Jaydev Chauhan - Ontario Power Generation

Summary

In a captivating discussion with Jaydev Chauhan from Ontario Power Generation (OPG), we delve into the transformative journey of digitizing power plant operations and the broader implications for the energy industry. Chauhan shares insights from his career and details the strategic implementation of digital twins in power facilities. This innovative project revolutionizes operational efficiency and training, highlighting massive data utilization and virtual modeling to enhance energy production and plant management. Chauhan also offers advice and inspiration for aspiring engineers, emphasizing the role of clean energy and technological advancements in shaping a sustainable future.

Highlights

• Jaydev Chauhan leads digitization efforts at OPG, driving technological innovation in power generation 🔥
• The creation of digital twins facilitates virtual access to power plants, improving operational efficiency 🚀
• This project enhances employee training with virtual models and data-driven strategies 🤓
• Chauhan's journey from engineering student to industry leader showcases the importance of vision and purpose in career growth 🌟
• Chauhan calls for engineers to embrace clean energy and technological progress to build a sustainable future 🌍

Key Takeaways

• Jaydev Chauhan spearheads digital innovation at Ontario Power Generation 🌟
• Digitization of power plants boosts efficiency and safety 👷‍♂️💻
• Digital twins allow virtual plant walkthroughs, saving time and resources 🚀
• Extensive data usage transforms training and planning processes 📊
• Chauhan emphasizes the importance of clean energy and engineering 🌍

Overview

Jaydev Chauhan, a key figure in Ontario Power Generation's digital transformation strategy, dives into the specifics of revolutionizing power plant operations through cutting-edge technology. At the heart of this initiative is the innovative use of digital twins, which enables virtual walkthroughs of plants. This technology not only optimizes procedures and minimizes errors but also significantly enhances workforce training and project planning.

Chauhan's pathway to this leadership role reflects his commitment to innovation. From his early fascination with engineering projects involving design and construction (EPC), he nurtured a vision for merging technology with energy production. His effort has culminated in a system that democratizes plant data, making it accessible and usable for strategic innovations across OPG. This model shows how embracing change can drive massive improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.

Looking ahead, Chauhan shares his excitement about the continuous optimization of operations through technology. He reflects on the importance of purpose, vision, and strategic planning in his career, advocating for a future where clean energy and technological advancements pave the way for sustainable development. Chauhan inspires engineers and organizations alike to innovate with intent, contributing to a cleaner, smarter energy landscape.

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction and Overview of OPG Role In the introductory chapter, the speaker begins by expressing gratitude to the interviewee and mentions the audience, including people from Waterloo, who will be viewing the conversation. The speaker then prompts the interviewee to discuss their job at OPG and the career path that led them to their current position. The chapter hints at the topic of refurbishment at OPG but does not delve into specifics, maintaining a general overview reflective of an introductory discussion.
• 00:30 - 01:30: Refurbishment of Darlington Nuclear Reactors The chapter titled 'Refurbishment of Darlington Nuclear Reactors' discusses the extension of the operational life of the Darlington nuclear reactors by 30 years through refurbishment. This process incorporates the use of various automated machines, alongside manually operated and regular tools, aimed at replacing key reactor components. The effort is portrayed as a massive undertaking with a defined critical path necessary for project success.
• 01:30 - 02:30: Role and Responsibilities: Section Manager of Refurbishment Innovations The chapter titled 'Role and Responsibilities: Section Manager of Refurbishment Innovations' discusses the strategic importance of improving critical paths in projects to save time and resources. As the section manager of refurbishment innovations, the speaker emphasizes their focus on optimizing tooling improvements to accelerate project completion, thereby allowing for earlier production of electricity. The section is primarily responsible for overseeing these critical path enhancements.
• 02:30 - 05:00: Career Path and Background The chapter discusses the dual role of a group. The first aspect focuses on current activities, while the second centers on staying close to technological implementations. The group offers support for the latest technologies, particularly in areas like the internet.
