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WHO WE ARE

We are
problem solvers.

Consultants and integrators since 2000. Control panels, PLC and SCADA software out of Lakewood Ranch, Florida, with an oil and gas operation in Houston, Texas.

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Engineer in a hard hat looking down a photovoltaic module production line

The plants and production lines our control systems run in.

Since 2000

Integrating industrial systems since 2000.

We are consultants and integrators, not a product line. We design, program and commission the systems that keep industrial processes running, and we stay reachable after startup.

Control panels and SCADA are the centre of the practice, from a single skid to a plant delivered under federal contract.

What we sell is not the equipment. It is the judgement to pick a control strategy that fits the process, and the discipline to document it so the next engineer, ours or yours, can pick it up.

279+
automation projects delivered worldwide
158+
of them in the United States
78+
in Florida alone
150,000+
tags historized in AVEVA PI System
2000
the year we started, and we have not stopped

OUR APPROACH

The process sets the direction.
Engineering connects the details.

We connect your operating objectives to the instruments, logic and information your system needs.

01

Understand the operation

Review the process, existing controls and operating constraints with the people responsible for the system.

THE FOCUSOperating requirements
02

Define the control strategy

Connect measurements, equipment behavior and alarm requirements before specifying the solution.

THE FOCUSA coordinated technical scope
03

Integrate for the real world

Develop the agreed controls and software, test their behavior and prepare the system for operation.

THE FOCUSDesign, testing and handover
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Our mission

Automation for
a more reliable operation.

High-quality automation that supports efficiency and reliability across traditional industry and renewable energy. Built around your process, your team and the systems you operate.

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Two technicians in coveralls at a machine control pendant on a plant floor
Automation built around the process and the team that runs it.

WHERE WE WORK

Six sectors.
Two bases. One team.

Experience built in the field since 2000. Each sector arrives with its own standards, uptime expectations and audit trail, and the control strategy has to answer all three.

OIL & GAS / HOUSTON, TXOil and gas process facility with storage tanks and a flare stack

Process data that
survives an audit.

Facilities supported from our Houston operation, with more than 150,000 tags historized in AVEVA PI System.

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WATER & WASTEWATER / FLORIDALarge-diameter pipework at a water treatment basin

Infrastructure that
cannot stop.

SCADA, PLC and motor control work for municipal treatment, including documented work in Arcadia, Florida.

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AUTOMOTIVE / BODY SHOPSRobots welding a car body on an automotive production line

Built to the
plant’s standard.

Body shop PLC programming on Daimler’s Integra standard and BMW-specific programs for F15, F16, F25 and F26 production.

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PULP & PAPER / PRODUCTION LINESIllustrative paper production line with a continuous paper web and steel rollers

Lines that run
without pausing.

Paper mill experience on production lines that are expected to run continuously, where the controls carry the whole shift.

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SOLAR ENERGY / UTILITY SCALEUtility-scale photovoltaic power station seen across the site

Generation you
can report on.

Utility-scale generation, with the monitoring and historized data the asset is reported and audited on.

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GOVERNMENT / FEDERAL & MUNICIPALOverhead distribution line and insulators on a utility pole

Ready for the
procurement file.

Federal and municipal project delivery, with UEI, CAGE and NAICS on file for your procurement team.

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HEADQUARTERS

Lakewood Ranch, Florida

Control panels, PLC and SCADA engineering, and support for the systems already running.

OIL & GAS OPERATION

Houston, Texas

On the ground with the process facilities and the historian that records them.

Why us

Four answers, before you ask.

Get to know our approach to control strategy, integration and project delivery. Open any one of them: the platforms, the standards and what we need from you are on the inside.

  • SCADA support
  • PLC support
  • Motor controls
  • Ongoing maintenance

i3 offers support and development for SCADA, PLCs and motor controls. Contact support to discuss your platforms, current issues and maintenance needs.

You do not have to have built the system with us for us to keep it running.

Company and registration details.

Company and registration details
Company
i3 Automations & Controls
Primary NAICS
541511 · Custom Computer Programming Services
Secondary NAICS
238210 · 334513 · 335313 · 518210 · 541330 · 541512
Platform certifications
Ignition · VTScada · Canary

Built for your procurement process.

Government project experience and the vendor details your team needs, in one place.

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UEIUnique Entity ID
XUZ4WKEZLS67
CAGECommercial and Government Entity code
9ZJM6
Primary NAICSIndustry classification
541511

For project scope and RFQs, contact our team.

LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR OPERATION

What needs to
work better?

Tell us about your project, your system or the challenge on your plant floor. Let’s work out the next step.

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