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Construction of Coal Fired Thermal Power Stations usually involves execution of the project on Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) methodology.
The thermal power stations generate electricity by burning coal and using heated/superheated steam. Normally - a thermal power station is broadly classified comprising of Boiler - Turbine - Generator(BTG), normally referred as main plant and Balance of Plant (BoP) comprising of auxiliary equipment required to enable the main plant equipment to work successfully. The BoP comprises of packages as Coal Handling Plant, Ash Handling Plant, Wagon-Tippler, Water System (DM Water, Plant Water, Waste Water Treatment, Effluent Treatment etc), Chimney, etc
Usually – all the above major equipments are carved into Packages which are then given out to the specialized agencies on EPC Basis conforming to the norms as set in the contract document.
tBits CollabWrite – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions:

TBits Modules Used Across The Project Phases

• Correspondence Management
• Minutes of Meeting Management
• Issue & Task Management

Tbits usage in Engineering Phase:

• Document Control– Management of Basic Engineering documents
• Tender Documents - including Technical & Commercial Evaluation of Bids
• Detailed Engineering Documents – Till Good for Construction / Release for construction and till As-Built.
• Uncontrolled Documents – Site photographs, Monthly Reports, Adhoc documents etc
• Modules for documents for C&I.

Tbits usage in Procurement Phase

• Quality Process Automation & collaboration between the Vendors, Third Party Inspection Agencies & Owners including:
• Inspection Calls Management between Vendor, Contractor, Third Party inspection Agencies and Owner till the release of Material Dispatch Clearance Certificates Generation.
• Logistics Management
• Site inspections
• Material Tracking until reconciliation of material to be handed over to Owner at the end of the project as per contract.

 

Industrial infrastructure comprising of transportation infrastructure as roads, bridges, highways, airports, Ports, Railways, oil & gas pipelines, Storage Spaces etc form the backbone of industrialization in any country by enabling the movement of goods and people from producers to consumers.
The infrastructure development in modern world is increasingly being taken on Public Private Partnerships – where the defacto methodology of project execution is Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC).
EPC Philosophy entails that the complete project is broken down into major components and equipment – which is tendered out to the successful bidder – who is responsible for doing the detailed engineering, in compliance with basic engineering design as prepared by owner or owner’s consultant.
For the creation of modern airport, the subcontracted work may include packages as – Civil Structures, Roads, HVAC Systems, Security Systems, Fire Protection systems, Communication & Public Address Systems, Baggage Handling Systems, Fuel Storage & refueling systems, Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Packages etc
Similarly, creation of modern roads may include the structures as Bridges, Culverts, storm water drainage etc.
Once the project has been decided to be executed, the owner sets the objective of the project. Owner also hires specialized consultancy firms – Project Management Consultants(PMC) – who, in alignment with the objectives of the owner, perform the basic engineering of the asset including design, subcontracting, vendor management & project management activities. They may divide the overall project into packages, evaluates the bid received and recommends owner to award the package to the successful bidder, reviews the engineering documents created by the successful bidder and oversees the execution of the project till the asset handover and contract closure.
tBits CollabWrite – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions:

TBits Modules Used Across The Project Phases

• Correspondence Management
• Minutes of Meeting Management
• Issue & Task Management

Tbits usage in Engineering Phase:

• Document Control– Management of Basic Engineering documents
• Tender Documents - including Technical & Commercial Evaluation of Bids
• Detailed Engineering Documents – Till Good for Construction / Release for construction and till As-Built.
• Uncontrolled Documents – Site photographs, Monthly Reports, Adhoc documents etc
• Modules for documents for C&I.

Tbits usage in Procurement Phase

• Quality Process Automation & collaboration between the Vendors, Third Party Inspection Agencies & Owners including:
• Inspection Calls Management between Vendor, Contractor, Third Party inspection Agencies and Owner till the release of Material Dispatch Clearance Certificates Generation.
• Logistics Management
• Site inspections
• Material Tracking until reconciliation of material to be handed over to Owner at the end of the project as per contract.

