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Special Services

 



Instrumentation and Controls (I&C)

Value
IDC is a full-service architectural, engineering
and construction firm with instrumentation and
control (I&C) capabilities. We offer:

Development of control strategies and sequence of operation, as well as design, testing and field implementation of closed-loop control.

Production of complete issue-for-construction packages of drawings and P&IDs, specifications, and supporting documentation including review and stamping by on-staff professional engineers.

Services during construction, including bid evaluation, submittal review, contractor coordination, and site observation reports.

Startup support including field validation, pre-operational testing, startup procedures, functional acceptance testing, documentation and training.

Design-build construction capability, including construction management, procurement and on-site management of I&C control valves and instrumentation including inventory tracking, field calibration and issuing to the contractors.

All I&C projects benefit from IDC’s project management expertise, as well as our cost control and scheduling systems.

Expertise
IDC’s areas of expertise include:

Microelectronics—cleanroom HVAC, ultrapure water, waste treatment, energy center.

Food and consumer products—batch process control system, water treatment, clean in place, aseptic.

Pharmaceutical—SOP, 21 CFR Part 11 solution
provider for control systems, GAMP-based control system design.

Energy—generation and balance of plant (BOP),
transmission/RTU, distribution and energy optimization.

Automated material handling (AMHS)—modular controls design.

Water and wastewater—in-plant and master station telemetry.

IDC is also an automation control system integrator.

Technology

Off-line simulation of control strategies and complex control loops.

SQL server-based software tools for building an instrumentation database and managing the information flow from design to the field.

DeviceNet-based control of MCC buckets.

OPC-based interface standards.

Control loop design for energy optimization.

Fieldbus expertise.

Control engineering and industrial control system development tools.