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Intergraph Process & Building Solutions Licenses PIP Consortium
Practices
Practices Applied Through SmartPlant P&ID 3.0 to Help Reduce Process Plant Capital Costs
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., October 23, 2000 - The Process & Building Solutions
division of Intergraph Corporation
The PIP P&ID Practice applied through SmartPlant P&ID is aimed at
reducing capital costs of process plants, compressing schedules and
maximizing technical resources. Consistent use of PIP Practices can
yield significant reductions in capital project costs, according to
the PIP consortium. Through standards harmonization, the PIP Practices
can reduce costly variation among internal company and industry
standards for design, procurement, fabrication and construction.
SmartPlant P&ID 3.0 Applies PIP Practices to Schematics
The PIP P&ID Practice is implemented within SmartPlant P&ID 3.0
through standard symbology, functionality and the software's
engineering rulebase. Representations of P&ID components are applied
in SmartPlant P&ID with the recommended colors, text format and symbol
configurations. The P&ID Practice also defines how symbology is
placed, such as format, position and text of off-page connectors. The
SmartPlant P&ID rulebase applies PIP methodology automatically to
designs. For example, root valves placed upstream of pressure
indicators do not appear in the schematic, per the PIP Practice, but
are included in the SmartPlant P&ID database for reporting and costing
purposes.
Mutual Goals Yield Cost Reduction Benefits
"The goals of PIP are consistent with those of the SmartPlant family
of software to reduce capital project costs and increase engineering
productivity. Eliminating needless variation in project standards
through PIP Practices will save the industry money. Implementation of
PIP Practices not only improves the cost effectiveness of the industry
but also improves safety through reducing the chances of error in
interpretation in design through commonality in installation
practices. Implementation will also help free resources to focus on
opportunities that provide competitive advantage and benefits to plant
owner operators," said Bernie Ebert, director, Process Industry
Practices, Austin, Tex.
"Use of the PIP Practices in SmartPlant P&ID 3.0 as applied through
the rulebase will help make design more consistent and efficient for
both the plant owner and the engineering contractor," said Frank Joop,
executive manager of front end engineering and design, Intergraph
Process & Building Solutions, Huntsville, Ala.
PIP Practice Applies to New and Packaged Equipment P&IDs
The PIP P&ID Practice provides criteria for development of piping and
instrumentation diagrams, addresses the format and content shown on a
P&ID and covers the generation of new P&IDs. The PIP P&ID Practice
encompasses design, construction, operations and maintenance. It also
applies to P&IDs provided by packaged equipment vendors.
About Process Industry Practices (PIP)
Process Industry Practices (www.pip.org) is a consortium of more than
30 process plant owners and engineering construction contractors. PIP
works to harmonize member companies' internal standards for design,
procurement and construction into a set of industry wide practices for
voluntary use. Members share the goal of reducing plant costs by up to
six percent through the implementation of common industry practices
for plant design, engineering and construction. Organized in 1993, PIP
is a separately funded initiative of the Construction Industry
Institute at The University of Texas at Austin.
PIP publishes and maintains recommended Practices for the process
industry in the following disciplines: Civil, Structural and
Architectural (C/S/A), Coatings and Insulation (C&I), Electrical,
Machinery, Piping and Instrument Diagrams (P&ID), Piping, Process
Control (PC) and Vessels. Specific Practices include design,
selection, specification and installation information.
Intergraph Background Information
A division of Intergraph Corporation, Process & Building Solutions is
a global organization that supplies software and services to the
process and power generation industries. With more than 20 years'
industry experience as an engineering software provider, Process &
Building Solutions offers data-centric, integrated life cycle
engineering solutions for the design and information management of
process and power plants - with emphasis on linking engineering and
business systems. Flagship solutions include the SmartPlant(r) and
PDS(tm) (Plant Design System) suites. The acknowledged global leader
in 3D plant design and visualization, Process & Building Solutions has
a 59 percent revenue share of the US$193 million 3D plant design
market (Source: Daratech Inc.). Process & Building Solutions is
headquartered in Huntsville, Ala., employs more than 950 people and
does business in more than 60 countries. # # #
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Relations, Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, Ala. 35864-0001.
William G. Beazley, President Information Assets, Inc. |