ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, THE A3D WAY

A3D’s commercial director Colin Pittman explains how a digital solution can help you manage risks to your terminal. Your terminal assets are instrumental to the success of your business. With A3D’s digital solutions, you have the flexibility to view and manage the health of your terminal with confidence – to achieve operational, safety and regulatory compliance and to manage market volatility, environmental, financial and employee risks to achieve your productivity goals. With accurate data captured from laser scanning, you now have a complete picture of your facility. You can now plan schedules, manage maintenance, prevent common problems and spend less time dealing with unexpected issues that arise. And the solution can be customised for your needs. CASE IN PRACTICE Before working with A3D, a European client was greeted with no documentation, not even a single P&ID, at a newly acquired terminal. A3D’s specialist laser surveying team captured point cloud data on 18 tanks containing gasoline and distillates at the new terminal, creating smart P&IDs and a 3D model with brand new nomenclature and standards for pipeline numbers. CHALLENGES Technical: Managing...