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The company chose the software application after a careful evaluation of all the leading construction automation tools on the market. Through this comparative analysis Williams found ConstructSim to be superior to the other offerings in enabling the Construction Industry Institute's AWP best practices.

ConstructSim will be used throughout the design, build, and operation phases of the PDH project in Alberta's Strathcona County. The plant will add value to western Canada's mid-stream industry by converting affordable propane into 500,000 metric tons of polymer grade propylene, a valuable petrochemical feedstock used in plastics manufacturing.

The PDH project represents economic diversification and innovation for Alberta, and will be integrated with the existing and proposed neighbouring Industrial Heartland refining industries. The planned start-up date of the PDH facility is the end of 2019.

ADVANCED WORK PACKAGING (AWP)
What is Advanced Work Packaging, and how does it enhance a company's control over construction planning.

Work Packages are an integral part of ConstructSim, a virtual construction simulator that facilitates the exchange of information on a construction project between engineering, construction, commissioning, and through to the handover. Besides acting as individual units of work, the Work Packages serve as units of information exchange.

Together they enable information interoperability and mobility between project members, and give managers unprecedented insight into planned and executed work, enabling them to increase project performance.

In practical terms, that means that Advanced Work Packaging in ConstructSim is based on a virtual construction model which incorporates engineering data - such as models, drawings, materials lists, labour requirements, and procurement records - compiled using standard data transfer interfaces. Both construction and installation work packages are further defined based on work location, scheduling priorities and the sequencing needs of field installations, and on the actual availability of materials and resources.

The use of a virtual construction model enables project managers to visualise the construction process before it is physically commenced, giving them the opportunity to foresee and mitigate the effects of construction issues and risks. It provides an unprecedented level of control over construction planning.

CONSTRUCTSIM WORK PACKAGE SERVER
WorkFace packages are easily created using the ConstructSim Work Package Server, which, after setting them up facilitates their management, distributing engineering, construction, and installation work packages that contain the most up-to-date project information, construction progress, and material status.

The server is also used to manage overall construction and installation data, and to exchange project information from the office to the job site. It tracks the status of documents such as i-models, drawings, procurement deliverables, and specifications using Bentley's cloud technology, so that managers can rest assured that engineers and field workers are using current information.

It's also used to progress, organise and manage engineering data, consolidating and organising models, drawings, and construction information, and all in one secure location. Workers in the office, on-site, or in the field need to have instant access to project information enabling them to respond to construction and engineering work packages, and to Integrate and report on construction progress, and to provide status updates from the field.

Being able to visualise project, material, and workflow status in a virtual model prior to construction enables managers to plan work based on estimated construction progress and material turnover priorities. Whilst the project is ongoing, they can also coordinate the construction process and minimise the possibility of rework by releasing packages to the field only when work is ready to be commenced.

The ConstructSim Work Package Server is supported by engineering and construction status reports and graphic display dashboards to illustrate the status of a project by monitoring key performance indicators. The reports generated can be used to plan work based on resource and material availability. It can even be used to track a contractor's performance.

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