CH. 4 Professional Engineering Service
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Innovation is one of CTCI's business principles, and we
have always strived toward the introduction and R&D of new
technologies. To implement our innovative developments in
practice, CTCI has established the Innovation R&D Center
to be in charge of processes, tools, and methods of R&D
or project improvements. The Director of Innovation is our
executive vice president, and he supervises over three
groups: 'New Product Development,' “Process Innovation,“
and “New Operation Technology Development”. In order to
enhance our efficiency in project executions, the Innovation
R&D Center continues to focus on the R&D in information
integration between multiple disciplines, expansion for the
breadth and depth of engineering technologies, as well as
design automation.
CTCI has commenced various R&D projects since
2015, and has devoted over NT 81,217 thousand into these
research projects. To create competitive differentiation and
advantage, development of iEPC
*1
is undergoing to shift the
manner of EPC operation from “batch processing” to “multi-
issued processing”, so that each design modification can be
supervised in time, allowing all
operations to be fully integrated
and effectively managed. The
engineering-object-oriented
Tag Platform
*2
, acting as the
foundation of iEPC, improves
project control capability and
increases the efficiency of
project execution by organizing
associated documents, 3D
models, material take-off, material
requisition, installation quantities
and layout across stages of
engineering, procurement,
construction and commission,
into a chain of project engineering information and agile
data. Also, job site efficiency is enhanced with continuous
promotion of mobile devices and applications utilized at key
job sites, so that construction information is more accessible
via portable e-form. Regarding ISO
*3
layout control, we
implemented QR code
*4
to ensure each installation is done in
correct layout, and on top of that, Intergraph SPC
*5
is applied
to construction management, allowing construction planning
simulation, availability of layout drawings and materials, as
well as actual installation progress, to be displayed in 4D
visualization, so that construction schedule is managed more
effectively.
With the enhancement of technology expertise, we have
accomplished the research FMEA/CA
*6
, the basic design
of applying thin film application to zero-liquid discharge
system, the design of stud bolts welded to the steel column
embedded in RC piers, truss supported conical roof tank
structure design, pulsation and piping vibration analysis for
reciprocating compressor, and cathodic protection application
for offshore structure and facility. Moreover, we have revised
our internal design guidelines and existing engineering
software according to the updated codes/standards and the
information we collected form engineering practices from
domestic or abroad.
In terms of design automation, we have continued to
refined pump seal plan selection system, developed more
applications for Revit BIM 3D
*7
, and completed the automated
control room layout design, the automatic modeling of typical
piping around units equipment, and CAD program for power
system, all of which greatly enhanced the quality, speed, and
accuracy of EPC project executions.
Innovation and development
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