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总部美国	成立年份 1984	公司类型上市公司	收入 $1-10b
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Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is an infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure – sustaining both the global economy and the environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities.

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Águas do Porto's Real-Time Water System Monitoring Through Digital Twin Technology

Águas do Porto (AdP), a major water company in Portugal, is responsible for managing the entire urban water cycle of the city of Porto. This includes water supply, wastewater drainage and treatment, stormwater drainage, surface waters, and coastal water quality. The company serves approximately 500,000 people, delivering an average of 49,450 cubic meters of water daily and collecting the same amount for treatment. The system includes extensive kilometers of wastewater sewers, stormwater drainage pipes, streams, and ocean coast. The hydraulic infrastructure and water resources in Porto had become dense and complex due to a growing number of tourists, with over 1.5 million people visiting Porto in 2017 alone. To improve water system management and system resilience, AdP needed to create models for various systems that incorporate weather forecasts, water supply, sewer flow, and storm drainage rates. These models would consume large amounts of data from sensors throughout the system, including sensors measuring customer water use and billing. AdP gathered all water system data within dozens of siloed software systems. However, finding information and gaining actionable insights became difficult as the volume of data increased. To manage the growing number of systems and data sources and provide reliable service to its customers, AdP decided that establishing an integrated management system was paramount for handling the entire urban water cycle effectively.

Pestech International's Substation Expansion: Improved Design Time and Cost Savings

Pestech International Berhad, a company specializing in the manufacture and installation of high-voltage substations, transmission lines, and equipment for utility companies in Asia, was awarded a contract to expand substations at Olak Lempit in Banting, Malaysia. The project aimed to meet the increased power demand in the rapidly growing area. However, the project team faced several challenges. Accessing the site without disrupting neighboring villages and plantations was a significant issue. The team also had to coordinate with another main contractor to deliver a separate section to the substation bays and utilize existing cable trays, ladders, and underground trenches laid by the other contractor from the existing control building. Working within a tight timeline and with a limited budget, Pestech International needed to coordinate its labor resources with other projects on which the organization was simultaneously working. Lastly, the traditional CAD-centric design process was slowing down the design progress and preventing collaboration, leading to countless hours spent manually translating drawings for consistency, finding errors, managing changes across multiple drawings, and creating reports.

3D Design and Modeling Streamlines Electrical Grid: A Case Study on PG&E Brownfield Substations

The San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) owns and operates over 1,000 transmission and distribution substations across two-thirds of California. The Substation Engineering Department was struggling to keep up with the volume of projects due to the push to modernize the electric grid. About 95% of the utility’s USD 1 billion substation budget goes to brownfield locations, where existing infrastructure is primarily documented by 2D drawings. The practice of manually converting 2D drawings to 3D models for use on retrofit projects was time-consuming and inaccurate. The laborious process started with the engineers taking the existing 2D drawings of the facilities and filling in information gaps with field measurements. After about 120 hours of manual effort, the resulting models were frequently inaccurate due to errors in the legacy documentation and because the engineers were unable to go on-site to measure energized equipment.

GEOMSA's Subsea Pipeline System Design in the Gulf of Mexico: A Case Study

Grupo Especializado en Obras Marinas (GEOMSA), a major developer of pipe-soil systems in the Gulf of Mexico, was tasked with assessing pipeline integrity under various conditions in the clay soil trenches of an underwater pipeline system. The project's objective was to increase domestic oil production in the surrounding region. The team needed to determine how the new pipeline system would react to expansion and lateral deformation considering the route's horizontal curves, the varying widths of the trench, the number of ocean floor levels above the pipeline, and how the pipeline would interact with the clay soil environment in which it was being placed. They also had to determine a logical and reliable behavior of the pipeline by simulating it inside the trench considering variables such as temperature, lateral deformations, and system stress.

MRT Jakarta's Sustainable Transport Initiative: A Digital Twin Case Study

PT MRT Jakarta was tasked with the construction, operations, and maintenance of Jakarta's first mass rapid transit system, aimed at reducing traffic congestion and carbon emissions in the densely populated city. The project, which was initiated by the provincial government, was set to add 5.7 kilometers of track and seven underground stations to the existing public transport infrastructure. However, the project faced significant technical difficulties due to its location in a congested urban environment, a national heritage site, and a canal. The challenges were further compounded by multiple contract packages, a large number of deliverables, and the need for coordination during the COVID-19 pandemic. The initial phase of the project was postponed due to the pandemic, and PT MRT Jakarta was asked to accelerate the schedule, ensuring no delays caused by data inaccuracies, inconsistencies in design reviews, or miscommunication. Previous attempts at manually coordinating contractors and implementing various document management systems proved time-consuming and inefficient, resulting in information silos.

Hatch Mott MacDonald Enables Collaboration and Reduces Risk during Rail Signal Design

The state government of Uttar Pradesh, India, initiated a project to develop a piped water system to ensure equal distribution of treated water to all 128 villages in the Marihan Block in Mirzapur. The project was aimed at improving the quality of life for the 300,000 residents and the many visitors to the significant Hindu temple, Vindhyachal Dham. ATLC Infraconsultants Pvt. Ltd. was contracted to design the project, which needed to continue operations and accommodate population growth through at least 2053, as well as meet state regulations. The project required augmenting the existing water treatment plant, a new pumping station at the water treatment plant, four additional water pumping stations, and 12 service reservoirs, as well as the many kilometers of transmission and distribution mains and house connections with water meters. The design team faced challenges in obtaining a comprehensive view of the undulating topography, which varied in height by as much as 140 meters, and providing alternate route alignment suggestions. They also struggled to analyze the effects of design changes on water pressure and meet the required 90-day deadline with the older tools they were using.

Digital Transformation of Sainsbury’s Asset Management with IoT

Sainsbury’s, one of the UK’s largest retailers, faced a significant challenge in managing its vast and complex estate. The company had thousands of 2D drawings of over 300 petrol stations, nearly 800 convenience stores, and over 600 supermarkets. The goal was to enable Sainsbury’s to make the best use of these 2D assets to answer basic questions about their properties. Previously, this would have involved opening every drawing individually to find the necessary information. This process was not only time-consuming but also inefficient. Furthermore, with the brand’s growth and increasing development of existing stores, some store projects required up to twelve interventions a year, often involving costly surveys for each store. The retail industry's shift towards focusing on existing estates rather than building new ones added to the complexity. Sainsbury’s needed a 'single source of truth' to manage their historical data, which was kept in different places and formats.

Innovative IoT Solution for Gully Cover Theft in Al Ain City

The Al Ain City Municipality in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, was facing a significant challenge with the theft of iron-covered gully covers used for draining rainwater. These covers, some of which were installed as far back as the 1960s, were being stolen and sold to recycling centers. The city needed to replace these covers as part of an AED 10 million project. The new covers needed to be made of a material that was not as easy to recycle to prevent further theft. They also needed to comply with BS EN 124 standards for load and deflection, and safely withstand a minimum loading bearing capacity of 25 tons. The covers also had to be less than 5 centimeters thick, weigh less than the previous ones, and withstand the harsh, extremely hot and dry climate of the region, along with near-constant direct sunlight and harsh UV light.

LBU's Digital Twin Integration for Optimized Highway Management in Malaysia

In 2014, the Malaysian government announced a plan to develop and upgrade the two-lane trunk road across Sarawak, Malaysia's largest state, to accelerate socioeconomic growth in East Malaysia. The new toll-free expressway, named the Pan Borneo Highway, stretches 1,060 kilometers through undulating, rainforest terrain and protected reserves. The development of phase one of the MYR 16.15 billion government-funded roadway initiative involved constructing a four-lane dual carriageway over a length of 786 kilometers. Lebuhraya Borneo Utara (LBU) was the project delivery partner on this project, facilitating lifecycle digitalization to meet strictly imposed government requirements. LBU initiated BIM workflows for the first time on a Malaysian road and highway project, using ProjectWise to create an open, connected data environment to support the implementation and integration of BIM, GIS, and reality modeling processes. The challenge was to develop a sustainable asset management solution that would meet the government's objectives and set a benchmark for government road projects.

