CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
16 June 2009
Implementation Investments
Intergraph® Icon Awards Honor Innovative Industry Leaders; Awards recognize exceptional application of enterprise engineering and geospatial technologies
Intergraph® named the recipients of the 2009 Icon Awards, the company’s most prestigious customer distinction recognizing companies and organizations that have innovatively used Intergraph’s enterprise engineering and geospatial software to bring significant benefits to their business or industry.
The Icon Awards were announced in Washington, D.C. during the opening keynote ceremonies of Intergraph 2009. The guest keynote speaker for Intergraph’s international users’ conference was broadcast television anchor and author Tom Brokaw.
The 2009 Icon Award winners are: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), a fully integrated nuclear technology and service provider; Enersource Hydro Mississauga, an electricity distribution company for the city of Mississauga in Ontario, Canada; Istituto Geografico Militare Italiano (IGMI), a national institution that produces digital cartography and provides integrated geospatial data to the Italian government; Saipem, an Italy-based turnkey contractor in the oil and gas industry; SINOPEC Engineering Incorporation (SEI), a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp., China’s largest petrochemical producer and crude oil refiner; and Surrey Police, a metropolitan London police department.
Icon Award Winner Profiles
When AECL needed a company whose solutions could enable it to complete projects on time as well as on budget, it chose Intergraph. By using Intergraph’s SmartPlant® 3D design software, AECL was able to more design its Advanced CANDU Reactor, a reactor so safe and efficient that it can continue operating at full power operation even during refueling. Together, Intergraph and AECL are working to deliver carbon-free power for the future while also striving to meet the need for electricity today.
To meet the energy demands of its customers, Enersource Hydro Mississauga, an Ontario-based utility, manages its Smart Grid infrastructure and operations with Intergraph command-and-control software. This technology allows Enersource to operate its entire electric grid from a single computer console. Enersource’s unified command-and-control environment, accomplished through the use of Intergraph solutions, provides easy-to-visualize actionable intelligence allowing for quick detection and remediation of outages and other possible issues.
Italy’s national mapping agency IGMI, which provides mapping products used by the Italian military for both domestic and international operations, utilizes Intergraph mapping solutions to streamline and automate its map production and to assure quality. Chosen in part for its high-level geographic data production, Intergraph technology played a critical role during the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino when IGMI relied on it to provide digital geospatial cartography.
Saipem, a global energy services provider and a leader in the oil and gas industry, relies on Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise solutions for its onshore, offshore and drilling projects. Recognized for its prowess in surmounting technical challenges in hard-to-operate areas, Saipem is another industry leader that, together with Intergraph, is defining the future of engineering today.
SEI, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp., specializes in engineering, procurement and construction management and supervision, technical consultation project management and technical services, along with other sectors within the oil and gas industry. In the last 50 years, SEI has completed more than 1,000 refining units, petrochemical plants and utility facilities in China, and is currently No. 1 among the country’s top 100 engineering companies and design institutes. SEI selected SmartPlant Enterprise solutions for their advanced technology and open database structure that would allow them to increase productivity and accelerate the pipeline, refinery and utility infrastructure projects necessary to meet the demands of the world’s fastest growing economy.
To increase the effectiveness of the 9-9-9 emergency call system, Surrey Police, which protects the nearly 1.1 million residents of the southeastern England county bordering London, sought to expand call handling with a customer contact center. Surrey Police chose Intergraph public safety incident management and reporting solutions, which protect 1 in 12 people in the world, to aid in the development of the center which answers 36,000 calls per month. Since the Intergraph technology was been implemented last year, the department experienced significant reductions in the number of crime calls and efficiency savings.
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