‘The Implementation People’

Company Profile

  • Based in Houston, Texas, USA
  • 7th Year of business
  • Sized to 'Out think' not 'Outsize'
  • Global Presence
  • Pledged to ‘Work ourselves out of a job’ through technology transfer
  • Known in the industry as ‘The Implementation People’

About PDAC

Founded in 1996, Plant Design Automation Consulting, Inc. (PDAC) has grown to become one of the premier engineering automation consulting firms in the process and power industry.  With expertise in work processes and automation technology, PDAC provides services to engineering (EPC) firms and plant owner/operators around the world.  PDAC’s high-tech services include consulting, strategic planning, training, database conversions and upgrades, technical support and services, including P&ID development, instrumentation systems, document management, and advanced web technologies.  Our team has been involved in successful implementations throughout the complete life cycle of plant data from front-end definition (FEL), through project awards, detailed engineering and design, and construction to implementation of software solutions and computing systems into the plant environment.  Further, PDAC leads the ‘pdXML Initiative’ for an open and public domain XML definition for process and power plants (pdXML Demo).  The benefits to PDAC’s satisfied clients from our involvement are cost saving efficiencies resulting in reduced work hours and schedule reductions.  ‘Pledged to work ourselves out of a job’ PDAC is unique in the process and power industry. http://www.pdac.com.

Services already provided

Data Conversions

      ·        Conversion of EPC instrument database into commercial system

·        As-built update of world scale polymers unit database

·        Electronic conversion and import of vendor instrument datasheets

·        Merge of instrument databases from two EPC contractors

·        Copy and increment of polyethylene reaction instrumentation

·        Conversion of legacy instrument datasheets

·        Conversion of existing dumb P&IDs into intelligent P&IDs

·        Loop drawing effort in support of DCS FAT

·        Copy and increment of ethylene furnace instrumentation

·        Loop drawing design effort for ethylene furnaces

 

Software Development

·        pdXML - XML Import/Export software interfacing to Excel based instrument /equipment datasheets.

Work Process Consulting

·        Project Contractual EPC requirements for plant creation software and electronic deliverables for Owner/Operators

·        Development and support resources for an electronic data interchange between plant owner, EPC and DCS/PLC vendors.

·        EPC 'Work Sharing' on large projects, across the globe

·        Electronic data transfer of Front End Loaded (FEL) information between owner and EPC for a proprietary process technology

·        EPC automation strategies and system Plant Design Automation integration

 

Training

·        Intergraph INtools, REBIS P&IW Instrumentation

·       Bentley ProjectWise - Engineering content management

·        XML Training for the process and power industries

·        PDS-3D around the Globe

·        SmartPlant P&ID,  Bentley PlantSpace and P&IW P&ID

·        PDS-P&ID/IDM

·        Microstation V8, AutoCAD, SmartSketch

 

Implementation

·        A Document Management system for process plants

·        Intelligent P&IDs into multiple process plants

·        Process Industry Practices (PIP) standards for P&IDs

·        Instrumentation package into a process plant

·        Instrumentation package into multiple E&C offices.

 

Customization

·        Modified EPC electronic deliverables to make them more usable by the plant

·        Customized Programming

·        Electronic 'Cloning' of an instrument database to create multiple units

·        Numerous small, utilities that either reduced project work hours or improvement schedule using Visual Basic and/or Visual C++.

·        Web page design for customer support organization

·        Web based training material

·        Upgrades/Project Merging

·        Several PDS-RDB upgrades including project data and drawings

·        Multiple database merging operations to make deliverable to the Owner/Operator

 

Support

·        Global support and assignments in Europe, South America, Asia, and the Middle East as well as coast to coast USA.

·        Owner/Operator Project Management Team (PMT) support for the coordination of plant creation system usage, contract compliance management on multiple projects involving multiple contractors on each project

·        Owner/Operation preparation of P&ID and instrumentation data and deliverables for project kick-off

·        Remote, outsourced support via phone, e-mail, ftp

 

Future (Now or in development)

·       pdXML interfaces to selected software and hardware vendors (B2B)

·        Significant work process improvement enhancements to the SmartPlant P&ID system based on our experience

·        Formalization of engineering data in a construction  and owner/operator environment

·        Utilities that streamline the management of engineering and design database and drawings between multiple engineering offices

·        Strategic Alliances with selected software and service companies that complement the PDAC suite of capabilities

 

 Client List

  • Air Liquide
  • Air Products Chemicals, Inc.
  • Atofina
  • Bayer Corporation
  • Bechtel
  • Bentley Systems, Inc.
  • Black & Veatch, Pritchard
  • BP
  • Celanese
  • Chiyoda Corporation
  • Contrina
  • Day & Zimmerman
  • Debis Systemhaus
  • ExxonMobil Chemicals
  • ExxonMobil Development Corp.
  • Fluor Corporation
  • Foster Wheeler
  • Fru-Con Engineering
  • Honeywell
  • Intergraph
  • Kellogg, Brown & Root
  • Lockwood Greene
  • Magnum Engineering
  • McDermott Engineering
  • Parsons Energy & Chemicals
  • Parsons Infrastructure & Technology
  • Petro Marine Engineering Company
  • Petrozuata, C.A.
  • Resource Corp of America
  • S&B Engineers & Constructors
  • Saudi Yanbu Petrochemical Corporation
  • Stone & Webster
  • Toyo Engineering Company
  • Westinghouse
  • Worldwide Ideatech, Inc.
  • Zeton, Inc.

 

PDAC References

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