Sterlite Power's Renewable Energy Solution for Remote India using Bentley's Digital Twin Technology

Sterlite Power Transmission Limited was tasked with the NER-II Transmission Limited Project, a INR 1.95 billion renewable energy initiative aimed at serving over 30 million residents in India's most remote areas. The project involved developing transmission lines spanning 448 kilometers and constructing a 400-kilovolt/132 kilovolt substation in the state of Tripura. The substation was critical for delivering power to Tripura and needed to be completed quickly. However, the project faced several challenges. The geographical and environmental conditions were complex, with the project site located at the foothills of the Himalayas amid dense forest subject to heavy rains and flooding. The tight timeline and resistance from the indigenous population added to the complexity. Sterlite Power's traditional 2D design methods for substation planning had minimal data-sharing potential and did not support the design team's needs for detecting potential clearance problems between electrical components and support structures. Their conventional software had limited capability in terms of managing interdependencies and linking design, planning, and construction works. These inefficiencies posed enormous risks in the substation timeline, prolonging inspection, stakeholder approval, and handovers.

Atkins Leverages OpenGround Cloud for Efficient Geotechnical Information Management

Atkins, a multinational engineering and consulting services company, faced a significant challenge in managing geotechnical data across its diverse projects. The geotechnical team at Atkins used multiple technologies and applications that needed to work in harmony. The company needed to provide timely, detailed, and engaging analysis and deliverables to its clients, making geotechnical technology and data integration, as well as proper project workflows, crucial for efficiency and quality of service. To assess ground conditions, Atkins used Bentley’s OpenGround Cloud and established a detailed geographic information system using QGIS or ArcGIS. However, the process of manually exporting the geotechnical project data from OpenGround Cloud and importing it into QGIS or ArcGIS in the form of multiple CSV files was time-consuming and prone to errors.

Keystone Engineering's Offshore Wind Farm Project: A Case Study in IoT Implementation

Keystone Engineering was tasked with designing jacket-type substructures for five, 6-megawatt wind turbine generators for the USD 290 million Block Island Wind Farm. The challenge was to optimize the design to mitigate risk, minimize steel weight, and reduce fabrication and installation costs. The design needed to account for the complex aerodynamic and hydrodynamic loading, including extreme loading situations such as turbine control faults and hurricane-force winds. The team had to calculate the loads, model the fatigue performance, and engineer the platforms to withstand various load combinations over a 20-year design life. The project aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of offshore wind as an alternative energy resource for U.S. coastal cities.

SMRT Trains Leverages IoT to Enhance Rail Reliability across 282 Kilometers of Track

SMRT Trains, the first rail operator in Singapore, operates and maintains over 282 kilometers of rail track. With an average daily ridership of over 2 million people in 2020, SMRT needed a method to keep the tracks in good condition to avoid delays and ensure reliability. They measure the system’s reliability using mean kilometers between failure (MKBF), where a failure is defined as a service delay of more than five minutes. To improve their reliability, SMRT set a target of 1 million MKBF for all their lines. However, they were relying on intensive, time-consuming, and manual maintenance planning using tens of millions of data points per year across separate data silos. They needed to upgrade their legacy processes and improve their maintenance strategy.

Sweco's Global Project Efficiency Boosted by 10% through Digitalized Approach with ProjectWise

Sweco, one of Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancies, was facing challenges in advancing their project delivery. With offices in over 14 countries and projects in over 70 countries, they were looking to transition to digital workflows to improve their infrastructure. They aimed to implement a connected, digitalized approach across their global projects, enforce consistent standards and workflows, and shift to data-driven management processes. However, traditional methods of project information management, collaboration, and decision-making were proving insufficient. These methods were time-consuming, labor-intensive, and error-prone, with unstructured data housed in multiple locations, leading to dispersed and duplicated information. Sweco needed a solution that would encourage collaboration and manage their information in a centralized, up-to-date data model, ensuring adherence to BIM standards and best-practice workflows.

TYPSA Group's Journey to ISO 19650 Certification through BIM Standardization

TYPSA Group, a Spanish engineering consultant firm, has been assisting global clients in delivering complex infrastructure projects for over 50 years. Despite leveraging BIM workflows since 2008, these were mostly applied to smaller projects. As an organization operating across five continents, TYPSA Group recognized the need to adhere to the highest technical, sustainability, and integrity standards across all their projects. The challenge was to expand and systematize their use of BIM methodologies to demonstrate their competency and secure more contracts. To prove their commitment to BIM workflows and digital transformation, TYPSA Group aimed to receive an ISO 19650 certification. However, they needed a reliable way to ensure that all their BIM workflows were managed at the level that this certification required, and to scale this management to accommodate their array of complex, global projects. Their existing file-share platforms were not fully meeting their needs, as they faced difficulties implementing BIM standards and adhering to best practice workflows.

WSP's Innovative Approach to Constructing the Principal Tower Amidst Challenges

WSP, a global management and consultancy services company, was tasked with designing and constructing the 50-story Principal Tower in London, a project valued at GBP 200 million. The challenge was to build this tower on a small footprint, adjacent to the city's financial district and the third-busiest train station in the country, Liverpool Street station. The design had to ensure that construction did not interfere with rail operations or damage the Victorian-era masonry tunnels. The tower's design also had to accommodate a six-track railway and a protected corridor for future development of two additional tracks. The project required a design that would not only fit into the limited space but also meet the owner's aesthetic and logistic specifications. Furthermore, the design had to account for frequent vibrations caused by the railway and minimize soil displacement.

La Société Wallonne des Eaux's Digital Transformation: Automating Crack Detection for Efficient Asset Management

La Société Wallonne des Eaux (SWDE), a regional water corporation in Belgium, faced a significant challenge in maintaining its aging water towers. Some of the structures were very old, and the data on them was either inaccurate or unavailable. The SWDE tower in Juprelle, built in 1981, was deteriorating and in need of repair. The tower's concrete structure caused condensation on the interior walls, leading to significant degradation over time, including burst joints, cracks, and the separation of edifice bricks. Traditional manual surveying methods, such as ground-level photography or using elevators to lift workers onto the tank, were inefficient and incomplete. SWDE attempted to use drones to survey the damage, but the drone footage still required human interpretation, which came with a significant risk of error. Small cracks could easily be overlooked, which could lead to long-term deterioration and compromise the reliability and safety of the water network.

Green, Smart Manufacturing Facility by MCC Capital Engineering & Research

MCC Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation was tasked with the design, procurement, and construction of a large-scale, multidisciplinary manufacturing facility in China’s Leting Economic Development Zone in Tangshan. The project, which covered 534 hectares, included 42 plants and a 26-kilometer roadway. The aim was to create an advanced, green, and intelligent modern factory with an annual output of more than 7 million tons of iron and steel. The project was complex, involving multiple disciplines in various locations, presenting coordination, technical, and engineering challenges. Traditional design methods were inadequate due to site constraints and strict timelines. The enormity of the project scale and complicated process system made it challenging to determine the general plant layout and avoid collisions and errors among the different specialties during the design stage. MCC faced communication and data sharing difficulties and needed collaborative BIM technology in a connected data environment to generate a digital twin deliverable for lifecycle asset management.

Improving Water Supply to 1.5 Million Residents: Chaoyang Underground Pumping Station Case Study

The Chaoyang underground pumping station project was designed to pressurize and transfer water to purification plants, improving water supply to 1.5 million residents in China’s Liaoning province. The water would then be distributed throughout the region at a maximum capacity of 440,800 tons per day to help alleviate the water shortage for industrial and agricultural production, the ecological environment, and domestic use. The project, worth CNY 82 million, was expected to promote sustainable economic, social, and environmental development. Liaoning Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey and Design Research Institute served as the design unit for the project, which featured numerous aboveground and underground structures, including a power plant buried 75 meters underground, a water supply tunnel, a substation, nine pumps, and aboveground management infrastructure. They faced technical, engineering, and coordination challenges managing 13 different disciplines amid a tight timeline. The project area was narrow and presented complicated geological conditions, compounded by the underground plant requiring connection to the power distribution room in the aboveground management zone.

Improving Community Health through Detailed Emissions Modeling: A Case Study of Bay Area Air Quality Management District

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) was established in 1955 as the first regional air pollution control agency in the United States. Despite significant improvements in regional air quality since its inception, some communities in the San Francisco Bay Area still experience higher pollution levels due to their proximity to pollution sources such as freeways, busy distribution centers, and large industrial facilities. In 2017, the California State Assembly passed Assembly Bill 617 (AB617) to reduce exposures in communities most impacted by air pollution. West Oakland was selected as the first community to be evaluated under AB617 due to its proximity to surrounding freeways, the Port of Oakland, major railyards, and heavy industries. The Air District, in partnership with local environmental justice advocates, community members, industry representatives, and other stakeholders, formed a Steering Committee to develop a community emission reduction plan, referred to as the West Oakland Action Plan. The goal of this action plan was to reduce the health effects of air pollution in West Oakland through adoption of targeted mitigation strategies.