• 05:00 - 06:30: Digital Twin Project Introduction The chapter introduces the concept of a Digital Twin project, focusing on aspects such as digitization, 4D schedules, and device tracking. These technologies are being utilized company-wide. The chapter briefly touches on the author's personal journey, mentioning their engineering projects at university, which sparked their interest in these technologies.
• 06:30 - 13:00: Digital Twin Project Implementation and Benefits This chapter opens with the narrator recalling their experience in electrical engineering, where they would design circuits, purchase necessary parts, and construct the design. They introduce the concept of EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) and express curiosity about how these processes are scaled up in the professional world compared to a student's project.
• 13:00 - 18:00: Impact and Usage of the Digital Twin System This chapter explores the impact and usage of the Digital Twin System. It begins with a discussion about the numerous difficulties that can arise when trying to implement such systems on a large scale. The narrative follows the journey of a design engineer, who, after graduating, navigates through various phases of their career, including design, procurement, and construction, to understand how these industries can integrate and leverage Digital Twin technology effectively.
• 18:00 - 22:00: Project Management Approach The chapter 'Project Management Approach' discusses the integration of science in project management within the organizational or power plant settings. The speaker describes their learning journey in understanding EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contracts and the ability to implement changes in the organization. They express gratitude towards OPG for acknowledging their contributions.
• 22:00 - 28:00: Challenges and Lessons Learned The chapter discusses the challenges and lessons learned in assuming a leadership role for implementing change, specifically the digitization of power facilities. It focuses on the creation of digital twins of power generating plants.
• 28:00 - 34:00: Technology Adoption Strategy The chapter titled 'Technology Adoption Strategy' begins with a project initiated in mid-2018. The team was assigned a straightforward task to evaluate black and white laser scans that they possessed for specific areas in Burlington and the Darling department, with the objective of determining a method to make these scans accessible to the public.
• 34:00 - 41:00: Development and Documentation of New Working Practices The chapter 'Development and Documentation of New Working Practices' discusses the approach the team takes towards tasks, emphasizing critical evaluation from multiple perspectives. It highlights the importance of ensuring that tasks are performed correctly and sustainably, aiming for scalable solutions that provide substantial improvements. The focus is on delivering significant value to the company and considering whether actions contribute to that value effectively.
• 41:00 - 46:00: Cybersecurity Considerations The chapter 'Cybersecurity Considerations' explores the decision-making process regarding the implementation of cybersecurity measures within a company. It evaluates the applicability and necessity of these measures for everyone in the organization. If the criteria are met affirmatively, the next step is to devise the most efficient method for implementation.
• 46:00 - 52:00: Personal Skill Development and Vision The chapter discusses the theme of personal skill development and vision. It highlights how the team aimed to exceed user expectations by improving existing processes and technologies. The reflection begins with the team's contemplation on the application of their ideas and innovations across numerous power plants in Ontario and the USA. The chapter illustrates a moment of realization and inspiration, symbolized by the "light bulb moment," where the team recognizes the vast potential impact of their work.
• 52:00 - 50:00: Advice for Engineers and Future Opportunities In the chapter "Advice for Engineers and Future Opportunities," the discussion revolves around the implementation of a system designed to provide secure centralized storage. This system ensures that power plants can be visited virtually via computers, facilitating accessibility for all employees. The motivation behind this project lies in enhancing the connectivity and functionality of power plant operations.

