on Sept. 21, customers attended educational
sessions, learned new technological innovations and heard best
practices from leading engineering and design companies.
A keynote presentation by Executive
Vice President Don Brundage kicked
off the conference as he discussed
how Intergraph invests for the future.
Executive Vice President Patrick
Holcomb explained Intergraph’s
technology roadmap and validated that
Intergraph solutions continue to support
clients by refining project execution and EVP Don Brundage
improving engineering efficiencies.
Customer keynotes by Ashish Shah, project director for Fluor,
addressed EPC project execution along with Michael Van Swol,
vice president of delivery for Jacobs. Van Swol presented the
technical and cultural changes within Jacobs required to create
advantages and how it will aid in core expertise of process plant
projects.
The technology expo highlighted the latest in 3D visualization
technologies as well as augmented reality and virtual reality
experiences including the Microsoft® HoloLens. The expo
allowed attendees to experience a “virtual” plant by interacting
with 360-degree virtual views with Intergraph SmartPlant®
Review.
-
IMEX The Intergraph Users Conference Mexico (IMEX), held
in Mexico City on Sept. 13, introduced customers and prospects
to new technological innovations and the chance to gain new
ideas to improve work processes.
The conference kicked off with Adrian Hernandez, Mexico
PP&M’s general manager, and Jose Bastidas, vice president of
Americas BU, welcoming attendees and
discussing the Latin-American market.
The first keynote was delivered by
Vice President of Regional Business
Development Charles Gill, who shared the
“Technological Roadmap of Tomorrow”
that highlighted clients’ improved project
execution and engineering efficiency to
VP Chuck Gill reduce operating costs.
Two of the main keynotes focused on product development:
Tom Szoka discussed new functionalities in Intergraph Smart 3D
and the importance of 3D models during project execution, and
Darren Metherell explained project control achievement with
EcoSys EPC.
During breaks attendees were able to interact with 360-degree
virtual views from Intergraph SmartPlant® Review.
-
ICAN The Intergraph Canada Users Conference (ICAN)
2016 was held Nov. 2 in a new venue, the Metropolitan Conference
Centre in Calgary, Alberta.
The keynote was presented by
Executive Vice President, Development,
Global Support & Quality Assurance
Melanie Eakes, who introduced new
innovations in visualization, augmented
and virtual reality, and project controls.
She shared the importance of exploring
the latest technology enhancements of
the Intergraph product portfolio. EVP Melanie Eakes
Topics covered included Intergraph
Smart™ 3D; Engineering & Schematics; Procurement, Fabrication
& Construction; Information Management; Integration,
Collaboration & Interoperability; and Intergraph SmartPlant
Cloud.
-
HxGN Local CAU Houston More than 230 attendees
gathered in Houston Sept. 19-20 for the HxGN Local CADWorx
and Analysis University (CAU) Houston 2016. An extension of the
HxGN LIVE international conference, CAU offered advanced
plant design and engineering learning experiences.
The CADWorx Plant Design Suite and CAESAR II, GT
STRUDL and PV Elite engineering analysis solutions were covered
through a series of informative lectures and hands-on labs. The
event kicked off with the keynote session
led by Rick Allen, president of Intergraph
CADWorx & Analysis Solutions.
“HxGN Local CAU Houston 2016
gives the unique opportunity to show
our valued customers how Intergraph’s
industry-leading solutions can help them
increase safety, quality and productivity,”
ICAS President Rick Allen Allen said. “The presentations at the
conference validate that Intergraph
is the leading provider of plant design and analysis software
worldwide.”
ASIA-PACIFIC
-
User Conferences Three user conferences were held in
Malaysia, Korea and Japan in August and September, providing
a record number of owner operators, engineering, procurement
and construction companies (EPCs) and fabricators with insights
into the latest engineering and technological innovations.
As one of the leading networking events for the oil, gas, power
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NEWS & EVENTS » GLOBAL CONFER ENCE
and marine industries, the conference resonated well with the
interests and priorities of Asia-Pacific customers, who connected
with industry experts, saw Intergraph technology in action and
leveraged best practices from other companies.