 

 

tBits CollabWrite over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development assists by performing the following functions:

TBits Modules Used Across The Project Phases

• Correspondence Management
• Minutes of Meeting Management
• Issue & Task Management

Tbits usage in Engineering Phase:

• Document Control– Management of Basic Engineering documents
• Tender Documents - including Technical & Commercial Evaluation of Bids
• Detailed Engineering Documents – Till Good for Construction / Release for construction and till As-Built.
• Uncontrolled Documents – Site photographs, Monthly Reports, Adhoc documents etc
• Modules for documents for C&I.

Tbits usage in Procurement Phase

• Quality Process Automation & collaboration between the Vendors, Third Party Inspection Agencies & Owners including:
• Inspection Calls Management between Vendor, Contractor, Third Party inspection Agencies and Owner till the release of Material Dispatch Clearance Certificates Generation.
• Logistics Management
• Site inspections
• Material Tracking until reconciliation of material to be handed over to Owner at the end of the project as per contract.

Tbits usage in Construction Phase:
Collaboration between Site Office, Project Execution Office & Project Engineering Offices.

Post Project Execution Usage

• Technical Queries
• Field Design Change Notes
• Tracking of Fortnightly Project Execution Activities
• Transfer Protocols - including the material consumption detailed for invoicing & Punch Lists.
• Health Safety & Environmental Management
• Automation of site workflows as Invoice Tracking, etc
• Engineering support management
• As-Built Document Management & Control

 

 

 

RoBOTic Document Control(RDC) - Powered by Pioneering DC-Assist Technology (Document Controller Assistant Technology) - is a software program that assists the Human Document Controllers in

• Performing the quality checks on the incoming and out-going deliverables as per the project requirements.
• Generating the coversheets for the documents and putting the decision stamps on the drawings as per the requirements of the projects.
• Creating the transmittals for all out-going documents and updating the Master Document Lists.
• Receiving the documents for all incoming documents and updating the master document lists and sending the acknowledgements.
• Providing the automated scheduled MIS Reports to Projects & Expediting teams.

DC-Assist Technology embodies the developments in field of computing as Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Image Processing and Advance Decision Making Algorithms to enable RDCA to perform transactions on behalf of their masters - Human Document Controllers - subject to all checks as stipulated in the process are completed successfully.
DC-Assist Technology can also be integrated with any document control software and also well also be used as a standalone application along with tBits CollabWrite. RoBOTic Document Control Assistant Technology can significantly automate the complete document control process and this pioneering document control software expert system can drastically reduce the overall workload of Human Document Controllers.

An effective Risk Management and Process Improvement initiative calls for regular Audits in any organization. 
These audits reduce the chance of non-compliance and contribute to process improvement and non-compliance risk reduction. With rising business complexity and the types of audits that an organization needs to conduct, it has made essential for any organization to have an Audit Management System. 
The Audit Action Item Management Suite is designed to help organizations to manage wide range of Audit related Action Items, Activities, Documents and Processes. The Action item tracking system provides flexibility to support all types of audits, including internal audits, operational audits, IT audits, supplier audits and quality audits. 
The product suite is equipped with the following major features and capabilities.

• Audit Planning and Scheduling - Audit Life cycle Management from audit planning to audit closure. 
• Audit Action Item Management – Initiate, discussion, and track all audit action items during their complete lifecycle - including Automated Reminder and Escalations as per business rules.

Business Benefits:

• Complete solution form audit planning to audit action item closure.
• Increased Accountability due to complete Audit trail of all the actions taken by users. 
• Improved monitoring as a result of Reminders, Escalations and Reports 
• Ensures timely completion of audit action items and incase of non-compliance
• Ease of Use - Reply to the emails received from system to contribute to the audit discussion. The Bi-Directional email integration ensures that people - including external people - can be up and running with the usage of the system in no time as no Training is required. 
• Have centralized business rules and business intelligence reports that push meaningful real-time information to decision makers. The powerful inbuilt business intelligence and rule engine ensures that if there is a non-compliance - the information will be pushed to the relevant decision makers by the system itself.

