Case Histories

(contact William G. Beazley for Editorial Review Proceedures)

Rating	Case History
November, 1999	Commerce One Helps Eastman Chemical Make Procurement a Strategic Advantage   See our review
October, 1999	EDG, Inc.: Using PDMS Technology to Succeed on Small Deepwater Facility Design   See our review
September, 1999	Shell Chemical Re-Defines Supply Chain Management with Notes   See our review
August, 1999	3D computer model improves HAZOP reviews Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, Houston, Texas   See our review
Fair	Modeling the Next Generatiion Attack Submaring with Catia: General Dynamics /Electric Boat 97 Jan Shipbuilding Case History GK20-2909-00   See our review
July, 1999	Integrating 3D Structural Analysis and Piping Design Drastically Reduces Man-hours on Design of Chemical Plant   See our review

New Submissions

Submitted by Bentley:

Kvaerner Wins Major Contract on the Strength of its IT/IS Strategy for Engineering, Based on PlantSpace and MicroStation

Total Engineering Opens New Markets With PlantSpace and MicroStation

WMC Resources Ltd. Delves into Australia's Largest Mining Development Project with the Help of PlantSpace Products

Submitted by Intergraph:

• Britannia: Optimizing the value of information
  Format: US | A4
• ICF Kaiser International: Using PDS to Reduce Manhours by 50%
  Format: US | A4
• WMC Resources Limited Customer Profile
  Format: US | A4
• SmartPlant at Foster Wheeler
  Format: US | A4
• Plant Information Management at Statoil Norway
  Format: (HTML)

Submitted by CadCentre:

• Trimark Engineers/Constructors, Inc.
  Designing a Competitive Future with PDMS
  MS Word 97
• Mustang Engineering, Inc.
  Designing Creative Solutions for Deepwater Offshore Challenges with Cadcentre's PDMS
  MS Word 97

Submitted by Design Power:

Fluor Daniel
Re-engineering the work process for plant design at Fluor cuts design time by more than half!

HBW
HBW Achieves a 10+ Fold Increase in productivity on construction projects.
Also see the white paper: Development of a Knowledge-Based System for Cofferdams

Robertson Ceco Corporation
Metal structures manufacturer uses Design++ - based system to shorten design cycle and beat competition.

Success at YIT Corporation
Model-based engineering reduces construction costs at the YIT corporation.

Crimtech Services Ltd
Philip Henderson, Crimtech Services Ltd.: Since using this utility we have increased our productivity by fifty percent and have consistently come in under budget.

3D Applications

From Rebis, Inc.:

3D Modeling lets Southern Company Design Power Plants with Fewer People
User: Southern Company Services - Birmingham, Alabama

3D Modeling Helps Make American Shipbuilding More Competitive
User: Bender Shipbuilding - Mobile, Alabama

Object-Oriented Software Cuts Design Of Liquid Ring Vacuum System By 50% Compared To 2D CAD And 30% Compared To 3D Wireframe
User: ProFlow Modular Fluid Systems - North Haven, Connecticut

PC-Based 3D Design Saves 25,000 Hours in Design of Plant Producing 30% of World's Platinum
User: Bateman Project Holdings Limited Johannesburg, South Africa

New Generation of 3D Software Saves Person-Years on $175 Million Chemical Plant
User: S&B Engineers & Constructors, Ltd. - Houston, Texas

ProsCon Engineering Cuts Man-Hours 40% in Design of Process Plant With Cost-Effective 3D Software
User: ProsCon Engineering Limited - Cobh, Ireland

New Method Models Existing Facility Faster than Photogrammetry
User: Belcan Corporation - Cincinnati, Ohio

Modeling Boiler in 3D Saves in Construction Costs
User: GKO Engineering - Edmonton, Alberta

3D Plant Design Helps Astra Bring 3 New Pharmaceuticals To Market 3 Months Ahead Of Plan
User: Astra - Sotertalje, Sweden

3D Reduces Time to Design HVAC System by 25%
User: Victaulic Company of America - Easton, Pennsylvania

From Design to Construction, Efficiency is the Watchword for Manufacturer of "Mail Order" Hydrogen Production Plants
User: Glitsch Process Systems,Inc. - Atlanta, Georgia

Venezuelan Engineering Firm Cuts Refinery Construction Costs With 3-D Modeling
User: Inelectra - Caracas, Venezuela

3-D Design Helps Complete 15 Month Refinery Project in 9 Months
User: Sharp Design, Inc. - Woodbury, New Jersey

Engineering Firm Uses 3D Modeler to Provide Detailed Design Services to Clients at no Additional Cost
User: DHV Water BV - Amersfoort, The Netherlands

Aqua-Chem cuts design time of power plant by 25% with 3D piping design software
User: Aqua-Chem, Inc. - Knoxville, Tennessee

3D piping engineering cuts design and build time by 25% on chemical projects
User: Chematur Engineering AB - Karlskoga, Sweden

AutoCAD based plant design software helps boost market share by reducing design and manufacturing costs
User: Process Systems International, Inc. - Westborough, MA

3D plant design software triples productivity of piping designers creating offshore drilling platforms
User: Anthony Design Services - Bakersfield, California

2D Applications

From Rebis, Inc.:

Databases, diagrams, details & more
User: Datem Moore - Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Automated Instrumentation System Reduced Engineering Costs
User: Optimation Technology, Inc. - Rush, New York

Toyo Engineering Cuts Design Costs by Distributing Workload Globally Using Intelligent P&IDs
User: Toyo Engineering Corporation - Chiba, Japan

Sulfur Recovery Unit Documentation Time Reduced 50% with Smart P&ID
User: TPA, Inc. Consultants/Engineers/Managers - Dallas, Texas

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