Automation
Owner perspective for operational success
Using instrumentation and process automation technologies, Precis designs and implements automation systems to support our clients’ manufacturing processes, facilities, and critical utility and infrastructure systems. Our automation design approach considers data flow and operational viability, including integration with wider supervisory and enterprise systems. We lead automation projects through design and construction, engineering checkout, and process commissioning.
Our automation team provides deep process and operations understanding as the foundation to deliver automated systems that meet user requirements. Our team includes chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineers, uniquely positioning us to consult beyond the wires and I/O. We begin projects with an understanding of client needs coupled with a familiarity of commercially available systems. We are system and platform agnostic, committed to the best solution regardless of brand. We work with the following:
Precis automation specialists bring owner-side experience in both operations and project execution to their consulting role. We execute projects as consultants but understand the realities of living with results after projects are over. Our implementation expertise uniquely positions our automation team to provide our clients with tremendous value. When we work in a design capacity, we can realistically quantify automation scope and cost early in the project execution life cycle. In comparison to traditional project execution in which a systems integrator is onboarded after the design phase, the Precis engagement from concept to completion keeps our clients informed of true project costs, minimizes surprises, and maximizes opportunities for operational success.
- Distributed control (DCS) systems: Emerson DeltaV, Rockwell PlantPAx
- Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems: iFix, Ignition, Wonderware
- Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) systems: ControlLogix, CompactLogicx, PLC5, SLC500, Simatic S7
- Data historian systems: PI
- Report systems: Infobatch, Thin Manager
- Process automation and control strategy design
- Technology and options evaluations
- Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies
- User Requirement Specification (URS)
- Systems integration design and implementation
- Automated systems and skidded equipment specification
- Site-wide automation planning
- Electrically classified system design
- Interlock design
- Panel design, system as-building, and fabrication
- Valve and instrumentation specification
- Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) and motor controls
- Control system architecture, migrations, and upgradesDrive (VFD) and motor controls
- Control system life cycle management
- Controller tuning
- Hardware and software design specifications
- System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) documentation
- Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID)
- Engineering and architectural drawings
- Instrument specification sheets, loop sheets, and schematics
- Historian and report configuration
- Automation project management and execution
- On-site field and installation support
- Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) integration
- Thin client setup
- Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT)
- Third-party system integrator oversight and design reviews
- Start-up and commissioning
- Computer system validation
- Annual support contracts
- Plant personnel training
- Simulation system setup
