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PRODUCTION tensen said there is quite big differences in the approach to inspection in the US and the UK. “The UK is quite far ahead of the game in terms of taking a risk-based approach.

In the US it is still mostly time-based inspections,” he said.

There are various reasons for this. The meteorological environments are very differ- ent. While there are constant storm loads in the winter over the North Sea, there are very isolated but very intense meteorological events in the

Gulf of Mexico. When Hurri- cane Katrina and Irene went

Proactive SIM approach through the Gulf of Mexico

Risk based inspection planning there were 60 full platform failures. Also, “people buy

Identity structural Identify and sell platforms all the

Carry out risk

Using Navigator i-Model viewer. Image from Petrofac.

Data collection safety critical structural assessment time in the Gulf of Mexico, hazards elements (SCE) so there is less willingness to performance management, Navigator for said. “The notion that you can now go invest in something that you are going information mobility, and ContextCap- on the platform with a mobile phone to own for ? ve years, and then pass on.” ture for reality modeling, a new indus- and just take photos, and actually get a

Bentley is developing new products try development as well as a new offer- really accurate, useful 3D mesh, this is

Develop

Determine to meet the industry’s needs in terms of ing from Bentley, which was announced really mind blowing.” inspection appropriate

Procedure structural integrity modeling. “We are at the London conference. But, there are also interesting busi-

Compile

Multi-

Inspection

Structural Risk disciplinary adopting a ‘model centric’ approach to as-

ContextCapture is Bentley’s ? rst ness issues around where the data strategy for

Develop Register workshop set integrity management, he explained. product release of the Acute3D software lives. Some owners are already all on component risk-based “Because we have a lot of modeling ap- technology it acquired earlier in 2015. the cloud; for others data is still on the inspection inspection plan plications, and our i-Model common data

The software is ideally suited for any or- server.”I would say in ? ve years’ time it environment allows us to bring in models ganization that could apply 3D models of will be 80% cloud. It’s an unstoppable from other systems. This means we can real-world context to bene? t infrastruc- challenge,” Christensen said.

give asset integrity planners, inspectors ture design, construction, or operations. Problems being worked on at the mo- and engineers a model and graphical “In situations in which models are not ment include adding more ways to attach context in which to plan and carry out available, tools like ContextCapture are information. “I think audio attachments their inspection work as well as to run ideal for creating models. I know drones are going to be quite useful,” Christensen analyses as a result of the inspections.” are routinely being used for inspecting said. “A lot of the time it is much easier

Five of Bentley’s products were listed: hard to get at areas like ? are towers. to say the crack is outboard three feet

SACS for offshore structural and fatigue Creating a reality mesh from the photos from the end, but you have to look under analysis, ProjectWise for engineering resulting from those inspections would the bracket to really see it. You don’t re- information management, APM for asset be very straight forward,” Christensen ally want to try and write that down.”

The winner of Bentley’s 2015 Be Inspired in O