Oporto Water Utility Develops Technology Platform for Integrated Management of Urban Water Cycle

Águas do Porto (AdP), the water utility responsible for the integrated management of the entire urban water cycle of the city of Oporto, Portugal, faced challenges due to the density and complexity of the hydraulic infrastructure and water resources. The need for integrated management of the urban water cycle was paramount, but integrating the vast number of existing systems throughout the company was a significant challenge. The data gathered simultaneously from a wide range of systems and sources, spread over dozens of individual software systems, needed to be integrated into a single platform. The main challenge in the implementation of the system was the city water cycle scale, which required detailed resolution for many models and domains, including meteorology, water supply, sewer, and storm drainage. The city water scale also required the ability to consume large amounts of data from real-time sensors and consumers’ telemetry and billing.

China Railway's Full-lifecycle BIM Implementation on Beijing-Zhangjiakou Rail Project

China Railway Engineering Consulting Group (CEC) was tasked with the design and construction consulting for the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway, a part of China's national railway construction initiative and a preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The railway, which is the world's first high-speed train with a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour, was to reduce travel time between the two city venues for the Olympic Games from three hours to 50 minutes. The project involved 23 main engineering disciplines and 56 design sections, presenting significant challenges due to its complexity and changing environmental conditions in a high-altitude area. The project also required complicated structural solutions due to surrounding cultural infrastructure. To optimize design, efficiently coordinate the project, and implement effective 3D collaborative design and construction processes, CEC needed integrated digital design applications.

Dockwise Utilizes Bentley Technology to Halve Topsides Float-over Time

Dockwise, a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., was tasked with the installation of the nearly 22,000-metric ton jacket and 30,000-metric ton topsides with deck support frame for the SHWE platform in the Bay of Bengal, Myanmar. This was part of the USD 1.5 billion SHWE field development project. The installation involved one of the largest jackets and one of the heaviest topsides in the world, pushing the limits of the installation barge. The barge's unique bottle shape satisfied the stability and jacket footprint requirements but posed challenges for the mooring arrangement and transportation global strength needs. The short, fat, and heavy jacket also brought challenges to the launch operation. The project was distributed across three office centers in The Netherlands, United States, and China, which posed challenges in data access, accuracy, traceability, and workflow, especially for the final product design drawings.

Reality Modeling and IoT in Bridge Infrastructure: The Mobile River Bridge Project

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) faced a significant challenge with the Interstate 10 (I-10) highway, particularly in Mobile, Alabama. The George C. Wallace Tunnel, constructed in 1973 to accommodate 36,000 vehicles per day, was experiencing heavy congestion due to increased traffic volumes, averaging 73,000 vehicles daily and peaking at 100,000 during the tourist season. The tunnel's design, which reduces four lanes to two and includes a hairpin turn that slows traffic to 25 miles per hour, was causing bottlenecks. Additionally, vehicles transporting hazardous materials (HAZMAT) were restricted from using the tunnel, resulting in an hour-long detour. To alleviate these issues, ALDOT proposed a bridge and bayway widening project. The proposed infrastructure design was a six-lane cable-stayed bridge, spanning approximately 2.75 miles with 215 feet of air draft clearance across the Mobile River. The USD 850 million project required approval and buy-in from the Federal Highway Administration (FHA), environmental agencies, local government and businesses, and the community.

WSP's Innovative Structural Solutions for One Blackfriars Tower

WSP was tasked with providing structural solutions for the complex geometry of One Blackfriars Tower, a 50-story mixed-use development in London. The project site had varying depths and remnants of a previously demolished building, which posed significant challenges. The design also had to accommodate 274 apartments within the skyscraper, each with unique layouts and no repetition throughout the building. The team also had to design temporary on-site client facilities and ensure the structural integrity of the asymmetrically shaped tower. The project required a high level of collaboration with architects, clients, and contractors to deliver an elegant super-structure with spectacular views of London.

PT. Wijaya Karya's BIM Methodology in Designing the World's Longest Double-decker Bridge

PT. Wijaya Karya (WIKA), an Indonesia-based construction company, was tasked with designing the Design and Build Harbour Road 2 Project in North Jakarta, Indonesia. The project, budgeted at USD 530 million, involved the construction of an 8.95-kilometer toll road, including a 3.95-kilometer double-decker bridge along the Ancol River, the longest of its kind in the world. The project was crucial to improve transportation and the economy in North Jakarta, and was expected to accommodate 63,500 vehicles per day, cutting travel time between Ancol and Pluit in half. However, WIKA faced several challenges. Traditional 2D design methods were inadequate for such a large and complex project. The project also had to be completed before the start of the FIFA 2021 U-20 World Cup, held at the nearby Jakarta International Stadium. Furthermore, the Indonesian government mandated that the project should avoid placing piers in the water to protect the ecosystem and existing river traffic, and also avoid underground gas pipelines, water pipes, fiber optic cables, and buildings.

DPR Construction Boosts Alzheimer’s Drug Production with SYNCHRO™ 4D Digital Construction Monitoring

DPR Construction was tasked with upgrading a drug production plant in Durham, North Carolina, for a leading neuroscience research and development company. The $32 million project aimed to increase the manufacturing capacity of an innovative Alzheimer’s disease therapy drug. The upgrade required a three-month plant shutdown and involved complex construction work, including the installation of over 7,000 linear feet of stainless-steel piping, 11 miles of new power and data cabling, and over 40 tons of steel platform work. The project also required the removal of existing equipment to make space for larger vessels and new skids. DPR faced significant pressure to keep the project on schedule to meet the client’s commissioning timeline and resume operations as quickly as possible. The company also faced challenges in integrating new and existing assets within the confined space of the plant. The client had frequently modified their 20-year-old drug plant, making it difficult to locate assets. DPR needed a digital solution that could provide a quantitative, visual representation of asset tracking and construction monitoring.

Highways England Streamlines Road Management with IoT Solution, Saving GBP 7 Million Annually

Highways England, a company owned by the Secretary of State for Transport in the United Kingdom, is responsible for operating and maintaining the motorways and major “trunk” A-roads that make up England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN). The SRN spans 4,300 miles of roadways and includes various structures such as bridges, tunnels, drainage systems and technology assets. Despite representing only 2 percent of the total road length in England, it carries around one third of all motor vehicle traffic and two thirds of all road freight in England, amounting to over 4 million vehicles per day. Managing road closures across the SRN costs the government GBP 140.4 million every year. Highways England sought to reduce costs, maintain the key performance indicator of at least 97 percent lane availability at all times, and manage the closures more effectively and expediently. The organization aimed to reduce 3,600 lane closures each year, potentially saving around GBP 7 million per year.

Digital Twin Solution for Shaoxing Urban Rail Line 1 by POWERCHINA Huadong

The Shaoxing Urban Rail Transit Line 1, the largest infrastructure project in the history of Shaoxing, China, was a complex undertaking due to its confined sub-surface envelope and complex hydrogeological conditions. The CNY 24 billion railway project was mainly underground, requiring the design to pass through a confined sub-surface envelope with the potential for leakage within foundation pits during construction. The project also had to integrate with existing infrastructure assets to serve commuter passengers within the city and connect with the city of Hangzhou along the Hangzhou-Shaoxing inter-city line. The railway passes through Shaoxing’s old town, which features narrow roads with large traffic flows, river courses, 26 bridges, two railways, and cultural and historical protection zones, making planning and traffic organization difficult. These challenges were compounded by issues with integrating the numerous technical interfaces used by the multiple design and construction disciplines, as well as the governmental departments in Shaoxing and Hangzhou.

Hatch Mott MacDonald's Intelligent Rail Signal Design: A Case Study

Global consulting engineering firm Hatch Mott MacDonald was using a conventional CAD-based system to design rail signal systems for its clients worldwide. However, this approach had significant limitations in an industry where building information modeling (BIM) and its processes and standards are becoming critical success factors. Traditional methods meant designs lacked intelligence or connections to related documents, including bills of material (BOM). Designers had no way to model their work in 3D or collaborate on designs, which slowed down projects and made adherence to required standards a challenge. The firm's in-house design workflow, while trusted and proven, was manual, time-consuming, and tedious, with no automated controls to ensure the latest versions of CAD elements were used. Design checking involved significant manual effort, everyone worked sequentially, and there was little collaboration.

