COADE announced today the publication of a new Case History from TEPSCO on the installation of a chilled water extension to accommodate a 26-floor medical facility at the Texas Medical Center (TMC) near downtown Houston, one of the largest medical centers in the world. This challenging project required hot-tapping into the municipal 48-inch supply and return lines, working in a maze of existing infrastructure and underground utilities, all without disrupting operations of major hospitals, universities and research institutions in the TMC complex.
For this challenging project, TEPSCO elected to use CADWorx fieldPipe, which allowed them to capture site information using the laser accuracy of the Leica Geosystems Total Station to produce accurate and complete piping drawings without the operator leaving the site. The result was an estimated 50% reduction in the time that would have been required without CADWorx fieldPipe. "Using this tool really cut down the man-hours and time, saving all parties unnecessary expenses," explained Homero Garcia, the program manager for TEPSCO's District Energy Group, who was overseeing the project. This and other Case History articles can be found at www.coade.com.
About TEPSCO
TEPSCO, headquartered in Deer Park, Texas, is a full-service general contractor serving the nation's energy and heavy process industries and offering a full spectrum of civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation services necessary to build, operate, and maintain complex facilities and infrastructures. Information on the company is at www.tepsco.com.
About COADE
COADE, Inc. is a provider of software for multiple plant design and engineering disciplines. COADE's aims are that design and engineering should share relevant information seamlessly, thereby maintaining accuracy and improving efficiency. COADE's product line conforms to those goals and includes: CAESAR II, the world's most widely used pipe stress analysis software; PV Elite for pressure vessel and heat exchanger design and analysis; CADWorx Plant Design Suite for intelligent plant design modeling, process schematics and automatic production of plant design deliverables; and TANK for the design and analysis of oil storage tanks. COADE, CAESAR II, CADWorx, PVElite, CodeCalc and TANK are registered trademarks or trademarks of COADE, Inc. For more information, visit www.coade.com.