2021 Honorees
Congratulations to the 2021 Honorees
In addition to the projects selected by independent jurors in our prestigious 2021 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure, CEO Greg Bentley and other executives announced the projects listed below as the 2021 Founders’ Honorees. These infrastructure leaders and projects are recognized for the advancements they have made in going digital, ES(D)G, iTwin, and advancing the infrastructure profession.
Congratulations 2021 Honoree Winners!
Founders’ Honorees
FOR NATIONAL DIGITAL TWIN
Advancing Singapore National 3D Reality Mapping for Changing World
Singapore Land Authority
Location: Singapore
Image Credit: Singapore Land Authority
Project Description
To ensure the effective use of limited land resources on the island nation of Singapore, Singapore Land Authority began developing a 3D map of the entire island in 2012. They finished the first Singapore National 3D Mapping project by 2017, but as years passed, the nation continued to evolve, and some data in the map became out of date. Additionally, they wanted to improve the level of detail and accuracy in the 3D map by creating a true reality mesh.
Singapore Land Authority found that by selecting Bentley applications, they could create a detailed reality mesh. Using ContextCapture, they processed over 160,000 images into a reality mesh. The application allowed them to manually edit the mesh, ensuring that uniquely shaped buildings are accurately represented. Within Orbit 3DM, they managed 25 terabytes of mapping datasets and shared information with stakeholders. The reality mesh is accurate to within 0.1 meters, which will improve decision-making and support new creative new initiatives.
Project Playbook: ContextCapture, Orbit 3DM
FOR AS-OPERATED DIGITAL TWIN
Digital Twin Project of the FPSO Offshore Oil Gathering and Transportation Platform
CNOOC Energy Development Design and R&D Center
Location: South China Sea, Guangdong, China
Image Credit: CNOOC Energy Development Design and R&D Center
Project Description
CNOOC piloted a project for the FPSO offshore facility in the South China Sea to create a reality mesh and generate a digital twin that integrates indoor and outdoor data. Located in the deep sea, the project presented environmental challenges around collecting data to develop an accurate model and establish an intelligent information management system. Previous traditional engineering methods proved ineffective, making them realize the need for comprehensive, interoperable survey and reality modeling technology.
CNOOC selected ContextCapture to process multisource data into an accurate reality model of existing conditions. Integrating OpenPlant and OpenCities Planner, they developed a web-based GIS platform for intelligent information management. They completed the reality mesh within 150 days, compared to years if using conventional methods. They also reduced the need for travel, increasing safety and saving over CNY 1 million in transportation costs. They plan to connect the model to the Bentley iTwin platform and establish an intelligent digital twin, automating control of the offshore oil platform.
Project Playbook: ContextCapture, ContextCapture Insights, Descartes, OpenCities Planner, OpenPlant, Pointools
FOR DIGITAL INTEGRATOR
London Power Tunnels 2
Mott MacDonald and National Grid
Location: London, United Kingdom
Image Credit: Mott MacDonald and National Grid
Project Description
London Power Tunnels 2 (LPT2) is the National Grid’s second phase of underground works to replace and improve the London power network by constructing 3-meter-diameter tunnels that stretch for 32.5 kilometers at depths of 10 meters to 63 meters. After previously using traditional transactional methods, they wanted to shift to a collaborative digital approach. They hired Mott MacDonald to integrate the digital approach with existing processes and infrastructure. Mott MacDonald realized that they required a connected data environment.
They selected ProjectWise as the collaborative platform and single source of truth for all engineering data. Using Bentley’s software enabled six companies to work within the same production environment with the client and exchange information within minutes. Mott MacDonald used the solution to eliminate up to four hours of work transferring data packages, streamline workflows, and provide instant visibility into work progress, as well as data consistency. The digital strategy lays the foundation to leverage digital DNA for asset operations and maintenance.
Project Playbook: ProjectWise, ProjectWise 365, SYNCHRO
FOR COMPREHENSIVE COLLABORATION
Tuas Water Reclamation Plant - Contract C4A - Biosolids & Digesters
CES_SDC Pte Ltd and AECOM Singapore Pte Ltd
Location: Singapore
Image Credit: CES_SDC Pte Ltd and AECOM Singapore Pte Ltd
Project Description
Singapore’s Public Utilities Board is constructing a network of deep tunnel sewers to provide a cost-efficient, sustainable solution for used water collection, treatment, reclamation, and disposal. CES_SDC and AECOM Singapore are responsible for design review and faced technical and coordination challenges, compounded by a tight timeline and strict standards. They needed integrated technology to access project data in real-time, automate modeling and design changes, and monitor construction progress.