Louisiana DOTD's Rapid and Cost-effective Design of New I-10 Twin Span Bridge

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) faced a significant challenge when Hurricane Katrina severely damaged the I-10 Twin Span Bridge, a crucial connection between Slidell, La., and New Orleans. The bridge, which spans approximately 5.5 miles and serves as a primary evacuation route for New Orleans, was rendered unusable in both directions. Temporary repairs were initiated just 14 days after the hurricane, but it was clear that a complete replacement was necessary. The LADOTD faced numerous challenges in this endeavor, including securing federal funding for the project, competition for resources, and the need to maintain ongoing traffic flows during construction. The project also required the design and management of over 1,700 plan sheets, and the collaboration of multiple teams distributed over various locations.

VYOM's Innovative Office Building Design in Western India with STAAD

VYOM Consultants were tasked with designing an innovative office building, K10 Grand, in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. The building was to meet the high expectations of Vadodara’s business elite and set new standards for commercial spaces in the area. The INR 1.2 billion project was to consist of a basement and 12 floors, totaling an area of 200,000 square feet. The design was to be unique, with three towers and a core structure in the middle, bulging outward for the bottom six floors and tapering upward for the top six floors. The design also required a column-free space in the entrance foyer. The unique shape of the building presented structural design challenges, including difficulties in arranging columns and shear walls, housing all utilities in the center core, and creating an earthquake-resistant design. The foundation of the building was a combined and raft foundation, necessitating careful evaluation of the structure before construction.

Voyants Solutions' Digital Transformation of Bangladesh's Inland Water Transport

Bangladesh, with the world's largest inland waterway transport (IWT) system, was struggling to keep pace with the growing transport demand due to outdated infrastructure. The IWT network was losing passengers to rail and road transport, despite the latter's higher costs and longer routes. To address this, the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority proposed the development of new major IWT terminals in four locations. Voyants Solutions was hired to develop these terminals, which required conducting 20-year traffic assessments, feasibility studies, and providing design and construction management. The project aimed to modernize the infrastructure to reduce congestion, meet international standards, and design a structure that reflected the country's cultural heritage. The project also had to consider the safety and comfort of passengers, efficient passenger and vehicular flow, intermodal connectivity, and accessibility for elderly and specially-abled riders.

Skanska Costain STRABAG JV's BIM Processes for Civil Works on Europe’s Largest Railway Project

The High Speed 2 (HS2) railway project, the largest construction contract in Europe, was a complex and challenging initiative for the United Kingdom. The project aimed to triple the country's transport network capacity by carrying more than 30,000 passengers per day. Skanska Costain STRABAG JV (SCS) was contracted to perform civil works for the first phase of HS2, which involved a line running 230 kilometers between London and Birmingham. The contract required early contractor involvement with the designers to formulate and approve a conceptual design scheme for 26 kilometers of high-speed railway within 14 months. The project, estimated at GBP 1.5 million, presented engineering and coordination challenges to optimize efficiency and meet the client’s digital BIM demands. SCS needed interoperable technology to implement a comprehensive, collaborative BIM strategy to accommodate the existing British railway systems and approximately 6,000 utility assets, and to coordinate a geographically-dispersed, multidiscipline team.

Anddes Asociados Enhances Mine Waste Dump Analysis Using PLAXIS® LE

Anddes Asociados S.A.C., a rapidly growing Peruvian consulting company, was tasked with conducting a 3D slope stability analysis of a local mining company’s waste dump. The waste dump had a complex layout with many different soil layers at the foundation, which significantly affected its stability. The project required an extensive geotechnical investigation program for waste rock and soil foundation characterization. The challenge was to find a reliable 3D slope stability program that could handle the variability of strong and weak layers in the waste dump toe foundation, actual dike geometry, and actual 3D geometry. The program needed to accurately represent the 3D waste dump stacking and provide a comprehensive analysis of the stability of the waste dump.

TRC's Collaborative 3D Modeling for South Street Substation Upgrade

National Grid, a utility company, initiated a project to replace the nearly 100-year-old South Street Substation in Providence, Rhode Island. The project involved rebuilding the 115/11.5/23-kilovolt indoor substation and relocating it to a congested area of Providence. The engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract was awarded to TRC, an engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management firm. The contract required the removal and conversion of three 115-kilovolt overhead supply lines to underground cable circuits, rerouting of 27 existing 23-kilovolt and 11-kilovolt feeders from the old facility to the new substation, and rewiring of 47 sets of cables and 60 pieces of switchgear. The project presented numerous design and coordination challenges, including an aggressive timeline, tight budget, and the need to integrate existing conditions with the new construction while keeping the original substation operational.

Digital Twin Technology Revolutionizes East 138th Street Bridge Replacement

The East 138th Street Bridge, built in 1938, is a critical part of New York City's traffic grid, accommodating over 150,000 vehicles daily. However, the bridge's limited vertical clearance has led to numerous accidents, and its aging infrastructure was unable to handle the heavy vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) initiated a USD 48 million project to replace the bridge with a new 100-foot, single-span bridge. The project's complexity was compounded by the need to keep the bridge functional throughout the replacement process, the bridge's location in a busy urban area, and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The project also faced challenges related to utility management, including the design of an abutment to span a 58-foot-wide opening for a future sewer line expansion. Traditional plan sheets were deemed inefficient for stakeholder and community understanding of the project, necessitating a more innovative approach.

Hatch Sets Industry Benchmark Using a Digital Twin to Deliver Sulfuric Acid Plant in the DRC

Hatch, a global professional services company, was tasked with delivering a $245 million sulfuric acid plant in the remote region of Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The plant was critical to sustain one of the largest copper mining operations in the DRC, as the copper mines required sulfuric acid to leach copper oxide minerals. The project presented several challenges, including the remote location, logistical and environmental difficulties, and a fast-tracked schedule. The plant was to feature a 1,400 ton-per-day manufacturing facility and an electrical waste heat power generation system with a steam turbine unit, which was critical due to the limited power grid supply in the area and complex integration with the existing electrical network. Hatch needed to overcome these complexities and accommodate the accelerated timeline with a team of engineers distributed globally across five offices. The company sought a sustainable technology solution, digitalizing all workflows and deliverables.

Hatch Designs a Complex 3,500-meter-long Tunnel Under Lake Ontario to Replace Aging Outfall

The Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant Outfall (ABTPO) project in Toronto, one of Canada’s largest and oldest wastewater treatment plants, was in dire need of an upgrade. The existing outfall, constructed in 1947, had insufficient capacity for discharging treated effluent into Lake Ontario and was nearing the end of its service life. Hatch, a team based in Canada, was tasked with the design and construction of a new tunneled outfall to send treated wastewater from the plant into the lake. The CAD$ 300 million project involved sinking a shaft adjacent to the shoreline and mining a tunnel through rock directly beneath the lakebed. The project's location, complexity, and scale presented significant challenges. Additionally, the treatment plant services about 1.6 million residents, so the final result needed to ensure an enhanced quality of life for the community, as well as any future residents as the city grows and expands.

Efficiency and Time Saving in Pressure Vessel and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing with AutoPIPE Vessel

Global leaders in the manufacturing of pressure vessels and heat exchangers are faced with the challenge of meeting large production requirements. They need to accelerate the modeling and drawing process, as well as the calculation and cost estimation time for their plant vessels, while adhering to international design standards and codes. Additionally, they are required to reduce the time taken to bid for proposals generated for their clients. The challenge is to find a solution that increases design efficiency, saves engineering hours, and ensures confidence in vessel design while improving competitiveness through improved design quality.

Khatib & Alami's Digital Twin of Muscat: Enhancing Security and Disaster Preparedness

The Sultanate of Oman aimed to create a detailed digital twin of approximately 250 square kilometers of the country, focusing on the area in and around Muscat. The objective was to enhance national security and improve preparedness for climate-related disasters. Khatib & Alami was contracted to capture 330,000 images using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and construct a 3D reality model of the area, which included 43,000 fully textured buildings. The project required a resolution of 10 ground sampling distance (GSD) and relative accuracy of less than 20 centimeters. The project was to be completed within a strict deadline of 125 days. However, due to airspace constraints, including classified areas and commercial flights, only 14 days were available for flying and image capture. The harsh weather conditions and limitations in the UAV hardware, which prevented geo-tagging of captured images, added to the challenges.

