Proven Results: BioTech
Delivering Lifesaving Therapies on Time
Delivering Lifesaving Therapies on Time
A large US biotech company built a greenfield campus with a goal to deliver critical therapies to patients. The project required expertise and innovation.
Hoping to avoid a potential single point of failure and mitigate schedule risks, the project team contracted multiple engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) companies and design firms. Although addressing some concerns, this method did not eliminate bottleneck issues or multiple vendor priorities.
While driving the schedule to meet demands, the project team witnessed large scope changes. In addition, multiple EPCs and design firms presented competing priorities.
Emerson was chosen for the distributed control system (DCS) scope including DeltaV™ DCS hardware and software for over 18,000 IO. Emerson also acted as the main instrument vendor (MIV) for 30,000 instruments and delivered more than 1,300 panels.
Emerson hit the ground running. Close collaboration and open communication were applied meticulously in all meetings and interactions.
The project team leveraged Emerson’s remote virtual office (RVO) cloud engineering to create a virtual space in which vendor and customer experts from six locations and five time zones could perform engineering tasks on the shared project databases.
The project leaders needed to drive compliance, consistency, and delivery of over 30,000 instruments and valves from approximately 50 manufacturers. To overcome schedule risks, teams designed and implemented the solutions in parallel.
While the Emerson DCS team rapidly ramped up the team from 10 members to more than 60, the MIV team grew from 15 to over 35 to quote, procure, and test thousands of instruments simultaneously.
By creating detailed software standards at the start of the project, the overall system design was consistent and saved significant time when changes happened later. In addition, prototypes of significant areas — such as clean in place and path management — instilled confidence for the detailed design and allowed team members to understand the design and how it would work.
Thanks to team cohesion and Emerson span of expertise, the project met the tight schedule and requirements.