CES_SDC and AECOM Singapore selected ProjectWise to eliminate the need for manual data and design updates, which accelerated information sharing by 30%. Using SYNCHRO 4D, they automatically linked 3D models with the construction sequence, saving 20% in time. Through collaborative workflows and automated processes, they focused on construction issues rather than spending hours on data management. Today, they are continuing to test other Bentley solutions for overall BIM and asset information management.
Project Playbook: ConstructSim, iTwin.js, MicroStation, OpenBuildings, OpenPlant, OpenRoads Designer, ProjectWise, ProjectWise 365, SYNCHRO 4D, SYNCHRO Control, SYNCHRO Field
FOR 4D DIGITAL TWINS ADVANCEMENT
TH 169: Redefine Elk River
WSB
Location: Elk River, Minnesota, United States
Image Credit: WSB
Project Description
When the Minnesota Department of Transportation received funding to transform TH 169 into a freeway system, they retained WSB to oversee the final design. The project included converting four traffic intersections into interchanges, relocating utilities, and designing roadway, drainage, and bridge elements. With complicated earthworks and construction costs capped at USD 130 million, WSB needed a flexible, iterative design process and accurate material quantity takeoffs.
WSB selected Bentley’s open modeling, visualization, and construction simulation applications to help save the client over USD 4.8 million. Performing clash detection saved 18 months in relocating utilities, while synchronizing the 3D model with 4D construction scheduling identified potential conflicts, accelerating construction activities by three months to save USD 485,569. Using the Bentley iTwin platform to create digital twins early in the engineering process facilitated collaboration that supported seamless data and model integration throughout construction and operations.
Project Playbook: ContextCapture, iTwin.js, iTwin Design Insights, iTwin Design Review, iTwin Design Validation, MicroStation, OpenBridge Designer, OpenBridge Modeler, OpenBuildings, OpenRoads Designer, ProjectWise, ProjectWise 365, SYNCHRO 4D, SYNCHRO Control
FOR 4D DESIGN REVIEW
MRT Jakarta Phase II
PT. MRT Jakarta (Perseroda)
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Image Credit: PT. MRT Jakarta (Perseroda)
Project Description
MRT Jakarta Phase II is an 11.8-kilometer urban railway development project to increase mobility and reduce congestion by providing safe, reliable public transportation. PT. MRT Jakarta is responsible for construction, operations, and maintenance amid complex topography and a tight timeline. They previously used inefficient document management systems and time-consuming manual methods to manage project information, but they resulted in information silos demanding the need for a connected data environment.
PT. MRT Jakarta selected ProjectWise and the Bentley iTwin platform to streamline communication among the team, stakeholders, and client. They had real-time easy access to project information and digital reviews that saved at least 10% in time and resulted in a 90% reduction in hardcopy paper submissions. Integrating AssetWise, they expect to minimize cost and schedule overrun during construction, as well as use the 3D models and as-built data during operations and maintenance.
Project Playbook: AssetWise, AssetWise ALIM, iTwin.js, iTwin Design Review, iTwin Immersive Asset Service, ProjectWise, ProjectWise 365, SYNCHRO 4D
FOR COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT DIGITAL TWIN
Application of BIM Technology in the Design Stage of High-Speed Railway
China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd.
Location: Xi’an, Lantian, Shangluo, Shanyang, and Shiyan; Shaanxi and Hubei; China
Image Credit: China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd.
Project Description
The Xi’an-Shiyan high-speed railway project is a 256-kilometer railway that will strengthen the connection between city clusters in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, promoting poverty alleviation and rural revitalization. China Railway First Survey and Design Institute are the designers and faced technical, coordination, and geological challenges, compounded by a tight schedule. As the first railway project to promote full lifecycle BIM, they sought integrated modeling applications in an open, connected data environment.
They selected ProjectWise to establish a collaborative platform to share and manage data and models among 19 different disciplines, streamlining workflows and shortening the design cycle by three months. By performing clash detection, they identified and resolved 286 potential conflicts in the early stages, improving design quality by 50% and avoiding costly design changes during construction. Bentley’s integrated modeling solution sets the benchmark for lifecycle BIM and digital twin delivery for future industry projects.