Industrializing Delivery of UK’s Largest Water Infrastructure Project with IoT

London's 150-year-old sewer system was unable to meet the demands of the city's growing population, leading to millions of tons of raw, untreated sewage spilling into the River Thames each year. To accommodate the current 8.8 million Londoners and expected continued growth, Tideway initiated a GBP 4 billion super-sewer initiative known as the Thames Tideway Tunnel. The project, expected to be completed in 2024, consists of a 25-kilometer-long interception and transfer tunnel that travels through the heart of London at depths varying between 30 and 70 meters. The work is divided into three packages for the west, central, and east sections of the tunnel, each one having a main drive site. Costain, VINCI Construction Grands Projets and Bachy Soletanche (CVB) JV is responsible for the GBP 850 million east-section contract. The project involves 12 design disciplines and numerous supply chains and stakeholders, presenting coordination and communication challenges.

Panamanian Telecom Company Streamlines Network Design and Documentation with IoT

Cable Onda, the fastest-growing telecom company in Panama, was facing challenges in managing its hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network and fiber optic network. The company's data management system was clunky and unsystematic, with network designs and documentation managed with MicroStation and information regarding splices and nodes stored in Excel spreadsheets. With over 3,000 total splice enclosures in the Cable Onda network in Panama, it took the company's network operations center numerous hours to find the right splicing sheets in Excel and the appropriate plans in MicroStation when there was damage to equipment within the networks. The company had to correlate the maps and splice diagrams and estimate where the outage fault was located. This decentralization of information made the management of the large-scale fiber optic and HFC networks inefficient and unorganized.

WSB's Digital Transformation for TH 169 Roadway Expansion: A Case Study

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) was tasked with converting a three-mile stretch of Highway 169 (TH 169) into a freeway system to enhance infrastructure, improve vehicle and pedestrian movement, and reduce traffic accidents. The project, known as the TH 169 Redefine Elk River Project, included transforming four traffic intersections into interchanges, replacing the northbound bridge on TH 169, upgrading all underground infrastructure and utilities, and adding pedestrian walkways to the connecting local roadways. Engineering firm WSB was contracted to deliver the final designs of the TH 169 roadway expansion. The project was funded through Minnesota’s Corridors of Commerce program and had a strict construction budget of USD 130 million. WSB faced challenges in delivering the project under the construction manager/general contractor (CMGC) delivery method, which required a constructability review throughout the design phase to eliminate inaccuracies that could cause delays or unexpected costs. WSB also aimed to advance its processes for creating and employing 3D models of road, bridge, drainage, and utility elements on the TH 169 expansion, which required complicated earthworks calculations. They also wanted to supply MnDOT with their first paperless project delivery to enhance sustainability and cut costs.

JPW's Computational Design Approach for Australia’s Largest Sustainable Commercial Tower

Johnson Pilton Walker (JPW) was tasked with designing an iconic, sustainable tower structure as part of the urban revitalization and redevelopment of Western Sydney. The project, known as Parramatta Square, was a part of Western Sydney’s urban renewal initiative and aimed to revitalize Australia’s second-oldest city center. The project was challenging due to its location adjacent to a major railway station with limited road access and in a flood zone close to the Parramatta River. The project required careful infrastructure planning and design to ensure that the building and public domain were seamlessly integrated. Local authorities imposed strict guidelines to address heritage context, solar access, energy efficiency, sustainability, flexible workspace, and pedestrian permeability. The large-scale building form, combined with an expedited timeline, presented a range of design and delivery challenges.

Highways England: Streamlining Infrastructure Projects with IoT

Highways England, a UK government company, is responsible for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of England’s motorways and major A roads. The UK government has committed to enhancing the UK road network, including Smart Motorways, Complex Infrastructure, and Regional Infrastructure Programmes, to mitigate the impact of congestion on roads and motorways, which is currently costing the UK economy £9bn annually. To manage and expedite the delivery of these complex programmes, Highways England identified the need for a single platform to control project information. They sought a solution through the UK government’s Digital Marketplace and G Cloud, which would allow them to demonstrate compliance with their internal IAN184-2016 standards and industry standards including PAS1192-2 as required by the 2016 government BIM mandate.

Optimization of Street Lighting Infrastructure in Sofia, Bulgaria with OpenUtilities

Sofia Municipality, a large province in Bulgaria, was facing challenges with its street lighting infrastructure. The Transport Infrastructure Department, responsible for the construction, repairs, and maintenance of roadways, infrastructure facilities, and street lighting within the metropolis, found the existing inventory of public lighting facilities to be incomplete and insufficient. The department needed a comprehensive inventory to better manage the region’s street lighting infrastructure, inform when improvements and upgrades were needed, and reduce public fund spending on maintenance. The government also aimed to improve the overall infrastructure and reduce the duration of repairs. To achieve these objectives, Sofia Municipality engaged DAVID Holding Company, an IT company providing software solutions, to develop, implement, and maintain software to manage and organize the infrastructure.

Operational Analytics: Lowering Maintenance and Energy Costs for Danfoss Customers

Danfoss, a company specializing in refrigeration monitoring equipment, compressors, and controllers for grocery stores, faced a challenge in helping its customers manage their operations efficiently. Refrigeration consumes a significant portion of a large grocery store’s electricity, with the remainder consumed by HVAC equipment, lighting, and other utilities. The risk of asset failure could result in food loss, unplanned asset downtime, and maintenance call outs – unexpected costs that can quickly escalate. Retailers now operate in a market where the demand for frozen foods is increasing, causing them to invest in large-scale refrigeration equipment. This has led to tight margins in an increasingly competitive market where assets are expected to perform constantly. Historically, supermarkets have accepted that the cost for high customer volume, regulatory compliance, and increasing energy costs were part of the business model.

Liaoning Water Mitigates Flood Risks with Dongtaizi Reservoir: A Case Study

Water scarcity and severe flood risks in China have intensified over time, prompting the government to fund water conservation projects, such as reservoirs and dams. The Dongtaizi Reservoir, located in Linxi County within Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, is one of 172 major water conservancy developments outlined in China’s “National 13th Five-Year Plan” and one of 12 key livelihood projects in Inner Mongolia. This large-scale infrastructure is a vital water conservancy undertaking for the prefecture-level city of Chifeng due to the area’s immediate need for severe flood risk mitigation. The expansive location of the Dongtaizi Reservoir necessitated a precise geological survey, as the site’s terrain was complex. Therefore, the design team required a comprehensive understanding of both the rock mass that would support the prospective dam and the ground’s structural plane. In addition to the project’s surveying demands, the infrastructure design was also multifaceted.

RISE Structural Design's Innovative Approach to Pipe Stress and Structural Analysis in Methanol Plant

RISE Structural Design, Inc., a Tokyo-based company specializing in structural design and analysis, was tasked with a pipe stress analysis project at a methanol plant in Japan. The project required the company to perform pipe stress analysis on pipes near the plant’s furnace, which operated at temperatures ranging from 300 to 900 degrees Celsius. The company was responsible for delivering accurate assessments and reducing costs for steel materials. One of the challenges was installing spring supports to ensure the piping system’s flexibility to react to the furnace’s extreme temperatures. The project also required effective coordination across various design teams, such as structural and piping, to avoid delays. Traditional workflows, where each discipline conducts their analyses independently and uses different conditions, were not suitable for this project. This traditional approach made it nearly impossible to create 3D data and increased analysis time.

Digital Construction Optimizes Installation of World’s Longest Pedestrian Walkway at Seattle-Tacoma Airport

Clark Construction Group was tasked with the construction of a new International Arrivals Facility (IAF) at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, a project initiated by the Port of Seattle with a budget of USD 968 million. The project involved the construction of a three-story grand hall building, a new connecting international corridor, and an 85-foot-high pedestrian aerial walkway. The most complex part of the project was the construction and installation of the world’s longest pedestrian bridge over an active airport taxi lane. The bridge’s center span, a 3-million-pound, 320-foot-long structure, had to be constructed at an airport cargo area three miles from the installation site, transported to the installation spot amid a busy airport, and then hoisted 85 feet high to connect to the piers. The project required meticulous planning and sequencing with no room for error, and the airport had to remain fully operational throughout the construction process.

