MULTI-DISCIPLINE ENGINEERING
Instrumentation & Controls
Engineering Services
your project on budget.
Avoid costly rework and stay on schedule with our flexible instrumentation & controls engineering services
Our I&C team, a crucial component of our integrated engineering services, boasts extensive expertise in industrial process automation and controls for both small and large facilities.
This includes developing and implementing control strategies using a Distributed Control System (DCS) and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). We work with control systems and communication protocols for a variety of process technologies. These range from utility systems to novel integrated processes.
Common engineering services include:
- P&ID input preparation
- instrument index development and review
- instrument datasheets preparation
- inline instrument sizing
Control System Development
Control systems for greenfield facilities can require a multitude of vendor packages. In these cases, we integrate the packages into a single, plant-wide control system.
System integration experience
- Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS)
- Emergency Shutdown Systems (ESD)
- Burner Management Systems (BMS)
- Fire and Gas Systems that comply with international standards (IEC 61508 and IEC 61511)
- High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS)
Measurement and control systems can be designed to our established philosophies or customized to meet your specific needs.
Understanding the importance of facility uptime, we take great care when integrating new system components into existing architecture. In these cases, our goal is to deliver a seamless, integrated control system.
Our team will identify the most cost-effective option when replacing or modifying existing controls. For example, Vista Projects successfully upgraded a plant’s legacy, pneumatic control system to a programmable logic controller (PLC) based architecture.
Optimized Network Architecture Case Study
Vista Projects revised a preliminary design for a plant-wide control network. This included implementing an innovative, remote IO system complete with centralized controllers.
The revised control system hardware was developed with a star network. It also met the critical redundancy requirements of two independent routing pathways.
The result saved many kilometers of fibre optic cable by efficiently routing the home runs using pre-planned fibre panels.
I&C Engineering Services
Vista Projects is a consulting engineering firm that provides cost-effective instrumentation & controls designs to owners and operators in traditional and emerging energy markets.
Field Instruments & Engineering Analysis
- Datasheets
- Instrumentation installation drawings
- Layout and location drawings
- Instrument index
- Inline instruments sizing and calculation
- Material take-offs (MTOs)
Package Equipment Instruments
- Shutdown key
- Cause and effect diagrams
- Alarm and set points
- Control narrative and philosophy
- Process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)
- HAZOP and SIL determination
Communication & Security System Engineering
- Fiber optic block diagram
- Fiber optic cable layout and schedule
- Communication block diagram
Process Control Engineering
- Shutdown key
- Cause and effect diagrams
- Alarm and set points
- Control narrative and philosophy
- Process and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs)
- HAZOP and SIL determination
Instrumentation & Control Specifications
- Instrumentation and control specifications
- Instrumentation and control Design Criteria
- Emergency System specification
- DCS and PLC specifications
Control System Engineering
- Block diagrams
- I/O assignment
- Drawings: architecture, junction box, termination and schematic, control panel, wiring for DCS, PLC, SIS, RTU
- Cable schedule
- Material take-off (MTO)
Consultation Request
Quality is Everything
It’s not just about delivering high-quality instrumentation and controls engineering designs – that’s a given.
At the end of the day, engineering services are really about transparency, collaboration, and relationships. You want a partner you can trust to keep your project on budget and schedule. We want clients to return because you see the quality of our relationship as much as the quality of the design.
Highlighted Projects
Vista Projects’ engineering experience spans multiple decades and industries. Our highlighted projects document how we helped facility operators reduce project total installation costThe total installed cost refers to the final cost of designing, fabricating and building a capital project or industrial asset. Various phas… (TIC) and total cost of ownershipThe total cost of ownership refers to the total cost of owning an industrial asset throughout its full lifecycle, from design and construc… (TCO). They also explain how we’ve implemented complex new technology for emerging energy start-ups.
Multi-Discipline Engineering Services
As an integrated engineeringThe process of integrated engineering involves multiple engineering disciplines working in conjunction with other project disciplines to e… firm, our I&C services are part of a multi-disciplinary engineering services. Team members from each engineering discipline work together to find project design solutions fit for your unique challenges.
The engineering group also collaborates with our drafting and design services and project support teams.
Civil Structural Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Piping Engineering
Process Engineering
Engineering Technology with a Purpose
It’s easy to get distracted by fancy new engineering technology. But it’s important to keep the focus on how each tool will benefit the project.
We’re a technology-agnostic engineering company and system integrator. That means we can deliver high-quality instrumentation and controls engineering services with your preferred software or tools.
Our approach is simple, the technology must serve a purpose. Whether it’s laser scans and point cloud data or computer-aided design (CAD) applications and engineering programs.
Have a specific need for an application? Our in-house development team is available to customize a problem-solving tool. For example, this video demonstrates how we collaborate on P&IDs in real-time.
System Integration Partner
As an AVEVA Partner, Vista Projects specializes in the implementation, configuration, administration, and support of AVEVA’s Asset Information Management suite.
We support both owners/operators and EPCs with capital project implementations. The union of our integrated engineering and technical expertise is a true advantage. Our team has the knowledge and experience to help you maximize the return on your software investments.
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Career Opportunities
We are always open to meeting new candidates who could be a great fit with our team. If this sounds like you, check out our industrial engineering jobs and apply to be considered for future opportunities. You may also apply specifically for future roles in instrumentation and controls engineering or I&C drafting and design.