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AVEVA solutions for K+S Potash Canada facility

Challenges:
• lack of complete end-to-end project design, commissioning and operations support;
• effective end-of-project information transfer from EPC;
• absence of asset visualisation for minor modifications and operations.

Benefits:
• quick and easy access to latest information;
• smooth, clear and consistent information handover from the EPC firm;
• support in implementation of a change management process for operations.

teams to K+S Potash, it was vital to create a of the key benefits of employing the portfolio of
change-management process to ensure all infor- AVEVA solutions. Orlando Amaral elaborates,
mation and data remained up to date and acces- “AVEVA Engineering is an extremely versatile tool,
sible into operations. Fortunately, AMEC Foster especially aiding in organising and querying data
Wheeler had employed and compiling useful reports. Without it, I would
AVEVA Engineering from the start of the project. have to deep-dive into 3D models to locate par-
This meant that the K+S Potash team already had ticular assets such as storage tanks, and then in-
detailed engineering information such as line lists, vestigate the detail of that asset to calculate its
equipment lists, valve lists and instrumentation volume.
drawings in a clear, consistent format, greatly ben- There might be more than 30 such tanks with-
efitting the change-management process. Further in one section of the plant, and each one would
integration with the 3D model and schematics have to be identified individually and matched
data ensured clear and consistent trails for each with its desired criteria before its volume could be
change, and versioning trails tracked effectively. calculated. Creating such reports would take up
As Orlando Amaral explains, “Thanks to the con- to four hours. With AVEVA Engineering, a simple
tinued application of AVEVA solutions throughout query function identifies the information I need
the project we are now able to utilise consistent and reports take me just 20 minutes.”
information to establish realistic change-manage-
ment procedures and keep the Digital Asset of our Handover and beyond
plant evergreen.” K+S Potash’s use of AVEVA solutions does not
Mr Amaral is also enthusiastic about the way that end with the handover and change management.
AVEVA Engineering is being used as the Master The company is now planning to upgrade all their
Tag registry, complementing the EPC firm’s use of 3D design model users to AVEVA
this solution as their Master Tag Index. This means Everything3D™, which easily integrates with the
that all the information is available to K+S Potash tools already in use. This will ensure the safety
in a predefined format and in-house engineering and productivity of future CAPEX projects and
teams can continue to use AVEVA Engineering help facilitate and streamline future maintenance
for all their internal maintenance, modification or management of this complex undertaking.
shutdown projects.
For K+S, efficient access to trusted data and the
seamless interoperability of AVEVA’s tools is one www.aveva.com

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