George Tolpa

George Tolpa, PE

George Tolpa has 30 years of experience in petrochemical, marine and power plant design and construction, and 22 years of experience in the use of 2D and 3D applications for process, mechanical and structural design. Mr. Tolpa was the manager of engineering systems with Air Liquide Process and Construction, where he was responsible for engineering and business computing. After a disabling motor vehicle accident in 2001 Mr. Tolpa continues to invent and innovate building on knowledge of advanced 3-D, engineering, ERP and fabrication automation systems. Assignments have included both engineering and piping discipline lead responsibilities. In a process safety assessment role, Mr. Tolpa was responsible for the safety, reliability and performance assessment of real-time computer-controlled systems and instrumentation. Mr. Tolpa graduated from the University of Toronto and holds an M.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Waterloo. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas and the Province of Ontario.

Abstract

Simple, Practical, Cheap Solutions to Overcome Challenges and Obstacles to Lower Cost
Engineering companies high levels of integration and expensive systems are not the magic that deliver projects that are fast and easy to execute. This presentation looks at the powerful combination of as-built visualization, 3-D modeling, PLM, and ERP systems overlooked by many, to deliver remarkable, immediate, quality, cost and schedule savings to fabrication projects.

The presentation will provide simple, practical examples that, with a minimum of integration and effort, reuse engineering and as-built data, producing numerical data to automate fabrication. A step by step solution process shows how same digital fingerprints found in engineering drawings, can be put on inquires, transmittals, the owners and contractors record, production status & tracking, quality data, invoices and NC machines.

As projects proceed to fabrication, EDM systems, project portals and internet project management systems are missing key engineering deliverables that are returned to owners as substantial increases in cost to competitively bid and execute each and every project. Examples of methods for removing these obstacles to a lower cost will be presented with simple metrics to calculate cost that frankly could be incorporated to any 3-D modeling and consequently, fabrication project.