Project Playbook: ContextCapture, iTwin.js, LumenRT, MicroStation, OpenBridge Modeler, OpenBuildings, OpenPlant, OpenRail Designer, OpenRoads Designer, OpenUtilities, PLAXIS, ProjectWise, ProStructures, SYNCHRO 4D
FOR DIGITAL ADAPTATION
East Link
AFRY and Tyréns Consortium
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Image Credit: AFRY and Tyréns Consortium
Project Description
When AFRY and Tyréns wanted to review the conceptual design of Sweden’s 28-kilometer, double-track railway, they planned to conduct a traditional BIM review. However, it was time-consuming and presented risks of miscommunication and misinterpretation among the 30 disciplines that used over 23 software applications. They were wary of implementing a new technology solution on the six-year-long project. However, with COVID-19, they had to reevaluate their collaboration and their coordination model to enable a more streamlined, remote design review process.
The organizations selected the Bentley iTwin platform to facilitate a more efficient virtual design review. The user-friendly platform helped seamlessly transition to the new digital work environment and accelerated model accessibility by 75%. The digital twin solution saved 33% in design review time and 21% in costs, amounting to approximately EUR 20,000.
Project Playbook: iTwin Design Review, iTwin Design Validation, MicroStation, OpenRail Designer, OpenRoads Designer, ProjectWise, ProjectWise 365, Promis.e
FOR ITWIN ENTREPRENEUR
SewerAI
Location: California, United States
Image Credit: SewerAI
Project Description
SewerAI is a recent recipient of funding from Bentley iTwin Ventures during their latest venture round. SewerAI uses artificial intelligence and computer vision to inspect, identify, and analyze sewer infrastructure defects enhancing and accelerating sewer infrastructure inspections. Their plan is to leverage the Bentley iTwin platform to enable sewer digital twins and make real-time defect classification a reality, while also modernizing the traditionally cumbersome, slow, and costly process of water infrastructure management.
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IOT
GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Image Credit: GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc.
Project Description
GZA GeoEnvironmental is a multidiscipline engineering firm that supports critical infrastructure projects for owners, operators, and contractors across the United States. To reduce costs, provide actionable insights, and increase safety and conditional awareness for their clients, GZA looks to innovative technologies including augmenting digital twins using infrastructure IoT. Through the Bentley sensemetrics platform, GZA has effectively implemented proactive condition monitoring in more than 30 projects over the past 12 months for a variety of critical infrastructure including roadways, light rail, bridges, historic structures, dams, energy assets, mine sites, and utilities.
FOR ITWIN ENTERPRISE
Consilience Analytics
Location: New York, United States
Image Credit: Consilience Analytics
Project Description
Consilience Analytics automates the production of 3D models from 2D photographs. Consilience Analytics serves many clients in the telecom industry, including Dish Network. They have recently adopted OpenTower iQ, Bentley’s premier cell tower digital twin application powered by iTwin, for AI-enabled equipment detection, inventory reconciliation, automated drawing generation, and more. With this adoption, they aim to emphasize cell tower lifecycle digitalization and automation.
FOR DIGITAL TWINS R&D
Application of Digital Twin Technology in the Full Lifecycle of Offshore Wind Power Projects
Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Location: Beijing, China
Image Credit: Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd.
Project Description
Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute explored the application of digital twin technology for China Three Gorges Renewables Group through a pilot project that will enable smart offshore wind power operations. They wanted to build a BIM model for the entire plant, integrate construction data to form as-built assets, and develop an offshore wind power digital twin platform. However, they faced data management and integration challenges when designing application scenarios for the lifecycle digital twin and needed an open digital platform to visualize and support the models for intelligent wind power facility management.
The team selected Bentley’s iModel and iTwin applications, improving modeling efficiencies by 30% and reducing resource hours by 10%. Using the open digital twin platform, they optimized the management of virtual wind power assets, integrating construction and operations data to achieve intelligent plant management. The pilot results serve as a reference for future application and digital transformation in the offshore wind power industry.
Project Playbook: iTwin.js, iTwin Design Insights, iTwin Design Review, MicroStation
FOR GLOBAL FUTURE-PROOFING
ITER: In-Pit Activities for Tokamak Assembly
Brigantium Engineering
Location: St. Paul-les-Durance, Bouches-du-Rhone, France
Image Credit: Brigantium Engineering
Project Description
In southern France, 35 nations are collaborating to build the world’s largest tokamak called ITER, which is designed to harness fusion energy and test integrated technologies, materials, and physics regimes for commercial production of fusion-based electricity. A pioneering, international initiative, the project features complex components and requires simultaneous construction activity among multiple contractors within a limited space, making construction coordination and management challenging. As the engineering consultant, Brigantium Engineering is responsible for construction and needed integrated 4D planning technology.
