Desapex Engineering Consultants

  Condition Based Maintenance Maintenance plays a vital role in optimizing an asset's performance and achieving efficiency. However, maintenance actions are always associated with time, resources, materials, and cost. Also, often critical machinery costs are higher in their breakdowns and scheduled maintenance downtimes. Frequent maintenance of Machineries increases operational costs while scarce maintenance can result in unexpected downtimes and compromised efficiency. Hence it is essential to optimize these actions and bring up optimized maintenance instances. Modern industrial machineries are highly complex and are equipped with advanced technologies to meet their demands. Most of the manual works are automated using automation and technology resulting in the production of vast streaming data. This is where we can leverage the use of Artificial Intelligence for  Maintenance management . The field device information from various sensors and actuators will be analyzed to pred...

  Introduction Building Information Modelling (BIM) implementation is consequently challenging, challenges include unstructured data and processes that often lead to time and cost overruns. Having clarity on up to what level of geometry has to be modeled and how much information should include plays an important role in any project which directly affects the time and cost. At this point, LOD comes into the picture, gives clarity, clears many doubts, and sets standard expectations. What is LOD? Level of Detail or Level of Development (LOD) is a theoretical concept to support model development. The idea is that you attach a LOD status attribute to objects in conjunction with standardized reusable checklists. Thus you can, with increased certainty, guarantee a certain quality of  information  at a given point. LOD differs between geometry and properties. A model can be well developed through geometry without having much information concerning the properties of the model. In ...

The construction industry is not male dominant field The construction industry has long been perceived as a male-dominated field. However, in recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of women working in the industry. Women are breaking barriers and proving their worth in the construction industry. In 2020, women made up 46.8% of the total workforce in the U.S., but in the construction industry, the statistics are drastically different. Of all construction workers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 10% of them are women. So, for every 10 people in a construction-related role, one of them is a woman. Whereas in India women take up over 25% of the construction industry workforce. According to reports published in 2020, there are about 1.46 million construction workers in India, and about 36 lakhs of them are women. Although these number may seem low, it represents a significant increase from previous years. Before knowing the reasons for the increase in...

  Introduction A decade ago, when people hear the word ‘construction industry’ the picture coming to mind was a dusty construction site. But now the mindset towards the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) industry started changing at least for the new generation. Thanks to the keyword ‘digital’ for making a revolution and reforming this industry. Comparing the construction industry with other industries, it is in the tender stage of its path toward digital transformation and the foundation for this transformation is Building Information Modelling (BIM). As a standard for implementation of  BIM  in the AEC industry, the release of  ISO 19650  which defines the  Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including Building Information Modeling (BIM) - Information management using BIM  has happened. It has a total of six parts, and they are: ISO 19650:1  - Concepts & Principles (releas...

  Problem Statement Create  BIM  models from the schematic pdf layouts, clash coordinate the models and prepare the field drawings for site installation and Update the BIM models as per changes at the site. Scope of the work The Scope of Work included design support for the Electrical, LSS, and Instrumentation and Control Systems for the contracting team. Which included Conduits, Cable Trays, Panel and support modeling, preparing shop drawings and creating as-built models for service installed areas, coordination with other stakeholders for  clash coordination , etc. Key Challenges & How we solved the problem The existing models received were outdated and were not accurate. This led to clashes and rework during the approval process. This was resolved with the help of 360⁰ images in Cupixworks and  laser scanning  of the site to verify the site conditions. Often the inputs received from the Field foreman were in the form of hand sketches or the markups o...

  Introduction "Digitalization" is a trending aspect across industries due to its numerous benefits. The AEC industry is one of the good examples where many of the traditional processes of the Construction process are moving towards the adoption of the latest technologies to achieve efficiency. Digitalization of buildings refers to the conversion of all existing information of properties into digital formats and utilizing it to solve business problems and provide optimum solutions. About Digitalization is advancing the as-built/under-construction properties to smarter sites using  Digital Technologies  in the Digital World, which further makes the workflows, and processes easier and more effective. Digitalization is becoming a key aspect & these Digital models are generated from the geometrical and non-geometrical information acquired during the design and development stage of construction or from the  Laser Scanning  technique. The most common use cases of...

  Introduction A  3D Laser Scanner  is a device, and it is a method to capture a physical object’s exact size and shape in the computer world as a digital three-dimensional representation. 3d laser scanning is like taking a picture but with depth. So that they can be remodeled in the digital world. It delivers a faster and more accurate approach to data collection, and it is a cost-effective approach for creating as-builts of a facility. It is usually done for the purpose of 3d modeling. The benefits of 3d laser scanning are high accuracy, long-range, rapid data acquisition, and many more. Manufacturing, Automobiles, Power Plants, Oil & Gas Industry, and Heavy Engineering are starting to steadily adopt this technology and use 3D scans for development, comparisons, record keeping, new building, and alterations. What is 3d Laser Scanning? The 3D laser scanner is a device that captures shapes of surrounding objects in a form of “point clouds” which means that all informa...