Brochure - Industrial Automation Exchange

For more information on O’Brien & Gere’s
Control Systems Integration,
please contact:
info@obg.com
or visit:
www.obg.com/csi
Control Systems Integration
O’Brien & Gere is an employee-owned
engineering and project delivery company with
over 850 scientists, engineers, construction,
and operations personnel located in 30 offices
across the U.S. With a 65-year history of applying
technology and innovation, O’Brien & Gere is
a leader in providing energy, environmental,
water, and facilities solutions. O’Brien & Gere’s
integrated 360° life-cycle delivery model
reduces project cycle time and creates value for
its public and private sector clients.
Control System Design
Assembly & Fabrication
Field Installation
PLC & HMI Programming
Start-up & Commissioning
Enterprise Information Management
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Control System Design
Assembly & Fabrication
•• Intelligent Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
•• Panel fabrication
•• Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) (ISA - S84)
•• Hardware/software selection
•• Modular software design (ISA - S88)
•• Specifications and bid documents
Providing timely and relevant information in a usable
format is critical to clients within every market sector.
Whether production or downtime reporting, weight
control, reject counts, or real time WIP, O’Brien & Gere
can assist with making this information available to
clients via their own control system. O’Brien & Gere
can also help with refining critical information and
making it accessible to those most in need.
As illustrated in the life-cycle model, O’Brien & Gere provides services
through all phases of a project — from initial concept to project
completion. Capitalizing on an extensive history of engineering and
construction experience, O’Brien & Gere has been able to solve a variety of
client concerns that have arisen during the course of completing a project.
The ability to identify and address these issues before they become
problems is what sets O’Brien & Gere apart from other system integrators.
•• Project management
•• Environmental
•• Accounting supply chain
For over 20 years, O’Brien & Gere has been supplying systems
integration services to clients as part of its product portfolio.
By maintaining direct client relationships during and following
project completion, O’Brien & Gere’s system integrators, process
engineers, scientists, construction managers, and operations and
maintenance (O&M) personnel can consistently provide clients with
measurable value engineering solutions.
360° Engineering & Project Delivery Solutions for Control Systems Integration
Field Installation
PLC Programming
HMI Systems
•• Updating of legacy systems
•• Stand-alone to
distributed systems
•• Well documented programming
−− UL listed
−− Clean and well organized
•• Multiple programming formats
−− Fully-documented
−− Fully-tested
−− Ladder
•• Custom component development
−− Structured text
−− Function blocks
•• Machine / system assembly
•• Process-specific instrument •• Integrating Original selection
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) components
•• Control panel design
•• Process sequence of operation
Why O’Brien & Gere?
•• Quality assurance applications
PLC Programming
& H M I Sy s te m s
•• Define control system requirements
Business Benefits
Using approaches such as web technology,
O’Brien & Gere can help clients in areas such as:
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−− Sequential function charts
•• Self perform
•• Subcontract and supervise
•• Start-up, check out
•• Instrument calibration
•• Troubleshooting
•• Process simulations
•• Motion control
•• Multiple platforms
−− Rockwell
−− General Electric
−− Modicon
−− Siemens / TI
−− Honeywell
−− Others
Start-Up & Commissioning Enterprise Information Management
•• Reporting
−− Web-based (Java /HTML)
•• Links to external files
(drawings, specs, statement of objectives)
−− XL Reporter
−− Crystal reports
−− Custom VB, C/C++
•• Clearly animated process control screens
−− Graphic-based
•• Historical trending
•• Multiple platforms
−− RSView 32/SE
−− iHistorian
−− Lookout
−− Pi
−− WonderWare
•• Program planning
−− RSHistorian
−− Citect
•• Development of system testing procedures
−− Cimplicity
•• Process certification
−− Microsoft SQL
−− Factory Link
•• Complete acceptance testing
−− Microsoft Access
•• Validation
−− Oracle
−− iFIX/FIX32
−− Iconics
•• Multi-server / multi-client
•• Web-based
•• Upgrades and conversions
•• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™)
•• System turnover preparation
•• Data storage
−− Microsoft Excel
−− MySQL
•• Business application
−− Factory talk
−− Intellution
•• Field and process information
•• Downtime / production reporting
•• QA/QC, WIP monitoring