Jaydev Chauhan - Ontario Power Generation Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 jdev uh thank you for taking the time to uh talk to me and uh the people from waterloo that are gonna be watching this uh i thought it would start just by asking you to tell me about your job or opg and how your career led you to this position yeah that's a good question so um as you as we know that we are refurbishing
• 00:30 - 01:00 arlington nuclear reactors to extend its life of operation uh for the next 30 years and during this refurbishment we use a lot of automated machines some of them are manually operated and some of some of them are regular tools and that basically replaces it replaces the reactor components and for the huge project like these um there's a critical path and if we
• 01:00 - 01:30 find ways to improve this critical path we can save projects days and and and if we save the project days then you can bring that generating unit back online and start producing electricity ahead of its schedule so our group here which is known as refurbishment innovations looks after these critical paths uh tooling improvements uh and i'm the section manager for this
• 01:30 - 02:00 group currently and um and that's one aspect of our group and the second aspect of our group uh is um we're the closest to the uh technology uh implementation so um so so we we um so that so that we we provide latest technology and technology implementation support such as internet
• 02:00 - 02:30 of things digitization 4d schedules tracking of the devices that we have and and some of these technologies that are being used company-wide and for the part of how i came across this is a long story but like a short version is when i when i was in uh university and doing the engineering projects uh
• 02:30 - 03:00 we used like uh design like for example i'm electrical i did electrical engineering so we used to design the circuit and then buy the parts and then build it so then we came across a term called epc right like engineering procure and construct and and then i i wanted to get my head around like how does the world um do this at a huge scale like because when you when you're a student and doing a project um
• 03:00 - 03:30 you may come up and come across a lot of difficulties and then you can imagine the world is doing that at a bigger scale so how do they do that so then that and then that so right after graduation i started as a design engineer uh i did a couple years of that and then procurement with it uh as well and then switched to construction and procurement and then i realized that epc also has a
• 03:30 - 04:00 big element of client and a customer basically so then now now i'm in opg where i'm learning the science side of things on how these epc contracts and any kind of changes that we can bring into the organization or the power plants can get implemented and i'm very thankful that opg recognized the recognize my efforts and
• 04:00 - 04:30 trusted me to do the leadership role in bringing this change absolutely and an interesting job that you have now in a path that you've taken to that so we're going to talk about the digitization of the power facilities uh effectively the creation of digital twins of your power generating plants uh
• 04:30 - 05:00 can you tell me about what this project did yeah um honestly in the in the beginning during a mid 2018 time frame we were given a simple task uh to take a look at the uh to take a look at the black and white laser scans that we had for certain areas in uh burlington uh darlington darling department and uh we had to figure out a way to make them available to people
• 05:00 - 05:30 and now when any task is uh given to our our team here we look at it from different um perspective uh for example like are like simple as like are we doing the right thing like is there is this the latest sustainable and scalable um thing to do right and are we creating like order of magnitude improvement um are we are we bringing significant value to the company or not um do do the end
• 05:30 - 06:00 user really really want it and um and is this the thing that we're doing is it applicable to uh everyone in the company and like if if all of these like um perspective and the answers to these questions are yes then then we we go about uh saying like um like what is the most efficient way to
• 06:00 - 06:30 get this thing done and how can we go um beyond the expectation of the end users uh so when when we were looking at these black and white scans we were thinking oh boy like we have 160 power plants across the province of ontario and some in the united states of america um like uh and if this can be applied to all of them it can bring huge changes and like the light bulb went off in our
• 06:30 - 07:00 brain and like we can visit any power plant possibly from our computer and that actually motivated us to do this thing and so so this um so this project we basically implemented a system that provides a secure centralized storage um which is which is easily accessible by all employees as
• 07:00 - 07:30 like we uh software in a website uh so so for that and so for that our help from our cio we set that up and we also set up center of excellence like a it's a small team of four who they go out and collect the scans and once they collect the scan they process it and make it available to
• 07:30 - 08:00 make it available on the server so that employees can access it and we also implemented a request form where users can like end users can request any additional services if they want like for example 40 schedules or vr applications or they want to or they want to overlay a 3d point cloud and models
• 08:00 - 08:30 on top of each other and see the interferences and so any specific applications they can request it so we also make sure that that gets taken care of um yeah so that's what this project implemented so with the digital twins that basically means that anyone within opg is able to see in detail the insight of all of your power facilities
