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Links between Plant Design and Stress Analysis pays dividends for Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo

Here is a story from the Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo Company (IMP). Learn how CADWorx Plant Professional and CAESAR II helped IMP successfully complete one of Mexico's biggest and most challenging refurbishment projects.

Instituto Mexicano del Petroleo provides research, engineering modification and as-built services to refineries, petrochemical plants and compression and pumping stations. The company portfolio of products and services are offered through five business units that include exploration and production, process engineering, project engineering, security and environmental and training.

"Using both CADWorx and CAESAR II allowed our design and engineering departments to work in a coordinated manner and to produce complex deliverables with a high degree of automation."

Read the full article in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional
• CAESAR II

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical
• Offshore

FEATURED RESELLER:

Modelosoft, Mexico

Phaser Technologies develops deliverables in one week using CADWorx

This month's story is from the Phaser Technologies Company. Read and learn how CADWorx helped Phaser Technologies develop project deliverables in one week.

Phaser Technologies C.A. provides general project and engineering services for process, instrumentation, electrical, mechanical, civil, and oil and gas projects in Venezuela.

"CADWorx Plant Design Suite allowed us to easily generate and use the project data including ISOMETRICS, list of materials, 3D model."

Read the full article in US Letter format and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Oil and Gas Production

FEATURED RESELLER:

tuSoftware Representacion CAESAR, Venezuela

Elvira Ballard
Marketing Assistant
COADE, Inc.

Hydrocarbon Engineering features Bilfinger Berger Services

Hydrocarbon Engineering July, 2009

This article, written by Gary Carson of Equamark, Houston, Texas, and published in the July edition of Hydrocarbon Engineering magazine, highlights the success of Bilfinger Berger Services (BBS) Pty Ltd, Australia, in their use of the COADE CADWorx Plant Design Suite.

This story covers how BBS used CADWorx to successfully complete a contract for the third phase of Sydney Australia's Botany port expansion project, which is said to be one of the largest port projects undertaken in Australia in the last 30 years. Upon completion, the US$69 million expansion will almost double the storage capacity of the site and increase annual throughput from 2100 to 3950 million litres.

Read this story and learn how BBS reduced project costs by 60% using COADE CADWorx Plant Professional, a specification driven AutoCAD based 3D Plant design solution.

Download PDF of article here (3862.8K)

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional
• CADWorx Steel Professional
• CADWorx Equipment

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

Vornel Walker
VP Marketing
COADE, Inc.

Petrolinvest develops plant designs in three months using CADWorx and CAESAR II

Read this month's story from the Petrolinvest Company and learn how CADWorx and CAESAR II helped Petrolinvest develop quick and accurate plant designs in only three months.

Petrolinvest d.d. (Petrolinvest), a joint venture, created in 1969 between Energoinvest Sarajevo and Technip Paris, is an engineering company with lengthy experience in the design and construction of complex industrial process plants in the balkans, Mediterranean and Middle East. Petrolinvest is located in the city of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.  

"We achieved faster designs and faster isometric generation with very few mistakes. With CADWorx Plant we were able to develop plant designs in only three months."

Read the full article in US Letter format and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional
• CADWorx Steel Professional
• CADWorx Equipment Professional
• CAESAR II
• PV Elite

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

FEATURED RESELLER:

KLG, India

Elvira Ballard
Marketing Assistant
COADE, Inc.

COADE User Conference Drivers of Success Winners

We are pleased to announce the first place prize winners of the COADE User Conference 2009 'Drivers of Success' Competition. These companies were judged to have exhibited impressive results in the use of COADE plant design and engineering tools; CADWorx; CAESAR II; and PV Elite. As their prize COADE has awarded these winning entrants with paid conference fees for one representative, plus paid hotel accommodation and travel to and from their home cities/countries.

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Fichtner Consulting Engineers (India) Pvt. Ltd.- Chennai, INDIA

CADWorx Plant Professional helps Fichtner Consulting solve project challenges

In the design of a 300 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP), Fichtner Consulting demonstrated how a very complex, yet compact, layout could be developed with the assistance of CADWorx Plant Professional, CADWorx Design Review and CAESAR II. The company also proved the value of an accurate 3D model in producing project deliverables and transferring design knowledge and data to the field.

