CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
16 June 2009
Implementation Investments
Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise Selected by Fabricom Suez as its Engineering and Data Management Solution
Fabricom Suez, a supplier of maintenance and modification services to the oil and gas industry, has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise engineering and data management software to manage its extensive project data.
Fabricom chose Intergraph SmartPlant Foundation over other competitors’ solutions to more accurately manage and reuse engineering design data throughout the life cycle of its projects.
SmartPlant Foundation is the first through-life data management solution specifically for the process, power and marine industries, and is now the market leader with about 300 customers worldwide. The software’s life cycle data management also enables a smoother handover for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies to owner operators and for owner operators to more easily maintain, refurbish or modify their plants.
In choosing SmartPlant Foundation, Fabricom had realized the limitations and disadvantages of its previous information storage system – misspelled data, multiple copies of information tags, invalid property values, low security and problems detecting changes. With SmartPlant Foundation, Fabricom acquired a database solution that provided flexibility, efficiency, and better quality data management. Additionally, SmartPlant Foundation has been integrated with ProArc, Fabricom’s document management system. This will provide a tag-to-document relation to keep track of all the documents produced for each information tag and vice versa. Initially 5,000 tags and approximately 250,000 property fields were imported into the SmartPlant Foundation database.
SmartPlant Foundation offers enhanced decision support capabilities to facilitate global data management for the design, construction, production and life cycle optimization of the plant. From concept and design through handover and plant maintenance, operations and decommissioning, SmartPlant Foundation enables electronic management of all of the project’s and the plant’s engineering information, integrating data on the physical asset, work processes and regulatory and safety imperatives.
“After our initial use of SmartPlant Foundation we have seen measurable improvements in the quality of our data and the working environment,” said Øivind Hansen at Fabricom. “All of our project groups globally are now able to find, view and edit the information they need from one place, one database. We are highly satisfied with the results and the productivity gains we have achieved.”
About Fabricom
Fabricom performs challenging engineering work, executes projects and provides specialized maintenance services for leading players in the Norwegian oil and gas industry. The company is engaged in the complete project value chain from concept studies through project design, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning, supporting the operational management of oil and gas installations throughout life-of-field
Fabricom was established in Norway in 1992. Today, the company employs more than 1650 highly experienced and qualified co-workers. The main office is in Stavanger. Branch offices are located in Stavanter and Trondheim, and workshops in Stavanger, Haugesund and Orkanger. Fabricom AS is part of the international industry and service group SUEZ, which has more than 200,000 employees worldwide. http://www.fabricom.com
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