Mortenson Uses 4D Construction Modeling for USD 1.4 Billion Sports Destination

The Golden State Warriors decided to move from their home since 1971, the Oracle Arena, to a new space across the bay in San Francisco. The new project, the USD 1.2 billion Chase Center, was not just an 18,000-seat arena but also included two 11-story office buildings, a broadcast studio, over 20 unique retail locations, 3.2-acres of publicly accessible plazas and open space, and a 925-space, below-grade parking structure. Mortenson | Clark, a joint venture team with decades of experience in constructing sports facilities, faced numerous challenges. The project was set in the Mission Bay neighborhood along the San Francisco Bay, surrounded by other construction projects and an active helipad. The ground was saturated and soft from the nearby water, making it difficult to work on. The Warriors also gave a firm deadline for completion – the start of the 2019-2020 basketball season, which meant the team had to work quickly.

EPCOR's Digital Transformation: Risk-based Asset Management for Electric Distribution Network

EPCOR Utilities, a company that owns and operates electric, water, and natural gas utilities across Canada and the southern United States, was facing a significant challenge with its aging infrastructure. The company's electric distribution system, which provides power to over 400,000 Edmonton customers, was experiencing frequent outages due to the degradation of its assets, including circuits, poles, and transformers. A demographic analysis predicted a 74% increase in the number of assets that would reach end of life over the next 10 years, compared to the previous 10 years. This meant that EPCOR would need to replace 10,000 more assets over the next decade. Furthermore, EPCOR’s capital spending was effectively capped due to a new performance-based rate structure to be implemented in 2018. To maintain system reliability with current resources, despite the forecasted asset failure, EPCOR recognized the need for a new asset management strategy and sought a digital solution to quantify asset health and prioritize assets for proactive intervention and lifecycle replacement.

Precision Valley Communications: Accelerating Broadband Services with IoT

Precision Valley Communications (PVC), a leading provider of communications network mapping and engineering to the broadband industry, was tasked with a major project to survey and redesign a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network for a major cable company in Washington, D.C. The project involved a field survey of the company’s network, including 586 miles of conduit, 2,400 manholes, and over 200,000 multiple-dwelling units. The goal was to complete a major network redesign to move all equipment from manholes to breakout pedestals to reduce rented duct space and increase accessibility for field crews. However, five months into the project, only 21 percent of the 586 miles of survey was completed, putting the USD 145 million project way behind schedule. The delays were not due to a lack of skill or effort, but rather the inefficient software tool that was initially mandated for use in the project. The software resulted in significant workflow impediments and time-consuming database transactions, severely hampering productivity.

Business Process Integration and Efficiency Improvement at Balfour Beatty with GroupBC Technologies

Balfour Beatty, a UK-based multinational infrastructure group, was facing challenges in expanding knowledge sharing across its more than 60 companies and improving collaboration on its projects. The group’s Major Projects division was at the forefront of this effort, which included the early implementation of tendering, procurement, and project collaboration systems. The business also sought to standardize many of its information management business processes, including the development of consistent workflows across the group, and human resource strategies to support effective information management. However, the outdated Access databases were proving to be a hindrance in achieving these objectives.

CADDS Group Enhances Safety and Reduces Costs in Iron Ore Facilities with Innovative Guarding System

Rio Tinto Iron Ore (RTIO) operates a network of integrated iron ore mine and port facilities across the Pilbara region of Western Australia. To optimize workforce safety, RTIO engaged CADDS Group to conduct site guarding audits for all 17 iron ore plants, complete site verification for high risk assets, and replace or update those assets. The AUD 80 million project required CADDS to obtain data and documentation of existing infrastructure at all sites and complete the guarding work within the plants’ scheduled 12-week shutdown cycles. Prior to this project, CADDS would send a team of drafters to the site to create 2D drawings of the existing facilities. From these 2D drawings, designers would create 3D as-built models. The team used these often-inaccurate models to design and fabricate the new guarding, which was expensive because unique components were required for every install. Furthermore, once on site for the install, CADDS usually found that the new guarding did not fit, resulting in time-consuming, costly rework.

Optimizing Workflows and Profits with OpenTower®: A Case Study on Tower Engineering Professionals, Inc.

The rollout of 5G has led to a shift in the telecommunications industry towards cost sharing, optimizing contracts between major carriers and tower owners. This has resulted in an increase in requests for load cases and loading scenarios during an analysis cycle, requiring the evaluation of four to five loading combinations to provide cost feedback to clients and carriers. The industry is also seeing an increase in multiple carriers co-locating on the same structure, leading to a surge in loading changes. Additionally, many owners and carriers are proactively analyzing towers to the most current code revision, regardless of the jurisdictionally adopted version of the IBC standards. This can be time-consuming and cumbersome, especially when there are multiple scenarios to evaluate. The data is also less reliable and prone to errors if multiple files need to be updated and modeled individually to capture all the possible loading combinations.

Fujian Yongfu's Innovative Wind Turbine Foundation Resisting Typhoons and Earthquakes

Fujian Yongfu Power Engineering was tasked with building a large wind farm in a geographically complex area prone to typhoons, earthquakes, and shifting soil. The location for the wind farm, the China Changle Offshore Wind Farm Area C, is one of the world's deepest locations for a wind farm with an average water depth of between 31 and 45 meters. The company planned to install 62 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 8 megawatts, for a total capacity of 496 megawatts. However, the site's frequent typhoons, unstable soil, and high earthquake risk necessitated the development of particularly strong and stable foundations for each turbine. Traditional methods of offshore wind design proved inadequate, producing expensive designs and failing to accurately simulate the interaction between the soil and a pile with such a large diameter. The company also faced budget constraints, necessitating a cost-effective solution.

Revitalizing Jakarta’s Railway Hub: A Digital Twin Approach

PT. Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk was appointed by Indonesia’s Ministry of Transportation to transform the Manggarai Station in South Jakarta into the city’s terminus for long-distance trains. The project involved constructing a new bridge and assembling track panels to connect the existing first-floor mainline track to a new second-floor rail line of the main building. The project was crucial for improving passenger flow and ensuring reliable transport, but it presented significant construction constraints. These included conducting a design review within the 720-day contract period, maintaining train operations throughout construction, and controlling costs on prestressed concrete bridge segments, which accounted for up to 30% of the total project budget. Waskita was also required to take on the design review of the existing contract drawings due to discrepancies with current standards and existing conditions. The team realized that their traditional, paper-based 2D processes were insufficient for these challenges and that they needed a more advanced solution.

Integrated Solution for Oversize/Overweight Permitting at West Virginia DOT

The West Virginia Department of Transportation (WVDOT) faced a significant challenge in managing the increasing volume of oversize/overweight load permits due to the boom in shale oil and gas production. The number of these permits issued annually doubled since 2003, reaching 123,000 in 2011. The existing manual process for managing these permits was not sustainable in the long run. The process involved consulting county maps marked with weight restrictions and general guidelines to process permits. Bridge load rating was handled by technicians, but there was no way to incorporate bridge information and run a real-time permitting process. As the trucks got heavier and larger, and the frequency of loads grew higher, the WVDOT realized the need for a more efficient and reliable system.

Enhancing Project and Asset Information Management for Thames Water’s Capital Investment Programmes

Thames Water, the UK’s largest water and wastewater services company, faced significant challenges in managing information for the delivery of their capital projects. Prior to the implementation of TWEXnet, information management was not well controlled. Delivery partners were based within Thames Water offices and information was shared via email, CDs, and shared drives. However, after a change in the business model in 2005, the partners were based back in their own offices and the use of multiple systems to share information proved to be neither productive nor secure. Thames Water works with a large number of external contractors to deliver its capital investment works, which involves significant volumes of information including contract documents, design files, and general correspondence pertaining to some 1500 live projects. Each party is responsible for keeping related documentation and activities up to date, essential to the decision-making processes involved in a project. The staff churn that occurs on all construction projects means that having a controlled central repository for information is absolutely essential to ensure efficient delivery and contractual and legal compliance.

AHCEC's Reality Model Development for Al-Madinah City

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.

ASGC's Use of SYNCHRO Pro in Constructing Dubai's First Multipurpose Indoor Arena

ASGC, a leading construction services and manufacturing facilities provider, was tasked with constructing the Coca-Cola Arena, a state-of-the-art multipurpose arena in Dubai. The arena, spanning half a million square feet with a capacity of 20,000 people, was to be the only all-purpose indoor and air-conditioned arena of its size in the region. The project required meticulous planning and scheduling to manage the many steps and workflows involved. The arena was designed to accommodate large-scale international music concerts, sporting events, and other entertainment events, and was to feature an advanced infrastructure, including four levels of seating and hospitality suites. The project also required the construction of an adaptable layout that could be changed depending on the scale of the event. The challenge was to manage the complex construction process efficiently, ensuring timely completion while maintaining high standards of quality and safety.

