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A DESIRABLE
DISRUPTION IN
CONSTRUCTION
Managing Your Materials
Construction 4.0
Advanced Work Packages
Manifesto for Better Piping Fabrication
The Competitive Shipyard
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digital INSIGHT I S S U E 4 1 / Q UA RT ER 4 , 2 0 1 7
contents 14
Focus: CONSTRUCTION
10 Construction 4.0
12 Easing the Traffic Jam
13 Managing Your Materials
14 Manifesto for Better Piping Fabrication
Industry Updates
16 The Competitive Shipyard
23 EcoSys 8
17 We’re Listening: Construction Roundtable
24 CH2M adopts EcoSys
18 Sihy Finland uses Spoolgen to Drive Productivity
26 CEPSA Leverages Leica Geosystems
20 The Digitalization Age and AWP
22 Exponentially Better - 4D and 5D News & Events
28 HxGN Live 2017...and 2018
29 Awards & Acquisitions
30 Visionaries: Customer Awards
32 Partners & Projects
34 Keep Learning - Training Spotlight
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Best Regards,
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within Smart Materials, the best gets even better.
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FROM THE PRESIDENT » MATTIAS STENBERG
If You
Build It…
A LOOK INSIDE THE WORLD OF CONSTRUCTION
From mobile technology to the shortage of skilled workers to the future of automation,
Hexagon PPM professionals are constantly contemplating how to provide resolutions
to our construction customers’ needs.
Insight: Historically speaking, construc- The issue is helping our customers see But I don’t believe there’s a connection in
tion leaders have not been as receptive of how automation can work on their proj- the status of the stock market with what
automation and modernization as other ects. It’s difficult to change someone’s we’re seeing in construction projects.
industrial fields. Why is that? longtime workflow process. There’s been a construction boom for
quite some time, especially in America
MATTIAS STENBERG: I believe the main We’ve been holding Construction Round- and Europe. And there’s new confidence
reason is a lack of standardization. There tables with customers and potential in the Chinese market.
is little perceived repeatability from customers all over the world, and we’re
project to project. Every project is unique. working to impact their way of thinking. Our core market – oil and gas, engineering
Other industries can produce a compo- You can sell someone a lot of software, and construction – is slowly improving.
nent exactly the same time after time; but if you can’t convince them to alter The very worst of that downturn was
construction projects typically cannot. their workflows, it isn’t going to improve about 18 months ago. There can be a lag,
their productivity. a long tail on a downturn.
When you compare the productivity of
construction against other manufacturing Insight: Stock market activity is in an Insight: A current lack of skilled labor
over the last few decades, it’s shocking. upswing. Do you see that being reflected – partially due to a loss of more than
Manufacturing, which has modernized in the world of construction? two million construction jobs during the
and automated, has gone up tremendously, recession – is hurting the industry. Can
but construction has actually gone down. STENBERG: The stock market is trading PPM solutions help project managers
at an all-time high, and my personal view circumvent the challenges brought on by
Insight: How can Hexagon PPM encourage is that’s mainly a function of continued that scarcity?
the adoption of construction technology? low interest rates. It’s a situation created
by a lack of alternatives. If you can’t get STENBERG: The whole point is efficiency.
STENBERG: The technology is there. We a good return anywhere else, you put it in If you look at a typical EPC before the cri-
have customers who are using Intergraph the stock market. sis, they employed more people and had
Smart® Construction quite successfully. a higher sales turnover. But they did not
Insight: How is mobile technology being Source: Expert interviews; IHS Global Insight ( Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United
utilized on the construction site? How is Kingdom, United States); World Input-Output Database - McKinsey & Company
PPM contributing to that trend?
STENBERG: Mobile is a big trend, and Those applications can be changed just er’s workflow that can take in real-time
not just in construction. Our customers as fast, enabling organizations to shorten information from the construction site.
are seeking it. We already have some ex- the continuous improvement cycle. Already we’ve partnered with Skanska
cellent apps, such as Intergraph Smart® (a Swedish construction company)
Materials Mobile Scan, Smart Construc- And with these mobile applications, they on SMART Build; they were our first
tion mobile, and the new SDA mobile can be integrated with any third-party customer for this, and now we have
application. data source, such as SAP or ERP. Even if a handful more.
we are their preferred vendor, a big proj-
Something that is creating a dramatic ect will have hundreds of other IT appli- Insight: What new construction or mate-
change is with Catavolt, a U.S.-based cations involved that a client might want rials functionalities does PPM have under
mobile app platform provider that Hexagon to integrate for their mobile workforce. development, and when can customers
acquired earlier this year. It accelerates hope to get a peek at them?
our ability to build mobile applications, Insight: How do PPM solutions fit into
dramatically. the construction life cycle regarding the STENBERG: There is a roadmap, of
Internet of Things (IoT)? course, but we are hesitant to discuss in
Insight: How will that capability change too much detail until we’re ready to make
PPM’s customer strategy? STENBERG: As Hexagon we were doing a launch. In general terms, we are work-
IoT long before that term was ever in- ing on next-generation user interfaces,
STENBERG: We are transitioning away vented. The Hexagon strategy has been and there’s the integration of Intergraph
from, “Mr. Customer, here is something measuring, reporting, making decisions, Smart Materials with EcoSys.
