Industrial facilities

Connect Plant Utilities, Building Assets and Maintenance Teams

On an industrial site the utilities that support production are often managed less rigorously than the production line itself — until they stop it.

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The business problem

Facility assets treated as secondary to production

Production equipment has a maintenance system and an engineering team. The compressed air plant, chillers, pumps, electrical distribution and building fabric that keep it running are often tracked on spreadsheets, maintained reactively, and only noticed when their failure stops output.

Utility and facility assets outside the maintenance systemReactive maintenance on production-critical utilitiesConsumption not attributed to production areas or linesContractor work on site without consistent control

The IntelliGrid approach

Facility and utility assets managed with production-grade rigour

Utilities, M&E plant and building assets are held in one register with criticality reflecting production impact. Condition monitoring and predictive risk scoring apply the same discipline used on production equipment, and consumption is attributed to areas and lines.

One register covering utilities, M&E and building assetsCriticality reflecting production impactCondition monitoring on rotating and electrical plantConsumption attributed to areas and production lines

AI use cases

Rotating equipment degradation

Vibration and power signature change on pumps, fans and compressors.

Compressed air leakage

Consumption inconsistent with production demand indicating leakage.

Power quality events

Disturbance patterns correlated with equipment faults.

Sustainability opportunities

Energy per unit output

Consumption normalised against production volume.

Compressed air efficiency

A frequently large and recoverable source of waste.

Water recovery

Process water consumption and reuse opportunity monitored.

Challenges

What makes this environment demanding

Utilities

Compressed air, chilled water, steam and process water supporting production.

Equipment reliability

Rotating plant under continuous duty with real consequences on failure.

M&E systems

Electrical distribution, HV and LV assets with statutory obligations.

Power quality

Disturbances affecting sensitive production equipment.

Water

Process and domestic water supply, treatment and discharge.

Maintenance planning

Work scheduled around production windows and shutdowns.

Contractors

Large numbers of external personnel requiring permits and access control.

Energy

A major cost line with attribution and efficiency opportunity.

Workflow

Utility risk to planned shutdown work

STEP 1

Monitor

Vibration, power and pressure telemetry captured continuously.

STEP 2

Detect

Degradation identified against the asset baseline.

STEP 3

Assess

Production impact and criticality weighted into priority.

STEP 4

Plan

Work scheduled into the next production window or shutdown.

STEP 5

Execute

Permit issued, work performed and evidence recorded.

Industrial facility KPIs

Metrics reported by the platform. Values depend on your operation.

Utility availability

Uptime on production-critical utilities

Unplanned interventions

Reactive work on facility assets

PPM compliance

Routines completed within window

Energy per unit output

Normalised consumption

Business benefits

Production-critical utilities managed with proper rigour Intervention planned into production windows Energy and compressed air waste identified and recovered Contractor activity permitted, controlled and recorded Statutory M&E obligations evidenced