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Power Generation Projects in China Leverage Bentley’s Comprehensive Modeling Environment for BIM

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

Over the past several years, Bentley’s multi-discipline comprehensive modeling environment has been used across China for the widest possible range of power generation projects including fossil fuels plants, nuclear power stations, hydropower plants, pumped storage facilities, and wind farms. Bentley solutions are enabling Chinese companies to achieve BIM best practices for projects large and small, integrating across the engineering disciplines from design through construction and into operations. This year there are three Be Inspired Awards finalists that exemplify BIM best practice for designing power generation plants in China.

Wugachong Reservoir Project in Pu’an County of Guizhou Province (Wugachong Water Conservancy and Hydropower Co., Ltd.) is a medium-sized hydroelectric power project, which moved from 2D AutoCAD to 3D BIM using the entire set of Bentley design applications, delivering the initial 3D model in just two months. Bentley GEOPAK helped the team quickly solve a complex issue with the topography of the site, enabling it to develop a zig-zag ramp design that would have been difficult to visualize in 2D. Using ProjectWise, the team collaborated across all engineering disciplines. It also created 3D videos using Bentley LumenRT to explain the zig-zag design to their clients and to promote the organization’s capabilities for other projects. Wugachong Water Conservancy and Hydropower Co., Ltd. is now rolling out 3D BIM using Bentley technologies across other projects in the region and it expects to save CNY 10 million (USD 1.5 million) on each project. The Wugachong Reservoir project is a typical example of how the smaller design institutes are quickly developing new skills and radically changing the way they deliver projects.

Qiongzhong Pumped Storage Power Station (PowerChina ZhongNan Engineering Corporation Limited) project exemplifies how China is moving toward a greener future by using pumped storage to reduce its reliance on coal. Quoting from its Be Inspired submission, the company said, “The cooperation of constructed Qiongzhong Pumped Storage Power Station, nuclear power and new energy in Hainan Province can achieve optimum allocation of energy resources, improve the utilization rate of new energy power, and highlight the huge role of clean energy in energy conservation and emission reduction, while delivering consistent power and ensuring safe, stable, and economic operation of the system.” The pumped storage power station adds up to 600 megawatts to the grid system and will help meet peak demands for the growing Hainan economic region. The project is located on a mountainous island that presented the team with engineering and construction logistics challenges. The team used the entire integrated collection of Bentley 3D design applications together with ProjectWise to engage all stakeholders from concept to construction, saving over CNY 60 million in engineering costs and completing construction three months ahead of schedule. This earned ZhongNan Engineering Corporation the record for the fastest pumped storage project in China to date. By using Bentley GEOPAK to optimize the civil design, they reduced the earthwork excavation and filling quantity by 30 percent, saving over CNY 42 million. The hydraulic machinery specialty and HVAC specialty extracted 90 percent of construction drawings directly from the 3D model, shortening design time by two months, which equated to a savings of over CNY 20 million.

Macheng Caijiazhai Wind Farm (Hubei Electric Power Survey and Design Institute) is an 80-megawatt wind farm that will provide green power as well as promote the development of wind power in Hubei Province and contribute to reducing power transmission loss for the Macheng grid. The project involves wind generating sets, pylons, pylon bases, the collecting circuit, the maintenance road for the wind farm, and a 110-kilovolt booster station. The wind farm is located on the ridges and mountain tops near Futianhe Town and Macheng City, which provided such challenges as a large area mountain topographic reconnaissance, design of the road leading to the station, and the transportation of large equipment. An unmanned aerial vehicle was used to obtain data and images to build a landform 3D engineering-ready model with ContextCapture. The model was combined with wind resource analysis results to select appropriate wind turbine arrangement point locations and the optimal route of road leading to the station. At the construction stage, OpenRoads was used to design the fan (turbine) maintenance platform and road leading to the station. Bentley Substation and AECOsim Building Designer were used to design a 3D digital model of the booster station. ProjectWise was used for collaboration among all the disciplines and to manage input and output materials, design documents, procurement materials, and project management materials related to this project. During the project, Bentley applications saved 50 person-days in design, shortened the construction period by 20 days, and reduced the project delivery cost by CNY 200,000.

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“Bentley’s integrated design applications provide our design teams with unified standards and a unified file format. Each discipline can now greatly improve the design efficiency using the powerful software functions, software customization capacity, collision detection capabilities, and other functions, greatly improving design efficiency.”

Zhihao Fu, Director of BIM Technology Application Center, Wugachong Water Conservancy and Hydropower Co.

