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Ghafari Associates and General Motors
Managing complexity: facilitating 3D enabled delivery on a series of automotive projects. GHAFARI Associates served as the architect/engineer and 3D integrator on a series of six design/build projects for General Motors where 3D-enabled delivery and BIM were a requirement.
DaimlerChrysler AG
Digital Factory – Integration of Process Data. At DaimlerChrysler’s German digital factory—the generic term for its integrated network of digital models and methods —two different systems were being used for factory planning and process planning.
General Motors and Ghafari Associates
3D enabled design/construction for the General Motors Toledo transmission plant expansion. General Motors is expanding its Toledo, Ohio, transmission plant to produce a new Hydra-Matic 6L80 six-speed, rear-wheel-drive automatic transmission for full-size SUVs and trucks.
AF Designs One of Sweden’s Largest Industrial Investments Using Bentley AutoPLANT
With little time and even less manpower, AF designs one of Sweden’s largest industrial investments using Bentley AutoPLANT. AF, a leading Swedish consulting engineering firm, recently designed a $230 million coating line for Modo Paper AB, meeting a tight schedule with only seven piping designers.
AMEC Reduces Design Time
Design time reduced 25 percent in polymer plant expansion with Bentley AutoPLANT. Faced with expanding the processing capacity of an existing polymer processing plant, the international engineering and services company AMEC sought a 3D plant modeling application — Bentley AutoPLANT proved to be the optimum design solution.
Sweet Rewards - 3D modeling enables speedy design and installation of chocolate tempering unit
By modeling a chocolate tempering unit in 3D with Bentley AutoPLANT, Egemin Automation reduced piping design time by 60 percent and ensured a clash-free installation.
Delta Township Assembly Complex - General Motors/Ghafari Associates, LLC
Building information modeling (BIM) saves construction costs for General Motors auto plants. Integrating structural data with master model saves time, improves accuracy.
3D Modeling Helps Ionics Stay Above Water
Ionics designs desalination plants more quickly and with greater accuracy—slashing design time by two-thirds—using Bentley AutoPLANT
Ionics, Incorporated, is a global separations technology company specializing in membranes used for purification, concentration, treatment and analysis of water, including wastewater and ultrapure water.
The Cold, Hard Truth - SALOF Refrigeration lowers costs and strengthens job bids with Bentley AutoPLANT software
For more than two decades, New Braunfels, Texas-based SALOF Refrigeration has been meeting the needs of its global customer base.
USFilter Electrocatalytic Products: Bentley Case Study
USFilter Electrocatalytic Products (USFEP), a group within USFilter, recently made the decision to integrate Bentley MicroStation and plant design solutions to improve quality and meet schedules.
3D modeling improves teamwork in demanding powerhouse renovation - Monsanto
A Midwestern college took a look at its need for a system of four new boilers in a 100-year-old facility.
HOLCIM Cement Plant - CH2M Hill
One of the world’s largest cement plants is being designed by CH2M HILL. The plant is situated on 3,900 acres along the Mississippi River.
Integrated Piping Engineering Tools in a Multi-Project Engineering Environment at BASF Antwerp
BASF Antwerp is the second largest BASF site, with 53 chemical units and a total of 3,600 employees.
Centralizing the Enterprise - The Tessenderlo Group
Since 1988, Tessenderlo Group has been working with CAD systems. It started with the Calma system.
Collaboration is in full bloom at Burns & Roe with ProjectWise
Most growth in e-business isn’t in the retail, e-commerce sector.... No, most of the business being conducted over the Web is proprietary.
Unilever cleans up the management of drawings across an engineering enterprise
It was the fall of 1996, 15 years after Lever converted from manual drafting to computer-aided design technology.
3D helps pharmaceutical company with critical equipment replacement - PROjEN
PROjEN’s GlaxoSmithKline condenser project involved the replacement of forty 12-year-old glass condensers tightly housed in nine chemistry pilot plant (CPP) modules at the R&D center.