that we created in our lab. Do you want to changing the real world … all in a con-
buy it?” Now we can say, “We can build stant loop of information, whether it was And it’s not just about construction. It’s
virtually any mobile application in under agriculture, a mine or a shop floor in an about creating a digital twin for the entire
90 days. How do you want to enable your automotive plant. project - the workflow from design to
mobile workforce?” Then customers can asset management and all the steps in
describe their workflows, their problems. HxGN SMART Build is an excellent exam- between. We are capable of being part of
With the help of Catavolt, we can create ple of how Hexagon is doing that right. the customer’s entire journey.
an app in a very short time, just a few It’s about connecting sensors from Leica
laser scanners with software from PPM Patricia McCarter is senior content marketing
months. The development cycle is so
specialist and editorial director for Insight
much faster. and building a solution around a custom-
Magazine for Hexagon PPM. She is based in
Huntsville, AL, USA.
OVERDUE FOR
DISRUPTION
T
hat tidbit is on page two of project, a reliance on the “digital twin.”
KPMG International’s 44-page Structured data management across the
2017 Global Construction project life cycle – from design through
Survey, which aims to help reimagine construction through operations through
governance, people and technology in decommissioning – can streamline
project management. processes and eliminate a dependence
The professional auditor’s report also on filing cabinets and spreadsheets.
reveals that just one quarter of 201 Large construction projects, which
senior leaders (owners and contractors involve thousands of workers and
in construction and engineering) megatons of materials, are almost
surveyed said they believe an acceptable expected to have cost overruns and
level of performance has been reached schedule delays. Expected. But what
in delivering capital projects on time and if there was a reachable goal of clear
within budget. communication, completely accessible
When KPMG asked if these executives data, transparent change management?
had developed a data/technology It is possible. The solutions exist where
strategy or road map, less than half (48 even if something goes wrong on the site
percent) said yes; 22 percent said no; – materials are delayed, mud is knee-
and the remaining 30 percent said while deep, the excavator engine breaks down
they had not currently done so, they were – there is capability to replan the work so
planning on it. that the schedule isn’t impacted.
Why haven’t they done so already? Some leading construction companies
What are they waiting on? are already taking the steps to enhance
Drones, algorithm-driven robots, their processes.
sensors and automated processes are Much has been learned from the
working in concert to define the “smart manual way of doing things, and now
factory,” which is creating extraordinary that expertise can be automated. Some
quality and output. This is considered of the most progressive construction
“Industry 4.0.” companies in the world are embracing
The concept of “Construction 4.0” is this trend.
centered on the total digitization of a Join them.
EASING
THE
TRAFFIC
JAM
Experience ‘green light’ construction environment
with Intergraph Smart® Materials Portal
I
f you’ve had a home built for WHO DOES WHAT on requests for quotations, packing lists
you, you’ve been involved in Companies who take on the respon- and logistic information.
sibility to build refineries and chemical
a traffic jam. Your contractor
plants are called EPC firms: WHAT GOES WHERE
had to order different materials
E = Engineering: designs the plant Moving forward, a logistics company
from different vendors, such as from start to finish could be included in the workshare to
concrete for the foundation and P = Procurement: quantifies, purchases, provide shipment planning; Smart Mate-
piping materials for hot water. expedites, ships all materials rials Portal allows tracked and controlled
C = Construction: onsite building and conversation between the traffic coordi-
When ordering the plumbing
commissioning of the plant, which nator and logistics professionals.
service, your builder tried to includes warehouse management
Often items must be routed via
ensure that the required materials
Within the realm of supply chain different legs. This typically includes
were onsite when the plumber management for the above tasks includes pre-shipping from the supplier’s site
arrived so that he wasn’t twiddling developing a sourcing strategy, which lays to a port or harbor.
his charge-by-the-hour thumbs out a set of suppliers and subcontractors For the main leg, container ships are
while the clock was ticking. that can deliver goods and services and used, and once at the destination port,
The challenges when execute quote requests. Buyers then trucks are used to ship the goods to the
must evaluate all bids and decide where final construction site.
constructing a multimillion dollar
to place commitments. Smart Materials offers a software
liquified natural gas plant are no
When inspection has been executed solution that has all these offerings in
different; the scaling, however, is successfully and release notes are one tool, and in this way, allows straight
significantly larger. created, the goods are typically ready and tracked communication between all
for shipment. parties involved in the supplier chain.
