Picture borrowed from amazon.com/bergen-industries-inc What can happen if we say: “Those instruments and lamps, we’ll just fix it later…” Only people who have no EIT (Electro, Instrument, Telecom) knowledge can have this attitude, and it is a serious pitfall for all engineering projects. It can result in a major cost overrun, delay in planning…
For the Anna Nery FPSO, Focus Techouse Engineering recently designed seven topside modules, with a total of more than 7000 pipe support structures. Thanks to our calculation program, Focus Pipe Support Calculation (FPSC), all of the design and calculations were performed with a team of no more than 12 designers.
At the beginning of the project, there is a battle for the available space on a module. All disciplines will have most of the available space and this space is very limited. In some cases, the module must be expanded to allow all disciplines to place their equipment, and if a discipline is excluded from this work process, we may end up with a module that is not large enough for the job for which it is intended. So, what can go wrong?
Focus Techouse Engineering designed seven topside modules recently. Our preferred tool for structural analysis is SAP2000, while the Client required STAAD.Pro. The quickest way for us to accomplish this was through an Excel macro. Learn more…
An engineering project is usually performed in 3 phases. The 3 phases are 30% – 60% and a 90% milestone reviews of the 3D model. These percentages (30% – 60%-90%) reflect a percentage of completed project, not a percentage of maturity of each discipline. For EIT’s part, we can say that we are usually about 30% finished when a 60% review is held, depending on how extensive the EIT contract is. So, what does this mean?
An engineering project is usually performed in 3 phases. The 3 phases are 30% – 60% and a 90% milestone reviews of the 3D model. These percentages (30% – 60%-90%) reflect a percentage of completed project, not a percentage of maturity of each discipline. For EIT’s part, we can say that we are usually about 30% finished when a 60% review is held, depending on how extensive the EIT contract is. So, what does this mean?
Mr. Hamedin became a permanent employee in Focus Techouse Engineering, Norway the 1st of August 2021, and we are very grateful to use his knowledge and experience in our further work.
We welcome Mr. Gajanan R. Gaikwad to Focus Techouse Engineering, Norway as Senior Pipe Stress Engineer! Mr. Gaikwad has been working in Focus Engineering, Norway as a hired consultant for 1 year, and will be a permanent employee from 1st of September 2021.
Focus Techouse Engineering has contributed with engineering work on regas modules for Wärtsilä for several years. Well-functioning digital collaboration platforms and regular project meetings are the foundation for successful projects, but the most important ingredient in a good collaboration is the relationship between the participants.
Together with our client, Aragon, we are honored to take part in this project and to participate in the “Anna Nery FPSO Project First Cut Ceremony”, a celebration of the first steel-cut of both the gas treatment & utility modules and compression modules. Watch video from the ceremony here.