“3D design has gradually replaced traditional 2D design. Using Bentley applications, Hainan Qiongzhong Pumped Hydropower Station completed 2.53 Gigabyte3D design models. The 3D model helped us complete more than 1,000 engineering drawings at the construction stage, which shortened the design time by two months and reduced design error rate by 90 percent. Through the digital delivery system, models, drawings, and engineering information were delivered seamlessly. The participating parties including designer, constructor, supervisory organization, and owner used the digital delivery system for guiding on-site construction and quickly querying all the information of engineering, reducing embedment errors and omissions.”

Mei Huang, Chief Engineer of Electromechanical Design of Hainan Qiongzhong Pumped Hydropower Station Project

“We used the hybrid model consisting of landform reality modeling and 3D models of the booster station and fan to demonstrate the final panorama. In conjunction with decomposition of the model’s details and simulation of construction and transportation, we enabled the management team to have a full understanding of the whole project’s construction process before construction started.”

Pingzhong Ding, Project Manager, Hubei Electric Power Survey and Design Institute

Iconic Bridge Project Connecting Hong Kong to Zhuhai and Macau Adopts BIM Methodology, Reducing Construction Costs by 12%

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

The Leighton-Chun Wo joint venture standardized on a BIM methodology to drive consistency on this large multi-discipline design project that will connect Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai. This revolutionary project includes 50 kilometers of bridges and tunnels and will create a distinctive entry point to Hong Kong. Leighton Asia conducted the civil, electrical, mechanical, structural, subsurface, and building work as the lead contractor for this ambitious project. The 130-hectare site will include site formations, roads, bridges, clearance buildings, footbridges, steel roofs, and various public facility buildings. Despite the challenge of a project team spread across several countries using a range of software applications, Leighton Asia provided consistency and uniformity for the design, survey, and construction of this transportation gateway, scheduled for completion in 2018.

For this USD 4.6 billion project, Leighton Asia leveraged Bentley technology to meet a variety of construction challenges. By standardizing on MicroStation’s DGN format, architects, engineers, contractors, and surveyors had simplified access to their design models and associated data. For the roadway design, the team used OpenRoads for conceptioneering the proposed designs. It then cross-referenced against the as-built, which ensured accuracy and improved error resolution. iModels were used as the data exchange format to ensure fidelity and integrity of engineering data. Bentley Navigator was used for clash detection and analysis, which resolved errors and issues prior to construction, reducing construction costs by 12 percent. Moreover, the team used ProjectWise as the connected data environment ensuring the engineering data could be access by a distributed project team.

Implementing BIM processes enabled a new method for working, which created a new culture within the organization that improved efficiency and streamlined workflows. By following BIM processes, project participants were trained using the same comprehensive modeling environment and BIM applications. Additionally, surveyors and design teams used Bentley’s reality modeling solution to capture and enliven digital photographs and point-cloud data of the existing site conditions. Leighton Asia contracted The Earth Solutions for technical and training support to integrate the reality mesh into the engineering environment, ensuring 3D BIM models could be cross-referenced with continuously surveyed models. This coordination reduced the cost associated with surveying by 15 percent by streamlining their workflows and adding expertise.

“Bentley’s civil BIM advancements bring BIM to the next stage by multiplying its benefits, especially in challenging and large-scale infrastructure projects. This platform has enhanced our collaboration with various stakeholders to import, acquire, and exchange valuable information.”

Sr. Michael Kin Wong, Survey Manager, Leighton Asia

Greenfield and Brownfield Substation Projects Reap Design, Collaboration, and Construction Benefits from BIM and Reality Modeling

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

Whether designing greenfield substation projects from the ground up or performing brownfield design associated with existing substation infrastructure, intelligent 3D substation design employing BIM processes and reality modeling demonstrates cost and time saving benefits.

In a greenfield project in Cambodia, PESTECH undertook a project for Diamond Power Limited for the conceptual design through commissioning of the 230-kilovolt Kratie and Kampong Cham Substation and Transmission System. The project will support the growing population and tourism industry. The Kratie 230/22-kilovolt substation will connect with the Sesan hydropower plant, which is under construction in the upper Mekong area, and also serve as a major collection center of power from several mini hydropower plants, connecting to the national power grid of Cambodia.

Visualization of the 3D substation design was essential to prepare and plan work before and during construction. The site was located far from the town within forest and hilly roads and visualization of the design with accurate dimensions was a significant challenge, which was successfully overcome using Bentley Substation and Bentley Navigator. ProjectWise was used for collaboration across departments on-site and offsite including procurement, management, engineering, and construction. The project is expected to be completed in November 2017 and PESTECH will also be responsible for operating the power transmission system for a concession period of 25 years.

