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SOLUTION

Process Plant
3D Modeling & Visualization
INDUSTRY
CHALLENGES
Plant owner operators (O/Os) and engineering, procurement, and
construction (EPC) companies alike are under continued pressure to
meet global demands in a fiercely competitive commercial environ-
ment. “Faster and cheaper to market” is the double-edged call to
action that drives down project margins and expects more for less in
today’s CAPEX process, power, and marine market.

Given this scenario, what options remain for plant O/Os and EPCs
needing to retain, strengthen, or increase competitive advantage?
Conventional approaches, such as top-down incremental cost reduction
initiatives, have run their course. Cheaper engineering design is helpful,
but is no substitute for the more sophisticated skills that the industry
continues to lose, along with its experienced workforce.

A new approach is needed: one that reassesses plant engineering

and operations in light of new productivity-enhancing technologies
that go beyond today’s plant design solutions.

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 WHY 3D MODELLING IS GOOD FOR
YOUR PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
New technologies are changing the way plant owners and operators are constructing and
managing plant infrastructure. Increasingly, they are demanding virtualised 3D models from
engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) companies. In the oil and gas, utility and
shipping industries – 3D models are becoming invaluable as they enable operators and owners to
manage a plant through design, construction, lifecycle and eventual demolition.

Virtual 3D models can save time and effort while increasing productivity.

For the construction process, the 3D model is built along with the design so any interference
between plant components is immediately highlighted. All issues can be addressed in the initial
design phase so that when construction begins everything progresses smoothly across all
disciplines, be that civil, mechanical, piping, electrical, or instrumentation.

Once constructed the model can then inform day-to-day operations of the plant by allowing
complex simulations to be undertaken, answering complex “what if” situations with reliability and
accuracy. The same applies to plant maintenance; preparation for major works can be streamlined
and planned accurately to minimise operative disruptions. With 3D modelling the entire exercise of
a plant’s lifecycle can be simulated and enacted with minimal issue.

From a personnel perspective, 3D environments enable cost-effective offshore training

programmes, be it for plant familiarisation, standard operating procedures or for emergency drill
training.

By the end of the plant’s life a virtual model can be used for efficient demolition, or even plant
repurposing. This is primarily through the integration of information from across the plant. In the
past, the data and information required by dismantling teams was spread across the business
meaning that mistakes could be made easily, creating unnecessary expense. Virtual models can
help prevent this.

Owners and operators of plants may not have the required knowledge to build 3D models and look
towards engineering procurement and construction companies to provide them. There is clearly a
huge opportunity here. Some EPCs choose to work with a technical partner to deliver 3D models of
plants to help deal with issues such as software compatibility and managing the model. By
outsourcing the modelling work to technology providers, EPCs can also reduce costs.

3D models provide a cutting-edge approach to managing a plant and reducing risk throughout its
lifetime. The underlying technology is complex but the outcome is powerful, allowing teams across
a plant’s entirety to leverage the model for their own benefit.

For decades, plant design software has remained useful at the first level of construction, but at best
helped only during minor maintenance or alterations over the lifetime of the plant. Now, truly
integrated 3D plant models have the potential to change the way plants are built and maintained -
revolutionising plant management across the board.

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 Key Benefits of Using BIM for Plant Design and Engineering
1. Better Collaboration and Communication

Digital BIM models allow for sharing, collaborating, and versioning that paper drawing sets don’t. With cloud-based tools such as Autodesk’s
BIM 360, BIM collaboration can seamlessly occur across all disciplines within the project. The BIM 360 ecosystem allows teams to share
project models and coordinate planning, ensuring all design stakeholders have insight into the project.

Cloud access also allows project teams to take the office to the field. With apps such as Autodesk’s BIM 360 tools, teams can review drawings
and models onsite and on their mobile devices, ensuring they have access to up-to-date project information at any time.

2. Model-Based Cost Estimation

Many AEC firms are realizing that including estimators earlier in the planning stage allows for more effective construction cost estimation, which
has led to the growth of model-based cost estimating (also known as 5D BIM). Using BIM tools such as Autodesk’s Revit and BIM 360 Docs
automates the time-consuming task of quantifying and applying costs, allowing estimators to focus on higher value factors, such as identifying
construction assemblies and factoring risks.
3. Preconstruction Project Visualization

By using BIM, you can plan and visualize the entire project during preconstruction, before the shovel hits the ground. Space-use
simulations and 3D visualizations allow clients to experience what the space will look like offering the ability to make changes before
construction start. Having a greater overview from the beginning minimizes expensive and time-consuming changes later.

4. Improved Coordination and Clash Detection

BIM allows you to better coordinate trades and subcontractors, detecting any MEP, internal, or external clashes before
construction begins. Will the electrical conduits clash with a steel beam? Do the doorways have enough clearance? With software
such as Autodesk’s BIM 360 Glue you can avoid clashes with automated clash detection.