LLC Volgogradnefteproekt's Offshore Oilfield Project: A Case Study on Cost Reduction and Efficiency

LLC Volgogradnefteproekt, a leading independent design firm serving the oil and gas industry in southern Russia, was tasked with delivering an as-built 3D digital model for the seven platforms commissioned for the Vladimir Filanovsky offshore field in the Caspian Sea. The project involved the construction of seven complex facilities, designed by six different companies. The client needed a process for managing engineering and technical information at all stages of the project, from verifying that the technical designs met project requirements, through planning construction schedules, and managing the logistics of materials and equipment delivery. With multiple contractors and subcontractors participating in the project, the client also needed to produce high-quality construction documents and monitor as-built work against the plan. The project was further complicated by a tight deadline imposed by the client and regulated by the government of the Russian Federation.

SAIDEL Engineering's Innovative Geotechnical Solution for Residential Building over Subway Tunnels

In West Bucharest, Romania, a land developer initiated a EUR 2.5 million project to construct the city’s first residential building over the subway tunnels. The structure was initially planned as a 10-story building with a basement for parking. As a pioneer project located in the tunnel protection zone, it presented an irregular footprint and required approval from the subway operator, needing to demonstrate minimal displacing of the tunnels and effect on the structural forces. SAIDEL Engineering was tasked with providing structural and geotechnical design, with the goal of reducing the overall effect of the building on the tunnel lining by providing a safe and cost-efficient foundation. The project was complex, requiring SAIDEL Engineering to modify the shape of the footprint to reduce the irregularity of the building, while still complying with its functional and architectural needs, compounded by the mandate to obtain the conservative subway operator’s approval. Having previously been rejected, it subsequently lingered for two years before SAIDEL Engineering’s involvement.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Boosts Efficiency with ProjectWise

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the largest municipal utility in the United States, was facing significant challenges with its engineering data management. With over 100 years of records stored in various systems across the enterprise, finding accurate information for new project designs was a time-consuming and often unsuccessful task. Drawing data, foreman’s prints, and job addresses were stored in three different Oracle databases, while CAD files were on a Linux server using an in-house configuration management application. Scanned foreman’s prints with field markups were stored in a Windows server, and Office documents, photos, and PDF files were scattered across multiple file servers in various departments. This disorganized system was causing lost productivity, project delays, and increased costs. Significant labor was required just to maintain the many repositories and custom software. New projects required hours of research to locate reference files and resolve inconsistencies, often resulting in designs started with incomplete or inaccurate information, leading to revisions during construction.

Digital Transformation of Oman Gas Company's Reliability and Integrity Program with Bentley’s AssetWise™

Oman Gas Company (OGC), the principal gas transportation company in Oman, faced a significant challenge in managing the performance and reliability of its numerous plants and widely distributed assets. The company's small reliability team was conducting manual performance calculations for reliability and availability using manually collected data stored in disparate databases. This scattered data, lack of resources, and manual processes were prone to human error. OGC recognized the need to initiate an advanced reliability and integrity program to achieve operational excellence as a world-class, midstream gas value chain company. The company sought to eliminate human fault analysis and improve resource effectiveness by digitizing and automating all data and processes within its reliability and integrity program.

AAEngineering's Digital Transformation of Kazakhstan Gold Ore Processing Plant Amid COVID-19

AAEngineering Group was tasked with the design, procurement, and construction of a new gold processing plant in Aksu, Akmola Region, Kazakhstan. The project was part of an initiative by gold producer Altynalmas to expand their annual ore processing production up to 5 million tons. The USD 230 million project included the construction of a new gold processing plant, a dam, accommodation camp for 600 people, water pipelines, and a 220-kilovolt electrical substation. The challenge was to upgrade the existing energy and mining infrastructure, ensure environmental protection and occupational safety, and determine an optimal construction site that mandated a 1,000-meter sanitary protection zone from adjacent pits and uranium dams. The new plant also needed to be interoperable with the existing processing facilities in terms of equipment and materials, and seamlessly integrate with the operating systems. Additionally, AAEngineering faced challenges meeting the technology demands to comply with the client’s Digital Mine initiative on a tight timeline, compounded by coordinating a remote team during the COVID-19 pandemic.

AAEngineering's Digital Approach to Gold Ore Processing Plant Delivery in Seismic Region

AAEngineering was tasked with the design and construction of a gold processing plant in the seismic Talas region of Kyrgyzstan, amid a global pandemic. The USD 75 million project was located at an altitude of 3,500-meters in a dangerously seismic area with seismicity up to 10 magnitudes and increased risk of avalanches due to slopes reaching 75 degrees. The project location presented extreme conditions and was subject to strict environmental standards. In addition to the geographical and geological complications, AAEngineering had to also overcome technical, engineering, and coordination challenges among the globally dispersed project team, as well as accommodate the limited construction period. The area has a very short construction season, lasting only four or five months. It rains the rest of the time. They sought to simultaneously organize and perform multidiscipline design and construction works. To carry out these processes concurrently required integrated digital workflows and accurate modeling and analysis applications for visualization and simulation.

Accelerating Infrastructure Project Delivery with IoT: A Case Study on Mott MacDonald's East Tideway Tunnel Project

London's outdated Victorian sewers were causing increased pollution and water contamination due to frequent overflows into the River Thames. The city needed a newly designed and constructed sewage tunnel system to reduce overflows and improve the river's water quality. The joint venture project among Costain, Vinci Construction Grands Projets, and Bachy Soletanche was expected to be completed in seven years. Mott MacDonald, the lead designer for the project, was contracted to design and build a new, modernized sewerage system for the east portion of the project. This involved approximately 10 kilometers of tunnel works located 70 meters beneath central London and six shaft sites. Mott MacDonald faced challenges in bridging communication gaps among team members across various locations and with diverse design principals. They also needed to control the information accessed by team members and stakeholders while developing a streamlined, but accurate, workflow to meet the tight project deadline.

Digital Twins Revolutionize Sweco Nederland's Delivery of Bergen’s Light Rail Extension

Sweco Nederland (Sweco NL) was tasked with extending Bergen, Norway’s Bybanen light-rail system to promote urban development and reduce pollution. The NOK 6.2 billion project involved adding eight new stops, including an underground depot and two tunnels totaling 4.5 kilometers in length. The project required an optimal design that connects to existing infrastructure within a limited footprint and aligns conflicting stakeholder interests and needs. The project team consisted of 18 engineering disciplines spread across five countries, using different software, and included 24 contracts. The team faced challenges surrounding data integration, alignment, change management, collaboration, and communication. Traditional manual processes were deemed insufficient due to the project's complexity, client requirements, and overall scale. The team required a new, digital-driven approach to successfully deliver the design on a tight timeline.

Cornell University's Digital Transformation with Bentley Procurement Software

Cornell University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the United States, was facing challenges with its e-procurement bidding systems. The software products they had implemented in 2004 and 2011, while an improvement over manual processes, were not user-friendly and required too many steps for common tasks. This led to difficulties for vendors in submitting bids, often necessitating assistance from procurement staff. The university was in need of a more efficient software that could accommodate its unique business needs. They were looking for a system that was easy for suppliers to use, supported the sealed bidding process, and provided other functions such as supplier prequalification and approval.

GEOMSA’s Innovative Subsea Pipeline Design Withstands Geological Shifts

Grupo Especializado en Obras Marinas (GEOMSA), a major developer of pipe-soil systems in the Gulf of Mexico, was faced with the challenge of designing and installing a subsea pipeline system that could withstand the forces of geological shifts. The Gulf of Mexico is known for its active geological faults, which often test the structural integrity of oil production pipeline systems. The project involved designing and installing an 8-inch to 24-inch diameter piping system. The primary objective was to develop a solution that would maintain the reliability and safety of the system. The team needed to evaluate how the pipeline interacted with the surrounding seabed environment and produce a safe, realistic design to reduce the risk of marine pipeline failure, which would severely impact the local environment.