The design of past projects was done manually, via hand-drawn and manual calculation of components and third-party CAD software. This approach was prone to human error, time consuming, and resulted in inconsistent quality. PESTECH’s engineering team reported many benefits of Bentley Substation from the unified design environment facilitating cross-discipline collaboration, automated design drawing and reports, enforcement of engineering standards, and more. These included cost savings in procurement, reduction in errors, and substantial time savings. A detailed analysis comparing the use of Bentley applications with previous methods estimated time savings of up to 70 percent were achieved.

In contrast, approximately 95 percent of Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) annual USD 1 billion substation budget is spent on existing brownfield substations. Since 2016, PG&E has been pioneering the use of a combination of aerial equipment such as man lifts, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and on-ground photo equipment to capture images of existing substations. Bentley’s ContextCapture is used to process these images and produce accurate 3D reality meshes, which can be referenced into Bentley Substation to complete the entire substation design in 3D. ContextCapture models allow effective collaboration between the Transmission Line, Land Planning and Zoning, and the Electrical and Civil Substation Engineering departments. ProjectWise is used to manage the models and facilitate collaboration. With up-to-date 3D models, all stakeholders can clearly see the impact of each department on the project, avoiding costly conflicts in the field and allowing for more streamlined, effective, and sustainable long-term planning.

For community and government relations, this method can be used to capture and retain historical infrastructure in 3D before new construction takes place. In areas where thick ballistic walls for security are required by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC), realistic renderings of the existing substation and new security walls in 3D helps to gain community acceptance. 3D models generated by ContextCapture can also be utilized as a mesh to generate quick and low-cost digital terrain models and enables PG&E to identify and categorize existing substation assets for condition-based maintenance substation asset inventories.

PG&E expects to reduce cost spent on recreating existing substation equipment in 3D by 50 percent, a reduction from 120 hours to less than 60 hours on average. Improving captured 3D model’s accuracy to within inches will eliminate field measurements on cleared and energized equipment. PG&E also expects a 50 percent reduction of substation personnel travels to and from substation facilities.

Ralph Hansen, construction supervisor, PG&E, said, “Having a complete 3D model at the time of constructability review allows us to measure electrical and physical clearance in real time, which helps eliminate costly conflicts during the construction phases. With today’s increasing substation complexity and decreasing substation footprint, having a 3D model is a must.”

The South Street 115/11.5/23-kilovolt Indoor Substation project executed by TRC for National Grid involved rebuilding South Street Substation in Providence, Rhode Island, converting the existing three 115-kilovolt overhead line supply circuits to underground cable circuits, and re-routing the existing 23- and 11.5-kilovolt underground feeder getaway facilities. To complete the project on time and on budget required TRC to integrate existing conditions to the new construction while the substation remained in operation. This project was also in a highly visible and congested area, which caused concern over the aesthetics of the site and building.

The project had a very complicated building design and required incorporating a large number of subcontractor files in third-party formats to a single master design model for cross-discipline checking. These files were placed in ProjectWise and provided an indisputable record of what was received from subcontractors. Bentley Substation was used to integrate these different formats into the Bentley Substation models by TRC staff in design centers across the country. As a result, TRC identified issues before construction or fabrication that would have led to delays at the site and cost overruns. Bentley Substation was used to do full 3D client walkthroughs for interior and exterior design reviews and the 3D models were also used in the renderings for the planning board and for public comment.

Jason Poissonnier, TRC ProjectWise administrator, said, “Bentley Substation along with ProjectWise was instrumental in successfully completing the South Street project, which was in a congested, highly visible area. TRC utilized resources from several offices who collaborated on over 2,000 CAD files as well as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, PDF, TIFF, and other files. The ability to incorporate different types of design files from subcontractors into the 3D model made the design reviews truly all-encompassing and resulted in identifying many areas that needed redesign, thereby avoiding costly changes later during construction.”

Bentley’s OpenBridge Modeler CONNECT Edition Enables Modeling with Reality Context

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems announces early access of OpenBridge Modeler CONNECT Edition. OpenBridge Modeler integrates with OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition and now incorporates real-world conditions throughout the design and construction lifecycle.

OpenBridge Modeler CONNECT Edition enables BIM modeling of bridges and can adjust dynamically to changes in the roadway design made in OpenRoads Designer. In addition, all bridge BIM modeling can now be done in context, incorporating reality modeling data such as reality meshes, imagery, point cloud, and other geo-coordinated data sources.

