Fabricom Picks SmartPlant Foundation for Oil-Gas Industry
 HUNTSVILLE,
AL, Jun 17, 2009 - Fabricom Suez, a leading supplier of maintenance and
modification services to the oil and gas industry, has selected Intergraph
SmartPlant Enterprise engineering and data management software to manage its
extensive project data.
Fabricom chose Intergraph SmartPlant Foundation over other competitors’
solutions to more accurately manage and reuse engineering design data
throughout the life cycle of its projects.
SmartPlant Foundation is the first through-life data management solution
specifically for the process, power and marine industries, and is now the
market leader with about 300 customers worldwide. The software’s life cycle
data management also enables a smoother handover for engineering,
procurement and construction (EPC) companies to owner operators and for
owner operators to more easily maintain, refurbish or modify their plants.
In choosing SmartPlant Foundation, Fabricom had realized the limitations
and disadvantages of its previous information storage system – misspelled
data, multiple copies of information tags, invalid property values, low
security and problems detecting changes. With SmartPlant Foundation,
Fabricom acquired a database solution that provided flexibility, efficiency,
and better quality data management. Additionally, SmartPlant Foundation has
been integrated with ProArc, Fabricom’s document management system. This
will provide a tag-to-document relation to keep track of all the documents
produced for each information tag and vice versa. Initially 5,000 tags and
approximately 250,000 property fields were imported into the SmartPlant
Foundation database.
SmartPlant Foundation offers enhanced decision support capabilities to
facilitate global data management for the design, construction, production
and life cycle optimization of the plant. From concept and design through
handover and plant maintenance, operations and decommissioning, SmartPlant
Foundation enables electronic management of all of the project’s and the
plant’s engineering information, integrating data on the physical asset,
work processes and regulatory and safety imperatives.
“After our initial use of SmartPlant Foundation we have seen measurable
improvements in the quality of our data and the working environment,” said
Øivind Hansen at Fabricom. “All of our project groups globally are now able
to find, view and edit the information they need from one place, one
database. We are highly satisfied with the results and the productivity
gains we have achieved.”
Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said,
“We are pleased to welcome Fabricom as a SmartPlant Foundation customer,
further expanding our oil and gas customer base. For more than 10 years,
Intergraph has provided the best information management solution available,
and this is another example of where we have replaced a competitive system
with the market leader. As Fabricom realizes an increase in project and data
quality, the company will also experience the additional benefits of
accelerated projects and cost savings.”
About Fabricom
Fabricom performs challenging engineering work, executes projects and
provides specialized maintenance services for leading players in the
Norwegian oil and gas industry. The company is engaged in the complete
project value chain from concept studies through project design,
procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning, supporting the
operational management of oil and gas installations throughout life-of-field
Founded on extensive multidisciplinary competence, Fabricom meets
customers’ needs and defined requirements through utilization of
best-in-class HSE, technology, innovative methods and efficient work
processes.
Fabricom was established in Norway in 1992. Today, the company employs
more than 1650 highly experienced and qualified co-workers. The main office
is in Stavanger. Branch offices are located in Stavanter and Trondheim, and
workshops in Stavanger, Haugesund and Orkanger. Fabricom AS is part of the
international industry and service group SUEZ, which has more than 200,000
employees worldwide.
For more information, visit
www.fabricom.com.
About Intergraph
Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial
software that enables customers to visualize complex data. Businesses and
governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraph’s industry-specific
software to organize vast amounts of data into understandable visual
representations and actionable intelligence. Intergraph’s software and
services empower customers to build and operate more efficient plants and
ships, create intelligent maps, and protect critical infrastructure and
millions of people around the world.
Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine (PP&M)
and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I). Intergraph PP&M provides
enterprise engineering software for the design, construction and operation
of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Intergraph SG&I provides
geospatially-powered solutions to the defense and intelligence, public
safety and security, government, transportation, photogrammetry, utilities,
and communications industries.
For more information, visit
www.intergraph.com.
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