SATRIA Technologies Leverages Intelligent Design Process for Efficient Control Relay Panel Delivery

SATRIA Technologies, a small start-up company in Selangor, Malaysia, provides engineering solutions for power utilities, industries, and infrastructure. The company was contracted by Malaysia’s largest electricity utility, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), to design and supply control relay panels for its new substation in Pandamaran, Klang. The MYR 500,000 project required SATRIA to design six different protection and control schemes for 19 33 kilovolt/11-kilovolt units to fit in a compact space within the substation. Previously, SATRIA engineers were given a month to deliver conceptual drawings and schematic designs. However, for this project, TNB mandated that SATRIA complete initial and detailed electrical design and panel arrangement drawings within a 20-day time frame. To meet this tight deadline and design a variety of panel types to fit a narrow space, SATRIA needed a collaborative intelligent modeling technology.

Indonesian Network Communications Operator Digitalizes Data, Optimizes Lifecycle Workflows

iForte Solusi Infotek, one of the fastest-growing fiber optic network operators in Indonesia, was facing challenges due to decentralized data and unsystematic manual processes driving network engineering, planning, sales, and maintenance. The lack of synergy among its departments led to slow project delivery and customer response times. The company's network communications infrastructure includes more than 6,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable, 17,000 towers, 3,500 very small aperture terminal (VSAT) ground stations, and 240 points of presence (POP). Managing such a large infrastructure for numerous business applications required optimal workflows to efficiently meet customer requirements. To centralize data and information, streamline workflows, improve strategic analysis, and enhance decision making, the company committed to developing a digital fiber optic management system for more efficient collaboration and communication throughout all lifecycle stages.

Advanced Construction of Taihong Yangtze River Bridge with IoT

The Taihong Yangtze River Bridge, a CNY 900 million construction project, is a crucial part of the 77-kilometer highway network linking the Nanchuan District and Lianjiang New Area in China’s Chongqing municipality. The bridge, designed as a suspension bridge, includes an 808-meter steel box beam with a complex structure required to sustain a high-load capacity amid complicated terrain. The scale and complexity of the project necessitated pushing the boundaries of engineering data to ensure construction quality and safety. The project owner, China Railway Changjiang Transport Design Group (CRCTDG), had to determine how they could use the engineering information to increase the performance, quality, safety, scheduling, and cost of each stage of the lifecycle. They also realized that they needed to digitalize engineering workflows and avoid irreversible and costly errors. Traditional manual and paper-based data exchange and construction methods would not be sufficient to achieve the accuracy and public safety that they targeted.

Collins Engineers Utilizes Digital Twin Technology for Restoration of Historic Stone Arch Bridge

The Stone Arch Bridge, a historic pedestrian pathway in Minneapolis, required significant restoration to ensure its structural integrity and public safety. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) hired Collins Engineers to assess and restore the 140-year-old masonry bridge. The project required a detailed inspection of the entire bridge structure’s condition, including stone arches, embankments, piers, and underwater foundations. Given the age and size of the masonry structure, Collins faced challenges developing repair plans that traditional data collection and inspection methods could not accommodate. Conventional workflows would be time-consuming, significantly impact public use of the bridge, and might not produce the level of detail required to generate accurate repair plans. To overcome these challenges, Collins sought to digitalize inspection data and generate a 3D model of the bridge.

Oregon DOT's AssetWise Linear Network Management: A Case Study in IoT Efficiency

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for managing over 8,000 miles of state and interstate highways within Oregon, along with programs related to highways, roads and bridges, railways, public transportation services, transportation safety programs, and motor carrier regulation. Previously, ODOT managed their transportation assets using legacy systems that ran on various technologies, performed functions they were not originally designed for, and duplicated data across multiple repositories. Meeting government reporting requirements involved months of custom coding, manual updating, and vigilant error-checking. ODOT needed a new, comprehensive, linear asset management solution – one that would enable more efficient data capture, analysis, and information mobility that would streamline processes and improve regulatory reporting.

Tierra Group Utilizes 3D Analysis for Complex Slope Stability Project

Tierra Group, a provider of geotechnical, water resources, civil, environmental, and geological hazards engineering, was faced with a complex slope stability project involving highly variable soil conditions. The project required the analysis of the corner of an earth dam retaining structure. The challenge was twofold. Firstly, the structure of a corner or a turn in the earth dam needed to be incorporated into the analysis. Secondly, the varying geo-strata beneath the foundation of the engineered earth dam structure posed a significant challenge. The combination of these two aspects made applying 2D analysis extremely difficult and ineffective for the project.

ZADCO's Use of SACS for Restoration of Ship-Impacted Wellhead Platform

Zakum Development Company (ZADCO) faced a significant challenge when a 1,600-ton marine vessel collided with an operating wellhead platform in the Upper Zakum oil field, located offshore of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The impact threatened the structural integrity of the platform, causing a 6.6 percent loss in platform strength. The platform was capable of surviving seasonal storms post-impact, but could only support the landing of helicopters and docking of light vessels. With oil production halted until repairs could be carried out, ZADCO was tasked with quickly assessing and repairing the platform to minimize losses, ensure safe startup, and avoid environmental pollution. The company also needed to substantiate the accident and resulting damage for an insurance claim. The structural analysis of the platform was complicated by several factors, including the absence of a current SACS model for the required analyses, unreliable vessel speed data for modeling the impact, and the difficulty of modeling the nonlinear soil-pile interaction in combination with a nonlinear inelastic structure.

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Leverages IoT for Phase IV Expansion Project

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) was tasked with the Phase IV expansion of its metro system to improve rail connectivity between Delhi and the further regions of the National Capital Region. The project involved constructing a new 104-kilometer metro railway line connecting the Majlis Park metro station to the RK Ashram Marg metro station. The DMRC faced several challenges in this project. Firstly, Delhi is a densely populated area with over 27.9 million people as of 2016, resulting in heavy congestion and minimal land availability. This necessitated the proposal of alternative design options in the construction of the railway to circumvent congested areas. Secondly, the railway line had to maintain safe offset distances from historical monuments to prevent their deterioration. Lastly, the project team had to review the detailed project report and propose changes in the alignment design for the railway track section based on current requirements.

Aqua+ Boosts Plant Control System Design Speed with Promis.e, Enhancing Water Treatment Quality

Khabarovsk Municipal Unitary Enterprise “Vodocanal” (Khabarovsk Vodocanal), one of the largest water and sewer service providers in the Far East, was tasked with shifting from surface to underground water sources. This shift was part of a program to implement intraformational water treatment technology, a process that treats groundwater within the geologic formation, costing 2.5 times less than conventional methods. The company constructed the RUB 10 billion Tunguska Groundwater Intake Facilities to deliver 106,000 cubic meters per day of water to the city of Khabarovsk. Aqua+ was commissioned to design, construct, install, and commission the intake facility’s automated water quality monitoring and control system. The challenge was to create a complex industrial control system for automatic water quality monitoring and control, which would reduce facility staffing requirements tenfold. The design of this complex system included the purposeful selection, connection, and programming of precision instrumentation for reliable supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA).

Accelerating COVID-19 Hospital Construction with IoT: A Case Study of PT. Wijaya Karya

Indonesia, like many countries, faced a surge in COVID-19 cases that exceeded the capacity of existing healthcare facilities. To address this, the Indonesian government initiated plans to construct 14 new hospitals. PT. Wijaya Karya (WIKA) was tasked with building one of these hospitals on a 22,700-square-meter former soccer field in South Jakarta. The USD 4 million hospital was to be a one-story building with a capacity of 300 beds, 35 intensive care unit rooms, and 10 emergency rooms. The hospital was to be equipped with a negative pressure isolation system to prevent the spread of the virus, a robotic nurse, and an integrated command center to connect it to 65 other hospitals. The government required WIKA to complete the design and construction of the hospital and have it fully operational in less than a month. The project also needed to be cost-effective and environmentally sustainable. WIKA faced the challenge of meeting these requirements on an incredibly tight timeline, compounded by social distancing requirements.

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff's IoT-Driven Structural Design Optimization for London's First Vertical Village

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff was tasked with the challenge of efficiently and sustainably delivering a 62-story, 278-meter glass-clad tower in the heart of London’s Financial District. The project, named 22 Bishopsgate, was to be built on the site of a previous unfinished building, the Pinnacle, where the foundation, basement, and partially constructed core of this structure, called “the stump,” remained. The new tower needed to incorporate the former Pinnacle’s foundation and three stories of basement structures. The challenge was to marry the superstructure, which did not correspond to where the foundations were. In addition to the site constraints amid several high-rise buildings, a tight timeline, and budget requirements, the project also aimed to achieve a BREEAM excellent rating and be the first in London to adopt the WELL Building Standard promoting the health and well-being of the building’s 12,000 occupants.

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