Industries

To not start over and over again from scratch, we typically use a Standard Pipeline Data Model Template to store pipeline-relevant data. To get the best benefit from the pipeline data model, we’ve registered all feature classes within an Esri geo-database and utilising ArcGIS Enterprise or WebOffice as the WEB GIS front-end.

A huge amount of information and data is collected and processed during the life cycle of a pipeline, which we distinguish as follows:

• • • Design
    • Procurement, Construction
    • Operation
    • Decommissioning

During all these phases, information is created by significant expenses and time efforts by different disciplines, which must cope very closely to exchange relevant data for the project’s benefit. These disciplines are (but not limited to):

• • • Engineering
    • Maintenance / Inspection
    • Right-of-Way Management
    • Construction Monitoring
    • NOC Support
    • eDMS Linkage
    • SCADA Linkage
    • Land acquisition
    • Geology
    • Environment
    • Archaeology
    • Social / HSE
    • etc.

For optimizing technical- and business workflows during design, construction and operation it is beneficial to the project that all involved parties share relevant information via a centralized geo-database. Of course, it is very important to have users and their roles defined to grant read-write or read-only access to stored information and data. By using ArcGIS Enterprise or WebOffice it’s assured that the latest available information is shared with the project participants, independent of their geographic location as we provide our modules via our web platform, which of course can be also secured by using data encryption for the data streams.

Our centralized data storage and data distribution approach by utilizing web technologies avoids typical problems and challenges like redundant data storage, poor quality of data, inefficient exchange of data, huge paper based archives, time losses in finding the right information, etc.

Typically our PIMS (Pipeline Information Management System) solutions are based on industry standards but can also become customized to existing data models if available. The goal is to store information within a structured data warehouse to make it easily and efficiently available to users.

All information is related to the route(s) by using Linear Referencing Systems (LRS), which ensures that all relevant events along a pipeline can be identified by its coordinates or by its chainage. As the length of a route is subject to changes (especially during design) we also support Linear Referencing over Time.

The benefit of ArcGIS Enterprise / WebOffice and PIMS is to provide information via a Map or via easy-to-use Forms to the user for supporting the users’ daily workflows and make information easily accessible.

Due to our generic solution approach, we also support APR (ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing) as well as already implemented proprietary data models.