Headquartered in Beside Sigil, India, Rishabh Engineering provides multidisciplinary engineering services to global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) leaders, detailed engineering contractors, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), fabricators and surveying companies. Clients are involved in the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, power, water, wastewater and utility industries.
Identifying goals
A privately held U.S.-based EPC firm specializing in the engineering and construction of heavy industrial facilities and pipelines appointed Rishabh Engineering to develop a 3D model for a brownfield expansion project of a storage tank facility in Oklahoma, U.S., with a capacity of 360,000 bpd. The project included four storage tanks, two booster pumps, two charge pumps, three mainline pumps, a launcher and receiver, metering and prover skids, sump tank, transformer and Motor Control Center (MCC) building. Piping totaled 3,262 feet with diameters ranging from ½” to 24” comprising 80 lines.
Overcoming challenges
The team did not receive a site or equipment layout. They had to start routing the pipe from civil survey points to develop the 3D model. The site also had an uneven ground surface, adding another challenge for piping routes.
Forte 3DWorx offered a lower cost compared to other available plant design tools and was very easy to use. Forte 3DWorx allowed Rishabh Engineering to create user shapes customized for the project, and the Generic Attach command enabled the team to attach intelligent information to components imported from other software.
“Forte 3DWorx allowed designers to add electrical trays, junction boxes, and structural and piping models without changing any utility tool, saving a considerable amount of time,” said the manager of business acquisitions at Rishabh Engineering.
Capabilities found in Forte Isogen and Forte 3DWorx provided provided accurate and detailed isometric drawings while reducing project time by 5%.
Improving productivity and accuracy with Forte 3DWorx
The 3D enhanced feature in Forte 3DWorx replicates actual component shapes of the components which helps to accurately check and resolve clashing in smaller piping. The spec editing, project creation, customization and I-Configure tools proved quick and adaptable. It was easy to learn, thus reducing overall training time by 20%.
Realizing results
Rishabh Engineering delivered the intelligent 3D model with General Arrangements (GA), isometric drawings, bills of material and other deliverables which reduced the overall cost of the project. Team members learned quickly, and they increased accuracy while ensuring client satisfaction.
