A Review and Discussion of Issues Related to Long- Term Planning for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition and Instrumentation and Control Systems for a Multi-phase, Multi-year Project in a Wastewater Facility

摘要

This paper reviews and discusses the issues related to long term planning for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and Instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for multi-phase multi-year projects. This paper investigates some of the reasons for multi-phase multi-year projects such as budget issues, process issues, schedule issues, and regulatory requirement issues. In addition, this paper reviews and discusses the results of a multi-phase multi-year project as they relate to SCAD A and I&C systems for a water/wastewater facility. Issues include hardware and software upgrades, personnel training, personnel staffing, design issues and consultant and contractor issues.