That’s when the traffic department This helps achieve the overall goal of
takes over. By using a modern tool like In- Materials Management, which is to have
tergraph Smart® Materials Portal, you can the right materials, at the right time, in the
easily onboard suppliers and subcontrac- right place. ■
tors, who can register and maintain their
>> hexagonppm.com/go/materials
own data in this online platform and work
R
adio-frequency identification, versions are not compatible. reports will be automatically created in
or RFID, is a hot topic in the It is important to understand what Smart Materials. This not only saves time
construction industry. This tech- kind of business workflow an organiza- while producing such data, it will a in-
nology has immense potential to increase tion wants to generate by using crease the quality of the data compared
efficiency in many areas, particularly at RFID technology. to the traditional manual process.
the construction site.
First, let’s have a brief overview regarding APPLYING THE TECHNOLOGY WHERE TO USE IT
the different types of RFID tags. During business meetings, PPM has Material receiving is just one example
Passive RFID tags are the most been asked many times if our software of how using RFID in combination with
cost-efficient solution. They don’t need supports RFID or barcode technology. Mobile Scan can save time and money.
batteries, as they use the energy emitted The answer is yes, but we also explain Beyond RFID, we also support barcodes
by a scanning device; the RFIDs return the that hardware is one thing, and the and QR codes for these processes.
signal by adding their unique identifica- business value only comes with the right Other workflows that are covered with
tion number. software solution, such as the mobile Mobile Scan are:
Semi-passive RFID tags have bat- app Intergraph Smart® Materials Mobile • Inventory management
teries included and start broadcasting Scan, which allows you to quickly and • Physical counts
their unique identification number once accurately scan a truck loaded with • Materials issuing
scanned. Since these tags have a battery, tagged steel beams. • Materials transfers
the range is greater compared to the This can be a significant work process • Locating
passive RFID. improvement compared to scanning each • Free inventory scans
Active RFID tags also utilize batteries. piece individually when using barcodes All this makes Mobile Scan and Smart
Unlike the other two tags, active RFIDs or the traditional paper-based receiving. Materials the perfect combination for
continuously broadcast signals and have Another added value of Mobile Scan is ensuring effective materials management
similar range as semi-passive ones. Ac- to work in online- or offline-mode. In this onsite. ■
tive RFIDs are the costliest solution, and way, the actual receiving activity could be
>> hexagonppm.com/go/mobilescan
their usage needs to be balanced when done while outside the range of any Wi-Fi
determining value. or 3G/4G network. Guido Hufer is a technical director for
These RFID tags typically do not follow After scanning for all items corresponding Hexagon PPM. He is based in Germany.
any common standard; different vendors’ with a handheld device, material receiving
Better Piping
Fabrication
MANIFESTO
Communicating Helps Achieve Faster, Cheaper, Better Workflow
T
he classic workflow for piping fabricates the pipe spools. In turn, anoth- tion are all departments within a single
fabrication begins with an inte- er team constructs the final plant. organization. But it isn’t easy when the
grated 3D computer model of piping fabricator must work with multiple
a new process plant – refinery, offshore HOW DO THEY COMMUNICATE? customers, who use different 3D model-
platform, chemical plant – to ensure Typically, 3D drawings share the ing systems and don’t wish to share their
clash-free design. A corresponding ac- engineering team’s requirements to IP with third parties.
curate material take-off guarantees that the fabricators. Alias in the U.K. – creator of Isogen®
components can be ordered in the right And, of course, once the drawings are software for automated piping isometric
quantities at the right time. issued, the 3D model continues to evolve. drawing generation – pioneered the use of
Pipe and fittings (flanges, elbows, If the piping fabricators work with hard the Isogen Data File (IDF) and the Piping
tees) are welded together into small copy, they must extract the data from the Component File (or PCF) for transferring
sections – known as spools – which are drawing and transfer it to a spreadsheet. data from engineering to fabrication.
then shipped to the construction site. When changes are made, the drawing Alias is now part of Hexagon PPM, and
Sometimes an entire section of the plant must be recreated. our SmartPlant® Spoolgen® software has
is built in a workshop and transported as This is slow, error-prone and expensive. been used for many years to support a
a module for installation. Sharing the 3D model with fabricators data-centered workflow. ■
The team that built the computer is possible in an integrated project where
model is not the same as the team that engineering, fabrication and construc-
The
Competitive
Editor’s note: This information was
presented by Kimmo Salmi at the
International Conference on Computer
Applications in Shipbuilding 2017
Shipyard
(ICCAS) in Singapore.
Optimizing Panel Lines with
Intergraph Smart® Production
powered by NESTIX and
Intergraph Smart 3D
T
o help a builder deliver a produc- chain around panels, which consists functionalities for efficient, lean and just-
tion/assembly facility on time mainly of plate parts, stiffeners and in-time production.
and on budget, there is pressure T-girders that are joined together at the Lead time: Arranges panels for the
for rapid approval on project design. panel line’s different work stations. panel line so that panels will be manu-
This requires thorough collaboration It is required to know what plate and factured in the shortest time possible to
between all teams involved in the design profile parts are in panels, such as which maximize throughput.
and construction. Besides virtual reality plate parts are joined together and what Lateness: Sequences panels so that no
and artificial intelligence, there are new are the type of welds and welding distanc- panel is completed too late.