Franz Kufner, executive vice president
of Intergraph PP&M Asia-Pacific, said,
“This is a demanding time for operators,
engineering companies and fabricators
in Asia, and we are seeing an increasing
number of companies play a major role
in the industry. We are delighted the
Intergraph PP&M 2016 conferences
EVP Franz Kufner provided attendees with best practices
and actionable strategies to build their
technical skills and industry knowledge, as well as network with
their peers – all critical elements to ensure the future of our
industry.
“The conference is one of the largest and best-attended
industry events in the region, validating our commitment to
helping our customers maximize the value of their technology
investments.”
CloudShow -
The CloudShow 2016 event series this
fall in Thailand (Bangkok), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Japan
(Yokohama), Singapore, Korea (Seoul & Geoje) and Indonesia
(Jakarta) introduced managers, engineers and IT professionals
working on the design and operations of plants and facilities to
Intergraph’s new SmartPlant Cloud adoption program known as
Cloud Advantage.
Attendees representing leading owner operators and EPCs
across Asia-Pacific gained best practices in making a successful
transition to working in a cloud environment to maximize
benefits. They also had the opportunity to test drive SmartPlant
Cloud to experience the power of accessing extensive project data
at any time on any device from any place in the world.
EMIA
User Conferences -
Almost 200 attendees gathered
together at HxGN Local Poland 2016, which was held on Oct.
5-7 in Sheraton Sopot Hotel on a beach in Sopot, Poland. This
was the first time the conference was organized as a joint effort
by all the local Hexagon companies.
The Intergraph PP&M agenda kicked off with a keynote from
Mirek Czarnecki, presenting “Smart Change” in the context of
PP&M technologies evolving from document to data centric
solutions. The presentation was followed by a separate PP&M
track covering multiple different topics, such as an Intergraph
Smart 3D update by David Whittle, SmartPlant 2D update by
Jacek Kaminski, EcoSys Introduction and SmartPlant Materials
and SmartPlant Construction updates by Maurizio Granata and
Overview of SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators and
SmartPlant Fusion by Artur Rusinowicz and Jacek Kaminski.
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Russia User Conference, Moscow
Intergraph PP&M Spanish User Conference took place
at Hotel Hesperia in Madrid, Spain on Oct. 18-19. The first
conference day focused on the new Intergraph PP&M solutions
and the latest major improvements in existing software,
including SmartPlant Materials, SmartPlant Cloud, HxGN
SMART Build and EcoSys updates. The second day featured
client presentations from companies such as Cepsa, Empresarios
Agrupados, Dynatec, Honeywell, Intecsa Industrial and Initec
Industrial. More than 80 attendees joined the conference during
the two days.
Intergraph PP&M Russia User Conference was held its at
the Areal Hotel in Moscow on November 9-10. The conference
gathered more than 100 attendees. The user conference brought
together some of Russia’s leading process, power and marine
companies to connect with industry leaders and leverage best
practices from other companies.
The main sponsors of the event were strategic sponsor
CAXperts, Russapr, Neolant, Buro ESG, PMsof, Ulysta and
Eplan. Customer success stories were shared by Gazprom Neft,
Giprogazoochistka, RasuVniaes and others.
The presentations covered topics such as:
• SmartPlant Process Engineering 2017 - Plans for Future
• New Workflows for Brownfield Engineering in Smart 3D
• What’s New in SmartPlant Review 2017
• Connecting Materials Stakeholders through the New “State
of the Art” User Experience
The other event highlights included Sergey Aleksashenko, a
former Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Finance of Russia who
gave a presentation under the topic “Why the Russian Economy
Cannot Collapse.”
Intergraph PP&M Italian User Conference took place in
Milan, Italy on Nov. 14-15. The key conference topics included
a focus on the new and upcoming solutions and presentations
from client companies Saipem, Hitachi, Ansaldo Energia and
Fincantieri. Intergraph PP&M President Gerhard Sallinger gave
a keynote presentation during the conference on a topic The
Technology Roadmap of Tomorrow; 70 visitors attended the
conference.■
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