McDermott: Trends in Offshore Oil & Gas - GineersNow GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue No. 021, McD | Page 29

The vision is to have engineering totally
digital, so that only data is exchanged.
“All that is really required in engineering
is to exchange data, so we will remove
the barriers between disciplines, offices
and time zones, so that engineering is a
seamless process which delivers quality,
safety and the product that the client is
looking for.”
A major effort is to break down engineering
silos that can’t share data easily with one
another. “What we are trying to do is
marry our 3D model, which we build for
all facilities, with a database management
system. Instead of managing projects by
documents, we will manage projects by
data. Like a project lifecyle management
(PLM) system used in a manufacturing
environment to build cars or widgets, we
are using a PLM to manage information
and what is unique with what we are doing
compared to what the industry does today
is to marry the disparate software packages
we use with a 3D model with a data focused
PLM system.”
Rather than shifting documents around,
McDermott is focused on better managing
data using a new software platform, based
on Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE
platform that is expected to improve
efficiency and productivity throughout
the lifecycle for McDermott’s global EPCI
projects.
The platform will enable McDermott to
digitize and standardize its processes,
driving down costs by eliminating legacy
systems and simplifying work processes
into a single integrated, software-agnostic
engineering platform. The new platform
will enable customized project lifecycle
management for subsea and offshore energy
projects.
With an integrated approach from project
inception to decommissioning for life of
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