technologies available to further optimize es. This enables the estimation of welding Earliness: Sequences panels so that no
the production process. time requirements. panel is completed too early; this mini-
Intergraph Smart® Production powered Finally, it is necessary to know the full mizes wait time for module assembly.
by NESTIX and Intergraph Smart 3D have panel plate geometry with the offset mar- Scattering: Optimizes wait time
been instrumental in assisting shipyards gins and how one panel is joined together between plate and profile part in stock
maneuver these challenges, in particu- with other panels. From this, knowledge to panel manufacturing time for greater
lar in panel lines, which is the process of design systems (such as Smart 3D) can synchronization.
drawing fine lines around the detailing of form the final cutting contour for that To achieve harmony between opti-
model parts. panel and add the beveling information. mization parameters, it is best to have
While competition between shipyards Knowing the plate and profile part cut- them as weighted values. For every panel
has grown as processes are being opti- ting process is beneficial for the panel line line, there is a preferred combination of
mized, there are some steps that many optimization; it is important to know when panel optimization parameters. Some-
fabricators tend to overlook. Optimizing required parts are ready. By knowing the times these parameters need adjustment
panel line can tremendously increase the panel need dates, scheduling optimization because panel optimization is based on
throughput, improve overall quality and is possible for the panel line via backward the panel types itself, and different ship
save money; but few key performance production scheduling for the parts. designs favor different sets of panels. ■
indexes define the optimization rules. >> hexagonppm.com/go/smartproduction
Multiple requirements must be consid- PANEL LINE OPTIMIZATION
Kimmo Salmi is a business development
ered to optimize panel line so that it can The four key optimization criteria are
consultant at Hexagon PPM and based
support other functionalities of the yard. lead time, lateness, earliness and scat- in Singapore.
Optimization is possible in the supply tering. These parameters aim to optimize
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
MADRID, SPAIN
We’re
LISTENING BY SARA GIDDENS
International
Construction Roundtables
seek client feedback
I
n the latter half of 2017, Intergraph Smart® success plan for them,” said Scott Oskins, technical
Construction experts traveled across Australia, director for PPM construction products. “By better
Japan, South Korea, China, Spain, Italy, Russia, understanding the challenges facing the industry, we
Norway and the United States to engage with are more suited to be able to provide support.
customers about their most pressing project tasks. “Hexagon PPM’s construction management team
Attendees from across the industrial landscape – listened to these specific challenges and helped our
power, oil and gas, engineering, procurement – shared clients gain an understanding of how to drive success
their experiences in these detailed conversations, within their organizations.”
which averaged 20 clients at each event. Looking forward to 2018, PPM will expand
During the roundtables, Hexagon PPM struck up Roundtable events to Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
these conversations to gain a real understanding of Argentina and the United Arab Emirates where we will
regional and industry challenges. Members of PPM’s continue to engage with construction experts across
global construction team presented answers to their the world.
questions, including best practices such as Advanced “This new approach has been very interesting,”
Work Packing (AWP), BIM (Building Information said José Carlos Bueno Cantó, project manager for
Modeling), LEAN and implementation challenges. Hexagon PPM in Spain. “I think that customers rely
Guests shared their thoughts on construction- more on our messages because of this ‘agnostic’
related matters they felt were most important to their presentation where we talk about needs and not
companies and projects. about products. It has been really productive.”
“This allows Hexagon PPM to have a greater
Sara Giddens is a global marketing programs manager for
understanding of true customer needs and desires Hexagon PPM. She is based in Huntsville, AL, US.
so that we can help create a more customized
Sihy Finland
uses Spoolgen to drive
productivity
&growth
S
ihy Oy is a pipe manufacturer based in the instructions are pulled down to the computer
Naantali, Finland, and specializes in the driving the cutting machine automatically. The
manufacture of industrial pipelines. Its offline preparation of the machine instructions
customer base is major international industrial means that no shop floor programming
companies, particularly in the shipbuilding, is required.
process and petrochemical industries. A third important output from Spoolgen is a
bending report that is transformed into numerical
CHALLENGE control instructions to drive the bending machine.
Sihy Oy wanted to move away from a tradition- This is also supplied to the shop floor so the
al document-based workflow to a data-centric, operator does not need to enter data manually.
automated one, including data transfer from the “Digitalization has enabled us to expand by
3D model all the way through to its workshop ma- making us more productive,” said Sihy CEO Henri
chines and to feed data to in-house systems for Hyvarinen.
planning, tracking and controlling production. A reported 50 percent reduction in work plan-
Its customer – the shipyard supplying the ning errors has been noted.
drawings – offered to produce piping data elec- “Now we are able to scale production up and
tronically, via the Hexagon PPM Isogen® PCF for- down easily,” said Hyvarinen. “Streamlining
mat. PPM recently made the PCF format available planning has freed up our management team to
for use by all software vendors, and it’s supported improve and grow the business.”
by most of the major design systems. Research by Added Sihy production manager Kari Hyvarinen,
Sihy showed that SmartPlant® Spoolgen® could “Thanks to the integration between Spoolgen
process this electronic data automatically and and the in-house software, we are able to auto-
generate the reports and other deliverables need- mate the machine tool offline, so no shop floor
ed for its workshop and internal software systems. programming is required for our cutting and
bending machines.”
