A Journey to E3D

A Journey to E3DCompetition & Value; Leveraging E3D

on a small scale for large scale projects

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Lutz, Daily & Brain, LLCConsulting Engineers


Located in Overland Park, Kansas

Founded in 1948

Consulting engineering firm providing complete Mechanical,

Structural & Electrical solutions

Mid-sized firm with highly dedicated, skilled and experienced

staff

Our combination of size and ability makes us unique!

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Who is LDB?


Graduate of the University of Kansas

Joined LDB after graduating from the KU School

of Architecture

Have worked with AVEVA products for over 10

years

Director of LDB design & 3D modeling department

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Projects small to large, $10,000 to over $100 million

Central Plants, Transmission & Distribution

Power, Steam, Chilled Water, Thermal Energy

Storage

Design/Bid/Build, Turnkey, CMAR, CMGC & Others

Greenfield & Retrofit

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Our work

Municipals Universities Government Industry Utilities


Our Journey

Projects

Clients View

Utilization

Value

Our Success

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Overview


2003 first exposure to AVEVA PDMS

Through Kvaerner on a 63.4 MW power plant project

2004 first PDMS project

Why PDMS?

Impressive Capabilities

Project requirements

Transitional growing pains

Executed a successful project

Throughout the process we began to understand the

advantages PDMS made available

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Our Journey


Continued with PDMS until 2015 when we made the leap

to E3D

Many reasons for upgrading

Value

○ Laser scan integration

○ Analytics

Increased Visualization

○ Graphics

○ BubbleView

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Our Journey


$65 Million, Design/Build

Heating plant upgrades

First PDMS project

Time/Cost savings

Fabrication ready

documents

Eliminated need for

additional subcontractors

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University of Virginia

Successfully completed

under budget


$6.75 Million, Design/Bid/Build

Chiller replacement

Fast tracked schedule

Time/Cost savings

Direct fabrication from design docs

Construction team coordination

Able to meet project time constraints

Project moved up one year, more efficient units in service sooner

10% under budget!

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Texas Tech University


$1.5 Million, Design/Bid/Build

Power plant fan screen enclosureson a 750 MW unit

On going project

Time/Cost savings Fabrication ready documents

Laser scanning

Visualization Most plant personnel not apart of design meetings

○ Need on site, not in the conference room

○ Their interactions with the design contribute to the projects success or failure

Evaluate and narrow options early in the design process

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Kansas City Power & Light


$15 Million, CMAR

New chiller plant

Coordination in tight spaces

Program plan allocated:

1.18 tons per sq ft of cooling

Able to achieve:

1.40 tons per sq ft of cooling

16% increase in tons per sq

ft!

5% under budget!

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Kansas State University


$12 Million,

Design/Bid/Build

Power plant addition

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Falls City Nebraska

Ongoing project

Time/Cost savings

Laser scanning

○ No accurate record docs

Integration of vendor data

Remote meetings


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Projects Successfully Completed

with only 2 seats of PDMS/E3D!!!


“With equipment, conduit, and piping completely laid out before the project, we were able to visualize placement of the entire project including walk paths before a single weld was ever made”

“Coordinating the existing plant with the future equipment, we were able to utilize in-house labor to move or remove obstructions before it was delivered on site. This minimized the cost of outsourced labor and allowed the plant to schedule any interruptions of service to times that least affected our customers”

“Allowed coordination between disciplines such as equipment installer, structural workers, electricians, plumbers, insulation installers, and painters resulting in the overall process of the installation become more fluid”

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Clients View


“If changes in plans were required, the 3D model could be used to work ahead of the on-site contractor to limit extra costs and time requirements”

“With every angle and length accurately measured, fabrication of piping mostly occurred at the fab shop resulting in higher quality welds, cleaner pipe, and the safety of working on the ground versus 30 feet in the air cannot be over-emphasized”

“Allowed plant personnel to visualize the future and the long-term goal resulting in higher levels of motivation and increased productivity”

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Clients View


PDMS/E3D is designed for big environments

Can be efficiently used on a smaller scale

Collaboration

Coordination across disciplines and team

members

Data integration

○ Vendor info (global, datal, stp)

○ Laser Scanning

Single source allows quick and accurate distribution of information

Analytics

Interface with analysis programs such as STAAD & AutoPIPE17

Utilization


Visualization

Laser scanning and BubbleView

Quickly and efficiently evaluate design

○ Model reviews

○ Eliminate design options early

Operations & maintenance staff buy-in

Marketing

Clients want 3D/intelligent data yet don’t always recognize the

advantages; our job to show them

Demonstrate our design capabilities early and often

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Utilization


Generate enough ROI to justify the total investment

Efficiency

Our size allows a close relationship between engineer &

designer

Multi-discipline designers, keeps teams small and unrestricted

Integration of vendor data, reduce rework

Transition to Draw

○ Increase productivity and quality

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Value


Remote viewing; online model reviews in conjunction with laser scan data

Reduced site visits

Travel costs

Minimizes time on site

Safety concerns

Reduced schedules

Save time = save money

Coordination across project team

Reduce clashes & interferences

Decrease rework from misunderstanding of design intent

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Value


Modeling throughout the entire project process

Study proposal

Quick mockups for more appealing proposals

Study

Illustrate a project’s potential

Design proposal

Material takeoffs contribute to more accurate proposals

Design

Reduce time with greater efficiency

Future work

Repeat clients, impressed by capabilities

Established model = lower future bids

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Win more work!


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From Concept to Reality


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Illustrate what’s possible

Visualization

Laser scan integration

3D employed from the start

Make key decisions early

Efficient designs

Repeat clients

E3D facilitates our ability to compete and excel over

competition

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Realized Returns


Simple and pragmatic approach

Save time and money while producing results and

exceeding expectations

Leverage technology, increasing skill with less man hours

Experienced other tools, understand what it takes to get

the job done

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Our Success


How can smaller firms compete against larger

competitors?

Lutz, Daily & Brain provides the answer!

More skilled

Faster

Lower costs

Offer something others can’t

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Our Success

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Mid-size multi-discipline firm

with far reaching capabilities


Able to accomplish our goals while

exceeding client expectations in part by

leveraging the tools available within E3D

Experience across a wide

array of projects and industry

sectors

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