62 tie ins verified
Every one confirmed within tolerance before fabrication began
Industrial · Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sixty two tie ins verified before a ninety six hour shutdown
A food processing plant needed to tie new process lines into an existing piping network during a single 96 hour shutdown window, with no room for a single tie in to be wrong once fabrication started.
Project facts
Scope, software and timeline at a glanceLocationRotterdam, Netherlands
SectorIndustrial and manufacturing
ScopePlant and industrial scan to BIM
Level of developmentLOD 400
SoftwareAutoCAD Plant 3D, Navisworks
Tie in points verified62
Shutdown window96 hours
Delivery time6 weeks
Project overview
Verifying sixty two tie ins before the shutdown clock started
A food processing plant needed to tie new process lines into an existing piping network during a single 96 hour shutdown window, with no room for a tie in to be wrong once fabrication started.
We modeled the existing piping and steel to LOD 400 from scan data, measured all 62 proposed tie in points against the registered cloud and issued a coordinate report the fabricator used directly for spool drawings ahead of the shutdown.
The full plant scan was scheduled and completed before the shutdown was booked, so verified data reached the fabrication team with weeks of lead time rather than days.
This project was delivered through our plant and industrial scan to BIM service. See more industrial and manufacturing work on our industry page.
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Inputs and deliverables
What we received and what we handed back
A clear record of the data that came in and the files that went out.
Project inputs
- Full plant scan completed ahead of a booked 96 hour shutdown
- Existing P&ID reference drawings
- 62 proposed tie in locations flagged by the client engineering team
- AutoCAD Plant 3D piping specification
Deliverables
- LOD 400 piping and structural steel model
- 62 verified tie in coordinates with tolerance notes
- Piping isometrics for fabrication
- Federated Navisworks model for the shutdown team
- Clash report covering the tie in zones
Key outcomes
Every spool fitted first time, on schedule
Zero spools rejected
The fabricator returned zero spools during the shutdown
96 hour shutdown held
Plant restarted on schedule with no extension
Business impact
Shutdown held to its original window, no contingency time used
Every one of the 62 tie ins fitted first time, meaning the fabricator returned zero spools during the shutdown window. That reliability let the plant restart on the original 96 hour schedule rather than the extended contingency window the client had budgeted for.
Zero spools rejected by the fabricator
Shutdown held to its original 96 hour window
Budgeted contingency time and cost avoided
“Sixty two tie ins, every one within tolerance. Our fabricator did not send a single spool back. That has never happened before on a shutdown this size.”
PVP. van DijkEngineering Manager, Process Facility
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