• 08:30 - 09:00 exactly and right from the any computer as long as they're on opg um network connected right and that allows them to consider uh any changes that they might wish to make uh like as i think you mentioned uh they can see whether new pipes they might want to put in are going to bump into each other or bump into things which are already there and they can understand you know how processes operate
• 09:00 - 09:30 it's uh this is really quite a valuable thing yeah agree okay so what was the impact of the project uh you know what were the benefits that opg got from this yeah so com currently there has been about 19 months of runtime with this new system here and uh like where as i mentioned like where employees access the virtual data of our power plants and uh so far we have about
• 09:30 - 10:00 uh nine terabytes of data collected for renewable generation sites and nuclear generating sites and we're collecting more data daily and there are about uh 2300 plus employees using this system um and they are using daily for uh for different purposes such as like virtual walk downs virtual walk downs can give us
• 10:00 - 10:30 appreciation of true size and shape of the equipment and and see the location of it and uh the like training training is a huge aspect of this like when we have a new workforce anyone who is joining brand new that we can show them uh train them and make them familiar with these engineering facilities the other asp their other impact that
• 10:30 - 11:00 this technology is making is where we can take measurements uh within it so if we were to plan or work ahead of time we can do that right there and then in the website we can do virtual we can do pre-job and post job virtually we can also mark up the locations to identify the virtual work instructions
• 11:00 - 11:30 um we can so so the so the so the impacts that you can see um it is huge and and efficiency gain that we we get out of this is humongous um as you can see like the this thing bring all of us together and it brings us order of magnitude improvement um for us and then it it helps us work efficiently um collaboratively with
• 11:30 - 12:00 with everyone and uh it's it's more streamlined and the the visualization of new new project execution strategy for example 40 schedules are making a huge difference and closing the gap of unknowns it is also saving us traveling cost excuse me for
• 12:00 - 12:30 give me one second um so for uh it is also saving us huge traveling cost so for example if we were to um look at some equipment in the plant we would have to schedule a walk down and then travel to that site which is remote for
• 12:30 - 13:00 example and then you have to spend hours traveling and do the walk down and then when we come back let's say if you forgot something then we would have to go back but versus now we just within minutes like we can see the entire plant and where the project is going to be so so truly it has changed the change the way how how we work and so yeah we're excited about the benefits
• 13:00 - 13:30 that this is bringing to us and it will bring us in the future yeah when you showed it to me the uh uh you showed me that it had the capability of providing information on various elements inside the picture so there may be a valve for example that uh that would be in the uh in the online environment or the online picture of the power station and people could go to that and get the
• 13:30 - 14:00 dimensions and the characteristics of that valve as well as that there seemed to be information available on work that had been done there in the past and which would as you mentioned mean that people could do all of this remotely rather than having to go and look at what was on the site exactly very interesting so how was the project managed what approach did you take to that
• 14:00 - 14:30 and what did you learn from the project management okay yeah so the the project was managed by our team uh back in 2018 and 2019 along with our along with the continuous support from our cio team chief information office we had also support from the procedure and governance update team and of course the end users and affected stakeholders uh right after
• 14:30 - 15:00 that light bulb went on and run off or in our brain that one day we can have all power plants virtually accessible via a website to every employee uh we were super excited for the future and benefits right so we gathered many end users across the company and we did about six uh workshops and uh we we picked our brain and said okay if you if you were to go 10 years in future
• 15:00 - 15:30 and if you had access to the power plant virtually what do you want to do with it what do you want to do with that data and we started collecting those information and we and then we did about 12 different vendor show and tell so that we can understand what is available in the market currently and so while we're gathering all these details we realized that um this had company-wide applications and
• 15:30 - 16:00 then so that we started drafting a enterprise strategy document um that laid out lists of things that we would like to do to transition opg to have a better digital future um and then and then and then we started executing basically that strategy and then with with help from our cio we set up the secured and centralized i.t
• 16:00 - 16:30 infrastructure and with help from our drawing office who are the owner of um as built data such as drawings we set up a small team within their team to start collecting this 3d data and process it and publish it onto the infrastructure that cio set up um and in parallel we modified our governance uh the governance is basically like the daily procedures that