They selected SYNCHRO 4D to combine multisourced intricate data into a concise visual format, accessible to all project participants to improve their understanding of the construction process. The solution accelerated the construction schedule and significantly improved planning analysis and decision-making. Brigantium Engineering optimized and validated coordination of different work packages and the use of space. Through 4D construction modeling, they identified critical risks and clashes otherwise undetectable using traditional methods, ensuring timely completion of construction activities.
Project Playbook: SYNCHRO 4D
FOR PROJECT DELIVERY VISIBILITY
Golden Pass LNG Export Project
Zachry Industrial, Inc., a Zachry Group Company
Location: Sabine Pass, Texas, United States
Image Credit: Zachry Industrial, Inc., a Zachry Group Company
Project Description
When Zachry Group was selected to construct the Golden Pass LNG Export facility with an annual production capacity of 16 million tons of LNG, they had to coordinate a globally dispersed team, compounded by COVID-19 restrictions. Prior use of lengthy, error-prone manual work packaging, construction scheduling, and sequencing methods proved ineffective. Given the sheer magnitude of the project, the team needed advanced 4D modeling to visualize construction planning, streamline collaboration, and digitalize project delivery.
Already familiar with Bentley solutions, they selected SYNCHRO, saving 29,050 resource hours for scheduling and 120,000 resource hours on work package development. By establishing a construction digital twin during the design phase and linking the models to the project schedule, they improved coordination and eliminated the need to travel during pandemic restrictions, all while reducing congestion and mitigating risks to workers. The integrated digital solution helped leverage data in a connected data environment, optimizing collaboration and communication to make the right decisions at the right time.
Project Playbook: ConstructSim, SYNCHRO 4D, SYNCHRO AWP, SYNCHRO Perform
FOR PANDEMIC-PROOF EXECUTION
Modification of Surabaya-Gresik Toll Road Interchange
PT. Hutama Karya (Persero)
Location: Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Image Credit: PT. Hutama Karya (Persero)
Project Description
PT. Hutama Karya was retained to construct the Surabaya-Gresik toll-road interchange in preparation for Indonesia to host the 2022 U20 Football World Cup. The project presented complex geological conditions and coordination challenges, compounded by requirements to minimize interference with traffic flow and a one-year construction timeline during a global pandemic. They tried implementing BIM software, but their initial technology lacked efficiency and visualization quality. Instead, they needed comprehensive, integrated 3D modeling and visualization applications.
PT. Hutama Karya selected ContextCapture to generate a contour map of the existing site conditions 400% faster than manual methods. Using OpenRoads and OpenBridge for 3D modeling accelerated drawing production by 30 days and facilitated clash detection, avoiding potential errors to save USD 3 million. Working in an open, connected data environment saved two months amid COVID-19. They plan to use the 3D models as the foundation for creating digital twins to promote their digital strategies in the construction sector.
Project Playbook: ContextCapture, MicroStation, OpenBridge Modeler, OpenRoads Designer, PLAXIS
FOR COLLABORATIVE SUCCESS
Wood Bentley Digital Community Collaborative Portal
Wood
Location: Global
Image Credit: Wood
Project Description
As part of their global digital and business strategy supporting energy transition and sustainable infrastructure, Wood initiated development of a collaborative community portal to create a unified space for sharing experiences related to technology and industry changes. They tried creating static intranet sites; however, these proved expensive and difficult to maintain as current, interactive platforms. To accommodate recurring organizational changes and ensure access to accurate, real-time information, they needed dynamic, integrated digital applications.
Partnering with Bentley, they configured a global, collaborative platform across Wood users and industry stakeholders, bridging the gap between technology capability and industry performance. Using Bentley applications accelerated the time to mobilize and connect people and solutions. With more than 900 users identified as increasing productivity, the portal has already reduced Wood’s costs while increasing the value they offer to clients. They expect that the platform will return 10 times their investment within 12 months due to opportunities and initiatives gained through connections established across their global enterprise.