"CADWorx Plant 3D model enabled us to forecast potential design or construction problems during modeling phase. CADWorx Design Review helped our clients and contractors not only visualize and understand the plant model but also suggest the design changes needed well in advance. This has removed a lot of ambiguity from our plant design efforts and helped us to avoid rework." - Mr. Viswanathan Shanmugam, Assistant Chief Engineer.

Amiantit Fiberglass Industries Ltd - Dammam City, Saudi Arabia

CAESAR II helps Amiantit produce accurate FRP analysis for large piping system.

Amiantit Fiberglass is the largest manufacturer and supplier of fiberglass (FRP) pipe and fittings in Saudi Arabia. The company also produces piping designs based on its components. The featured project at the Yanbu National Petrochemical Company petrochemical complex in Yanbu city was for a sea water cooling system that included 65,000 ft of piping, and fittings, ranging from 4in to 13ft in diameter.

"Among the many positives that we experienced with COADE’s CAESAR II, were the FRP underlying theory and details provided for FRP macro level analysis, and the superb graphics user interface (GUI)." - Mr. Farrukh Shaikh, Senior Design Engineer

Ward Tank & Heat Exchanger Corporation - Charlotte, NC, USA

PV Elite helps Ward Tank improve the company's design processes.

Ward Tank and Heat Exchanger Corporation manufacturers pressure vessels and heat exchangers for the chemical, refining, water treatment and pharmaceutical industries. The company was awarded a project valued at $4.4M that consisted of two large Alloy 400 reactors with complex internals. The reactors measured  71 ft. long and 16 ft in diameter.

"PV Elite helped us eliminate inaccuracies in calculation, we benefited from its ease of use and reliability, without the need to second-guess any results." - Jon Ward, President and CEO of Ward TANK.

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We congratulate our first place prize winners.

Our runners up will each receive personalized Apple iPod Nanos.

For more on the 2009 COADE User Conference click here

Vornel Walker
VP Marketing
COADE, Inc.

Capital Engineering standardizes on CADWorx, cutting resource requirements by half

Read this month's story from the Capital Engineering and learn how CADWorx Plant Professional helped the company develop and deliver to their clients, high quality general arrangement drawings and isometrics, on time and to a very high standard, using less than half of the originally allocated resources.

Capital Engineering is a multi-discipline consulting engineering firm that offers flexible, responsive and diversified solutions for the oil sands, petrochemical, utilities and oil and gas industries. Since its opening, Capital Engineering has successfully completed many industrial projects, providing engineering, procurement, and construction management services.

"For designers previously involved in using other applications of 3D design software, only a few hours of training were enough to achieve a competent user level with CADWorx."

Read the article in US Letter format and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional
• CADWorx Equipment
• CAESAR II

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

FEATURED RESELLER:
CodeCAD, Canada

Attend the 2009 COADE User Conference for Free...

 

2009 Drivers of Success Competition

Hi,

I wanted to let you know that there is still a way to attend this year's COADE User Conference for free. All you have to do is enter our Drivers of Success Competitionand tell us how COADE's solutions have helped you become more successful and, if you win, you could join us at this year's conference for free!

At last years conference CADWorx users told the world how our software had helped them become more efficient and more profitable. Even though we liked reading about how our software performed, we also enjoyed reading how innovative our users were in getting the best out of our solutions. What also impressed us was the trust that even first-time users had in our solutions, many of whom took on tasks that they thought, in the past, were not even possible using an AutoCAD based plant design solution. Read one of last year's 'Drivers of Success' winner's stories here

More Good News
Because this year's conference features COADE's whole product line we wanted to give all of our users the opportunity to enter our Drivers of Success Competition with the chance to win a free trip to this year's COADE User Conference.

If you use CAESAR II, CADWorx, PV Elite or TANK we want to hear your story and we want to give you too the chance to join us for this year's conference. Because we know the quality of work that our user base turns out, we believe that this year's Drivers of Success competition will introduce the world to the industries' best successes in plant design and engineering.

More Chances to Win
There are three first-place prizes and three runner-up prizes each for stories featuring the following products: CAESAR II; CADWorx; and PV Elite. There is also one first-place prize and one runner-up prize for TANK. So there are plenty of chances to win.

What if you have already booked to attend? No problem, if you are selected for a first place prize we will reimburse you for your conference fee, flights and hotel!

Enter today! Submissions close July 31st!

For more info, rules and to enter the COADE Drivers of Success Competition click here

Vornel Walker
VP Marketing
COADE, Inc.

Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company Strengthens Client Relationship with CADWorx

This month I'd like to introduce you to the success story from the Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company (former Wardrop Engineering Ltd.). Wardrop, A Tetra Tech company is one of the prize winners of Drivers of Success Competition that was part of the 2008 CADWorx User Conference (to register for this year's competition, visit: 2009 COADE Drivers of Success Competition).

Wardrop is part of Tetra Tech company, a publicly-traded Canadian company. The company provides multi-disciplined engineering and technical services, focusing on the energy, infrastructure and mining industries. Read this story and learn how CADWorx and CAESAR II helped Wardrop strengthen client relationship.

"CADWorx Plant model not only improved communications between us and the client but I believe it played a very integral role in developing their trust in us as a company."

Read the full article in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional
• CADWorx Steel Professional
• CADWorx Equipment
• CAESAR II

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Mining

FEATURED RESELLER:

BIMSoft, Canada

Elvira Ballard

PV Elite helps Godrej design the 882 ton pressure vessel

   

Read the Success Story from the Godrej company, India and learn how PV Elite, COADE software for pressure vessel design and analysis, helped Godrej to design the 882 tons pressure vessel and to complete the project in record time.

Godrej company was formed in 1897 and has since grown into an international manufacturer and supplier. The Godrej Process Equipment Division manufactures process equipment for end users in the refining, petrochemical, fertilizer, oil and gas, chemicals, pharmaceutical and power industries.

"PV Elite gives us the flexibility to design towers and exchangers to exacting standards. We can even perform analysis on vessels with exchanger bundles located in a tower."

Read full article in US Letter and A4 formats.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• PV Elite
• CodeCalc

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

FEATURED RESELLER:
KLG Systel, India,

To learn more about PV Elite pressure vessel and exchanger analysis and design, please visit: PV Elite Product Overview.

Elvira Ballard
Marketing Assistant
COADE, Inc. 

Success Story - Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd

Please read a success story from the Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd. (former Kran Developments). Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd. is another prize winner of the Drivers of Success competition held at the 2008 CADWorx User Conference (to register for 2009 COADE All Products User Conference, visit: http://www.coadeuserconference.com/2009/).

Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd. is a small company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read the success story and learn how Collaborated Engineering used CADWorx to meet tight deadlines.

"CADWorx Plant Professional allowed Collaborated Engineering Design Office Ltd. to achieve complete control over our project and ensure a smooth project flow in 3D."

Read full article in US Letter or A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

FEATURED RESELLER:

• Chempute, South Africa

Elvira Ballard

Success Story - Erdman Anthony

This month I'd like to introduce you to the success story from the Erdman Anthony company. Erdman Anthony is one of our prize winners of the Drivers of Success competition held in conjunction with the 2008 CADWorx User Conference (to register for this year's conference, visit: COADE User Conference 2009) . Erdman Anthony is a multi-disciplinary firm that specializes in infrastructure engineering and support services. Read and learn how COADE's CADWorx and CAESAR II helped Erdman Anthony improve project collaboration and reduce project costs.

"CADWorx and CAESAR II allowed us to minimize rework and to pre-order materials ahead of time, reducing the cost of materials due to potential price increases."

Read the full article in US Letter and A4 format .

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant
• CADWorx Steel
• CADWorx Equipment
• CAESAR II 

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Building and Infrastructure
• Retrofits and As-builts
• Water Treatment

 FEATURED RESELLER:

ECAD, USA

 

Elvira Ballard

Hydrocarbon Engineering features PV Elite

 
Hydrocarbon Engineering January 2009

COADE announces the publication of an article on Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd. (Godrej) of India that discusses the firm’s use of COADE PV Elite for vessel analysis and design on the largest single piece of equipment ever undertaken by the company, weighing in at 800 metric tons. The magazine article, titled “A Study in Contrasts,” appears in the Hydrocarbon Engineering January, 2009 issue and discusses a polypropylene reactor project designed, fabricated and shipped out of the Mumbai port as a single unit to be installed at the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation’s Ibn Zahr PP-III Project in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. 

Using PVElite, Godrej completed the massive project in record time.  Calculations were carried out by PV Elite software, which also provided the code and mechanical design calculations and inputs for fabrication drawings.  The article notes that because of PV Elite’s accuracy and speed of use, Godrej PED was able to rely on it to prepare accurate information for bids for almost any region of the globe.  
The article can be found here Hydrocarbon-Eng-Godrej-PV-Elite-200901.pdf (1133.6K)

The Hydrocarbon Magazine website is at www.hydrocarbonengineering.com

PRODUCT INDEX:

• PV Elite  

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical  

FEATURED RESELLER:

• KLG Systel, India

Vornel Walker
Marketing Manager
COADE Inc.

