Industrial Construction Management Software
for Greenfield and Complex Builds
Labor-intensive paper records and work packaging lead to confusion, delays and added cost. With MODS Origin, industrial construction management software for greenfield sites and other complex mega builds, such wastage is a thing of the past. This customizable software digitizes your workflow, streamlining construction, permitting, preservation, testing and handover activities.
MODS Origin enables the digital evolution of your construction execution, digitizing your workflow for every phase from planning through handover, increasing productivity and reducing costs. This innovative software eliminates paper, digitizing and automating your processes at every project phase to plan, control, execute, test and handover work more efficiently.
MODS Origin digitally unifies construction, execution, completions, and handover with software and mobile technology to de-bottleneck, reduce worker-hours as well as non-value-added time, making significant budget savings for our customers.
Common problems in greenfield and mega-project construction of complex facilities
- Lost paper-based information and other information gaps
- Communications time-lag of project status from site to office
- Lack of communication between different project phases
- Falling behind schedule
- Inaccurate forecasting
- Running over budget
- Difficult to control onsite person-hours
- Out-of-sequence construction, when predecessor work is not properly prioritized, successor work cannot proceed smoothly
Digitize your construction execution from planning through
handover with MODS Origin
Inaccurate forecasting, falling behind schedule, and a disconnect between expectation versus site reality plague complex industrial construction projects. Delays, miscommunication and lost paper impact your bottom line and strain your client relationships.
Quality assure your construction execution and protect your reputation with MODS Origin. Cloud-based, Origin provides a single-source of information accessible from mobile devices provides access to real-time project updates. All project phases are integrated, with digital information readily shared, reducing room for error and keeping people safe.
MODS Origin consists of six fully-integrated modules, available individually or in any combination, and customizable to suit your specifications. They are: Construct, Permit, Preservation, Test, Handover and View.
Construct
Advanced Work Packaging using interactive, real-time 3D models to create, schedule, execute installations...
Test
(Piping, Loop, Energize)
Create, control, execute instrument,
piping, electrical test packages...
Permit
Digital paperless permit and certification system
...
Handover
Completions and commissioning
including tracking of Inspection
Test Records (ITRs)...
Preservation
preservation tracking from laydown to start-up and maintenance
...
View
3D models showing progress, scheduling, reporting; brings all of the modules together, visualizing progress via interactive 3D schematic...
Construct
Users can create, view, and manage construction work packages sequentially. An interactive 3D model contains all project data and gives real-time project information, accessible from anywhere. Throughout the execution phase, handheld devices enable users to view the scope, latest drawings, update the progress and tag status, record expended person-hours and create punch items for completions and commissioning.
MODS Origin Construct features the following:
- 3D model-driven AWP process
- Fully customizable and scalable to suit any project Total Installed Cost (TIC)
- Predecessor and successor work packs can be assigned, with progress of each identified
- Interactive dashboards
- 3D schedule can be created and updated
- Person-hours tracking
- Latest drawings automatically attached to packages
- 3D model snapshots easily attached, ensuring easy communication with subcontractors
Permit
A digital cloud-based permit-creation system eliminating the need for paper.
Permits and certificates are created and controlled throughout the entire process. Interactive dashboards show various stages of the permit lifecycle, highlighting any bottlenecks in advance.
Utilizing the 3D model, permit locations can be easily marked-up and viewed, and permitting SIMOPs are highlighted to streamline day-to-day tasks.
MODS Origin Permit features the following:
- Digital permit creation
- Fully customizable and scalable to suit any project TIC
- Mechanical and electrical isolation, excavation, radiography, confined space, grating removal can all be controlled
- Interactive dashboards including user actions, permit status, archives and area permit counts
- 3D model permit locations
- Documentation and evidence images
- Before, during and after work control
- Digital authority sign-offs
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Preservation
A digital cloud-based system that fully manages the preservation process without paper.
The system shows focused preservation areas. Customizable, preservation processes can be queried by area, tags, responsible company, work required, discipline, and stage.
The user can link Preservation forms to activities and tags, ensuring the correct work is carried out on time for a given asset, which eliminates wastage. A fully customizable reporting system gives up-to-date, detailed reports.
MODS Origin Preservation features the following:
- Fully customizable and scalable to suit any project TIC
- Can be integrated into training programs
- Easily accessible, detailed reporting
Test
A digital cloud-based system that creates, controls, executes and archives test packages without paper. Test is broken down into three sub-modules:
Test Loop, Test Piping and Test Energize.
Test Loop
A remotely accessible system offering online and offline instrument loop testing during the static and dynamic stages of systems’ commissioning.
Loop folders are created, incorporating all necessary drawings, data sheets, inspection and test records (ITRs) and control logs. Commissioning execution is safe and in the correct sequence, ensuring that the asset has been tested and commissioned to a high standard.
MODS Origin Test Loop features the following:
- Customizable milestones for each loop folder
- Control log ensures commissioning is completed in sequence
- Direct link with Handover and Test Piping modules for real-time updates
- Dynamic Inspection and Test Records (ITRs) which can be pre-populated with instrument data
- Document storage facility for Site Acceptance Tests (SATs) and vendor documentation
- PDF generation of in-progress and complete loop folders
- Punch management system
- Online and offline working for remote locations
Test Piping
A digital cloud-based system that provides accurate and precise control of piping pressure testing. Prepared from the beginning and maintained throughout the lifecycle, test packages include the latest on-demand drawings, data sheets, inspection and test records (ITRs) and control logs.
Test Piping ensures that line checking as well as punch collection and killing are efficiently carried out. Using the latest handheld devices, users can achieve a completely paperless system. Commissioning execution is safe and in the correct sequence, ensuring that the asset has been tested and commissioned to a high standard.
MODS Origin Test Piping features the following:
- Precise and accurate control of test packages
- Fully customizable and scalable to suit any project TIC
- Web-based control for improved efficiency
- Latest revision drawings with automatic revision checks throughout the test pack
- Eliminates the need for multiple copying and printing of hard-copy test packages,
- No more marked-up drawings
- Automatic test status results encoded to databases
- Automatic system checks for correct documentation before milestone updates
- Handheld tablets populate punch items at work site, with images
- Dashboard showing test pack status and reporting function
- Automatic notification system to alert next party of action
- Electronic copy of each test package stored online for archival access
Test Energize
A remotely accessible system offering online and offline testing of a plant’s power commissioning.
Test folders are created, incorporating all necessary drawings, data sheets, inspection and test records (ITRs) and control logs. Commissioning execution is safe and in the correct sequence, ensuring that the plant has been commissioned to a high standard.
MODS Origin Test Energize features the following:
- Customizable milestones for facility power testing
- Control log ensures commissioning is completed in sequence
- Direct link with Handover for real-time updates
- Dynamic Inspection and Test Records (ITRs) which can be pre-populated relevant data
- PDF generation of in-progress and complete test folders
- Punch management system
- Online and offline working for remote locations
Handover
A digital cloud-based completions system offering remote web-based and mobile working.
Users create fully customizable digital Inspection and Test Records (ITRs) and handover certificates which meet all project requirements. Contractors quality assure technical integrity of clients’ assets.
- Customizable milestone settings
- Digital Inspection and Test Records and Handover certificates which can be fully customized
- Punch Management system
- Remote working – online and offline
- Document storage and mark-up
- Customizable dashboards based on user settings
- Software validation checks to ensure technical integrity
- Customizable Handover Documents
View - Reality
The Origin viewing tool Reality integrates all modules as a one-stop visual reporting tool. Reality viewer allows all users to remotely view the project status from the cloud-based model viewer.
MODS Origin View features the following:
- Material delivery status
- Drawing issuance status
- Manpower monitoring
- Project construction status
Case Studies
MODS Origin is tried and tested by some of the world’s biggest and most influential Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) companies, including JGC.
JGC, one of the world’s most prolific EPC groups, has enabled paperless construction execution of ten significant projects with MODS Origin, including:
- Full development of a Central Gas Plant facility in Bahrain in 2017
- From the ground up development of a crude oil gathering and processing facility with a capacity of 40,000bbl per day for Sonatrach in Algeria in 2018
- The construction of an LNG export terminal in Canada in 2020, one of the biggest LNG projects in the world
- A USD 3.5 billion refinery upgrade project for South Refineries Company in Basra, Iraq
Partnering with MODS, JGC has helped shape MODS Origin, to-date focusing on Construct and Test.
Why you should contact us
MODS isn’t just a supplier of innovative software solutions for industrial projects, we partner with our clients, providing a customizable package, fluid user experience and engineering support.
MODS Origin FAQ
Can Origin’s Advanced Work Packaging solution utilize the project’s 3D model?
Origin Construct Advanced Work Packaging Solution supports all major 3D-model file types, which allows for Construction Work Packs and Installation Work Packs to be created, scheduled, and executed while continually reviewing the progress in 3D.
How can permit-to-work management be streamlined?
Origin Permit removes the paper trail for a fully digital permit-to-work solution. This reduces waiting time in Permit Offices, drastically reducing the time it takes to get approval, offering full understanding as to where the Permit bottlenecks might be, further benefitted by the use of 3D visualization for SIMOPS.
Can preservation activities be tracked?
Yes, our digital solution allows tracking of all preservation activities from laydown through to start-up.
How can bottlenecks be removed from test packages?
Origin Test Piping digital solution centralizes test packages in one web-based system, with interactive dashboards detailing test-pack status. Offline handheld devices allow punch creation and reduce physical person-hour expenditure.
Can handovers be tracked?
Yes. Handovers are tracked with a fully integrated digital completions and commissioning system, including use of the project’s 3D model, Tag activities, interactive dashboards for status tracking including ITRs, MC and SH milestones.
Can all modules be viewed together for a high-level managerial view?
Yes, Origin’s View module brings all progress, schedule and reporting data together into a 3D model, making this a comprehensive communications tool.