Project
The AED 10 million project required the team to create a digital utilities management system to minimize project management time and optimize network validation for Dubai’s utility construction projects. The new automated system had to support and understand utility CAD standards and engineering rules for drainage, sewerage, and irrigation networks, and integrate with the Dubai’s master municipal network. To meet these challenges and optimize information mobility among stakeholders, staff, and engineers, the project team needed flexible, interoperable software.
Solution
The project team relied on Bentley software as its backbone to design the system, known as Inshaat. MicroStation, Bentley Map, and gINT allowed the team to design Inshaat so it automatically checks CAD standards and utility network engineering rules. The system then converts and integrates the drawings with the master municipal network, optimizing information mobility and ensuring an efficient workflow process.
Outcome
The design and implementation of Inshaat automated the process for Dubai’s utility construction projects, reducing engineering time to validate project drawings by 95 percent, and paper usage by 95 percent. Having a digital system integrated with Dubai’s master municipal network minimized the need for consultants to travel to Dubai Municipality saving 90 percent in gas usage and reducing the carbon footprint.
Software
Dubai Municipality used MicroStation, Bentley Map, and gINT to automate utility construction projects with the creation of Inshaat. Using Bentley software as the foundation for Inshaat, consultants can submit all project drawings, engineering files, and related files through the system’s web interface. Engineers, management, and other stakeholders can now access drainage, sewerage, and irrigation network information with a single click. The flexibility and interoperability of Bentley software facilitated process automation and enhanced information mobility for Dubai’s utility construction projects.