Horizon Nuclear Power has achieved a 25% improvement in operational efficiency across the project
Horizon Nuclear Power, a UK energy company developing a new generation of nuclear power stations, required a solution for the Wylfa Newydd project that was 100% complete and accurate, to enable the effective tracking of over 1 million documents, multiple suppliers and at peak around 9,000 onsite workers during the construction program. The Horizon IT teams wanted to create a solution that created a digital twin, providing an IT blueprint for other new nuclear projects globally.
Business challenges
- Obligations to meet Nuclear Site License and Office for Nuclear Regulation requirements
- Having to prove full control of activities on the project sites and suitability of organization, site and design
- Requiring a solution that is 100% complete, accurate and able to track over 1 million documents across multiple suppliers
- Aim to create a solution that creates a digital twin and provides an IT blueprint for other new nuclear projects globally
Results
- Secure, proven cloud-based system, easy to configure to meet project and regulatory requirements
- Single central system that could meet the regulatory license document control requirements
- System with no size or space constraints providing meta based storage and search
- Creation of a digital twin to meet world’s most stringent civil nuclear regulations
- 25% improvement in operational efficiency across the project though communication management enhancements
- 25% reduction in operational document control costs
- 10% reduction in overall IT costs by moving to a cloud-based system
- Between 4,000 and 8,000 man-hours saved annually on document access and review, across 100 team members
Published:25 June 2018