Success Story - Wuxi Huaguang Boiler Company

Read a success story from the Wuxi Huaguang Boiler Company, a manufacturer of stand and industrial boilers, boiler machinery and pressure containers. Learn how CADWorx Plant Design Suite and CAESAR II Pipe Stress Analysis helped transform the company into a top tier industrial supplier in China.

"CADWorx Plant Design Suite brought huge rewards and no risks compared to other applications. Our designers could apply their AutoCAD knowledge to build accurate and detailed drawings using CADWorx." 

Read the full article in US Letter format and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• СADWorx Plant Professional
• CAESAR II Pipe Stress Analysis

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

FEATURED RESELLER:

• AECSOFT, China

COADE 2008 - A year in review

Read about the successes achieved by COADE and its customers in 2008. You will learn about 2008 product releases, Discovery Tour stops, shows, events and new product developments. Read the whole article here.

Elvira Ballard 

Success Story - Stantec

Dear All,

I would like to introduce you to a Success Story from Stantec Company. Read and learn how Stantec cut costs and improved project collaboration using both COADE CADWorx Plant Design Suite and COADE CAESAR II Pipe Stress Analysis. 

"The ability to place piping restraints in CADWorx saved us numerous hours because our stress engineers did not have to manually input geometry and support locations within CAESAR II."

Read the full article here in US Letter format or A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional
• CADWorx Equipment
• CAESAR II

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Power Generation

FEATURED RESELLER:

• ECAD, USA

Success Story - Bilfinger Berger Services Pty Ltd.

Bilfinger Berger Services (BBS) Pty Ltd, Australia is a specialized engineering and asset management contractor. The company offers engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, asset management services, automation systems and electrical switchgear products for power, mining and minerals, chemical and process, telecommunications, oil and gas and other industries.

Read this story and learn how BBS reduced project costs by 60% using CADWorx on smart plant collaborative modules.

Read the full article in the US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional
• CADWorx Steel Professional
• CADWorx Equipment

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical

FEATURED RESELLER:

ADA CAD, Australia

Success Story - Piping Layout Consultants, Inc.

Read how Piping Layout Consultants, Inc. use CADWorx to develop accurate deliverables, improve project time and increase designer's output.

"I've been using AutoCAD for 20 years and am very fast. But there's no way that I can come close to the speed that even my less experienced designers can achieve with CADWorx."

Read the full article in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant Professional
• CADWorx Steel Professional
• CADWorx Design Review
• CADWorx ISOGEN
• CADWorx Equipment

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Building and Infrastructure
• Retrofits and As-builts

Elvira Ballard

Success story: TEPSCO

Read how CADWorx fieldPipe helped detect errors and reduce project time at TEPSCO.

"The models allowed us to show the owner upfront exactly what the design would look like when finished. This saved us time because we didn't have to explain much." Homero Garcia, Program Manager, Tepsco's District Energy Group.

Read the full article in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant
• CADWorx fieldPipe

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Water Treatment
• Building and Infrastructure

Success Story: Holland Applied Technologies

Read how Holland Applied Technologies greatly improved its plant and piping design and construction efficiencies with their use of CADWorx Plant and CADWorx Steel Professional.

"We have found that designers who are familiar with AutoCAD can easily pick up and learn CADWorx, becoming highly productive in a short period of time.” Dan Gratie, Project Engineer, Holland Allied Technologies.

Read this article in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX

• CADWorx Plant
• CADWorx Steel Professional

INDUSTRIES SERVED

• Pharmaceutical
• Food and Beverage
• Skid and Package Design

FEATURED RESELLER

• ECE Solutions, Midwest, USA - http://www.ece-sol.com/

Success Story - Honeywell

Here is a success story submitted to us from Honeywell Corporation. Read how CADWorx Plant Design Suite helped Honeywell considerably reduce project time and improve design and visualization of the plant model.

"I'd estimate that we are working 50% faster thanks to AutoCAD-based CADWorx software. it has shortened the cycle time and reduced engineering design time," says Michael Chiao, Project Engineer at Honeywell.

Read the full article in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

CADWorx Plant Professional

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Petrochemical
• Chemical