• 16:30 - 17:00 we use um to to to do the business uh in day-to-day life so we start we modified that to add reminders for users to say hey like this 3d and 4d technologies are available and consider consider the use of it and while we're using executing this project we learned many things such as new technology should be super simple easy to implement
• 17:00 - 17:30 easy to use um and and and it should be available to all employees like that the data has to be truly democratized we cannot keep data in boundaries like it should be available to all employees so that they can use it for their own purpose and another lesson that we learned was truly like truly listening and understanding problems of the end users
• 17:30 - 18:00 and and having passion to solve them is a key and also having an attitude towards setting the end user for success brings us huge benefits also it is very important to um [Music] it is important to keep in mind that
• 18:00 - 18:30 the company has to be ahead of any kind of innovation or or change um we cannot we we should we should do the change for the so that it keeps on moving the idea further because there are more end users um and if we like target only one group or
• 18:30 - 19:00 or do it in and do a couple of groups that that innovation limits it so we should do it such a way that it is um company-wide uh that was one of the lessons we learned and um one of the general things that we learned during this project is that if you're over if you're ever overwhelmed with many possible options or outcomes that could happen then there are there are ways to overcome it and what we did was um
• 19:00 - 19:30 in our mind we accepted like the worst case outcome and then assigned data probability of uh probability score of occurring and then on the other hand we we think about good things that bring to us and then assign that a probability so from both of these probabilities uh scores we we were able to see that um good things happenings are happening are
• 19:30 - 20:00 more like far more certain um than the bad things so um so we should continue pursuing that options um so yeah these are the things that we uh learned during the project okay and what challenges did you face in the project uh you know what things caused you to uh didn't go the way you expected them to go
• 20:00 - 20:30 yeah um one of the thing one of the challenge that we um [Music] we come across with wrapping our head around how this new technology is going to work from start to finish right such as how would the back end work how would the front end work how how where would the storage going to be um how are we going to collect the data what format is it going to be in um like if we collect it from the collected
• 20:30 - 21:00 from the field how do we how do we make it available to people uh on a computer and so and the way to overcome this uh fear or challenge that we we had is to um we started ahead of time like as soon as we were in talks with vendors on what we're going to implement we started talking to their uh the
• 21:00 - 21:30 technical team and started understanding where everything will go um like how would the device collect the data which format is it going to be in what software you will use to [Music] process that data how we're going to publish it onto the server what what specifications we should have the server set to what ports we should have open for users to connect using the software
• 21:30 - 22:00 and web applications um so yeah getting ahead and starting ahead to learn uh before implementing um helped us overcome that another challenge that we had was making sure that the technology that we pick is compatible with third-party uh other third-party and competitors offers and are in five formats or not
• 22:00 - 22:30 right um so basically like we should give freedom to our vendors uh to to to let them use any technology that they want but at the same time we should ensure that we are able to import that data um into our system um so um so so that uh there's a degree of freedom and also we can collect data and make it
• 22:30 - 23:00 available to people and so that if any anyone else to go collect data we can still um we can still use it so i think uh yeah so uh so choosing the correct uh technology for our purpose was uh was it was a great challenge and for that we as i mentioned earlier like we did about 12 vendors show and tell to understand what they're offering and
• 23:00 - 23:30 we also did multiple meetings after that with them to understand their each of their solutions um yeah so again just making sure that the technology works for your organization is also is also as important very much so and uh you went through a very careful process of technology selection uh some organizations don't do that and and that
• 23:30 - 24:00 can create problems for them it's uh you know very important that you mentioned that okay so how was the project introduced to the people who would use the new technology uh what did you do to gain their support for its use yeah so um adoption was also uh one of the main challenge that we identified ahead of time and uh we said like what are the things that we could do to
• 24:00 - 24:30 to to help employees adopt this because everyone is really busy doing their work how are they going to take time in looking at this new data or how are they even going to find out about this because we're a huge organization about 10 000 employees uh so how are we going to reach out to every one of these people so we we did identify this and then to solve this we started
• 24:30 - 25:00 looking at um these big big big tech companies um like they bring change every time like we get a new phone every year so like um how do these big tech companies uh maintain and manage their technology adoption right so uh what we learned from that is they use uh early adopters approach where where the motivated people when
