Burns & McDonnell
Burns & McDonnell improves project collaboration with AVEVA Asset Information Management
Burns & McDonnell, a global engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm with more than 120 years of experience, works across a wide variety of industries where every capital project involves a complex ecosystem of partners. The organization needed to bring its project data, documents and models, previously scattered across different sites and platforms, into a common location fully accessible to teams. To meet this need, project manager Joe Puglisi led the deployment of AVEVA Asset Information Management to improve data integration and cross-discipline collaboration. Visualizing information through a common user interface simplifies access and saves significant time every day for engineers and field teams alike. Bringing project data together in a single place also streamlines handovers between phases, safeguarding the quality of deliverables and accelerating the execution of the capital projects entrusted to the firm.
FAQ
How does AVEVA Asset Information Management streamline EPC projects at Burns & McDonnell?
Burns & McDonnell, a global EPC firm with 120 years of experience, deploys AVEVA Asset Information Management to bring project data, documents and models together in a common location. Visualization through a single user interface simplifies access and saves significant time every day. Bringing data together in one place streamlines handovers between phases (engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning), secures deliverable quality and accelerates the execution of the capital projects entrusted to the firm.
Why is centralizing EPC project data strategic?
An EPC project involves dozens of disciplines and partners, each producing its own data, documents and models. Fragmentation creates major inefficiencies: duplication, errors, transmission delays and laborious handovers between phases. AVEVA Asset Information Management gives Burns & McDonnell a single repository where all this information converges and remains accessible to all authorized stakeholders. This centralization speeds up collaboration and reduces technical and financial risks on complex capital projects.
How does a common user interface improve engineer productivity?
AVEVA Asset Information Management provides a common user interface that brings together in a single tool project data previously scattered across disparate systems. For Burns & McDonnell's engineers and field teams, this consolidation eliminates time wasted searching for information and speeds up decision-making. The daily time savings, multiplied by the number of users and the length of the project, represent a significant ROI on the AVEVA investment and on the overall profitability of EPC contracts.
How does AVEVA facilitate handovers between phases of a capital project?
Handovers between phases (concept, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, operations) are critical moments when information can be lost or degraded. At Burns & McDonnell, AVEVA Asset Information Management ensures digital continuity by keeping all project data in a durable repository. Each phase inherits the previous deliverables with their full context, securing the quality of transitions and preserving traceability through to handover to the end client. This is a major asset in delivering capital-intensive projects.
Why is multidisciplinary collaboration at the heart of capital projects?
A capital project involves mechanical, electrical, automation, civil engineering, procurement, logistics and operations. The quality of collaboration between these disciplines directly determines the cost, schedule and quality of the final deliverable. AVEVA Asset Information Management provides Burns & McDonnell with the common platform this collaboration requires, where each expert contributes and accesses the work of others. This seamless collaboration is becoming a major differentiator in the global EPC competition for large industrial projects.