Project Management
Project roundtable: Automation and controls
Case studies in oil and gas, pharmaceutical, and water-wastewater applications offer advice in control system integration, automation upgrades, and project management.
Learn from others’ mistakes in automation integration project management
Think Again: Minimize risk and maximize rewards of control system integration projects with this advice.
Engineering advice: Education, workplace strategies, tips
Control Engineering career and salary survey advice is offered by those taking the 2018 survey and education and workplace strategies were the biggest topics, followed by engineering tips.
Ten best practices for system integration companies and projects
Project management, system development lifecycle, services, as well as information systems and cybersecurity are among 10 best practices for system integration in a new guide for system integrators and those doing control system integration projects.
2018 HMI Software and Hardware Study: Upward trends for HMIs
The 2018 HMI Software and Hardware study revealed several upward trends on the usage of human-machine interface software and hardware.
Company upgrades DCS platform to improve bottom line
Schneider Electric helped Dow Corning upgrade its distributed control systems (DCSs) to help Dow Corning's Carrollton, Ken., plant reduce its capital expenditure by 50%.
Hot topics in Control Engineering for 2017
Think Again: Control Engineering readers choose hot topics of 2017 based on online traffic at the automation industry website. What can you learn from these top Control Engineering articles of 2017? Also see the top three covers of 2017.
Retaining skills and expertise for the next generation
Every business needs to have a skills training program to one degree or another. For those involved in more complex industries, such as oil and gas or petrochemical engineering, gathering new skills as well as the experience of the older generation and passing it onto those committed to learning a new trade is an essential business practice.
Burrow Global, Houston, Texas
Burrow Global is the 2018 System Integrator of the Year for the Large System Integrator Technology. Chief strategic officer and director of business development Nigel James shares some of the company's success stories and advice.
2017 Programmable Controller Software, Hardware Study
Respondents to the 2017 Programmable Controller Software and Hardware Study identified several key findings.