Project Playbook: AssetWise, AssetWise 4D Analytics, AssetWise ALIM, AssetWise Asset Reliability, AssetWise Digital Twin Services, AssetWise Enterprise Interoperability, AssetWise Linear Analytics, AutoPIPE, AutoPLANT, BCDE, Bentley Raceway and Cable Management, ConstructSim, ContextCapture, ContextCapture Insights, CUBE, gINT, iTwin.js, iTwin Design Insights, iTwin Design Review, iTwin Design Validation, iTwin Immersive Asset Service, Keynetix, LARS, LEGION, MAXSURF, MicroStation, MineCycle, MOSES, OpenBridge Designer, OpenBridge Modeler, OpenBuildings, OpenBuildings Designer, OpenCities Map, OpenCities Planner, OpenComms, OpenComms Designer, OpenFlows CivilStorm, OpenFlows FLOOD, OpenFlows HAMMER, OpenFlows SewerGEMS, OpenFlows SewerOPS, OpenFlows WaterGEMS, OpenFlows WaterOPS, OpenGround, OpenPlant, OpenRail ConceptStation, OpenRail Designer, OpenRoads ConceptStation, OpenRoads Designer, OpenRoads SignCAD, OpenSite Designer, OpenSite SITEOPS, OpenTower, OpenUtilities, OpenWindPower, OpenWindPower Floating Platform, Orbit GT, PlantSight, PlantSpace, PlantWise, PLAXIS, Pointools, ProcureWare, ProjectWise, ProjectWise 365, ProSteel, ProStructures, RAM, STAAD, Streetlytics, SUPERLOAD, SYNCHRO 4D, SYNCHRO AWP, SYNCHRO Control, SYNCHRO Field
FOR VIRTUOSO INVENTION
NP Singh
Director, GMW Private Ltd, India
Location: Darchula, Far West Remote Province, Nepal
Image Credit: GMW Private Ltd, India
Project Description
GMW was hired to deliver a trash rack cleaning machine (TRCM) for Nepal’s Chameliya hydroelectric power plant to remove embedded rocks and boulders that accumulate during monsoon season and cause water flow blockages. They typically used traditional design methods, but they required designing the individual machine components in isolation, resulting in a significant increase in the weight of the total TRCM. Given that this project required strict weight control, GWM needed software to design an alternative, lightweight solution that was capable of removing the huge sedimentation.
GMW used STAAD to model and analyze several design options for the innovative cleaning equipment. They conducted load analysis and determined the optimal structural geometry to meet the weight requirements and 15-meter depth reach, reducing the overall weight by 30% compared to similar excavator machines. The solution saved 20% in costs and doubled the operating life of the equipment while saving vital electrical energy consumption.
Project Playbook: STAAD
FOR ES(D)G ADVOCACY
Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Accepting on their behalf: Nick Smallwood
Location: United Kingdom
Image Credit: Infrastructure and Projects Authority
Project Description
The Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) is the United Kingdom government’s centre of expertise for infrastructure and major projects. The IPA works with the government and industry to ensure that infrastructure and public services are delivered successfully to drive continuous improvements in how major projects are delivered, and to improve their performance over time.
The Government’s Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) comprises large-scale development initiatives that aim to modernize and strengthen the U.K.’s infrastructure. The IPA, along with HM Treasury, decides which projects join the GMPP. The IPA is responsible for managing the GMPP and for providing technical, expert advisory support and guidance to ensure the success of these projects.
The IPA supports the U.K. government’s net zero commitment by 2050 by planning properly and implementing large infrastructure projects and major initiatives that are likely to deliver significant benefits to the society and the environment. The IPA has been strengthening assurance tests on net zero, climate resilience, biodiversity, and wider environmental considerations during project delivery. It also advocates consistent measurement and management of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for infrastructure and construction projects in the playbooks and benchmarks that it publishes for the industry.
FOR AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
Fujian Changle Zone C Offshore Wind Farm
Fujian Yongfu Power Engineering Co., Ltd.
Location: Changle/Fuzhou, Fujian, China
Image Credit: Fujian Yongfu Power Engineering Co., Ltd.
Project Description
Located in open sea off the Changle shoreline, Area C of the Changle Offshore Wind Farm consists of 62 wind turbines, with a total installed capacity of 500 megawatts. The project site presented extreme environmental factors and complicated geological conditions. Fujian Yongfu conducted a feasibility study, evaluating the structural integrity and cost-effectiveness of using a suction pile foundation and conduit frame for the turbines. They realized that their traditional soil simulation and strength assessment methods were not applicable to these pile structures and would result in a significant cost increase.
