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Laser and 3D design software integral to oil and gas offshore facility revamp Aveva has announced that Fabricom Offshore Services, a provider of engineering, procurement, construction and project management services to the oil and gas industry, is using Aveva software for the brownfield modification of GDF Suez’s Cygnus Platform. Using both LFM Server and Aveva Laser Model Interface, Fabricom can capture the asset’s as-built configuration into the Aveva 3D design environment. Aveva’s 3D design modelling software will enable Fabricom to more easily create an accurate and complete 3D design, to improve operation and maintenance efficiency for the platform. “Aveva software is widely used and there is a good skilled workforce in the UK,” said Michael Ketley, engineering manager, Fabricom. “This gives us a great deal of project flexibility and helps us to get up and running quickly. Aveva’s 3D design modelling software provides huge cost and time savings as it automates the modelling process and is particularly powerful when integrating with laser scan and point cloud data. It produces an accurate digital version of the asset, greatly reducing the possibility of errors. “Using Aveva Global our design teams at different locations can now work together as though they were in a single office. We are able to dynamically share evolving designs and high quality deliverables with both Fabricom staff and our clients as the project progresses.” Evgeny Fedotov, senior vice-president, global head of EPC sales, Aveva, commented, “The last couple of years have been challenging for the whole industry, and in a market with reduced capital investment, revamps and upgrades are becoming increasingly prevalent to extend the operating life of existing assets. “Our 3D laser scanning software efficiently and accurately captures the as-built asset to create a data-driven baseline for revamps, improvement planning and operational compliance. The ability to work expertly with ageing brownfield assets is now essential for both EPCs and their owner operators (OOs).” All Aveva laser technologies are hardware-neutral, allowing the use of any of the leading scanning systems. The LFM suite also supports use with third-party 3D design systems.

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