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Leverage the Hexagon SmartPlant suite to deliver integrated, data-driven engineering solutions across disciplines.
Service Overview
At Engineering Design Services, our SmartPlant services provide advanced, model-based engineering solutions that connect design data across disciplines into a single, intelligent environment. We leverage the SmartPlant suite to improve how projects are designed, coordinated, and delivered, reducing errors, improving consistency, and enabling better decision-making throughout the project lifecycle.
Our team works across SmartPlant applications such as SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant Electrical, and 3D modeling platforms to ensure seamless integration between process, instrumentation, electrical, and mechanical disciplines.
From concept through detailed design and as-built documentation, we ensure all engineering data remains connected, traceable, and consistent.
By combining engineering expertise with digital design tools, we deliver SmartPlant-based solutions that reduce rework, improve coordination, and support long-term facility operations.
Whether supporting new capital projects, facility expansions, or digital transformation initiatives, our team delivers SmartPlant solutions built for accuracy, efficiency, and lifecycle reliability.
Engineering Challenge We Solve
Traditional document-based workflows can lead to disconnected data, design inconsistencies, and costly rework across disciplines. Our approach addresses these challenges by:
Improving Data Consistency: Maintaining a single, integrated source of engineering truth.
Reducing Rework: Eliminating mismatches between drawings, databases, and field conditions.
Enhancing Coordination: Connecting process, instrumentation, electrical, and mechanical design data.
Supporting Lifecycle Management: Enabling smoother handover to operations and maintenance.
Increasing Project Efficiency: Streamlining updates, revisions, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Core Capabilities
Our team provides comprehensive SmartPlant-based engineering support across all project phases:
• Intelligent P&ID Development (SPPID): Data-rich process and instrumentation diagrams.
• Instrumentation Database Management (SPI): Structured instrument indexing, loops, and datasheets.
• Electrical Design Integration (SPEL): One-lines, load lists, cable schedules, and equipment data.
• Data-Centric Engineering Workflows: Centralized management of tags, equipment, and relationships.
• As-Built Digital Model Updates: Maintaining accurate, real-world facility representation.
• Cross-Discipline Model Coordination: Alignment between piping, electrical, instrumentation, and process systems.
Advanced Tools & Technical Expertise
We apply structured digital engineering practices to ensure high-quality deliverables:
SmartPlant Suite Expertise: Integrated use of interconnected engineering applications.
Data Integrity Management: Controlled revisions and structured engineering databases.
Industry Standards: Alignment with ISA, IEC, API, and client-specific requirements.
Model-Based Design Coordination: Reduced conflicts through connected engineering data.
Digital Transformation Focus: Transitioning projects from document-based to data-driven workflows.
Industries We Support
Our SmartPlant services support industries where complex systems require high coordination and accuracy:
Petrochemicals: Refineries, chemical plants, and process facilities with large integrated systems.
Energy: Oil & gas production, LNG facilities, and power generation systems.
Sustainable Infrastructure: Hydrogen production, carbon capture, and renewable energy facilities.
Industrial Manufacturing: Complex manufacturing and utility systems.
Themed Entertainment: Behind-the-scenes infrastructure and facility systems.
Aerospace: Test facilities, ground support systems, and advanced engineering environments.
Deliverables
We provide clear, structured outputs to support design, construction, and operations:
SmartPlant Database Deliverables: Integrated engineering data across disciplines.
Intelligent P&IDs (SPPID): Data-driven process and instrumentation diagrams.
Instrumentation Data Systems (SPI): Instrument indexes, loops, and datasheets.
Electrical System Data (SPEL): One-lines, load lists, and cable schedules.
As-Built SmartPlant Models: Verified digital representation of installed systems.
Cross-Referenced Engineering Data Sets: Unified project data across all disciplines.
Electrical & Instrumentation experience
Engineering Design Services support industrial facilities and infrastructure projects requiring reliable, code-compliant, and performance-driven power, controls, and automation solutions. Our experience includes facility upgrades, power distribution systems, control panel design, instrumentation integration, and utility coordination across a wide range of industrial environments. We focus on ensuring safe, efficient, and scalable electrical and control systems that support both operational performance and long-term reliability.
Pressure Vessel Design
Petrochemicals
Engineering support was provided for a large-scale LPG fractionation facility in South Texas, including the design of bullet tanks exceeding 150 feet in length.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Partner With an Expert
From intelligent design development to fully integrated engineering databases, EDS delivers SmartPlant solutions that improve coordination, reduce risk, and enhance project execution.
Contact us today to modernize your engineering workflow with data-driven, connected design tools.