Pre-Construction Services

Project Planning

Pre-Construction Design Phase

VIC'S can assist owners, architects and engineers with project planning and site arrangment drawings to clarify heavy lift and heavy haul requirements early in the project feasibility studies, as well as through the design phase. VIC'S can provide 3D models of most commercially available cranes and heavy haul/lifting equipment for incorporation into the clients' 3D project model. If required, VIC'S can also quickly model foundations and plant equipment from the clients' drawings or import a clients' PDS model into our software. These preliminary models can help identify impact concerning:

• Project general arrangement and equipment location
• Impact to construction schedules due to large crane location during equipment erection
• Project traffic and heavy haul routes
• Laydown and warehousing requirements

Individual Project/Outage Planning

VIC'S can help our clients with the planning of upcoming projects or outages by providing detailed 3D models of any proposed lifts. These models can be integrated with 3D laser scans to show exact relationships between complex plant equipment and VIC'S lifting equipment. Typical details include, and are not limited to:

• Lift plans
• Equipment location plans
• Heavy haul routes
• Potential interferance details
• Schedule

Model created for one of VIC'S clients, showing the stages of HRSG tube bundle installation. The plan and model view show the area required for cranes, the transportation plan for the HRSG tube bundles and how the main crane and tailing crane will work together to raise the load. The model was created early in the design phase of the project and gave the A/E (architect/engineer) the opportunity to adjust the foundation and equipment arrangements to allow for better crane access around the HRSG well before construction began. The models also gave schedulers a better idea of where the heavy lift equipment would be located and for how long, allowing them to incorporate the crane plan into the preliminary project schedules. VIC'S also provided a maintenance review for the project providing preliminary lift plans and crane selection/location for heavy lift maintenance items such as turbine rotor removal, generator rotor removal and SCR catalyst placement.

Specialized Software

All of VIC'S lift plan detail drawings can be exported to a 3D PDF format. These files can be opened by anyone with an Adobe Acrobat reader, and allow the viewer to rotate, zoom and pan around the model.

For critical lifts or applications where a large amount of detail is required, VIC'S can incorporate laser scans into any of our models. These laser scans provide a method of taking a 'digital picture' of an area. Every pixel of this scan has x, y and z coordinates georeferenced to the plant coordinates. Pipes, valves, foundations, equipment and structures can be quickly scanned into a file and incorporated into VIC'S crane plan. These scans provide a very high level of accuracy and a clear picture of where the heavy lift equipment will be in relation to plant equipment.

VIC'S engineers utilize the following variety of programs to provide the best service the industry has to offer:

• AutoCAD
• SolidWorks
• Microstation
• Navis Works
• Cloudworks
• Cyclone
• Primavera P3
• Microsoft Project
• 3D PDFs

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Certain critical lift applications, such as maintenance projects in operating refineries, require extremely accurate lift plans to ensure that no operating equipment will be in the path of suspended loads and that there is adequate safe clearance between the crane components and refinery equipment. VIC'S untilizes high-definition laser scanning (HDS) to created a detailed, geo-referenced picture of the project area. Utilizing cloud point file software, VIC'S can import the laser scan into our lift planning software to provide a detailed and extremely accurate model of the project area, including cranes, construction equipment, handrails, light poles, valves, pipes and other possible obstacles.

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