- Sector: Industrial Manufacturing
- Delivery Scope: Data Factory, Engineering Information Management, Tag Hierarchy Structuring, CFIHOS Alignment
- Key Partners & Standards: CFIHOS
- Engagement Period: Capital Build Phase – Active
Project Impact at a Glance
135,858
Unique Tag Numbers created
198,055
Engineering tags linked to source documents
369,068
Technical data entries structured & validated
120,000
Documents to be reviewed and processed
The Challenge: Taming Multi-Contractor Engineering Data at Capital Build Scale
This company moved quickly into procurement and construction for its green hydrogen and near-zero emission steel plant. However, multiple Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractors delivered critical equipment data in inconsistent formats without a common tag hierarchy
- Unstructured EPC Handovers: Data arrived across mismatched spreadsheets, PDFs, and drawing standards lacking unified reference designations
- Commissioning Exposure: Loading ungoverned asset data into operational systems risks costly delays, commissioning blindspots, and compromised plant maintenance
- Multi-Plant Blueprint Requirement: The company required a repeatable engineering data standard capable of scaling across subsequent industrial builds
The Solution: Asset Data Factory
Sword designed and deployed an operational data services to collect, clean, validate, and structure high-volume technical data received from contractors prior to loading into the company’s enterprise systems
Data Governance Framework
Established asset hierarchies, tagging taxonomies, and technical handover rules built upon established CFIHOS principles
Data Cleansing & Relationship Mapping
Processed over 52,000 documents out of 120,000 so far, building 33,699 tag hierarchies, generating 27,458 RDS codes, and cross-referencing 198,055 tag-to-document relationships
Systems Integration
Managed the automated ingest of cleansed tag data into the clients Asset Information Management (AIM), maintenance, and procurement platforms
Measurable Business Outcomes
Commercial / Efficiency Gain
Systematic pre-validation eliminated contractor discrepancies early, preventing multi-million pound delays during plant commissioning
Operational Resilience / Risk Mitigation
Governed data structures ensure maintenance crews possess immediate access to validated equipment schematics from Day 1
Speed, Agility & User Experience
Accelerated operational readiness by linking 198,000+ technical tags directly to maintenance work orders and engineering documentation
Future-Proof Scalability & Independence
Established an adaptable, repeatable information management blueprint for the clients upcoming European production facilities
"This is a large and complex contract for data management, spanning a number of EPC contracts. Sword has been responsive in working on the changing requirements of the contract due to EPC, budget and scope challenges."
Project Delivery Lead
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Systematic pre-validation eliminated contractor discrepancies early, preventing multi-million pound delays during plant commissioning
Governed data structures ensure maintenance crews possess immediate access to validated equipment schematics from Day 1
Accelerated operational readiness by linking 198,000+ technical tags directly to maintenance work orders and engineering documentation
Established an adaptable, repeatable information management blueprint for Stegra’s upcoming European production facilities
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