June 1998

Trends and Resources

HP Impact: HPImpact: Project automation gains new markets

Approaching the 21st century, the role of engineering contractors is "changing dramatically," according to data from Automation Research Corp. (ARC). Rather than just competing on price and specializi..

Weirauch, Wendy, Hydrocarbon Processing Staff

Approaching the 21st century, the role of engineering contractors is "changing dramatically," according to data from Automation Research Corp. (ARC). Rather than just competing on price and specializing in one or two technologies, contractors are becoming more proactive to client demands by offering full system solutions. In the past, most successful contractors only needed to specialize in one or two technologies and limit their integration services to a few suppliers' products. With technology shifts to open systems for maximizing process and plant performance, this is no longer the case. Contractors now need the ability to integrate a vast assortment of equipment and provide expe

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