• 25:00 - 25:30 the people who want to do things differently uh they target them to so that they they they they adopt that technology ahead of time and then they become your advocate for your technology so we thought we did kind of similar uh we we approach we use similar kind of approach and what in our case uh what we did was the employees who wants to do things uh
• 25:30 - 26:00 differently uh who are motivated to do better than their peers and their colleagues um we we targeted them first so for example in my opinion one of the characteristics of uh motivated employees who are different from others and want to do things differently and want to stay in the loop they they always check the home page uh of our intranet right and then they always stay up to date with the company news
• 26:00 - 26:30 um so so first we did the article on our homepage where we said hey uh this virtual power plant is available for you to view uh what do you think like um are you you can access it using these instructions uh like log in and here's a link right so then we got some feedback from them and we saw that okay they were adopting it and they wanted to see even
• 26:30 - 27:00 more areas of other power plants so then we we said okay they need a link to request the services because once we have the data there were as i said like there are more applications that we can do with that data so we also enable a link on the internet where people can go and request services the second thing we did was all company email like a company-wide email
• 27:00 - 27:30 with the article link that says here's a link to access and and how this is how you access and then the third technique we use was to update the governance so that the people who are following like who are really good at their job and following procedures and um uh procedures and governance uh they they they they remember to use this technology
• 27:30 - 28:00 um and the fourth technique that we did was uh lunch and learn sessions uh with the groups um where we did not see adoption we went and did like lunch and learn sessions with them uh to to show them how it looks like and how they can use it for their advantage so jadev where are there new working practices that the technology required
• 28:00 - 28:30 and if so how were these developed and introduced yeah so um as you can expect um there are numerous procedures and guidelines to our um to our daily work life to standardize the work we do um in so and we we had to find a governance that is suited for the technology it also has to get used frequently and many stakeholders
• 28:30 - 29:00 should be included in in using that governance so it was um it took time but we found a governance that that was similar to this so one of the example for this is our modification guide where we do any kind of changes to your system structure or components
• 29:00 - 29:30 within the station itself so we updated this guide to include reminders for users at every stage of modification lifecycle so that they can use these uh 3d40 technologies um so this is like uh this is aim for the end users so let's go into a little bit uh let's go into the guide that we created
• 29:30 - 30:00 uh for the center of excellence uh which provides the data collect yeah it requires data collection services you know like um the the team that i talked talked earlier so so as soon as we got the new device from our render and the softwares are installed we started experimenting and figured out how we will make this technology work so then it was time for us to document it um and
• 30:00 - 30:30 the reason for that is if if it is documented and how we do things as i mentioned it's it to that that produces a standard standardized product and if someone some employee were to leave or go on a rotation job or anything like that we can always use that procedure as backup to train the new individual
• 30:30 - 31:00 so so we also made that guideline and that guideline uh talks about um how do you how do you plan the job what questions do you ask the requester the customer who requested the scanning or any 40 scheduling work how many scans do you take where do you save the data after it gets after after you collect it how do you process and how do you publish the data on the on the server
• 31:00 - 31:30 so and like and how do you give access to different types of users in the organization um so the this is this is important uh because like as i said like it to to want to produce a standard product and if employees were to go um on a different role we can always use these
• 31:30 - 32:00 and also we all know that video guides are are very useful and they help us learn a lot uh so we also made some video guides for users and center of excellence so um yeah these were the uh changes that we we made for the uh when when we introduced the new technology in the company okay and so what you say certainly makes
• 32:00 - 32:30 sense that new technologies that you introduce you want to very carefully determine what the working practices will be and document and record those so that they can be uh transferred from one person to another and so you have a standard way of doing things to make sure it's always going to be done properly how do you decide what those processes would be so did the people who were working with
• 32:30 - 33:00 that technology uh developed these uh operating practices themselves or did you get that from the vendor how did you decide what those would be so some aspect of the of these procedures were developed in-house so um because vendors provides technology but they don't necessarily know our power plants so so we
• 33:00 - 33:30 as a as the center of excellence who provides these data collection services we made it on our own and said okay okay i did this trial and error and i found out that in 10 by 10 room for example we need four scans at minimum and if there are more equipment tags somewhere around the around the room then we may need to take a couple of
