BE Magazine - Volume 5, Issue 1 - (Page 38) PLANT ProjectWise Navigator is used for design review and to monitor status of engineering and commissioning. Each successive project brings new requirements, and Hatch has continuously improved the design environment in response. To date, in-house applications developed to increase functionality and control include an isometric control system, engineering reporting system, progress measurement system, and real-time 3D model replication. These Web-based applications leverage the engineering data to achieve more time and cost savings. For example, Hatch estimates it now takes 65 percent less time to run piping isometrics using the isometric control system. In the workSMART environment, major project milestones are split into work processes and assigned a status. Project managers know when certain workflow milestones are not met and how that will affect the entire project. This enables them to quickly focus on solutions for expediting the work. As a result, the company has been able to manage large-scale EPCM projects more efficiently. “The methodologies that we use in executing capital projects have evolved over the years, but as we use and integrate more and more of Bentley’s offerings, we find more areas where we can improve our internal procedures and take advantage of new ways to reduce inefficiencies in the design process,” said Blake. “This, in turn, saves time and costs for our clients, giving us the ability to show our engineering progress and better partner with them to realize their goals.” An excellent example is the $194.5 million Escondida Norte project in Chile, where the project team included professionals from two Hatch offices, as well as from the client (BHP Billiton). Hatch achieved the client’s goal of ramping up the new materials handling system to deliver up to 8,800 tons per hour within one month of startup in early 2007. “Being creative and totally engaged with the possibility of doing something most people consider impossible, and then doing it, is what keeps many of us driving to work every day,” said Blake. competitiveness and growth, Ruths uses technology from Bentley to effectively provide increased value at a lower cost by incorporating innovation into its design processes and becoming more PROJECT Ferrara Incineration Plant OVERVIEW Organization Ruths S.p.A. BE Awards Category Plant Rookie of the Year Project Objective Design an 80-million euro waste-to-energy power generation plant for city of 150,000 people productive to achieve a better designed plant in less time. As a result, the quality of its work has increased, project timescales have been reduced, and errors have decreased. The project In Ferrara, where ancient walls surround the town and 14th century palaces dot the city streets, a technologically advanced wasteto-energy plant incinerates municipal waste to generate power for Creating More From Less Small firm leverages technology to design innovative waste-to-energy plant v Ruths S.p.A designed a replacement for an aging incinerator that had no energy recovery process T 38 he Ferrara Incineration Plant replaced an aging incinerator that had no energy recovery process. Designed by Ruths S.p.A., a Genoa, Italy-based firm that specializes in thermal energy and heat recovery, the Ferrara plant features a high-efficiency steam recovery generator as well as continuous emissions monitoring and control to minimize the incinerator’s environmental impact. When Ruths was awarded the design contract in August 2005, it was the single biggest project the company had undertaken. Since innovation is a top priority for driving the organization’s the population of 150,000 people. The energy recovery process diverts solid waste from landfills to produce electricity and thermal energy for district heating. The plant is owned by Hera S.p.A., a multi-utility group established in 2002 with the merger of 12 public utilities in the Emilia Romagna region. Subsequent mergers and acquisitions have expanded Hera’s reach into seven provinces. Today, Hera provides gas and electric energy, water and wastewater, and waste management BE MAGAZINE | Volume 5, Issue 1
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