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 dollars…
DetailsWhen 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…
DetailsBy 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…
DetailsWWEMA 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…
Detailsby Tom York, Vice President of Strategic Projects (Editor’s Note: Tom has 4 decades of experience in project engineering, plant engineering and maintenance management, and executive management of system integration and construction implementation for design-build projects.) One of the major challenges project owners face when selecting a firm to execute their project is judging the…
Detailsby Christopher Coleman More than ten years ago, we remodeled and upgraded the presentation technologies of our training facility to allow more effective learning experiences for both internal training of employees and training done for clients. And it was great…at the time. Technologies have advanced, and the company has grown to almost 200 employees spread…
Detailsby Greg Graves Imagine: You are the operations manager for a utility with multiple plant locations connected by a network system with a variety of configurations. A new managed switch is installed at one of the plants, and PLCs at another plant location immediately fault, causing process operational issues. Could this have been prevented? In…
Detailsby Andrew Green (Editor’s note: We have published numerous posts on this important and popular subject in the past, including water-energy co-dependence, the water-energy nexus, and the effects on your plant. We’d love to hear about your plant’s successes in reducing energy consumption and/or improving energy recovery. Send your story to revere@reverecontrol.com or use the Contact Us function on this…
DetailsOur followers in Alabama have undoubtedly heard or read about Governor Bentley’s proposed prison reform plan. But this is not a blog about prison reform, or the Governor, or any other political aspect of the proposal. This is a blog about design-build. The reason for opening with the Governor’s plan is that some of the…
Detailsby Rod Smith In the past, control system selection between PLC and DCS platforms was generally done according to the application specifics, mostly involving digital (on/off) and continuous (4-20ma) processes. In some cases, it was the difference in programming expertise at the plant (ladder logic or function blocks). Today, PLC systems and DCS systems play…
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