Process automation solutions

Our automation professionals draw from a broad experience base and can assist during any stage of the project life cycle

Wood is a leading independent provider of automation and control products and services around the world. We provide power solutions, panels and remote instrument enclosures to complete the end-to-end solutions available. Combined with our full engineering capabilities, we execute the smallest to the largest projects as turnkey solutions. We are experienced in working on control systems of any size and complexity. Our automation professionals draw from a broad experience base and can assist during any stage of the project life cycle to assist in platform selection, design and estimation or commissioning.

Wood’s capabilities extend across the full spectrum of hardware; instrumentation, process logic controllers (PLC), distributed control systems (DCS), logic solvers and higher level applications. We provide automation services from the smallest brownfield HMI modification to the largest greenfield projects in the world. Our span of services results in fewer interfaces, faster implementation and ultimately a more robust and reliable automation system to implement complex industrial processes.

Control system design and implementation

Wood’s experience spans the entire life cycle of control system projects, from concept through commissioning, optimisation/maintenance and replacement. We utilise a network of technical authorities and subject matter experts to maintain competency on all of the major programmable electronic systems in use by our customers. We work smarter and design the systems with field commissioning, startup, maintenance and operations in mind.

The use of automated design tools, Wood PowerTools, allows us to progress automation projects before the final technology is chosen. This ensures a fit-for-purpose design and eliminates the vendor bias associated with preselecting a vendor early. In fact the industry shift to more open architectures is changing the game for project execution and putting more emphasis on the technology integrator and less on the vendor. PowerTools, a suit of virtually deployed technology tools, allows for the digitisation of many tasks including system independent controls configuration.

Process control solutions

True process control starts with understanding the process. Wood Automation and Control draws our expertise from our people who have come from operating facilities, plants, mills and operations around the world. That expertise combined with a strong engineering background ensures our solutions are truly fit for purpose and will deliver safe and reliable startup and full operation. Our extensive use of PowerTools allows our control experts to spend more time focusing on the application versus analysing and entering data.

Project execution

We perform all types of control project in a variety of industries and geographies, and our execution methodology is applied consistently on projects that may range from a small obsolescence upgrade on a lithium mine in Chile to a Main Automation Contract (MAC) project for a world scale upstream facility in Kazakhstan. Our team of dedicated automation project managers understand the uniqueness of automation projects and utilise our best in class project management tool, PaceSetter^TM to standardise project management activities.

Automation value chain

Over the past 22 years, Wood has executed some of the most prestigious automation projects in the world and adapted itself to changing market conditions and client strategies. We are always striving to offer fully integrated solutions and established key value added services that complement the process control design. Some of these key value areas include the following:

• Obsolescence management tools
• Main Automation Contractor toolkits and interface management expertise
• Functional safety and assurance
• Human factors engineering
• Remote Instrument Enclosure (RIE) integration
• Analyser systems integration
• Direct hire I&E construction