InterPlan Systems News

eTaskMaker Module Updates for October

Many eTaskMaker estimating modules created and/or revised for this update contain productivity adjustment factors. There are now four (4) different kind of productivity (loss) adjustments possible:

  • UNIT ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD CONDITIONS – Productivity adjustments can be made for work in a process unit where environmental hazard conditions require extreme safety measures such as the wearing of protective gear, SCBA, etc.
  • HEAT STRESS – Heat stress, usually occurring in confined spaces such as inside vessels, towers, etc. (unless they have been air-conditioned or sufficiently ventilated). Also, high humidity combined with high temperatures contributes to make the enclosed work space uncomfortable, and therefore conducive to productivity impacts. The heat stress productivity factor adjustment only influences the task durations, for internal vessel work. Work that occurs outside the vessel are not affected.
  • PRODUCTIVITY LOSS – Productivity loss, associated with insufficient worker’s training and/or experience, can be adjusted for certain key crafts. Key crafts are those that directly affect the execution of some work. Typical key crafts include Boilermakers, Pipefitters, Mechanics, Welders (even though it may be possible to adjust the productivity factor for other crafts, such as Insulators, for instance, where this craft is the main workforce in charge of a particular task).
  • GLOBAL PRODUCTIVITY ADJUSTMENT – This is the option built in to the eTaskMaker software and is available for all modules. A global productivity adjustment affecting all tasks can be made after the estimate has been completed and is ready for export.

InterPlan Systems has released the following new and updated eTaskMaker estimating modules:

  • Agitators (Rev. 6) – (updated)
  • Air Coolers (Rev. 7) – (updated)
  • Block Valves – Bolted (Rev. 16) – (updated)
  • Block Valves – Welded (Rev. 16) – (updated)
  • Blowers (Rev. 5) – (updated)
  • Boiler ABCO Volcano Type (Rev. 5) – (updated)
  • Butterfly Valves (Rev. 5) – (updated)
  • Centrifuge (Rev. 2) – (updated)
  • Check Valves (Rev. 1) – (updated)
  • Coke Drum (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Compressor (Rev. 2) – (updated)
  • Cooper Type Compressor Cylinder (Rev. 2) – (updated)
  • Crude Furnace (Rev. 5) – (updated) Includes better definition of tube metallurgy (repair factors) for improved repair durations.
  • Deaerator (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Desalter Feed Water Drum (Rev. 6) – (updated)
  • Desalters (Rev. 8) – (updated)
  • Drum Erection (Rev. 2) – (updated)
  • Drums (Rev. 13) – (updated)
  • Ejectors (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Expansion Joint (Rev. 1) – (updated)
  • F.C.C. Reactor (Rev. 5) – (updated)
  • F.C.C. Reactor Riser Replacement (Rev. 2) – (updated)
  • F.C.C. Regenerator (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • F.C.C. Regenerator Flue Gas Line Repairs (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • F.C.C. Regenerator Standpipe Repairs (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • F.C.C. Trickle Valves (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Flanges (BM) (Rev. 6) – (updated)
  • Flanges (PF) (Rev. 6) – (updated)
  • Furnace – Blower (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Furnace – Open and Close (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Furnace – Stack Damper (Rev. 2) – (updated)
  • Furnace – Stack Repairs (Rev. 1) – (updated)
  • Furnace Convection Section Cleaning (Rev. 2) – (updated)
  • Furnace Radiant Section Refractory Repairs (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Furnace Steam Coil Replacement (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Heat Exchanger Bundle Tubesheet Cladding (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Heat Exchangers – Double Pipe (Rev. 7) – (updated)
  • Heat Exchangers – U-Tubes (Rev. 17) – (updated)
  • High Temperature Shift Converter (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Hot Taps (Rev. 3) – (updated) Includes better definition for type of heat tracing (removal/reinstallation).
  • Motor Operated Valves (M.O.V.s) (Rev. 6) – (updated)
  • NH3 Process Compressor (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Nozzle Installation on Vessel (Rev. 7) – (updated)
  • Nozzle Replacement on Drum (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Nozzles – Snuffing Steam (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Pipe – Field Erection (Rev. 9) – (updated)
  • Pipe – Shop Fabrication (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Pipe – Small Bore (Threaded) Field Erection (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Pipe Clamps (Rev. 1) – (updated)
  • Pipe Insulation – Calcium Silicate (Rev. 2) – (updated)
  • Piping Demolition (Under Ground) (Rev. 5) – (updated)
  • Piping (Erection Underground) Carbon Steel (Rev. 7) – (updated)
  • Piping Demolition (Above Ground) (Rev. 1) – (updated)
  • Pumps – Centrifugal (Rev. 8) – (updated)
  • Reactor – Alkylation (Rev. 5) – (updated)
  • Reactor – Unifiner (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Reactor Catalyst Change (Rev. 6) – (updated)
  • Reactors (Rev. 9) – (updated)
  • Safety Valves (PSVs) (Rev. 5) – (updated) Includes an option to paint the horn.
  • Slide Valves (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Steam Traps (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Strainers (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Tank – External Wall (Rev. 3) – (updated)
  • Tank Roof Repairs (Rev. 4) – (updated)
  • Tanks (Rev. 9) – (updated)
  • Towers (Rev. 13) – (updated)
  • Turbine Gearbox Fan Bearings (Rev. 1) – (updated)
  • Turbine, Steam – Murray (Rev. 2) – (updated)
  • Waste Heat Boiler (Rev. 4) – (updated)

eTaskMaker clients may now download the updates from our downloads repository.