Virtual site tours and smart P&IDs

A3D’s new virtual site tours will allow terminal personnel to walk their site, whether it be from their home or workstation COVID-19 has for many of us, forced changes in our work patterns including that of working from home. To facilitate this, company IT departments have softened their attitudes towards cloud computing methods to facilitate home working. However, for both managers and engineers employed on process installations, maintaining access to their operating areas during COVID-19 pandemic has been restricted.   VIRTUAL SITE TOURS A3D’s established clients have seen the benefit from having had A3D complete the 3D laser scanning of their sites where staff now working from home can use the scan data to continue visiting sites without necessarily stepping foot on site. The A3D solution allowing staff to walk, measure and inspect site without leaving their home desk. Furthermore, one of the company’s major clients has quantified the saving in site visits from using A3D recorded 3D laser scan data, at around 40%. The site in question was in the Netherlands, where A3D completed a full site survey using 3D laser scanners. The site area was approximately 170,000...