Month: May 2017

Path to Modernization, Part 2

Last summer, we posted The Path to Modernization, Part 1 as a recap of our seminar on plant modernization. It was one of our most popular posts and continues to receive traffic many months later. Control system modernization is a subject that draws a lot of interest and with good reason. There are still billions of…
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Kazakhstan: You Can’t Get There From Here

When you make a list of the most remote places on Earth, Kazakhstan ranks up there. So when we took on a project where the end-user’s location was Kazakhstan, we knew the remoteness was going to be one of the challenges we would face in completing the project successfully. Project Engineer Chris Davis made two…
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Automation EPC, Part 2

By Greg Graves Part one addressed a definition/overview of the term, automation EPC (engineer-procure-construct) focused on the technical capabilities of our company and other large-scale automation firms: professional services, system integration, network & cyber security, electrical & instrumentation construction services, and field service support, to name a few.  These are the things we do. Based on the popularity…
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Best Take-Aways From WWEMA Conference

WWEMA Conference Take-Aways The annual WWEMA (Water & Wastewater Equipment Manufacturers Association) Conference, held the last week of March, once again was incredibly informative. The number one issue raised and addressed at the conference centered on getting new technologies accepted by the plant owners in the industry. This subject is not new. It’s been discussed…
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