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Join the FL3DMS FTF Meeting | 21–23 April 2026 | The Hague

Join the FL3DMS FTF Meeting | 21–23 April 2026 | The Hague  We are pleased to announce that the next FL3DMS Face-to-Face (FTF) Meeting will take place on 21–23 April 2026 at the offices of McDermott in The Hague, Netherlands.  Preliminary Agenda (A detailed agenda and preparatory materials will be shared in advance.)  CATS & Specs — advancing interoperability and standards  Reality Capture — Documenting best practices for specific use cases  Roadmap — strategic planning and future direction  This meeting will provide an opportunity to:  Strengthen the FL3DMS standard and collective roadmap  Align at a strategic level  Share insights on the latest industry developments  Foster collaboration across the USPI–FL3DMS network  Participation  Free of charge for FL3DMS members  Non-members are welcome to attend for a participation fee of €500 p.p.   We encourage interested professionals and organizations who are not yet FL3DMS members to join and engage with the initiative.  Meeting Details  Date: 21–23 April 2026 Location: McDermott Offices Pr. Beatrixlaan 35 2595 AK The Hague The Netherlands  Action Required  To confirm your participation:  Complete the registration registration form: If you are unable to attend, please designate a colleague to represent your organization.  We look forward to welcoming you in The Hague and continuing to drive the future of FL3DMS together.

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Hans Teijgeler Receives Royal Decoration for Pioneering Work in Engineering Information Standardization

On December 11, 2025, Hans Teijgeler was honored with a Royal Decoration Ridder in de orde van Oranje-Nassau during a ceremony at the Council Chamber of Bergen (NH), The Netherlands. This recognition celebrates his outstanding contributions to standardization of engineering information and data within the process industry supply chain, a field in which he has been a driving force for more than three decades.  Through his work at the Engineering Contractor Fluor which is a member of the association USPI, and his participation in projects under ISO TC 184/SC 4 (Industrial data), Hans played a pivotal role in developing ISO 15926, an internationally recognized standard series that enables Integration and exchange of information and data across the process industry supply chain—independent of specific software systems. His efforts have significantly improved the quality and consistency of engineering information in the process industries, and addresses growing demands for safety,…

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USPI FL3DMS & Tagging FTF meeting from 04-06 June 2024.

Please be invited to the USPI FL3DMS & Tagging meeting that will be held Face-to-Face from 04-06 June 2024. The meeting will be hosted by Shell at the Energy Transition Campus in Amsterdam. Office address:Shell - Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam (ETCA)Grasweg 311031 HW AmsterdamPostal addressP.O. Box 380001030 BN Amsterdam  Meeting material Should you wish to join this meeting FTF, please register via this link.

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USPI Workshop on 16 April 2024: Lessons learned from large capital projects

Please be invited to the USPI workshop on lessons learned from large capital projects which will be held online on: 16 April 2024 from 12:00-13:30 UTC (corresponding to 14:00-15:30 CEST (Amsterdam)). The purpose of the workshop will be to share and discuss bridging the gap between IM and the business in doing large capital projects. When doing large capital projects in practice, amongst which the Pallas project in the Netherlands, we came across several problem areas and challenges in realizing the required information management system. It seemed worthwhile to share this with the experts and managers from the USPI community that has grown over the years. Bridging Information Management (IM) and engineering for the successful implementation of Common Data Environments (CDEs) within projects involves navigating various problem areas and challenges. These barriers can stem from technical, organizational, and cultural factors, among others. Understanding these barriers and their…

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USPI Safari about CFIHOS – 29 June 2023

USPI Safari about CFIHOS Learn more about: The Capital Facilities Information Hand-Over Specification (CFIHOS) Please be invited to our USPI Safari about The Capital Facilities Information Hand-Over Specification (CFIHOS), also known as IOGP JIP36, on 29 June 2023 from 02:00 PM – 04:00 CEST. Target Audience This Safari is intended for: Organisations that are not yet members of CFIHOS and who want to know more about the standard. Staff within member-organisations that have only basic awareness of the standard and want to learn more about it.  Presenters & Objectives Peter Townson and Anders Thostrup will be your safari guides. Peter will provide an in-depth exploration of CFIHOS, including its background, history, implementation, and future plans. Anders will also join us to highlight the collaboration partners and their importance in advancing this specification. Agenda: Welcome - Anders Introduction - Peter Purpose of presentation - Peter What is CFIHOS-JIP36?…

