EXPERIENCE DURING AS-BUILT SERVICES IN INDUSTRIAL

PROJECTS USING LASER 3D TECHNOLOGY

by Eng Marcos Guandalini

Alezi Teodolini Consultoria3D

 Alezi Teodolini Consultoria 3D presentation

Experience during As-built services execution in a oil and
gas refinery in Brazil, followed by 3D modeling using
VANTAG PDMS (Plant Design Management System)
CAE model procedure and an example of a successful case.
Conclusions

Alezi Teodolini Consultoria3D is a

HEZOLINEM
Groups
company,
located
in
So
Paulo,
Brazil.
Hezolinem was the pionner of survey
equipment deal and it is a well-known
company in all Brazilian market since
1975.
The Alezi Teodolini Consultoria3D new
business area has 5 years and already
have committed team with 25
professionals for the AS-BUILT projects.
Alezi Teodolini headquarters in So Paulo

Company:
Consolidation as the best supplier of CAE creation using cloud
points and projects of engineering in PDS or PDMS platforms
Maintaining the data entirety and the speed during the project
model execution with high quality.
Presentation:
Demonstrating the method of our job using CAE model in PDMS;
Presenting the cloud points and the Modeling in PDMS of
Brazilian refinery.
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Offered Products
CLOUD POINTS FOR
CLASH DETECTION

CAE/CAD MODELS

DIMENSIONAL
CONTROL
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The Project

Project experience during As-Built services

in a Brazilian refinery followed by PDMS modeling.

Refinery - Summary
The Refinery:
The most complete
refinery of PETROBRS
system;
Located: Brazil
Area of 13km2;
Production of lubricant,
diesel, GLP, nafta,
kerosene, etc.
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Refinery Contract
Resume
The Agreement:
The biggest project was done using 3D Laser Scanner;
A total of 500 milions points;
361 Stations, 3800 piping and 250 equipment;
Complete PDMS Model and engineer as-built plants.
Contract Time Frame: 13 months start: 12/12/2006.
The agreement total value : U$ 900 000,00.
It is considered as a reference project in Brazil.

The main object of our contract

with the refinery
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Material and Survey

Time
Materials used in the Project
02 units of 3D Laser Scanners GS200;
01 Total Station;
02 Notebooks;
10 Flat targets;
15 Reference spheres.
Site Surveying duration:
3 months.
Station number:
- 361 stations.
Grid
- 10 mm at 10 meters for all 360
scanning
.
Total of the points collected:
500 millions.

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Survey Direction
Planning/Execution:
The estimative was:

A total of 1,5 hours per 360 degrees

station;
The use of 7 stations per day during
the
site
surveying
based
on
photography's,
Plants and technical visits in the
project area;
3 months with one scanner.

It was spent:

1,5 hours per 360 degrees station;

The production averages was only 4
stations per day due to the problems
occurred with the batteries and
equipment temperature;
It was finished in 3 months using 2
equipment.
Field Crew working in the Refinery
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Field Crew

1 Leader Enginering 8 months

2 Surveyors 3 months

2 Assistants 3 months

1 Driver/Assistant 3 months

1 Senior Piping 8 months

Field Crew working in the Refinery

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Survey Direction
Survey
Flat and spherical targets
were used in order to help
during the consolidation
process;
Total Station: Conventional
surveying in order to put
cloud points in the correct
coordinate system of site
surveying plant;
Consolidation or register.
Field Crew working in the refinery
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Site Surveying
Description
Targets were located in
order to position the cloud
points in the refinery
coordination system using
the refinery landmarks;
361 stations were scanned
to obtain cloud points in
real color.

Field Crew working in the Refinery

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Cloud Points
Collection
Collected cloud points making easy
the scanned data interpretation

Photo
taken
using
the
scanner in the same position
of the cloud point surveying.

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Cloud Points
Collection

The biggest cloud points done with a 3D Laser Scanner 500 millions of points
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A project specialist was hired

in order to update all
documentation regarding to
1210 unit: 95% concluded.

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Field Advantage Points

Field Advantage Points

using GS200:
The scanner weight;
The equipment does a complete
360 using a half of the time with
reference to HDS3000;
The color of the cloud points helps
during the object identification;
The scanner transportation is easy
because of its backpack.

Field Crew working in the Refinery

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Field Work Difficulties

Battery:
Weight : 14 Kg ;
Autonomous : 4 h ;
Transport difficult
Temperature
Due to the high temperature
the equipment stopped to work
several times during one day
Series GS
Good conditions are essential
for the scanner work.
Field vertical view is restricted
to 60
Field Crew working in the Refinery

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Cloud
Points/Consolidation
Difficulty

More than 500.000.000 points to

manage;
RWS is able to open only 60.000
points.

Result

500.000.00 points in the same

coordinate system.

