Answers for some of the most commonly asked questions about TDG

We have actually seen a number of utilities and asset owners come to us about using TDG. Utilities and Asset Owners use TDG to evaluate multiple options for capital planning on an existing project (greenfield or brownfield) before they set a budget and put out a tender. Some even use it to help write the specification for a tender. Utilities and Asset Owners with in-house engineering capabilities will use it in-house, whereas others have their supply chain partners work with us to streamline their engineering and system integratons work. Contact us to discuss your specific use case.

Nearly all of our clients have a very diverse range of processes and specifications. For example, an OEM uses TDG to propose a wide variety of their technologies and processes for both municipal and industrial projects. We also work with many small to mid-size SIs with a similar business model. EPCs use the tool to evaluate different technologies for their clients. And Utilities in the U.K. are running designs for multiple types of projects, everything from wet weather flow to MABR to Trickling Filters to UASB to modeling side stream impact on the main line.

This is a misperception. We integrate with our clients existing cost databases. Those can be excel based on even an ERP system. Users enter the tender requirements as inputs, and TDG will generate a Mechanical BOQ and Civil BOQ for that given design option. The BOQs pull prices from your costing database, so costing is fast and easy. We are not in the business of maintaining cost databases, that is true. Prices change too often and we believe our clients’ costing is their competitive advantage, so we will not be the one maintaining that information.

This was probably true 10 years ago! Our software coding languages and capabilities have evolved massively since then. Today, TDG does not produce any “standard” designs. NOTHING in the software is based on templates. Every single design produced by the software is unique and custom for that particular set of user inputs, and the user’s OWN design rules. The PFD, P&ID, and BIM model are generated bottom up each time a user runs a design.