• 33:30 - 34:00 scans more um stuff like that right like i'm just giving an example but um so to to have that aspect uh on how do you how do you how do you in incorporate that into our station system and structure um that that is important piece so that's why we had to make it uh on our own uh and we did utilize uh some vendor uh specifications where
• 34:00 - 34:30 uh we take input from such as what is the um like density of points that are being collected what resolution images are being collected so that so that we can reduce the number of scans that we take in an area so yes it's a it will be a it is a combination of both um and majority was developed in-house
• 34:30 - 35:00 they're very important for people who are learning how to do this how to work with the introduction of technology uh that your approach has been a combination of things that you learned from the vendor but also things that you had to develop for yourself so uh my next question is around uh security so you know power generation is very important for uh the uh
• 35:00 - 35:30 the economy and people's welfare and so security is especially important and uh without revealing anything that would be beneficial to people who might use it badly uh how did you incorporate the necessary emphasis on security uh into the project yeah sure cyber security and maintaining any company's proprietary data is important piece of this puzzle right
• 35:30 - 36:00 so i'll be able to tell you some basic details so for um like cyber security is important and at the same time democratizing the data is also equally important basically what i mean what i mean by that is we can have amazing data of every plant but but if we keep it limited to a few individuals or a few employees the
• 36:00 - 36:30 the value is lost right so that the data has to be democratized and democratized and in other words um it must be available to every employee based on their roles so that they can use it whenever they want it right and whatever whatever the purpose they may have they can use it um so we we have our own um uh secured um it infrastructure that
• 36:30 - 37:00 we were able to leverage and they [Music] in a nutshell like we had recommended specifications from vendor on um what kind of servers we need um and so we utilized that and um and and we followed the the recommended software uh that were given by us and then given by vendor and
• 37:00 - 37:30 we deployed them on the on the server and users computers there was also cad software plugins that that allowed us to load 3d scan data directly from the server and and this made it easy for us to um link primavera schedule 3d models and 3d scans to do
• 37:30 - 38:00 interference checks um look for overlap in in in the work work events um so why i'm saying that this is because um this enabled us um to keep the data centralized on the server and so that there so that there were no individual files floating around in the company it is all saved on the server and whenever user needs it they they
• 38:00 - 38:30 they take it from the server um [Music] and um and and then when they're done using it once they close the program it's no longer there anymore right so this uh eliminated the the risk of losing data or having multiple copies of the data um and uh other thing about cyber security is you know we all know multi-factor authentication
• 38:30 - 39:00 is now a standard practice right followed by every every or most of the organization and we also follow that and yeah so basically this summarizes uh what i can share about the security side of things but you were certainly for your organization security was very important and and that because of that you incorporated that from the beginning of the project in the
• 39:00 - 39:30 way that you did things and your overall design was designed was you know incorporated a high degree of security and i want to really just emphasize that for people watching of course security is important to ontario power generation but it's also important for uh most organizations probably all organizations and what they do yeah correct okay okay my next question is how do you
• 39:30 - 40:00 approach your own skills development jdev do you ensure uh that you can conduct projects like this one and stay current in your field what do you do to make sure your skills keep you able to do these things yeah um i think i think that having having a purpose plays significant role in any skill development or any personal
• 40:00 - 40:30 development many people can talk about what they do or how they do it but not many people can talk or tell you why they do it right in this particular case i lived through the i lived through the difficulties of epc the engineering procurement construct that i mentioned earlier in my previous life which gave me a purpose
• 40:30 - 41:00 that i want to improve quality of employees life at work and also um help the new generation the new younger generation that is joining opg um and and and supercharge their uh learning curve about the new about the power plant so so so i think i found an opportunity uh to serve this purpose and
• 41:00 - 41:30 even go beyond this purpose with the digitization of our power plant um and like this enabled us to uh collaborate uh efficiently um and avoid similar issues i had in my uh previous role and this increased the uh productivity and work and it also added virtual references in daily activities that we do at work
• 41:30 - 42:00 so basically working for something that we love and care about and um something that we love and care about is it it brings passion um and then and with the right purpose um [Music] it develops the desire to learn new things and it also drives us to do better things um and
• 42:00 - 42:30 and i think the next important thing to have beside purpose is vision um right like a vision is basically what is the end goal and what is it that we really want to create in the world around us and um as you can imagine like we can have fun with this right we can dream about uh anything we want and universe is our playground and you know what they say like if you you