SOLUTION Sihy plans to work with Hexagon PPM to
Sihy uses the batch processing capability of extend automation further to maintain its
Spoolgen to automate the processing of PCF files. competitive edge.
It was configured to retrieve the 3D geometry of David Myall, managing director of Alias Ltd, a
the pipes and transfer to its in-house database Hexagon PPM subsidiary that specializes in piping
application, Sihy PipeCloud. This gives the work isometric drawings said, “This is a great example
planner an overview of the current work to make of how a forward-thinking company can utilize our
efficient use of the machines by bundling similar tools to improve the way they work. What it has
pipes together to form work packs. done is applicable in any pipe fabrication shop.” ■
Spoolgen also produces an input file for the
>> sihy.fi
HGG plasma cutting machines. This is stored in
the database to be available when required. When Jim Edwards is a product manager for Hexagon PPM. He
the operator selects a pipe from the work pack, is based in the United Kingdom.
Rethink.
Reorganize.
How data-centric
solutions are
quietly disrupting the
Realign.
construction industry.
I
ndustries are aggressively seeking As the industry progresses more into
how they can capitalize on these this new digital age, workers are realizing
advancements to add value to that many of the old ways - including
their organizations and bottom lines. their work processes - are not in total
We have seen these advancements alignment with their overall goals.
revolutionize the manufacturing industry Reviews and rewriting of work processes
through robotics and digitalized data are necessary.
that have streamlined work processes to So, as organizations continue down
significantly improve productivity. the road of searching for and using
The construction industry is now technology solutions to add value to their
determinedly searching for technologies organizations, the technology is quietly at
that can assist in achieving some work exposing issues elsewhere.
of the same improvements as the Business plans must be rethought,
manufacturing industry. Many are reorganized, realigned. Although there is
moving toward a complete digitalized value inherent in employing technology
environment that is data centric. itself, this side effect is adding a whole
This fresh environment, however, is different level of value to the process.
exposing some age-old construction It’s happening.
problems. With the unlocking of data and
information so that it can be freely shared
and used to make informed decisions,
silos are being broken down that exist
between departments and organizations.
AN EARLY ENGAGEMENT
A common unified view of the project
that blends enhanced levels of visual
People.
collaboration in the 3D model and its
seamless integration to Smart Con-
Processes.
struction increases project planning and
packaging philosophy - not only across
Technology.
departments but also across project
phases early on the job.
In the process, each stakeholder gains
a better understanding of scope that
AWP enables all three components may have been missed or duplicated or
for project success otherwise be revealed during execution
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or turnover.
ince Intergraph Smart® Association of Alberta in 2016. This
The 3D model-centric engineering
Construction came on the concept challenges the owner’s team
design ties into many systems to deliver
market in 2009, we have helped members to determine where they
a successful AWP project as shown in the
our customers implement Advanced are currently positioned and make a
figure below. Key project plans that are
Work Packaging (AWP). This allows us to concentrated effort to move up the
impacted include:
more fully engage with client teams to productivity maturity curve.
leverage this portfolio of design tools and Simply driving the EPC contractors and • Project Execution Plan
materials/cost management. subcontractors without an introspective • Construction Execution Plan
By applying this methodology at the analysis at the owner’s end can only • Materials Management Plan
initial stages of a project, the right people, deliver limited gains. • Document Management Plan
• Path of Construction
processes and technology are connected.
PRESENTED AT COAA 2016 BEST • Completions and Turnover
In its truest sense, AWP provides a
structured method and work process PRACTICES >> hexagonppm.com/go/smartconstruction
for early engagement of construction PPM’s overall objective as part of the
Project Delivery Advantage is to help our Michael Buss is senior vice president Global
considerations and expertise.
Business Development at Hexagon PPM and is
Incorporating these in engineering design, client move up this productivity curve and
based in Huntsville, AL, US.
project controls, supply chain and their reach the top position.
related processes, project efficiencies are
increased by managing scope and coding
Organizational
as well as prioritizing the deliverables in
alignment to the build method and path of
Productivity
Curve
Operationally Excellent
Leadership Culture
construction on a project.
Productivity Performance
Organizational Culture
CONSTRUCTION » BY SCOTT OSKINS
Exponentially BETTER
Why you need to know more about 4D and 5D
R
emember the old saying that value and benefit to our customers. become overwhelmed in sifting through
a picture is worth a thousand With the massive amounts of data this data and not being able to clearly see
words? When that old phrase that projects produce, management has to make proper and timely decisions.
was coined, it was related to 2D pictures. always struggled to view it in simple, The most important thing is that aside
Fast forward to today and we not only clear and concise means. Now, with the from the technology that produces the
have 3D modeling, but we have animated visualization and animation of data, it 4D and 5D animations and visualization
3D, which is known as 4D. Also, when you is more easily processed without being – as offered within Smart Construction –
layer cost and/or performance data onto overwhelmed with volumes of 2D reports there are no additional data requirements
a 3D model, you have what is termed and data. from a project. The data has always been
as 5D. So, as the amount of data continues tracked and existed; we are now simply
Think of how many words this 4D/5D to increase on projects due to unwrapping its possibilities.
information is now worth. modernization, we need to be able to So, the question is … don’t you want to
It’s exponential. extract the relevant information. What unlock that potential?
