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Organization

Sandia National Laboratories

Vertical Market

Geospatial Government

Project Objectives

  • Overhaul software tools and workflow processes to gain efficiencies and improve document accuracy
  • Maintain documentation submitted in disparate formats
  • Standardize geospatial tools, CAD drawings, and workflow processes

Fast Facts

  • Sandia National Laboratories employs more than 7,000 people, encompasses about 1,000 buildings and structures spread across 9,000 acres. These facilities are operated on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration.
  • Nine to 12 architectural/engineering firms are employed by Sandia to develop design changes on a project basis. It maintains close to 400,000 facilities record documents.
  • Sandia National Laboratories had been using an assortment of software products from different vendors to create CAD, geospatial, and building design documents. 
  • The Bentley product line offered the range of capabilities Sandia needed for facilities management, improving document accuracy, and has saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in labor costs.

Bentley Products Used

 

Sandia National Laboratories employs nine to 12 architectural/engineering firms to develop design changes on a project basis. It maintains close to 400,000 facilities record documents. Keeping these facilities records updated to reflect the ongoing work done by multiple parties proved a difficult task. In 2003, Sandia National Laboratories used an assortment of software products from different vendors to create CAD, geospatial, and building design documents.

With the goal of improving the accuracy of its documentation, as well as gaining efficiencies and saving money, Sandia National Laboratories decided to standardize its geospatial tools, CAD drawings, and workflow processes. The Bentley product line offered the range of capabilities it needed for facilities management, and the products integrated well with each other.

 

This project was a 2007 BE Awards of Excellence Winner learn more


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