How an alkylate production facility received their complete commissioning inventory in 5 business days, enabling zero-delay field mobilization.
A newly constructed alkylate production facility was preparing for commissioning but faced a critical roadblock: they had no commissioning inventory list. Their contractor had mobilized a significant team of inspectors ready to work in the field, but lacked an organized system to track tagged items by the system definitions highlighted on their P&IDs.
The traditional manual approach—scratching off IDs from P&IDs—would have delayed commissioning by weeks and introduced significant error risk. Our automated solution delivered a complete, system-based commissioning inventory in just 5 business days.
The manual fallback option would require field teams to scratch off IDs from P&IDs—an error-prone process that would waste significant labor resources and delay commissioning by 3-4 weeks. With inspectors already mobilized and on-site, every day of delay meant substantial cost overruns.
Initial Conditions: The client provided 250 P&IDs in AutoCAD format, along with PDF copies showing highlighted commissioning system boundaries. They needed immediate extraction of all tagged elements organized by these commissioning systems for field execution tracking.
Uploaded AutoCAD P&IDs into IDP to identify all existing symbology and associated labels for extraction across 250 drawings.
Output: Digitized drawing setLeveraged IDP's hierarchy tool to select all tagged elements, grouped by highlighted commissioning systems. Included equipment, instrumentation, piping, relief devices, and specialty items.
Output: System-grouped inventoryExported hierarchy and post-processed into comprehensive, system-based commissioning inventory register formatted for immediate field use.
Output: Field-ready register| Metric | Manual Process | IDP Solution | Improvement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timeline | 3-4 weeks | 5 days | 85% faster |
| Accuracy | 70-80% | 100% | Complete coverage |
| Error Risk | High | Zero | Eliminated |
| Labor Hours | 480+ | 40 | 92% reduction |
By transforming 250 P&IDs into Intelligent Drawings, the commissioning inventory was successfully generated in less than a week, enabling the client to begin field verification without delays. This case demonstrates how IDP's automation and data-structuring capabilities provide immediate, high-value impact during time-critical phases such as commissioning. The solution not only saved weeks of manual effort but eliminated the risk of errors that could have caused costly delays during the commissioning process.
