1. The Engineering IT Revolution – Friend or Foe? Colin Astin Technical Director CB&I John Brown Limited The Engineering IT Revolution – Friend or Foe?

2. In the beginning …..

3. The Industrial Revolution 100 years

4. The Engineering IT Revolution 10 years

5. The 10 year jump 1978 We acquired a Prime mini computer and a £14,000 Tektronix 4014 terminal 1990 + By the early 90’s when SG machines were introduced we had abolished drawing boards 2002 No space for drawings boards and we run PDMS on a PC with two flat screens

6. Quotations …..

7. Quotes ‘’The first contractor to go back to pencil and paper will make a fortune’’ (John Brown Director circa 1988)

8. Quotes ‘’Can we finish off the ISOs by hand?’’ (most of the Piping Group)

9. Quotes If you don’t use CAD you won’t pre-qualify for this project (various Oil Companies)

10. Then and now …..

11. The Model

12. The Plastic Model

13. The Computer Model

14. Conceptual Design

17. The human factor …..

18. The Human Factor Early days Low computer literacy Paper designs Design copied into 3-D CAD Deliverables partly automated but some marked up

19. The Human Factor Development stage Higher computer literacy Design developed in CAD Deliverables direct from 3-D CAD BUT Same working methods

20. The Human Factor Today Working methods changed –Single point data entry (MTO etc.) –Parallel working Different deliverables –Fabricator generates spools from model –No PGA’s Significant productivity gain Substantial construction benefits

21. Case study 1 200 plus ISO’s with one team on a fast track schedule = poor productivity Introduced progress tracking using spare PDMS attributes Each designer is identified by his initials against each pipe run Pipe progressed in 6 stages using simple status codes and content definition

22. Case study 2 Major bottleneck in pipe supports Shortage of pipe support designers Additional manpower produced lower productivity Support design lagged piping design Workflow investigation concluded that skilled support designers were being used inefficiently

23. Simple support

24. Complex support

25. Case study 2 – The solution Pipers design simple supports under supervision Complex supports reserved for the most competent designers Less computer literate designers do checking rather than data input

26. The future Short term challenge – Further incremental improvements Parallel working Remove obsolete tasks Develop technical skills base

27. The future Longer term developments – Project life cycle improvements –Construction, commissioning, operation Information accessibility –Data warehousing Work sharing

28. Summary The revolution was bloodless but not painless Our design tools are now radically different –We are more efficient –We have shrunk the world –We are moving towards project life cycle improvements The Engineering IT revolution : – FRIEND not foe!