InterPlan Re-Opens

InterPlan Systems will resume operations (closed due to Hurricane Rita) on Monday, September 26. Hurricane Rita made landfall to east of Houston and spared us the worst part of the storm. Our best wishes go out to east Texas and Louisiana which were not so fortunate.

InterPlan Closes Doors for a Few Days for Hurricane Rita

InterPlan will be closed for the next few days in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Rita. We expect to resume operations again early next week.

ATC Professional Update Available from New Download Repository

InterPlan Systems has created a new download repository for ATC Professional clients to obtain the latest ATC Professional maintenance releases and updates. Clients who missed their announcement e-mail should contact InterPlan today for their account log-in and password.

InterPlan has also released a new maintenance update for ATC Professional fixing a couple of minor issues and including a new Work Order Logic Template report.

eTaskMaker Module Updates for August

InterPlan Systems has released the following updated eTaskMaker estimating modules:

• Boiler – ABCO Volcano Type (Rev.3) – (updated) Tasks have been added to include/exclude stress relieving, hardness testing, and Government and/or Insurance Company inspections.
• Control Valves (Rev.5) – (updated) This revision includes better definition of scaffolding requirements, better definition of shop servicing, and updated craft assignments.
• Desalters (Rev.3) – (updated) This revision includes adding resources and default duration formulas for structural and electrical repairs.
• Heat Exchangers – Double Pipe (Rev.3) – (updated) PDM schedule logic was updated.
• Level Glass Assembly (Rev.2) – (updated) Minor revision includes updated resource assignments.
• Reactors (Rev.5) – (updated) Minor revision includes updated resource assignments.
• Reactors – Unifiner (Rev.1) – (updated) Minor revision includes updated resource assignments.
• Vessel Cladding Repairs (Rev.2) – (updated) Minor revision removed two unnecessary variable blocks.

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

Free Seminar Schedule for 2005

Our most recent seminar showing how to use the eTaskMaker Wizard, eTaskMaker Module Editor and cost reports available through the ATC Professional demo was well received by attendees from Total Petrochemicals, Bay Ltd., Air Products and Chemicals, Rohm and Haas and Mundy.

If you are interested in attending a free eTaskMaker seminar in 2005, you should contact us now to request a seminar. We will announce any future free seminars for 2005 based upon industry interest.

The seminars are held at the Houston Business Roundtable’s training facility across from Houston’s Hobby Airport. They start at 9:00am and usually run until Noon.

Conceptual Cost Estimator Price Reduction

Effective immediately, InterPlan Systems has reduced the costs for licensing the Conceptual Cost Estimator. It has never been easier for professional estimators to utilize Joh Page’s expertise as published in The Conceptual Cost Estimating Manual.

For details on the new licensing plan, please review the CCE schedule of fees from the on-line order page.

New and Updated eTaskMaker Modules Available

InterPlan Systems has released new and updated eTaskMaker estimating modules:

• Desalter Feed Water Drum (Rev.1) – (updated) Major overhaul includes additional details, improved estimating
  formulas and adjusted resource assignments.
• Drums (Rev. 5) – (updated) – Updated definition/estimates for scaffolding and blinding.
• Electric Motor Overhaul – (new) – Covers typical shop maintenance during turnarounds.
• Fired Heater Tubes Decoking – (new) – Includes scenarios for water jetting or turbining.
• Furnace – Open and Close (Rev. 2) – (updated) – Updated scaffolding estimates.
• Furnace Radiant Section Refractory Repairs (Rev. 1) – (updated) – Updated definition/estimates for refractory repairs.
• Heat Exchangers – Floating Head (Rev. 4) – (updated) – Major update includes new options for pulling the bundle with steam, and air/eddy current/visual inspection of the bundle.
• Heat Exchangers – U-Tube (Rev. 7) – (updated) – Major update includes new options for pulling the bundle with steam, and air/eddy current/visual inspection of the bundle.
• High Temperature Shift Converter (Rev. 1) – (updated) – Major update including new scenarios and improved estimating formulas.
• Level Controller (Rev. 2) – (updated) – Updated the PDM schedule logic for exported tasks.
• Orifice Flanges – (new) – Replace orifice flanges in a line.
• Orifice Plates (Rev. 4) – (updated) – Minor updates to the definition/estimates.
• Pipe – Field Erection (Rev. 2) – (updated) – Updated welding estimates for different metallurgies.
• Reactors (Rev. 4) – (updated) – Major overhaul includes updated schedule logic, scaffolding options, estimating formulas and modularization.
• Reformer Furnace – Catalyst Tubes Pigtails Renewal – (new) – Just what the name implies.
• Strainers (Rev. 1) – (updated) – Includes options for including/excluding blinding and updated estimating formulas.
• Tanks (Rev. 3) – (updated) – Major revision includes different methods of inspecting the tank floor and floor seams, updated cleaning and repair estimates.
• Thermowells – (new) – Replacement of thermocouple and thermowell.
• Towers (Rev. 7) – (updated) – Minor update to crew assignments.
• Vessel Cladding Repairs (Rev. 1) – (updated) – Updated definition/estimates.
• Vessel Demisting Pads (Rev. 2) – (updated) – Updated task descriptions and crew assignments.
• Vessel Erection (Rev. 3) – (updated) – Major revision incorporates most major components of a process vessel, better definition of scaffolding, and improved duration formulas.
• Waste Heat Boiler (Rev. 1) – (updated) – Major revision includes more scenarios and better scope definition.

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

eTaskMaker Module Updates

InterPlan Systems has released two updated eTaskMaker estimating modules:

• Foundations – Concrete (Rev. 6) – (updated) Now allows for removal of both electrical and piping underground obstacles.
• Block Valves – Bolted (Rev. 6) – (updated) – Enhanced definition of scaffolding requirements.

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

Free Seminar Scheduled for August 25

Our most recent seminar was well received by attendees from AccuraTech, Frontier Refining, Lyondell-Citgo Refining LP and Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC. The session was video taped and should be available to the public soon (look for details to be announced here).

The next scheduled free eTaskMaker seminar is set for Thursday, August 25th. The seminar will show how to use the eTaskMaker Wizard, eTaskMaker Module Editor and cost reports available through the ATC Professional demo.

It will be held at the Houston Business Roundtable’s training facility across from Houston’s Hobby Airport. Attendance is free, but pre-registration is required to guarantee a seat. Sign up today! We hope to see you there.

Tower Tray Power Planning Tips

We have posted the second in a series of power planning tips (see the Heat Exchanger Power Planning Tip if you missed last month’s installment) for the eTaskMaker project planning system to the client file repository. This month, the planning tips cover scoping tray repairs for a tower. The tips are available now for eTaskMaker clients.