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Life Cycle Asset Information Management and International Standards - an Owner / Operator's Perspective

Presentation:  
Cycle Asset Information Management and International Standards – an O/O Perspective

In 2004, TJSB decided to implement a world-class lifecycle asset information management process and system (LCAIM). The main objective of this implementation was to ensure the availability of all information, in the form of structured data, required for quick decision-making in operation and maintenance. In order to evaluate the methods and tools to use, TJSB first launched a pilot project at the Lumut Power Plant, located on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

TJSB was able to restore a major part of engineering data and plant documentation through this pilot project. To achieve the desired result, all information was consolidated inside a state-of-the-art engineering environment, which TJSB then linked to both the plant control system and their SAP-based maintenance management system.

As a basis for streamlining the information-gathering and consolidation processes, TJSB employed international standards, particularly the ISO 15926 Reference Data Library and the IEC 61355, to classify the O&M documents. Due to the huge success of this pilot project, Malakoff Berhad / TJSB have decided to implement a complete LCAIM approach in one of their new projects, viz., the Tanjung Bin 3x700 MW coal-fired power plant located in southernmost part of Malaysia, opposite Singapore.

For this project, the NIST Capital Facilities Information Handover Guide (CFIHG) was used in addition to the tools and methods developed for the Lumut Power Plant. The first part of this presentation will focus on the very first successful example of using these standards in the electricity supply industry. The presentation will highlight the benefits that accrue to the users of LCAIM. It will focus on the importance of establishing LCAIM early in the EPC phase to achieve best results. Specifically, TJSB will explain how it runs an engineering environment side-by-side with its EPC contractor to minimize information erosion during the project, before the actual hand-over of the plant.

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