By avoiding clashes, you reduce the amount of rework needed on any given job. With BIM, you have the opportunity to plan it right
before you build onsite. You can avoid last-minute changes and unforeseen issues by enabling easy reviewing and commenting
across multiple disciplines.
 5. Reduced Cost and Mitigated Risk

One study by McKinsey found that 75% of companies that have adopted BIM reported positive returns and on their investments. But BIM
can save you money in a myriad of ways if you take advantage of it. Closer collaboration with contractors can lead to reductions in tender
risk premiums, lower insurance costs, fewer overall variations, and fewer opportunities for claims. Better overview of the project before
starting allows for more prefabrication and reduces waste on unused materials. Prefabricated elements can be easily bolted in place rather
than created on-site. Labor costs spent on documentation work and miscommunications are reduced. Many companies are using BIM and
construction technology to reduce costs and mitigate risk

6. Improved Scheduling/Sequencing

In the same way that many of these benefits save money, they save time by reducing the time of project cycles and eliminating
construction schedule setbacks. BIM allows design and documentation to be done at the same time, and for documentation to be easily
changed to adapt to new information such as site conditions. Schedules can be planned more accurately and communicated exactly, and
the improved coordination helps projects be more likely to be completed on-time or early.
 7. Increased Productivity and Prefabrication

BIM data can be used to instantly generate production drawings or databases for manufacturing purposes, allowing for increased use of
prefabrication and modular construction technology. By designing, detailing and building offsite in a controlled environment, you can
diminish waste, increase efficiency, and reduce labor and material costs.

8. Safer Construction Sites

BIM can help improve construction safety by pinpointing hazards before they become problems, and avoid physical risks by visualizing
and planning site logistics ahead of time. Visual risk analysis and safety evaluations can help ensure safety over the course of the project
execution.
 9. Better Builds

The increased reliability of a coordinated model leads directly to greater building quality. By sharing common BIM tools, more experienced
team members work together with builders through all phases of the project, providing better control over technical decisions around design
execution. The optimal ways to construct a project can be tested and chosen early in the project, and structural deficiencies can be identified
before building. With the use of visualizations, better design aesthetics can be more easily chosen, such as modeling the flow of natural light
into a building. Then, during construction, reality capture technology can be utilized to improve accuracy.

10. Stronger Facility Management and Building Handover

The information in a model also empowers operation of the building after construction is over, providing an ROI well after project completion.
Using construction software, an accurate, ongoing digital record of building information is valuable for facilities management and renovators for
the entire lifecycle of the building. Data can be sent into existing building maintenance software for post-occupancy use. Using a tool such as
Autodesk’s BIM 360 Ops, contractors can transform building handover by connecting BIM data generated during design and construction to
building operations.
 THE SOLUTION:
3D MODELING &
VISUALIZATION
Value Propositions
Trisita's 3D Modeling & Visualization solution
leverages the company’s domain and global BUSINESS LEVEL BENEFIT
expertise to offer innovative applications that
meet your needs. It removes existing plant Save hours on
design limitations, and in their place Engineering discipline
engineering tasks.
introduces new, multi-disciplinary, silo-free
ways of working – in an optimized, integrated
Project Save weeks on schedule.
design and visualization environment.

Save a percentage of total

Extended enterprise
installed costs (TIC).

By contrast, 3D factory modelling can provide integrated hard- and soft-space interference checking, consistency checking
and rules-based design.

Engineers can then see if large machines will be able to be manoeuvred into place without colliding with other equipment,
or if pipework has inadvertently been routed through space vital to the operation and maintenance of other equipment.

Many project engineers find these problems out the hard way: when the equipment is delivered and the roof has to be
raised or existing machinery moved, causing additional downtime and great expense.

A lack of up-to-date drawings is a common problem for older, frequently retrofitted, factories. In such cases, laser scanning
can provide a 3D point cloud of the factory bay.

The laser technique allows accurate modelling and positioning of existing piping, steelwork, the roof, and any process
equipment that is to remain. Redundant equipment can then be deleted and the new line designed.

Where the factory owners are extending existing factories, or building new bays, it is also possible to create 3D concept
designs for project meetings.

“Initially, it’s not important what each machine looks like in detail - the overall layout, which determines the type and cost of
the equipment required, is the important starting point,” Wilkins explains.

In that case, designers can copy existing plant models from previous projects, adding standard conveyors in a matter of
minutes. Designs can be edited and evolved to a point where the plans are presented to management, contractors and
suppliers in 3D.

Any concept models unique to the new facility can then be replaced by real models of the actual equipment as soon as
sourcing decisions are made.

Companies also use 3D models to communicate more effectively with project teams and upper management, all of whom
need to gain a good understanding of what a new factory or production line will look like, especially at eye level.

Walk-through visualisations enable users to see across the virtual factory from an operator’s point of view and identify blind
spots.

With designs that maximise visibility for each operator, planners can minimise the distances staff have to cover to monitor
each line, speeding up processing, and making it easy to identify and deal with production problems.

Firms can also use 3D models to communicate what a new factory or production line will look like to project teams or upper
management, especially at eye level.
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