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BRIEF

Organization
EDG

Market
Plant

Project Objectives

  • Install a new compressor on an offshore oil platform
  • Create a 3D model with accurate as-built data of the platform structure to allow accurate installation of the compressor

Fast Facts

  • To create a 3D model in Bentley AutoPLANT, EDG used more than 24 million data points collected from laser scans of the platform
  • The combination of laser scanning and a 3D model helped reduce project costs by an estimated 15 percent
  • After installing the compressor, EDG continued scanning the platform to create an updated as-built model for future work

Bentley Products Used

  • Bentley AutoPLANT

EDG, a full-service professional engineering corporation, has been helping owner operators identify and manage plant and structure as-built engineering content through laser scanning and 3D models. EDG provides engineering design and project management services to the offshore oil and gas industry. Clientele includes both domestic and international oil and gas production companies.

Chevron contacted EDG to work on an offshore platform project involving hanging a compressor addition from an existing 8-pile structure. In order to accurately install the new compressor, Chevron required a 3D model with all the structure's correct as-built data of the structure. EDG selected Cyrax® and CloudWorx™ from Cyra to perform and capture a laser scan of the structure and AutoPLANT from Bentley to create the 3D model.

"By modeling in AutoPLANT 3D, we were able to save significant time on the project, which allowed us to meet the accelerated design and construction schedule," said Clayton Bankson, engineering graduate, IAN+A.


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