What if your local Water Treatment Facility experienced an extended shutdown? Let's hope you never find out! Maintenance, repairs and upgrades are a necessary aspect of owning and operating a Plant. If not well planned, however, they can cause operations to slow or worse, halt for extended periods of time. To manage downtime, Owners schedule and plan projects to minimize impact on production. Here's what you'll learn: - How to position your services to owners concerned about minimizing shutdown impacts. - How two leading services companies are using laser scanning and as-built modeling to minimize downtime. - Tips & tricks for modeling as-built conditions on equipment replacement & upgrade projects. Join us to learn about common considerations for equipment replacement and upgrade projects that impact production. From checking for equipment clearance during installation and removal to sequencing the connection of systems - we'll help orient you to the unique needs of your potential customers and their perspectives on equipment replacement and upgrade projects.

1. Faster Turnarounds:
Equipment Replacement
and Upgrades
May 5, 2016
Presenter: Ryan Hacker, TruePoint Laser Scanning
Presenter: Jon Garner, Wadelynn Geospatial
Presenter: Kevin Williams, ClearEdge3D

2. Kevin Williams
Chief Scientist
ClearEdge3D, Inc
• Founded ClearEdge3D in 2007
• Expert in Automated Feature from
Point Clouds
• Recipient of numerous National
Science Foundation R&D grants
Agenda
• Introductions, Goals &
Context
• Water Treatment Plant –
Ryan Hacker
• Coal Fired Power Plant –
Jon Garner
• Ask the Experts: Unique
Challenges

3. Housekeeping
• Participants are muted
during the presentation
• Ask questions via chat
during the session
• Questions will be taken
during the Q&A session
• The Webinar is being
recorded
• You’ll receive a recording
link after the webinar

4. Faster
Turnarounds
Owner/Operator Need Owner/Operator Pain Point Value Service Provider Offers
Minimize downtime Downtime costs $$$$! Accurate as-built data enables
better planning
Minimize uncertainty/risk Unforeseen problems can
compound costs
Minimize unanticipated
challenges such as clearance,
sequencing and injury
Optimize maintenance and
upgrade timing
Improperly timed disruptions
are more expensive
Intelligent 3D models help
facilitate preventative
maintenance schedules
Align Your Services to Owner’s Needs & Pain Points

5. Faster Turnarounds: Equipment Replacement & Upgrades
Introductions
Ryan Hacker
President
TruePoint Laser Scanning, LLC.
• President and Owner of TruePoint
Laser Scanning, LLC.
• Ohio registered engineering firm
• Focuses solely on providing 3D laser
scanning and related deliverables to
its nationwide client base

6. Firm Name
• In-house modeling team
consisting of engineers,
architects and CAD
technicians
• Sole business is laser
scanning and related
services
• Registered engineering firm
• Scan technicians located
throughout the U.S.
TruePoint
Laser Scanning

7. • Owners who possess as-built
models gain advantages but…
• struggle to quantify the value of
early as-built scanning/modeling
• the cost of an as-built model can
be more easily funded if a change-
order requires it
• Perceptions are changing.
Possessing accurate as-built
documentation provides
compounding returns.
Conveying the Value of As-Built Scanning/Modeling to Owners
Water Treatment Plant

8. Municipal Water Treatment Plant
Ohio
Project Scope: Plant Expansion

9. Firm Name
• Toledo, OH
• No good current as-built
drawings of the facility
• Client needed entire site
modeled to complete
upgrades
Water Treatment Plant

10. • Plant produces 120 MGD
• Scan the sublevel of site
• LOD – 350-400
• Tied to survey control
About the Project
Water Treatment Plant

11. • Limited to line of sight
• Accessibility
• Large, complex and congested
site
• Other ongoing work in area
Unique Challenges Faced
Water Treatment Plant

12. Firm Name
• Leica scanners
• Occupied survey control
• Some targets acquired in
field and others in post
processing
Field Collection Workflow

13. Firm Name
• 300 scans
• Multiple weeks on site
• Leica Cyclone
• Utilized a variety of tripods
and jib to get good line of
sight
• Variety of targets
• Fixed height tripods
• Self adhesive targets
• Paper targets
• Magnetic targets
Field Collection Workflow

14. • Import and register data
• Export point clouds into PTG
• Take into Edgewise
• Utilized external hard drives
• Up to 6 modelers working
• Non-standard valves and flanges
had to be custom modeled
Back-Office Modeling Workflow
Water Treatment Plant

15. • Piping, conduit down to ½” outside
diameter and ductwork
• Able to auto-extract
• QA/QC Tool
• Layers pipes into different system
• Apply ANSI standard to non-custom
pipe
• Ability to export to Revit with
intelligence
• Ability to connect pipe runs
Water Treatment Plant
Edgewise in Action

