Transforming Industrial Project Execution
Imagine your next industrial project—whether a renewable gas plant or petrochemical plant—delivered faster, at a lower cost, with enhanced safety and quality.
DyCat Solutions’ OptiMod Layout Process revolutionizes facility design and construction by reducing plot area and optimizing modular configurations. With OptiMod strategies, you can minimize your overall plot area, reduce key bulk quantities, reduce the carbon footprint, and enhance project execution.
Introducing the OptiMod Layout Process
Traditional stick-built construction methods can be costly and inefficient. OptiMod elevates modularization by advancing beyond conventional modular layout approaches. By integrating optimal layout strategies, and cross-discipline collaboration, OptiMod ensures modular layouts are strategically driven by modularization rather than retrofitted.
Key Principles of OptiMod Layout Process
Offsite Construction Methods: Shift up to 80% of work offsite, reducing on-site labor, enhancing safety, and improving quality control through factory environments.
Footprint Reduction: OptiMod integrates process areas into large modules or small, optimized clusters, reducing unit footprints by up to 40%, optimizing space utilization, reducing key bulk quantities and lowering costs.
Cost and Schedule Efficiency: Projects leveraging OptiMod can achieve up to 25% cost savings over traditional stick-built layouts and 15% over traditional modular layouts. Schedule efficiencies can accelerate timelines by three to six months based on a typical 36-month EPC project.
Strategic Considerations for OptiMod Implementation
Early Vendor Involvement: Integrating vendors early ensures critical vendor data for equipment located in modules is obtained early, enabling optimal space management for modules.
Process-Driven Facility Design: By allowing process requirements to dictate equipment and piping placement, OptiMod reduces interconnects, minimizes key quantities, and ensures cost-effective module designs.
Fabricability & Constructability Integration: Designing for efficient fabrication, assembly, site installation, and interconnection maximizes project execution effectiveness.
Early Operations & Maintenance Input: Involving owner operations and maintenance personnel during FEED phase ensures the design meets long-term operation and maintenance needs.
Applications and Benefits of OptiMod
Sustainability & ESG Impact: Reducing facility footprint directly lowers carbon emissions, supporting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) targets.
Enhanced Labor & Safety Metrics: By shifting construction activities offsite, OptiMod reduces on-site labor needs by up to 80%, decreasing safety risks and hazardous exposure.
Financial Performance: OptiMod enhances financial returns by increasing Net Present Value (NPV) and improving Internal Rate of Return (IRR) through reduced capital costs (up to 25%).
OptiMod Layout Process: Supports the Construction Industry Institutes (CII’s) best practices.
Conclusion: A New Era of Modular Efficiency
DyCat Solutions’ OptiMod Layout Process is transforming heavy industrial construction by leveraging offsite construction, optimizing footprints, and integrating vendors early. The result: significant improvements in cost, schedule, sustainability, and project efficiency.
Ready to Optimize Your Projects?
At DyCat Solutions, we guide clients through the entire modularization process, from concept to execution. With our expertise in OptiMod, we help you overcome challenges, optimize layouts, and achieve superior project performance.
Contact us today to unlock new efficiency and innovation with OptiMod. Let’s build the future—smarter, faster, and more effectively.