We are pleased to have hosted the recent USPI Safari, which featured a special session titled "Construction Work Management: A Different Approach to AWP." The session was presented by Saber Belghith, Founder & CEO of KonnectXD, and provided valuable insights into innovative strategies that can enhance the management of construction workflows.

📅 Date: Thursday, April 3rd , 2025

⏰ Time: 14:30 – 16:00 CEST

📍 Location: Online (Microsoft Teams)

About This Session

Efficiently managing construction work has long been a key challenge in large capital projects. Issues such as rework, schedule slippage, safety risks, material availability, and commissioning delays have continued to impact project outcomes.

In this session, Saber Belghith presented how KonnectXD’s approach offered a new perspective on managing construction planning and execution, with the goal of improving efficiency and reducing risk.

As of 5 February 2025, Gizil has officially joined USPI as a member. We are pleased to welcome Esma Gulten, who will represent Gizil on the USPI Management Board (MB). We look forward to a successful and productive collaboration.

ReVisionz officially joined USPI and the FL3DMS project as a member on January 24, 2025. We are pleased to welcome Curtis Bookout, who will represent ReVisionz as a USPI Management Board (MB) member and actively contribute to the project's in-depth discussions. We look forward to a productive collaboration!

Dear USPI members and interested parties

Hereby our annual update on the activities and plans of USPI. It starts with a summary of data standardization developments in the process industries and in

USPI. It subsequently moves on to our plans for the coming period, in which more will be published on our website in due course.

USPI Safari: Use and Benefits of 3D Models in Commissioning

USPI held a Safari session focused on the critical build-up of 3D/2D data and equipment information to facilitate successful commissioning.
The Safari was held online on Thursday, February 13, 2025, from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM (UTC+01:00) Amsterdam.

What is the Facilities Lifecycle 3D Model Standard (FL3DMS)?

FL3DMS is a USPI initiative that aims to achieve standardization across the process- and energy supply chains for the development, use and maintenance of 3D models. A team of 3D model subject matter experts were assembled from Owners, Contractors and Software Suppliers to deliver a standard.

Whilst working on the project, the team has developed a number of deliverables to achieve this goal.

·        The initial release, R 1.0 included a 3D Model Standard based on the company standards of the participants. It also included a Business Case for standardizing and maintaining 3D models during the lifecycle of a facility, based on experience from the Owners.

• An subsequent release of the standard, R 1.1, included unique numbering of the text clauses in the standard to enable requirements management, embedment in company standards and version history.
• In this latest release, 1.2, best practices for requirements writing has been applied and the requirements numbering has been extended to the 3D Model content requirements table. The release also includes a 3D Model Lifecycle Management Guide to guide Owners on how to manage 3D Models to extract more value from them.
• The future releases are expected to include greater specifics on As Built requirements, Modelling of Equipment/Skids, and 3D Model data needed to support Advance Work Packaging (AWP) and corrosion management.  An implementation guide is also planned to accompany the next release.