The potential of data that has always better way than by not only visualizing it,
>> hexagonppm.com/go/smartconstruction
existed is now being unleashed to provide but also animating it? If not, projects will
better insight into what is happening simply be inundated with data that will Scott Oskins is a technical director for
within projects. Intergraph Smart® serve little purpose if we cannot discern construction products at Hexagon PPM.
Construction delivers this capability to what this data is telling us. He is based in Huntsville, AL, US.
take data and animate it, unlocking more Another issue is management can
INTRODUCING ...
Maximizing
Projects Performance
in Your Enterprise
W
ith the release of EcoSys™ bid and award to controls and closeout. EcoSys Portfolios
8, Hexagon PPM has intro- Effective contracts management is an for project portfolio management (PPM):
duced an expanded vision integral part of the alignment. EcoSys project identification/prioritization,
for managing the life cycle of projects. Contracts enables more efficient data stage gates, capital planning, funding
This goes beyond project controls to en- sharing and greater visibility into con- management, resource management,
sure all projects are identified, defined, tracts management. program management, bench-marking,
delivered, measured and recycled in one From owners to contractors to subcon- organizational budgeting
modern, fully integrated platform. tractors, integrated communications and
EcoSys now provides a more holistic, tracking of dynamic contractual obliga- EcoSys Projects
organization-wide perspective for man- tions ensure cost and schedule impacts for project controls: capital planning,
aging the dynamic project ecosystem are understood and agreed to by all estimating, budgeting, forecasting,
while maximizing returns and margins parties up front and throughout the life change management, risk management,
– from portfolio management to project cycle of a project. cash flow, tracking, progress
controls to contract management. While recognized as an enterprise measurement, workforce planning,
While EcoSys Projects delivers world- solution, EcoSys 8 also delivers rapid im- earned value management and trending
class project controls capabilities for on plementation for individual projects and
time, on-budget project delivery, EcoSys for small to mid-size organizations. Made EcoSys Contracts
Portfolios aligns project selection and possible by the out-of-the-box capabili- for contract management: contract
resource allocations with organizational ties of Portfolios, Projects and Contracts, controls integrated with project controls,
goals. New benchmarking capabili- EcoSys 8 can be fully implemented and RFIs, submittals/transmittals, payment
ties automatically capture data to be running in 45 days or less. applications, tracking (issues, safety
leveraged for future projects – shaping items, punch lists, lessons learned,
>> ecosys.net
project templates, improving estimating >> hexagonppm.com/ecosys meeting minutes)
or fueling predictive analytics.
Adam Goldfarb is marketing director for EcoSys
Highly successful performance de-
at Hexagon PPM. He is based in New York, New
mands continued alignment from project York, US.
EcoSys
gram, which will transform the ecology
of London’s river and provide the city
with a sewerage system for at least the
next 100 years.
Drawing on its experience in tunneling
and wastewater management, CH2M is
Creating a cleaner,
managing the engineering, design and
healthier River Thames delivery of the project. The company
for London’s next 100 years relies on EcoSys for budgeting, forecast-
ing, change management, progress mea-
surement, performance management
CH2M is a global engineering company that provides consulting, like earned value, and most importantly,
design, construction and operations services for 5,000 clients in timely reporting with current data.
50 countries, with $5.4 billion in revenue. In addition to driving success on the
The Colorado-based company wished to adopt an enterprise Tideway Tunnel project, enterprise project
controls has the ability to impact the
project controls solution to create visibility into performance, as
different projects CH2M works on, from
different business groups leveraged disparate project delivery government and cities to transportation,
systems. Money had been wasted on point solutions that water, environment, nuclear, energy
couldn’t be replicated. and industry.
CH2M plans to roll out EcoSys across
After an extensive industry search, CH2M adopted EcoSys
its projects enterprise wide. The solution
Enterprise Projects Performance software to standardize and
will be a competitive differentiator for
automate organizational best practices and to build information CH2M as the company looks to raise
needed to drive better forecasting and smarter decision making. the bar in project controls across the
EPC market.
CHALLENGES BENEFITS
Enterprise-wide summary data was CH2M realized numerous benefits by current and future projects. It also
unavailable for project cost or schedule enforcing of standards for greater visibility provides power to forecast more
performance; project controls processes to project performance. EcoSys’ project accurately using integrated data, best
were inefficient, with double data entry data integration and report automation practice methodologies and what-if
into multiple systems and time-consum- shifts significant resources from building scenario planning. ■
ing, manual report building. reports to doing real project controls >> ecosys.net
analysis.