Fujian Yongfu selected PLAXIS and SACS for geotechnical and structural analysis and design, offering an integrated digital environment to build a composite model that resolved a series of technical and engineering issues. Using Bentley applications, they confirmed the feasibility of the foundation and frame solution, reducing costs by 30%, compared to a conventional foundation structure, and saving over CNY 400 million. Moving forward, they plan to integrate iTwin technology to build a digital twin.
Project Playbook: PLAXIS, SACS
FOR CLIMATE ACTION
Pumping Energy Optimization and CO2 Reduction Evides Case Study
Evides NV
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Image Credit: Evides NV
Project Description
Evides Waterbedrijf, a water company that services 2.5 million customers and strives itself on being sustainable and environmentally friendly, wanted to reduce their carbon dioxide footprint. They realized they could reduce their emissions by optimizing the operations of their pumping stations and lowering their fuel requirements. However, determining the best way to automatically operate the on/off switches on the pumps became a significant challenge their previously used software could not solve.
The company learned they could improve the control of their pumping stations by using OpenFlows WaterGEMS. They used the application to perform detailed hydraulic modeling and analysis in a cloud environment, which sped up computation efforts. They then created dynamic control scripting based on their findings and incorporated the script into their existing process automation software. As a result, the pumping stations now use 33% less energy, resulting in a carbon reduction of 942,000 kilograms per year, without impacting water pressure or water quality for customers.
Project Playbook: OpenFlows WaterGEMS, OpenFlows WaterOPS
FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Tree Modeling and Feature Extraction Using Mobile Mapping
GenMap
Location: Mendoza, Argentina
Image Credit: GenMap
Project Description
To enhance ongoing road and sidewalk maintenance in the Mendoza province of Argentina, the local government wanted a large and detailed digital twin that incorporated 1 million trees in the area. GenMap was tasked with capturing images of the trees, individually identifying them based on their dimensions and dendrometric attributes, then digitalizing and georeferencing them. In addition to lacking previous information about the trees that they could use as a reference, GenMap had to survey 6,520 linear kilometers within a tight budget and deadline.
GenMap wanted to quickly process the vast amount of data generated from 2.17 million image captures and 9.828 trillion points, so they used Orbit 3DM Feature Extraction. Additionally, Orbit 3DM’s Tree Analysis Extension helped report all the dendrometric attributes of each tree. They produced a digital twin of the roads, sidewalks, and surrounding trees that was accurate to within centimeters and decreased costs by 38%. The digital twin improves road maintenance, enables remote tree analysis, and promotes environmental awareness.
Project Playbook: Orbit 3DM Feature Extraction
FOR GOING DIGITAL IN EDUCATION
BIM CETIS Workshop 33
Center for Industrial Technological Studies and Services No. 33
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Image Credit: Center for Industrial Technological Studies and Services No. 33
Project Description
Offering careers in architecture and construction, the Center for Industrial Technological Studies and Services wanted to update their digital teaching tools, as their previous software did not facilitate digital integration of planning, design, and engineering processes. They offered a new digital workshop based on BIM and reality modeling, piloting an environmental initiative to harvest rainwater and reduce campus energy consumption. To ensure efficient and coordinated workflows among the students, they needed integrated modeling technology to manage all phases of the project from design through execution.
They selected ContextCapture and OpenBuildings to generate a digital twin to calculate rainwater harvesting volumes and determine the geometric dimensions of a storage tank. The digital solution served as a teaching tool for integrating lifecycle project procedures while saving significant delivery time, as well as streamlining and coordinating student workflows. Using the digital model, the students determined the viability of harvesting rainwater, expecting to save 50% annually in campus drinking water consumption and 25% to 30% in electricity consumption.
Project Playbook: ContextCapture, MicroStation, OpenBuildings
Future Infrastructure Star Challenge Winners
JUDGE’S CHOICE
Elif Gungormus Deliismail
Location: Izmir Institute of Technology
Image Credit: Elif Gungormus Deliismail
Project Description: This proposed mini modular system, together with digitalization, is an economically viable solution to achieving sustainable campuses and sustainable communities around them.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE
Rodman Raul Cordova Rodriguez
Location: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Image Credit: Rodman Raul Cordova Rodriguez
Project Description: This project looks at infrastructure for clean energy generation and better water supply capabilities and operations.