In any business, interchange of communication related to the various aspects of the project is at the heart of a successful collaboration. As a project proceeds, communication between the project participants is done on various technical, commercial and other project management related aspects.Project Correspondence Management Suite helps you manage and track both the incoming and outgoing communications along with the previous references.
 Project Correspondence Module has two business aspects - 
A. Management of Project Correspondence Generation Related ActivitiesB. Management of Post Correspondence Release and its Response Related Activities. 
Project Correspondence Generation Related Activities - Project Correspondence Generation related activities are primarily internal in the organization. Most of the organization take the correspondence module with the following business objectives:
Compliance with Project Protocol - Each Project has a Project Protocol - with which we have to always enforce compliance. When you have a correspondence module - these protocols are already pre-configured for users by the administrator and hence, there is an absolute compliance with the project protocols specified.
Delegation of Authority - Even though in most project protocols would specify that all correspondences are to be done in the name of Project Director, the reality is that Project Director will NOT have time to himself write all correspondences. Most of these correspondences will be done by the people, whom the project director gets included into the project protocols or sometimes even by the people who are authorized by him to write in his name directly to the other party.
Internal fact-finding Discussions / Correspondence Review Workflows - Usually the project correspondences will be initiated by the people who are incharge of their work - who look into the need for having a project correspondence (a deviation, a violation or a need for clarification) and then prepare a draft.
The Draft is usually shared in a team who reviews the same from the various perspectives including language and legal implications / contractual implications. The correspondence, once reviewed by the concerned people is then forwarded to the people who has release the same to the other party.
The complete internal delegation of authority, fact-finding discussions with automated creation of correspondences complying with the contractual and legal requirements can be managed by tBits CollabWrite Correspondence Module.
Correspondence Release And Its Response Related Activities.
 Automation of Correspondence Generation  – A correspondence is a very important record that serves as evidence and has to be in all aspects equivalent to the paper based methods that were used earlier.
 Centralized Secure Web-based Repository for all Correspondences – As the correspondences are generated electronically in an automated manner from the centralized web-based system, these are available in the central repository using the role based access controls. No manual filing etc is required.
The Business Benefits –

• Improved Accuracy and Compliance – with project standards related to protocols, numbering etc.
• Delegation of Authority – with controls, workflows as per organizational requirements.
• Improved Productivity – with automation and removal of manual filing of correspondences.
• Reduced Risk – as all critical project data is available in secure centralized searchable repository.  
• Convenience – as correspondences can be replied via emails including mobile devices.

In every project and in every organization, there are several tasks that needs to be done to accomplish the said business objectives. Many of the tasks are routine process driven and are very widely automated with checks & balances using Software Tools as ERP, Workflow Systems etc.
However, there are always additional requests, tasks, queries etc that needs to be resolved in an organization using the assistance and information gathering from several people and departments. This type of work normally happens via emails by forwarding the emails to the concerned people.
There are inherent drawbacks of managing these issues by emails as follows:

• Emails are too many and people loose track.
• No Reminders etc are given to the people who have either assigned the tasks or to whom the tasks have been assigned.
• No escalations are performed in case there is a Turn Around Time failure.
• No evaluation is possible about the performance of the people who were assigned the tasks.

There are however certain advantages of using the emails:

• Emails are used for communication with anyone in the world and not just for issues and consequently the person is almost always available on emails.
• The emails can be accessed on mobile phone enabling mobility.
• The emails are very convenient to use with minimalistic features.
• tBits CollabWrite Issue tracking module – eliminates the drawbacks of the emails associated with decentralization of data  as tracking them, sending reminders, applying business rules as escalations etc while maintaining the convenience of email system as initiating the issue from email clients and responding to the issues from email clients as well.

Benefits Of TBits For Issue Tracking

• Track all issues while they are assigned from one person to another for resolution.
• Automated Reminders and Escalation for ensuring that work happens as per agreed Turn-Around-Time constraints and service delivery methods.
• Automated Push MIS Reporting for measuring performance and improvement areas.
• Convenience of email clients for initiation and responding to the issues.
• Drastic Reduction in Follow-Ups using to more productive use of people and time.

