BROWNFIELD · LIFECYCLE
Modernize what needs to change: keep what still works.
We assess control, process-control and documentation components of existing plants and build a migration approach around lifecycle, risk and shutdown constraints.
Brownfield risk lives in the interfaces
Legacy buses, missing source files, third-party communication, obsolete hardware and short shutdown windows often define the real project risk.
- Inventory hardware, software and communication.
- Identify lifecycle and spare-parts risks.
- Define target architecture and rollback point.
- Split migration into testable steps.
- Plan FAT/SAT and documentation early.
Five-step retrofit approach
Inventory
Capture hardware, software, networks and documentation.
Risk
Assess lifecycle, backups, interfaces and shutdown constraints.
Target design
Define what remains and what is replaced.
Test plan
Prepare FAT, rollback and SAT strategy.
Migration
Execute, commission and update as-built documentation.
Planning resource
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Automation retrofit checklist
Ten questions to clarify before scope, budget and schedule.
Discuss a brownfield modernization
Share the current platform, main problem and shutdown window.