Adam Goldfarb is marketing director
SOLUTIONS Variance analysis with key perfor-
for EcoSys at Hexagon PPM.
CH2M selected EcoSys to serve as its mance indicators (CPI, SPI, TCPI, etc.) He is based in New York,
enterprise project controls technology provides project managers with leading/ New York, US.
platform, initially leveraging EcoSys early warning indicators to allow for cor-
Projects’ extensive built-in capabilities to rective action, and EcoSys supports unit
achieve quick wins that now deliver the rate tables in multiple rates and curren-
majority of CH2M’s requirements. cies making project management across
Using the agile development process different geographies less complex.
and EcoSys’ native configurability, CH2M The software helps identify trends and
can easily make incremental changes issues that span projects and portfolios
over time to workflows, reports and to apply historical lessons consistently to
dashboards. The solution provides a
scalable platform that delivers both or-
ganization-wide standards and flexibility
to fit the needs of each project whether
large or small.
The integration of the software with
Key Facts*
CH2M’s Oracle ERP system and P6
39M
Helping to tackle the 39 million tonnes of
scheduling system enhance change con- untreated sewage discharged into the tidal
trol discipline through improved tracking River Thames each year
and approval capabilities. Providing additional sewer capacity to ensure
100 the city has a sewerage system fit for at least
the next 100 years
SCANNING AND
DATAFICATION
Hexagon PPM 3D design software helps
Leica Geosystems’ scanner access ‘true reality’
THE CLARITY The quality of every project is defined Algeria, Colombia and Peru – embarked
IS STUNNING, at its start. on a strategic project three years ago to
When keeping track of billion-dollar digitally capture its facility and fuse it
AND THE
industrial facilities, even the smallest with the digital world.
POSSIBILITIES
mistakes can have huge, immediate Highlighting Hexagon’s capacity to
ARE LIMITLESS. financial impact. leverage its full spectrum of solutions
An enormous amount of complexity is across the project lifecycle, Hexagon PPM
driven by engineering and compliance, provided digital design, and Hexagon
with tens of thousands of specifications. Geosystems delivered reality capture.
That’s why creating a digital reality to This places the digital plant at CEPSA’s
simulate the project is so vital to staying fingertips.
on time and on budget. The first step was the “datafication”
CEPSA knows this. of everything to better understand
The integrated energy company – a the details of the assets. This involved
petroleum/natural gas exploration/ thousands of scans to capture the
production company doing work in Spain, entire facility.
With the new Leica Cyclone REGISTER some major bottlenecks preventing Once the scanning is performed, CEPSA
360, we can now fuse those scans fully a wider adoption of 3D point cloud is using Hexagon PPM solutions – such
and automatically, wildly faster than processing technology,” said Faheem as Intergraph Smart® 3D and SmartPlant®
anyone else in the market. Khan, vice president of business Review – to access this true reality, by
The clarity is stunning, and the development at Leica Geosystems. fusing the point cloud with the facility’s
possibilities are limitless. “These bottlenecks range from long current design.
Patricia Chacon Sangines, CEPSA’s processing times, lack of automation, That’s why CEPSA is now empowered
piping department lead, said PPM missing quality control functionality and to maintain its facilities: Safe, compliant,
solutions were allowing the company to pure complexity of the task. With Cyclone profitable.
“make a qualitative leap that has led us to REGISTER 360, registration is up to 20
>> hexagonppm.com
the forefront of industrial plant design.” times faster with a simple drag – drop – go
This technology is set to save 1 to 2 function and quality management is built >> leica-geosystems.com
percent on projects … which adds up to into the heart of the product.”
huge savings on ventures with budgets of Users can start with registration in their
US$100+ million. desired local language and produce final Jesús Bonet Edesa, market segment manager
“We have further strengthened our deliverables using modern, visual, simple for Leica Geosystems, is based in Valencia,
Spain.
position in the market and addressed and workflows.
H
exagon’s premier annual cross-industry “Industries can benefit from discovering untapped potential,
technology conference is set for June 12-15, and we want to help them do that,” Stenberg said. “Together
2018, in Las Vegas to welcome thousands we can create a digitally exact facility, from design through
of business leaders from across the world. construction to operations and maintenance, all the way
HxGN LIVE 2018 will again be held through to a more seamless handover.”
in The Venetian Las Vegas, a venue Intergraph Smart® Digital Asset was
that can host all keynotes, sessions, introduced as the first online project
training and networking events under collaboration technology architected to
one roof. The facility features more
simultaneously build the owner operator’s
than 2.25 million square feet of flexible
digital asset during the project phase for
meeting, exhibit and banquet space.
use later in operations and maintenance.
We will highlight all the ways that
Other announcements made
Hexagon PPM software and solutions are
at HxGN LIVE 2017 included:
simplifying workflows and generating
• Swedish construction company Skanska
unprecedented efficiency. The earlier
will use HxGN SMART Build to consolidate
you sign up, the better the rate. Go
elements of estimation, design, planning,
to hxgnlive.com/2018 to register.
scheduling and construction processes
into one powerful cloud platform.
WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED …
Our four-day conference in June 2017 attracted more than
• ACCIONA Industrial – a leader for infrastructure and
3,000 international attendees to Las Vegas to exchange ideas
renewable energy projects – in implementing Intergraph
and explore solutions that are shaping smart change.
Smart Materials (hosted on Intergraph Smart Cloud) to im-
Hexagon President & CEO Ola Rollén officially
prove materials management globally on power plant projects.
kicked off the conference with his keynote address,
“Limitless,” which centered on the limitless potential for • Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd. will use Intergraph Smart
improvement in our lives, professions and the world. Enterprise Portal to boost accuracy and eliminate costly
“We are all in the potential business,” Rollén said. “That communication errors between its designers.
is the lens through which we should see the world.”
• Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (DHIC) has
In his keynote, PPM President Mattias Stenberg
selected Intergraph Smart Construction to increase produc-
encouraged customers to stabilize their operations against
tivity on power projects across five continents.
fluctuating market prices by leveraging technology, which
can create methods of repeatability and standardization. >> hexagonppm.com/hexagon-conferences
Hexagon PPM
Award Winners
JUDGES’ CHOICE
Offshore: Yan Jun, Wang Yu, Nie Xuejun,
Li Xuan, Wu Guoqing | Chinese Institute of
Marine & Offshore Engineering HB. Co., Ltd.
JUDGES’ CHOICE
Offshore: Jose Canchica | Inelectra S.A. C.A.
(Venezuela) - pictured
BEST OF SHOW
SmartPlant® Software Developing Team | Luoyang Petrochemical ANIMATION
Engineering Co. Sinopec (China) 1st Place: Ji Youn Park | Hyundai Engineering
Co., Ltd. (Korea) - pictured
CAESAR II® | Rishabh Engineering CADWORX® | Zhejing Titan Design & PV ELITE® | Tecnimont Pvt. Ltd. (Egypt)
(United States) Engineering Co., Ltd. (China)
PARTNERS PROJECTS
Smart Enterprise Portal is Hexagon input into the product roadmap will
PPM’s web-based mobile information support creation of a next-generation,
hub that fully supports the entire facil- global construction management
ity life cycle process – engineering, pro- platform.
curement, construction and operations. Per-Ola Svahn, technical manager
Hyundai Engineering’s designers will at Skanska Sweden, said, “We are
share the same 3D model within Smart excited to partner with Hexagon to
Enterprise Portal during project execu- work together toward Skanska’s vision
Samsung Engineering tion, boosting efficiency, accuracy and of a new level of construction, where
Leading Korean engineering firm
communications. we will move toward an integrated
Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd. selected
“We are confident that Smart construction process.”
SmartPlant® Foundation to build an
Enterprise Portal will save us many skanska.com
engineering data warehouse, which will
engineering work hours, as well as time
store the critical engineering informa-
and cost during design and validation,”
tion for its active projects in Central
said Myung-Su Han, chief information
America, the Middle East and Asia.
officer at Hyundai Engineering.
As the basis of Samsung Engineer-
hec.co.kr
ing’s data warehouse, the solution will
provide time- and cost-saving benefits.
Skanska Sweden
“The best way to improve design
One of Sweden’s most prominent
quality is to share information in a
construction companies, Skanska Swe-
timely manner, and SmartPlant Foun-
den, will leverage the power of HxGN Doosan Heavy Industries
dation is clearly the best solution on
SMART Build. Korea’s Doosan Heavy Industries &
the market to help us realize that,” said
Implementing SMART Build will Construction (DHIC) has selected In-
Won Hee Cho, Plant Technology Center
enable Skanska to aggregate and tergraph Smart® Construction to boost
team leader at Samsung Engineering.
manage 3D, 4D and 5D project data to productivity and information manage-
“We expect to benefit from features
deliver more predictable outcomes. The ment for delivery of power projects on
such as real-time change management
partnership will let Skanska realize its five continents.
and enhanced collaboration.”
2020 corporate vision of using digital Smart Construction impressed DHIC
samsungengineering.com
construction technologies to improve with its ability to combine information
productivity, profit margins and client from various sources such as 3D mod-
Hyundai Engineering satisfaction. els to create accurate work packages
Hyundai Engineering Co., Ltd., one of
This will deliver significant benefits containing detailed construction steps,
Korea’s foremost providers of facilities
for both organizations, with Hexagon quantities and work hours. Additionally,
engineering, has selected Intergraph
PPM working with Skanska to accel- Smart Construction’s 4D capabilities
Smart® Enterprise Portal to boost
erate the strategic development of helped DHIC to verify the best construc-
collaboration and communication
the SMART Build solution. Skanska’s tion sequence of the scheduled work
between its designers.
validation of existing functionality and package to optimize labor productivity.
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Coordinator of Certification Training,
Hexagon PPM
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