The complete process of creating an asset in Energy Sector – involves the execution of Projects of various sizes. Creation of Dams, Oil & Gas Platforms, Thermal Power Plants or Nuclear Power plants involve the execution of mega projects – which does follow the Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) Philosophy.
EPC Philosophy entails that the complete project is broken down into major components and equipments – which is tendered out to the successful bidder – who is responsible for doing the detailed engineering, in compliance with basic engineering design as prepared by owner or owner’s consultant.
In coal fired thermal power plants – the packages are like Boiler, Turbine-generator, Bulk Material Handling equipment as Coal Handling Plants, Ash Handling plants etc, Water Systems as Plant Water systems, De-mineralized water systems, Raw water intake systems, step up transformers etc.
In Nuclear Power Plant – which is principally similar to thermal power plants – with the exception of the source of heat energy (Nuclear Fission as against Chemical energy derived from burning Coal) – also has similar systems of converting the steam produced from reactor into electricity with packages.
The off-shore Oil Producing or drilling platforms again comprises of equipments that has been designed, fabricated, assembled, shipped and erected onsite. Most of the material that is erected – again follows the EPC Route. Some of the examples of the equipment on Off-shore platforms include Lifting Systems, Power Generation systems, Water separation process plants, fire fighting systems, control and automation systems etc.
Over all – in the project execution structure related to the EPC Projects – the owner sets the objective of the project. Owner also hires specialized consultancy firms – Project Management Consultants(PMC) – who, in alignment with the objectives of the owner, perform the basic engineering of the asset, divides the assets into packages, evaluates the bid received and recommends owner to award the asset to the successful bidder, reviews the engineering documents created by the successful bidder and oversees the execution of the project till the asset handover and contract closure.
tBits CollabWrite – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions:

TBits Modules used across the project phases

• Correspondence Management
• Minutes of Meeting Management
• Issue & Task Management

TBits usage in Engineering Phase:

• Document Control Management of Basic Engineering documents
• Tender Documents including Technical & Commercial Evaluation of Bids
• Detailed Engineering Documents Till Good for Construction / Release for construction and till As-Built.
• Uncontrolled Documents Site photographs, Monthly Reports, Adhoc documents etc
• Modules for documents for C&I.

 

The Oil & Gas industry is involved in the exploration, production, transportation, refining & retailing of petroleum products. The complete chain taken together also forms the worlds largest industry in terms of value.
The Oil & Gas industry also forms the main-stay for meeting the energy requirements across the world and is critical supplier of raw material for several chemical industries.
Large projects are undertaken world wide every year in each segment of the Oil & Gas industry - exploration, extraction, transportation, refining & marketing.
For undertaking the above activities, investments are made in creating infrastructure to convert the precious crude oil into useful products that we consume.
The infrastructure includes creating oil platforms capable of working in deep oceans, natural gas liquefaction facilities, cryogenic tankers to transport the fuel, ports and jetties to handle the tankers, refineries and process plants to convert the inputs into the useful outputs till the finished products are dispatched to end customer.
The capacity building in each of the above steps in the energy value chain is a project in itself that is usually executed on Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) Basis - involving Consulting Engineers, Contractors & various equipment manufacturers / suppliers.
For the creation of say a modern refinery - various packages are created and given out to the respective successful bidders including Desalter, vacuum distilation unit, hydrotreater, Catalytic reformer, Hydro-cracker, coking units, alkylation units, stream reforming, water systems, etc.
Once the project has been decided to be executed, the owner sets the objective of the project. Owner also hires specialized consultancy firms – Project Management Consultants(PMC) – who, in alignment with the objectives of the owner, perform the basic engineering of the asset including design, subcontracting, vendor management & project management activities. They may divide the overall project into packages, evaluates the bid received and recommends owner to award the package to the successful bidder, reviews the engineering documents created by the successful bidder and oversees the execution of the project till the asset handover and contract closure.
tBits CollabWrite – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions.

With the rapid industrialization and commercial development of country, teamed with a growing population, the transport infrastructure of the metropolitan cities is found to be stressed. As a result, the government mulled over establishment of  rapid transit system in the cities on the lines of Delhi Metro which has proved to be a great success.
tBits CollabWrite – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions:

TBits Modules Used Across The Project Phases

• Correspondence Management
• Minutes of Meeting Management
• Issue & Task Management

Tbits usage in Engineering Phase:

• Document Control– Management of Basic Engineering documents
• Tender Documents - including Technical & Commercial Evaluation of Bids
• Detailed Engineering Documents – Till Good for Construction / Release for construction and till As-Built.
• Uncontrolled Documents – Site photographs, Monthly Reports, Adhoc documents etc
• Modules for documents for C&I.