16. Firm Name
• Point cloud is a large file
• Important to know what
version of Revit prior to
starting model
• Schedule
Final Deliverable

17. EdgeWise Workflow Time Savings
Water Treatment Plant
• 60% time savings
• 76,000 pipes and conduit in 4 hours
of processing time
• Hands off
• QA/QC saves time
• Stand alone from other software
licenses

18. • Use a high quality scanner to
reduce point cloud noise
• Get existing drawings from client
to compare system information
• Comprehensive scanning
produces better results
• Tie to survey control
Project Tips & Tricks
Water Treatment Plant

19. Faster Turnarounds: Equipment Replacement & Upgrades
Introductions
Jon Garner
3D Laser/Modeling Consultant
Wadelynn Geospatial
Kevin Williams
Chief Scientist
ClearEdge3D
• Lead Modeler for Wadelynn
Geospatial, LLC.
• 6 years Modeling/Survey
Experience
• Developed various models for the
Power, Biomedical, and
Manufacturing Industries
• Founded ClearEdge3D in 2007
• Expert in Automated Feature from
Point Clouds
• Recipient of numerous National
Science Foundation R&D grants
Rodney Lemonds, PLS
President
Wadelynn Geospatial
• Founder – Wadelynn Geospatial,
LLC
• M.S. – Remote Sensing / Spatial
Information (N.C. State University)
• Professionally Licensed Surveyor
with over 13 years of laser
scanning experience

20. Firm Name
• Located in Raleigh, NC
• Nontraditional survey firm with
focus on 3D laser scanning / 3D
modeling
• Licensed Survey Firm with
Professionally Licensed Surveyors
• Extensive experience with power
plants, industrial, pharma /
biotech, and manufacturing
facilities
Wadelynn
Geospatial

21. Coal-Fired Power Plant
North Carolina
Project Scope: Ash Disposal Upgrade

22. • 2 operating units of a large Coal-
Fired Power Plant (began
operation in 1960’s)
• Additional Ash Disposal Line to
be designed, engineered, routed
through existing infrastructure
• LOD-300 – Model to be utilized
for pipe routing and equipment
placement
• 36,000 SF scope
• 7 Floors of Scanning = 270 Scans
• Local Coordinate System
About the Project
Coal-Fired Power Plant

23. In General
• Coordinate System
• Vibration
• Steam / Dust
• Manual vs Automatic Registration
Project Specific
• Aggressive Schedule
• 2 Separate Models were needed
• Aligning Scans / Model with
Previous Scans / Models
(destroyed control)
• Project Owner
• Old mindset vs new
• Vendor vs Engineer
Unique Challenges Faced
Coal-Fired Power Plant

24. Firm Name
• Survey Control (Local Plant Coordinates)
• Recover old
• Establish new
• Ground
• Each level
• Target Placement
• Spheres / Flat
• Magnetic / Adhesive
• Limited Accessibility
Field Collection Workflow

25. Firm Name
• Faro Scanner
• 2 Units - ~150 scans each
• ~3-5 days per unit for scanning
• Plant in operation
• Maintenance activities
• Steam
• Vibration
• 7 levels
• Stair/Ladder access
• Registration
• Control / # of Targets
• Manual vs. Automatic
• Export for 3D Modeling
Field Collection Workflow

26. • Scene > EdgeWise > Modeling >
Revit/CAD
• Local SSD/Ex HDD
• 1 Modeler
• Tying Model into previously
existing model
Back-office Modeling Workflow
Coal-Fired Power Plant

27. • Pipe – Auto Extraction, 75% of
pipes found; layering.
• Steel/Cable Trays/Misc Objects
• Not able to use Auto Extract for
Steel, only in select cases.
• 98% of the model was created in
Edgewise
• Non-Typical Steel Members
EdgeWise in Practice
Coal-Fired Power Plant

28. • Bringing Everything together
• CAD deliverable vs Revit
Deliverable
• Recap
• Webshare
Final Deliverable

29. EdgeWise Workflow Time Savings
Coal-Fired Power Plant
Estimated Old Workflow: 450 Hours
EdgeWise Workflow: 185 Hours
60% Time Savings with EdgeWise
Workflow
-Biomedical Facility

30. • Completing the Model Section
by Section
• Navisworks Project Review
• Utilizing Edgewise to create as
many objects as possible
• Elbows in Revit(Service Dept.
Shout out)
• Using Edgewise Pipe QA to help
check point cloud cohesion
Project Tips & Tricks
Coal-Fired Power Plant

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Ask the Expert Panel
Unique Challenges – Faster Turnarounds – Equipment Replacement &
Upgrades

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