• 42:30 - 43:00 see it here you can hold it here right so so i think having vision is uh very important and um and also the vision goes with like the questions such as uh are we like are we i mean are we doing the right thing right like is the does the world need uh what we are about to envision oh hold on
• 43:00 - 43:30 okay sorry yeah um yeah so there uh what i was saying is okay so there are there are some good questions that i think are important about uh vision um such as does the vision align with what the world needs and may need in the future right does it significantly impact people's life in in a good way or and with with this vision are we going to help people right um
• 43:30 - 44:00 so and after like purpose and vision i think it is important to have a strategy and strategy is basically how we're going to do things to bring that vision to life right strategy is something where you leverage everything and everyone around you to build a plan uh within of course with an end date in mind um and i think helping people all around
• 44:00 - 44:30 you and asking for help when you need from people around you um we will will take us further in future right um so um i think i think if you have purpose vision and strategy the rest will fall in place like such as like building skills or staying up to date with the with the world or where it's going right so i think just finding that purpose and drive within
• 44:30 - 45:00 you um are the most important skills i would say thank you and do you have any further advice for engineers uh who will be watching this this is my last question and you know i'm just keen to capture any final points that you might have yeah i think i think right now is the best time to be alive as an engineer right and i also thought the same thing back in 2011 when i was doing bachelors so
• 45:00 - 45:30 um yeah i think i think engineering is about creating things that never existed right so um so i think engineers will thrive and create better future for humans as they as they have been doing in the past um one thing that engineers should know is that uh like great design is critical but um but but taking that great design and producing at large scale and having
• 45:30 - 46:00 supply chain in place and maintaining to support the production um are even more complex and requires hardcore engineering and i think as humans our goal should be um to produce like more product than we consume you know so that we help the future generations right and um
• 46:00 - 46:30 and i think uh the world is moving towards uh clean energy right so um that alone is creating tremendous opportunities for engineers and if you if you see like in our case uh the end product is electrons right like we produce we produce them from like hydro dams solar farms nuclear fission biomass and um and natural gas as you know everyone uses electricity
• 46:30 - 47:00 right and in future we're going to see the usage of electricity going future the electricity is going to grow like at a at a fast scale um and the reason for that is the adoption of electric vehicles there that is happening currently and you know i think in ontario we're not perfect but i think we we are we are doing better than rest of the world so i think we
• 47:00 - 47:30 should be proud of that and we are transitioning on how the electricity is produced and and nuclear energy is the central part of that transition and uh you may already know this but we recently announced the development of new small module reactor smr close to the darlington nuclear generating station right um this facility is going to add more clean energy onto the ontario's grid in future
• 47:30 - 48:00 so so what i think is like nuclear has been around for a long time and we have the opportunity to reinvent this using the um small module reactors and and because because they can be used to provide um clean energy and remote areas right so all of these um how are these can how is this going
• 48:00 - 48:30 to happen right so we need help of engineers basically that's what i'm saying so we can uh basically we can either be consumer of the electricity or we can contribute to the production of clean electricity right um clean energy is essential for progress of humankind and it is better for keeping the environment clean for future generations right and uh and and uh and i think in addition to
• 48:30 - 49:00 clean energy there are way more other um and uh other areas where engineering is progressing at um at a super fast pace right such as uh space exploration and where where we are trying to preserve the light of human consciousness and becoming space faring civilization and then there is generating genetic engineering where we're trying to overcome diseases
• 49:00 - 49:30 and i think there's also efforts made on to through the transportation network uh to ease the traffic on the road um there is also engineering with the brain that is happening so that we can help help people with the spinal cord injuries and obviously the artificial intelligence and robots that that is going to drive the next industrial revolution um so um as i said engineers have been and
• 49:30 - 50:00 will thrive in future and always and and we should always remember the human side of things right um we should remember human side of things while uh doing anything as an engineer and always uh serve the purpose of um obviously always serve the purpose of achieving a better future for humans and have passion and desire to learn and grow i
• 50:00 - 50:30 think i think engineers are are the way to go for now yeah thank you jaydev and i really appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions i think it will be very valuable for the people who are watching i i'm very happy to help and very happy to be here and thank you for involving me