PC Configuration

Pentium D 3.0 Ghz;

2.0 GB RAM memory;
Graphic Card 256 Mb.

Field Crew working in the Refinery

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Cloud
Points/Consolidation

This kind of project has a lot of

points and being its
consolidation very complex;

The control of the surveying

work points is very important.

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Alezi Teodolinis office So Paulo, Brazil

Cloud
Points/Consolidation
PROCEDURE

The total area was divided up

among 35 sub-areas;

3 teams working during 2

months:
30% using cloud based on
registration tool of RWS and
70% using spheres and targets
In order to put the cloud points
in the real coordinate system, it
was made a topographic
surveying to collect flat target
coordinates.
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Modeling/Engineering
team

1 Leader Engineer

1 PDMS Manager - 8 months

1 Senior project professional 5

months

8 Professionals of CAD Modeling

8 months

2 CAD designers 3 months

Alezi Teodolinis office So Paulo, Brazil

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The Modeling Team

Our team is trainned according to the following stages:
First Stage:
Professional with notions of the basic CAD
3Dipsos training = 2 months
Piping/structure and general industrial concepts training =
2months
15 lines are produced in 3Dipsos per day.
Second Stage
PDMS training = 3 months
PI&D concept training = 1 month
15 lines are produced in PDMS/PDC per day.
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3Dipsos Modeling
Alowed
We made a series of modeling demos in order to
genarate a PDMS model two years before closing the
agreement.
After the modeling demos, our customer has
approved 3Dipsos software.

A part of our agreement with

the customer
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Office Job Direction

STEP 1: Team planning and definition per subjects (Piping, Equipment,
Metallic, Civil and Electrical);
Modeling team = 8 professionals

Office in So Paulo Alezi Teodolini

Office in So Paulo Alezi Teodolini

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Working with Specs

STEP 2:

PDMS Management of data base configuration,

users and password creation;

STEP 3:

SPEC importation including customer specifications;

Standard Catalogues (SPECS):

Possible to import and work with
diferent specs
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Cloud points
STEP 4: Cloud point segmentation;
Raw Data of the Cloud Points

Cloud Points divided up on

separated groups for modeling.

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Senior Piping Project and

PDMS Administrator

STEP 5:
The senior project professional after
the field surveying updated the P&ID
in order to give the real information
to the modeling team.
SPECs and catalogs creation using
the PDMS software.

Senior Project Professional working in

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Refinery

Modeling with the SPECS

for PDMS
Creating Branches
associated with catalogs
(SPEC).

Associating a segmented
structure with a reconized
semi- automatic spec
If the pipe is isolated by the
temperature, it will be possible
to model using only the pipe
dimensions.

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PDMS interface
STEP 6:
PDMS modeling;
3Dipsos software / PDC (Point
Cloud Data Center) use with
PDMS direct interface;

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Modeling Tools
Automatic method use with exclusive modeling tools that improve
the production capacity;
easypipe is a cloud points tool that can model all pipe
components without operator interference increasing the
productivity 3 (three) times.

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Checking the PDMS

Model
STEP 7: Model check and validating during all the modeling process
described before;

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PDMS Model
STEP 8: Delivery of 3D model in PDMS

Equipment
Pipes
Electrical
Civil
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Metallic structures

Modeling Progress

We have to up-date the model every month to the customer

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Modeling Progress

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62% of the complete job - PDMS Model. Delivery time: March-2008

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Engineering Update
STEP 9: Updated plant generation and delivery (using ADP);
STEP 10: Updated PI&D delivery.

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3D Laser Scanner used and its

importance during an 3D AS-Built
project

Cloud Points
X
Project

PDS Picture We will need to delivery the solution

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for PDMS.

Cloud Points
X
As-built model

PDS Picture We need to delivery the solution for PDMS.

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As-Built Company
advantages
Piping modeling associated to the SPECs offering speedy and
entirety;
Recognition of automatic structure profiles associated to the charts;
Modeling time optimization tools as such as: EasyPipe (automatic
extraction of tubulation), Beam Extraction (automatic extraction of
structures);
3D model updated;
Clash Detection;
Accuracy of the model.
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Advantages
Refinary

Stop time reduction at the refinery;

Cost and time reduction during the building and assembly;

Risk simulation possibility;

Facility and efficiency to the future project development;

Plants and PI&D up to date;

Smart models generating automatically the Isometrics and Material

list.
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Pipe Isometric

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Piping Plan

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PI&D

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Conclusion
The new 3D Laser Scanner technology allows a CAE
model that shows the real situation in the field, offering
a lot of benefits in the industrial plant management's
day by day ;
The use of 3Dipsos/PDC software allows to reduce the
modeling time that causes a direct impact in the
project cost ;
The service cost is irrelevant if compared on its costbenefit vantages.
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Eng. Marcos Guandalini

So Paulo/SP, Brazil
Phone: (55 11) 3868-0825
www.hezolinem.com/consultoria3D
consultoria3D@hezolinem.com

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