Tbits usage in Procurement Phase

• Quality Process Automation & collaboration between the Vendors, Third Party Inspection Agencies & Owners including:
• Inspection Calls Management between Vendor, Contractor, Third Party inspection Agencies and Owner till the release of Material Dispatch Clearance Certificates Generation.
• Logistics Management
• Site inspections
• Material Tracking until reconciliation of material to be handed over to Owner at the end of the project as per contract.

 

Rapid industrialization has lead to an increased demand for natural resources. The natural resources as Iron Ore forms the bedrock of industrialization. Natural Resources as Coal are widely used for Power Generation. To meet the rising demand for metals (both Ferrous and Non-Ferrous) and Energy, Mining industry undertakes development of large scale projects.
Depending upon the scale of the project, the mining projects may entail creation of massive industrial infrastructure as Roads, Railways, Ports, Dams, Captive Thermal Power Plants etc to support the core mining Asset.
The Mining Assets – particularly Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Process Plants – are themselves huge industrial complexes – which are primarily erected on EPC Basis. For Example – A steel plant may include structures as Blast Furnaces, Bulk Material Handling Equipment for handling iron ores, Coal, Coke & slag, steel Melting shops for producing steel, Coke Batteries, Captive thermal Power Plants, Water Systems including DM Water, Effluent Water, Plant Water system, Worker colonies, etc
The infrastructure development in mining sector today is primarily on Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC).
EPC Philosophy entails that the complete project is broken down into major components and equipments – which is tendered out to the successful bidder – who is responsible for doing the detailed engineering, in compliance with basic engineering design as prepared by owner or owner’s consultant.
Once the project has been decided to be executed, the owner sets the objective of the project. Owner also hires specialized consultancy firms – Project Management Consultants(PMC) – who, in alignment with the objectives of the owner, perform the basic engineering of the asset including design, subcontracting, vendor management & project management activities. They may divide the overall project into packages, evaluates the bid received and recommends owner to award the package to the successful bidder, reviews the engineering documents created by the successful bidder and oversees the execution of the project till the asset handover and contract closure.
tBits CollabWrite – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions.

In the execution of very large projects, millions of man-hours per month are spent in project execution when the work at site is in full swing. There are thousands of men/women working at site along with very large equipments performing lifting and other material handling operations. 
Inevitability, in these very large projects, there are incidents and accident that happen in execution due to various reasons leading even to fatalities. Consequently, management of the safe working conditions as well as proactive identification of risks and hazards in ensuring safe working conditions for people is of paramount importance for the Owner Firms. The firms, therefore, have dedicated Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) Risk Prevention Team who

• Raise Awareness about the risks.
• Perform audits for identification and correction of the risks and hazards. 
• Perform the investigation of each and every safety incident & accident.
• Generate reports about safety parameters. 

tBits CollabWrite Safety, Health & Environmental Risk Prevention Module assists the HSE Teams by providing a web-based system for the project participants to report, collaboratively investigate, and take corrective and preventive actions(CAPA) in response to incidents and accidents. 
Any incident and accident event can be routed though workflows for fact-finding and investigation. The decision and recommendation of Corrective and Preventive actions can be tracked for compliance by the EHS Department people and the concerned business stakeholders. 
The concerned project management team can also track in realtime the progress of the issues and if there are inordinate delays due to things getting stuck-up in decision making, the system provides reminders, performs escalations and sends automated reports to the stakeholders for expediting the implementation of CAPA Action Items. 
The EHS teams can use the MS Excel type web-based interface for putting the action items with the concerned users from their mobile devices and can track the performance of the project team for complaiance with the recommendations offered.
The inbuild audit planning & scheduling abilities - also enables the delegation of the audits to the cross-functional teams and enables the EHS team to coordinate and track the audit schedules for efficient EHS Policy implementation.

Deployment of an enterprise-wide application requires a substantial effort – particularly in ensuring that the new application becomes a part of the existing organizational landscape.
Some of the common questions that needs to be answered while considering the deployment of enterprise-wide application as tBits are as follows:

• Am I ready for the deployment of enterprise-wide application? What is the most optimile structure of deployment of such application for me?
• What changes in my existing work processes will happen with the introduction of new application?
• What will be the other application with which the new application will interface?
• Are the connectors available for interfacing with the required application or will the same will need to be developed? If Developed – by whom?
• What will happen to my existing data? Will the same be imported into the new application?
• How do we go about managing the current projects which are in the various stages of implementation?
• What will happen to Post-go-Live support?
• What checks and balances are required for ensuring that the application deployed becomes a sustainable part of my overall business processes?
• The above questions are common that any CXO Level office will ask before taking a decision on deployment of a new application internally into the organization.

