Tepsco Reduces Costs on Cooling System Expansion Using CADWorx fieldPipe.HOUSTON -- COADE announced today that Tepsco, a Houston-based engineering and contracting firm, completed a major cooling system cooling system: see air conditioning; internal-combustion engine; refrigeration. cooling system Apparatus used to keep the temperature of a structure or device from exceeding limits imposed by needs of safety and efficiency. expansion for a large hospital located in Houston's Texas Medical Center district. Tepsco used CADWorx fieldPipe to deliver savings in time and labor plus increased accuracy when compared to conventional approaches. The cooling system for the 13-story project required tapping into the existing municipal/district chilled water system for the expansion's HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) In the home or small office with a handful of computers, HVAC is more for human comfort than the machines. In large datacenters, a humidity-free room with a steady, cool temperature is essential for the trouble-free system. The expansion required substantial ground excavation yet had to be added without affecting or shutting down the Texas Medical Center's 13 hospitals and 45 research facilities, the largest such complex in the world, providing five million patient visits per year. CADWorx fieldPipe, the revolutionary product co-developed by COADE and Leica Geosystems Leica Geosystems (formerly known as Wild Heerbrugg or just Wild) based in eastern Switzerland produces products and systems for surveying and geographical measurement (geomatics). , draws on the power and accuracy of the Leica Total Station's laser measurement system to accurately capture dimensional information and produce intelligent as-built models of the existing plant piping and facilities, all without leaving the site. "CADWorx fieldPipe reduced our fieldwork time, and the hot-tap points were so accurate, that we also reduced the duration of rental needed for a 10-ton temporary refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. unit and related work that would have typically been required under the old methods, all of which saves money for our client," explained Homero Garcia, the program manager at Tepsco. "The accuracy of CADWorx fieldPipe also meant that shop fabricated spools were so accurate, all we had to do was bolt them in place once they were delivered to the site, virtually eliminating field fit work," Garcia concluded. About COADE COADE, Inc. is a provider of plant engineering and design 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
A cylindrical or spherical metal container capable of withstanding pressures exerted by the material enclosed. Pressure vessels are important because many liquids and gases must be stored under high pressure. and heat exchanger heat exchanger Any of several devices that transfer heat from a hot to a cold fluid. In many engineering applications, one fluid needs to be heated and another cooled, a requirement economically accomplished by a 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. For more information, visit www.coade.com. COADE, CAESAR II, CADWorx, PVElite, CodeCalc and TANK are registered trademarks or trademarks of COADE, Inc. About Tepsco Headquartered in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , Tepsco is a full-service general contractor A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. serving the nation's energy and heavy process industries. The company offers the full spectrum of civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation services necessary to build, operate, and maintain these complex facilities and infrastructures. For more information, visit www.tepsco.com. |
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