AHCEC's Reality Model Development for Al-Madinah City
Technology Category
- Robots - Wheeled Robots
- Sensors - Environmental Sensors
Applicable Industries
- Buildings
- Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions
- Facility Management
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Digital Twin
- Smart City Operations
Services
- Drone Operation Services
About The Customer
Ala Abdulhadi & Khalifa Hawas Consulting Engineering Company (AHCEC) is a seasoned consulting engineering company with over 55 years of experience. They were tasked with the responsibility of designing a plan to accommodate the growing number of pilgrims visiting Al-Madinah, Saudi Arabia. The plan included expanding transportation systems and hospitality facilities while preserving historical sites. AHCEC worked with the Madinah Development Authority to create strategic execution plans for the project, which included implementing reality modeling practices to help plan the development of the 55-square-kilometer historical area of the city.
The Challenge
Ala Abdulhadi & Khalifa Hawas Consulting Engineering Company (AHCEC) was tasked with the challenge of accommodating the growing number of pilgrims visiting Al-Madinah, the second-holiest city in Islam, located in Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia aimed to increase the annual visitor capacity from 8 million to 30 million by 2030. This required a comprehensive plan to expand transportation systems, hospitality facilities, and routes to historical, cultural, and tourist sites, while preserving historical sites. AHCEC was also required to develop a reality model of a 55-square-kilometer section of the city and conduct mobile mapping of 7,000 kilometers of roadways. The project timeline was shortened from two years to one, adding to the complexity of the task.
The Solution
AHCEC turned to innovative and interoperable digital solutions to meet the challenge. The project team captured LiDAR data to create a hybrid model that also included unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data. The city was divided into 2.25-hectare cells and six UAVs were used in the field. The team established 1,038 control points around the city, which allowed them to ensure accuracy and finish data capture in 85 days with 7,033 UAV flights. Using ContextCapture, the project team processed nearly 750,000 images, about 13.7 terapixels, to create a realistic 3D model of the city. Bentley’s 3D mapping solution, Orbit, was used to manage and extract the large amounts of drone data and create panoramic images for the model. The interoperability of the applications also allowed the model to be exported in web-ready formats for easier approvals from the government and other stakeholders.
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