JITENDRA SURVE PIPING GUIDE 02/04/03

BOM PROCESSING
BASIC STEPS
1. Estimation of quantities from drawings.
2. Addition of various contingencies, segregation of site fabricated items
and procurement.
3. Grouping the items to place requisition for materials.
4. Receipt of bids, Technical and commercial evaluation.
5. Placement of order.
6. Vendor drawing checking and approval.
7. Material control and receipt at site.
8. Substitution and
9. Material reconciliation.

ESTIMATION OF QUANTITIES FROM DRAWINGS

• Successful completion of a project depends on correct estimation of

piping quantities.
• Following documents are required for different stages of MTO.
• For preliminary MTO:
1. PIDs
2. Line list.
3. Piping specification.
4. Equipment layout/piping studies.
• For intermediate MTO:
1. PIDs.
2. Line list.
3. Piping specification and
4. Piping GADs.
• For final MTO:
1. Piping isometrics drawings in addition to the above documents.

REASONS FOR THREE STAGES

1. To complete the project in minimum possible time.

2. Order the long delivery materials in advance.
3. Cater for additions and deletions during engineering, and
4. Match the vendor drawing requirements.

• With PIDs and equipment layouts, piping items can be estimated.

• Valves and flanges are estimated from PID’s.

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• Pipe lengths and fittings like elbows are estimated by experienced

piping engineer, visualizing the actual routine of pipe line on
equipment layout.
• With the flanged joints requirements, gaskets and bolt estimation
could be done.
• Other specilities like steam traps, strainers, hoses and hose couplings,
eye wash and safety shower, etc, could also be estimated from PID’s.
• To account for the material line number wise, lines are designated with
a unique number for each connection.
• For example:
2” – MEG – 4003 – B1A – Ih
1. 2” = Size
2. MEG = Fluid code.
3. 4003 = Line serial number.
4. B1A = Piping class /spec.
5. Ih = Type of insulation.
• In addition to this, the area of the plant in which this line runs, the
design temperature of this line can be designated.
• Once the linewise material take off is coded in ASCII form the bill of
material sheets, with the help of computer programmes, all the piping
material can be compiled and various reports generated.
• Different types of reports are generated using computer:
1. Bulk summary.
2. Line wise MTO.
3. Zone wise MTO.
4. Item wise MTO.
5. Service wise MTO.
6. Piping class wise MTO.
7. Line index.
8. Item break up.
9. Insulation statement.
10. Painting statement.

REQUISITION AND TECHNICAL EVALUATION.

• With the quantity known for procuring, the requisition for all items with
various vendors are placed.
• The vendor documents are evaluated technically and commercially to
place the orders.
• After that the vendor drawings for each item are checked for
compliance with the requirements and are approved, with deviations
and corrections if any, if they are within the tolerance limit.
• If deviations are far away from the requirements, the vendor can be
asked to submit the revised drawing as per the specifications and
finally all the vendor drawings are approved and the items thus
procured are transported to site for construction.

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