To answer the above and other questions that you may have, We need to provide additional services as :

• Consulting Services
• Deployment & Project Execution Services
• Post Deployment Sustenance services
• Consulting Services

tBits team provides various type of consulting services including:
Creation of Business Case for the deployment of enterprise-wide application for document control and project records management.business processes associated with Document Control & Projects Records Management including Change Management.
Project Execution Services
tBits team provide the complete spectrum of services required for the successful sustenance execution of your document control projects. The project deployment services include:
Project Execution complying to the standard practices of project management as listed under the PMI. While following the philosophy of project execution, the project team complies with all the requirements as

• Specification Creation & Specifications Sign-Off
• Deployment Project Execution Plan Finalization.
• Definition of interfaces with other applicationsor enterprise-wide systems for seamless data flow between the applications.
• Deployment of application in conformance with agreed specifications.
• User Acceptance Tests and results.
• Training & change Management.
• Go-Live and Instituionalisation of post-golive support.

Custom Development Services
As a part of complete enterprise, tBits team understands that there are scenarios where our application needs to be extended to meet to the requirements of other enterprise-wide application. tBits team offers the complete Software-Life-Cycle capabilities for product development and enhancements.
As an application, tBits comes with the following connectors

• Email Connectors
• ERP Connectors
• LDAP/AD Connectors
• DMS Connectors
• Project Planning Software Connectors
• Operating System Connectors – For offline availability of data as what is available in the centralized repository.

Sustenance Services
We understand the need and importance of product support and after sales services. Keeping this in mind we have a placed a dedicated team who offers product support as and when required by our clients.

Construction of Hydroelectric power stations usually involves execution of the project on Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) methodology.
Construction of the large hydropower projects involves executing enormous civil works, design of Dam, intake channels, Penstock, Hydro Turbine-Generators, Power House buildings, Power Evacuation and transmission lines.
Usually – all the above major components are carved into Packages which are then given out to the specialized agencies on EPC Basis conforming to the norms as set in the contract document.
tBits CollabWrite – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions:

TBits Modules Used Across The Project Phases

• Correspondence Management
• Minutes of Meeting Management
• Issue & Task Management

TBits usage in Engineering Phase:

• Document Control– Management of Basic Engineering documents
• Tender Documents - including Technical & Commercial Evaluation of Bids
• Detailed Engineering Documents – Till Good for Construction / Release for construction and till As-Built.
• Uncontrolled Documents – Site photographs, Monthly Reports, Adhoc documents etc
• Modules for documents for C&I.

tBits usage in Procurement Phase

• Quality Process Automation & collaboration between the Vendors, Third Party Inspection Agencies & Owners including:
• Inspection Calls Management between Vendor, Contractor, Third Party inspection Agencies and Owner till the release of Material Dispatch Clearance Certificates Generation.
• Logistics Management
• Site inspections
• Material Tracking until reconciliation of material to be handed over to Owner at the end of the project as per
• contract.

 

 

Nuclear Power Plants are thermal power plants where the source of thermal energy is Nuclear Fission and hence there is a great similarity between the thermal power plant and nuclear power plant project execution. The differences emanate from the difference in fuel used – Thermal Power plants burning fossil fuel needs to have bulk material handling equipment along with transportation and logistics required for managing the bulk materials as Coal, Fly Ash etc.
Nuclear Power however reduces the bulk material handling but introduces another dimension of managing the nuclear fuels including the spent nuclear fuels.
There are large nuclear power projects being executed across the world even though there is a debate on the safety of such plants.
The construction of nuclear power plants involve integration of various systems that are usually procured using the Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) package methodology.
Usually – Reactor, Steam Generator, Generator, Cooling Systems, Safety systems, Feedwater Pump, Emergency Power Systems etc – as are required in the Nuclear Power Plants are purchased using the EPC Methodology.
tBits CollabWrite – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions:

TBits Modules Used Across The Project Phases

• Correspondence Management
• Minutes of Meeting Management
• Issue & Task Management

TBits usage in Engineering Phase:

• Document Control– Management of Basic Engineering documents
• Tender Documents - including Technical & Commercial Evaluation of Bids
• Detailed Engineering Documents – Till Good for Construction / Release for construction and till As-Built.
• Uncontrolled Documents – Site photographs, Monthly Reports, Adhoc documents etc
• Modules for documents for C&I.