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Article: “Car wash for data”: Best practices for Information and Configuration Management applied at Pallas nuclear facility

For those of you interested in how to manage the creation of a Common Date Environment (CDE) based on engineering information delivered by different companies using different engineering tools in a structured way, the article written by the USPI members Leo van Ruijven (Croonwolter&dros) and Jim Novack (Dynatec) provides a good starting point. Although the target group for the article are people in the Nuclear industry, the content of the article provides a good basis for those looking into doing the same for any other regulated industry or industry in general. The article is titled “Car wash for data”: Best practices for Information and Configuration Management applied at Pallas nuclear facility. It describes the Why, How and What for information from the engineering phase, the architecture of a Common Data Environment (CDE) that stores the information, and the process of making the information supplied by the different…

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USPI Safari about ISO 19008 – Summary

USPI Safari  ISO 19008- 11 October 2022 On the 11th of October USPI organized a so-called Safari on the ISO-19008 standard cost coding system used in the project control domain to classify scope, activities, costs and quantities for oil, gas and renewable energy systems across the entire facility lifecycle. In the session Chevron, Equinor and Shell presented how they are currently using the standard across the various project control disciplines, the dataflow in capital projects, digitalization opportunities, coverage of the standard, etc. Besides major owner operators also the Performance Forum; a joint industry project; presented on the use of ISO-19008 in supplying data-centric benchmark definitions. One of the key objectives of the Safari was to drive interest and use of the standard. With over 50 attendees, the session was well attended, and we had an open, interesting and lively discussion. Members of USPI can find the presentations here Please send a mail…

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USPI annual MB meeting 16 June 2022 Report

USPI MB Meeting On 16 June 2022, USPI hosted its annual Management Board meeting. With this article we want to share the key presentations with you all so you are aware of developments among in our industry and with USPI members and network. Advance Work Packaging:Mark den Boer and Jerome Jemotte presented how they have implemented Advanced Work Packaging on the Red2Green project in Pernis with a focus on how to structure data requirements in support of the process. This is the third time they are implementing AWP and they have an excellent grasp of the data requirements required to support this process. Industry tagging Philosophy:On behalf of IOGP and USPI we proposed to create an industry tagging philosophy to enable better integration via consistent tagging across scopes of different contractors, packages, vendors etc.  The presentation was well received, and we are now calling for 10-12 participants to…

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USPI annual MB meeting – 13 Feb 2020, Hoofddorp, NL

On Thursday 13 Februari 2020, the USPI annual MB meeting was held at the Offices of Fluor in Hoofddorp, NL. The meeting ran from 09:00 to 18:00 hrs, and was followed by drinks until 19:00 hrs. Over 50 experts and managers from The Netherlands, Europe, Malaysia and the US participated in the meeting. The key topics were: Management changes in USPI USPI project proposals for 3D and Systems Engineering The CFIHOS project Current interest level in process industry for IM and standardization. Investing in standardization in Building & Construction and Infrastructure A brief summary of these key topics is given below with the agreed actions Conclusions and actions on key topics: At the closed meeting the activities done in 2019 were presented and the plan for 2020-2021 was approved by the members of USPI. They also approved Martin te Lintelo as successor of Paul van Exel who will…

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USPI Annual MB meeting – Thursday 11 Mar 2021

On 11 March, USPI held its annual Members Board Meeting. At the meeting the results of the past year and the plans for 2021 were presented.  In addition, presentations were given about the current work on ISO 15926 and its implementation on the Pallas project for the Petten nuclear facility in the Netherlands, and the new USPI project to deliver a Facilities Lifecycle 3D Model Standard for the process industries.  Key updates: A new standardisation project, the Facilities Lifecycle 3D Model Standard (FL3DMS), in which a very enthusiastic working team has progressed quickly to deliver its first draft in January 2021, based on existing 3D specifications of the participating owner operators. It is anticipated that a final first version of the standard will be available in the first half of 2021, in addition to a business case that will identify all value opportunities associated with 3D model…

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