Stop Hoping Your Isolations Are Right. Know They Are.

IsoBuilder is an interactive isolation design platform that transforms P&IDs into a live tool for planning, managing and executing plant isolations.

Isobuilder enables teams to design accurate isolation faster, reduce human error, and improve safety by giving clear, visual control of hazardous energy across the plant. By centralising isolation data, IsoBuilder improves efficiency, reduces downtime and strengthens operational safety in high-risk environments.

Built for shutdown planners, supervisors, permit officers, operations teams, and anyone responsible for ensuring isolations are correct before work begins.

What the workflow gives you

  1. One central isolation record
    Isolation scope, asset references, approvals, and status live in one controlled database instead of separate files.

  2. Drawing-linked design
    Each isolation stays connected to the P&ID and the assets it depends on, not a disconnected spreadsheet row.

  3. Role-based review and publishing
    Approvals move through the right site roles so the published isolation reflects a controlled decision path.

  4. Clean reissue when scope changes
    Revision changes and late updates create a visible next draft instead of silent edits to the approved record.

Interactive isolations turn drawings and isolation data into one working system

IsoBuilder is not just a place to store finished isolation sheets. It functions as a centralised isolation database where teams can locate the right drawing, define scope against real assets, build the isolation in context, and preserve the approval history that sits behind the final output.

Find the right scope fast

Teams can start from a drawing list or search by asset, area, type, or description, which helps them land on the correct P&ID before the isolation work begins.

Build isolations against real assets

Isolation records are created from the drawing context, keeping the plan tied to the assets and boundaries that matter in execution.

Keep review visible

Required approvers are selected by role, giving operations, engineering, and other reviewers one controlled revision to assess.

Publish without losing traceability

Approved sheets lock down cleanly, and later changes are handled through reissue so teams can see what changed and why.

Start from the P&ID and move through the plant the way the drawing was designed

Isolation work rarely sits on one sheet forever. Crews and planners need to follow the process path, understand where a line continues, and move between related drawings without losing context.

IsoBuilder supports that by keeping users anchored to the drawing and allowing navigation through standard P&ID off-page connectors, so linked drawings can be opened as part of the same workflow rather than handled through screenshots and memory.

  • Asset-led search: locate work by asset name, area, type, description, or drawing reference.
  • Off-page connector navigation: move to linked drawings using the same cross-sheet indicators teams already read on a P&ID.
  • Multi-drawing context: keep related drawings open while building one controlled isolation record.

The database stays useful because the sheet is built in context, not after the fact

The sheet workspace is where the operational detail is captured: scope, notes, labels, expiry, approvals, and the structured isolation list. Because it sits alongside the drawing workflow, the database remains tied to what the planner was actually looking at when the isolation was designed.

That reduces the usual failure mode where the approved document exists, but nobody fully trusts how it was assembled or whether it still matches the current revision of the drawing.

  • Structured isolation records: key data is captured in a consistent model instead of scattered free text.
  • Asset traceability: the isolation list remains linked to the assets it references.
  • Centralised history: draft, requested, approved, published, and reissued states stay visible in one place.

Approvals and revision changes are part of the system, not extra admin around it

Once an isolation is ready, the author can request approval from the required site roles. The isolation stays in a controlled workflow from draft to requested review to published use, making it easier to see what is ready, what is waiting, and what is already approved.

When a referenced drawing changes, IsoBuilder can reissue affected isolation sheets so teams are not left wondering whether the approved isolation still matches the latest revision.

Why that matters on site

  • Teams are not working from different copies because the isolation record is centralised.
  • Published isolations cannot drift silently because approved sheets become read-only.
  • Scope changes stay reviewable because a reissued draft starts from a controlled baseline.

IsoBuilder helps teams manage isolation knowledge as a controlled operational dataset, not just a final document.

What changes for the team

The gain is not just cleaner paperwork. It is a more dependable way to design, approve, and maintain isolations over time.

What improves

  • The isolation database becomes a single source of truth instead of a handover between disconnected tools.
  • Cross-drawing navigation becomes easier because related P&IDs can be followed through their off-page connectors.
  • Approvals and reissues stay traceable when the drawing revision or scope changes under pressure.

What stays with the site

  • Your procedures and delegated authorities still govern how work is approved and executed.
  • Your downstream systems such as PTW, CMMS, and document control still keep their role.
  • Your rollout approach can start with one stream of work, one area, or one shutdown before scaling wider.

What teams usually notice first

The practical value is usually felt in fewer ambiguous handovers, less rework, and more confidence that the approved isolation still matches the latest drawing context.

One central database

Isolation planning lives in one centralised system, reducing the time spent reconciling spreadsheets, screenshots, and old copies.

Asset-linked clarity

Planners and field teams work from asset-linked isolation records that are easier to trust and easier to follow across drawings.

Controlled approval trail

Role-based approvals create an audit-ready history of what was reviewed, by whom, and on which controlled revision.

Safer revision management

Drawing revision changes can trigger a visible reissue path, helping teams avoid field confusion caused by outdated isolation data.

Trusted by teams operating critical assets

If you want to see how a centralised, drawing-linked isolation database would fit your shutdown workflow, we can walk through it with your team.