TBits usage in Procurement Phase

• Quality Process Automation & collaboration between the Vendors, Third Party Inspection Agencies & Owners including:
• Inspection Calls Management between Vendor, Contractor, Third Party inspection Agencies and Owner till the release of Material Dispatch Clearance Certificates Generation.
• Logistics Management
• Site inspections
• Material Tracking until reconciliation of material to be handed over to Owner at the end of the project as per contract.

TBits usage in Construction Phase:
Collaboration between Site Office, Project Execution Office & Project Engineering Offices.

 

 

Manufacturing Quality Management Of Project Equipments
 Any sizable EPC Project comprises of a significant amount of equipment that is manufactured in the factories and then shipped to the project site for integration and erection.
The types of equipment include, Steel structures, Motors, Pumps, Turbines, Separation Vessels etc. Much of this equipment for a project may also be have been custom built and might not have been ‘Off-the-shelf’ standard items available from the manufacturer.
To ensure that the equipment perform as per specifications when erected at site and to eliminate the necessity of sending back the equipment back to factory for rectification – which can potentially delay the project, there is an elaborate method of monitoring the conformance on the equipment with the designed and ordered specifications.
The overall process of ensuring the compliance of equipment with designed specifications include creation of an overall Quality Assurance Plan for equipment including the details of the test to be conducted on the equipment, their success criteria, role of the various agencies involved in the tests etc.

Process of Issue and Closure of Inspection Calls
With respect to the approved Quality Assurance Plan, then the manufacturer raises the inspection call to owner or contractor for visiting his factory and performing the required quality tests within a time bound period. The owner/contractor may himself or via a third party specialized inspection & testing agency (Third Party Inspection Agencies(TPIA)) may visit the site and perform the tests and give decisions. The TPIA may give the recommendation to the Contractor and/or the Owner and based on the TPIA Recommendedation - the final decision is taken on the inspection call issued by the manufacturer.

Key Features:

• Complete integration of procurement activities with Engineering and Commissioning Activities.
• Automatic Generation of Inspection call complying to output formats and project specific rules.
• Tracking of all inspection calls from origination to their disposal as the inspection call is routed between the agencies as Vendor, Contractor, Owner, Third Party Inspection Agencies etc.
• Track all the quantities from raw material to dispatch.
• Automatic creation of Material Dispatch Clearance Certificates.

Business Benefits:

• Tracking of inspection call from origination to their disposal: Track all the equipments and the tests which are to be done on them in realtime.
• Minimize delays in inspection call processes by having a realtime visibility about the complete process between the various parties.
• Create the information database about the quality processes and performance of your suppliers to create meaningful project relationships and gain competitive advantage.
• Ensure that all your project records related to procurement process in the projects are in a single location – QAPs’, Inspection Calls, Decision on Inspection Calls, Material Dispatch Clearence Certificates, Post Dispatch Logistics and details till the equipment is available on site. 

The perception of residential construction at large scale has recognized its existence in the trend for staying with growing demand of larger section of society for luxury apartments with integrated facilities.
The shifting necessities and standard of living of residential property buyers who have much more than just a simple home on their thoughts, when they decide to buy the dream apartments
Residential Apartments are the next big thing in the real estate development industry; with a quiet growth in the number of projects that merge in a lot of things to make grand realty projects successful and sustainable.
tBits Collaborate – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions.

The perception of township has recognized its existence in the trend for staying with growing demand for luxury apartments in integrated townships. The shifting necessities and standard of living of residential property buyers who have much more than just a simple home on their thoughts, when they decide to buy the dream house in the township.
Townships have complexes built in large area of lands with all facilities including schools, hospitals, shopping malls, gymnasium, health spa provide the unique living experience that people demand these days.
Townships are the next big thing in the real estate development industry; with a quiet growth in the number of township development projects that merge in a lot of things to make grand realty projects successful and sustainable.
tBits Collaborate – over the life cycle of the Engineering, Procurement & Construction projects in Industrial Infrastructure development – assists by performing the following functions: