Aveva Plant is used to design, build and operate plants of any size and complexity, according to the vendor. It consists of integrated plant design and engineering applications, as well as flexible lifecycle management solutions.

By using Aveva Plant, industries can ensure efficient design and planning, resulting in cost and time savings for procurement and construction, according to Aveva. The solution features a project management infrastructure, which lets authorized users create and share controlled project data. The vendor's object-centered technology uses objects to represent real parts of a plant, such as pumps, pipes and valves. This technology then uses each object's layers of data -- including 2D schematics, 3D model data and connectivity -- to create a productive approach to plant design and engineering, according to Aveva.

Once a plant is built, users can take advantage of Aveva Plant's lifecycle management capabilities, which including workflow, change, configuration and document management. Modules feature integrated schematic and 3-D models and multiple authoring tools for P&ID and process engineering applications; this, Aveva said, delivers productive 3-D plant design and concurrent global project execution.