OpenBridge Modeler CONNECT Edition uses 3D constraint modeling to create functional components for selected bridge elements. Easily adjusted variables allow bridge engineers to respond to new design requirements. And, using MicroStation’s Documentation Center, engineers can automate bridge plan and profile drawing generation with intelligent automated dimensioning and property-driven annotation.

OpenBridge Modeler CONNECT Edition enhances the development of BIM bridge models within the context of an overall transportation project, directly enabling multi-discipline teams to:

Assemble contextual data rapidly from a variety of sources, such as point clouds, 3D reality meshes, terrain data, drone imagery, and geospatial information.
Contribute accurate, intelligent 3D bridge information models to the overall project lifecycle, improving operational efficiency, minimizing business risk, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Exchange data bi-directionally with bridge analysis and design software to rapidly analyze and cost estimate multiple bridge types and alternatives early in the project.
Automatically generate accurate bridge plans and profile sheets with intelligent automated dimensioning.
Perform clash detection with existing infrastructure, and check for required minimum clearances between adjacent structures and bridge elements.

Eleven of the ENR top 20 design firms, and 24 U.S. Departments of Transportation are now using OpenBridge Modeler to develop complete BIM models of their bridges. Firms can mitigate risk by performing conflict analysis of the bridge structure with existing infrastructure to save time, eliminate building errors, and reduce project costs.

Julie Rivera, P.E., S.E., bridge engineer, HDR, said, “OpenBridge Modeler is very easy for bridge designers to use because you input all of your parameters as you would in an analysis program, and the software generates the graphical model for you. You don’t have to be a CAD expert to use the program, yet, it still has the familiar look of MicroStation.”

With the Amur River Bridge, the first road bridge over the Heilongjiang River between China and Russia, BIM modeling of the bridge allowed designers to accurately calculate the engineering quantity of members, effectively improve the accuracy of engineering costs, materials, and machines, ultimately reducing the project delivery cost. Using the PCL parametric modeling language, an accurate parametric bridge model was created for use in structural analysis, which improved modeling efficiency by more than 50 percent compared to previous projects.

Xuyuan Liang, director, Technology R&D Center, said, “Bentley applications not only brought objective economic benefits for this project, but also provided efficient, convenient, and visible technical support for engineering management to cope with our complex project environment. Management efficiency has been increased by 25 percent, and a shining ‘digital label’ has been affixed to this century bridge.”

About OpenBridge Modeler
OpenBridge Modeler CONNECT Edition helps engineers develop intelligent 3D bridge models within the context of an overall infrastructure project. Users can calibrate design to terrain, roadways, access ramps, and related infrastructure by directly interoperating with Bentley’s civil design applications. You can enliven designs with lifelike renderings, minimize costly construction delays with traffic and construction simulations, and control costs using clash detection capabilities to reduce interference problems before construction begins.

About the CONNECT Edition
With the SELECT CONNECT Edition, Bentley is introducing SELECTCONNECTservices, new Azure-based services that provide comprehensive learning, mobility, and collaboration benefits to every Bentley application subscriber. Adaptive Learning Services help users master use of Bentley applications through CONNECT Advisor, a new in-application service that provides contextual and personalized learning. Personal Mobility Services provide unlimited access to Bentley apps, ensuring users have access to the right project information when and where they need it. ProjectWise Connection Services allow users to securely share application and project information, to manage and resolve issues, and to create, send, and receive transmittals, submittals, and RFIs.

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Improved Efficiency, Integration, and Management of Information Lays the Foundation for Digital Railway Assets in China

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

The Dali to Ruili railway is a single-track passenger and freight railway being constructed at a total cost of CNY 25.7 billion in the Yunnan province of Southwest China. The China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd., established as a subsidiary to China Railway Group Limited in 1952, is responsible for design and 3D modeling of the 330-kilometer project. Using Bentley’s BIM technology, the design team greatly improved design efficiency and shortened the design time by 1,000 hours. Moreover, using this technology provided the foundation for future 3D design and digitalization of the Chinese railway.

The line, which forms the western route of China’s rail link with Southeast Asia and is part of the Trans-Asian Railway, includes the Nujiang Bridge and Gaoligong Mountain Tunnel, which after completion will represent the world’s longest span for a railway arch bridge and longest railway tunnel in Asia. Facing collaboration and coordination challenges among disciplines with its existing technology, the project group conducted extensive research and development of all available software and chose to adopt Bentley’s technology to achieve the following outcomes:

Complex route investigation and definition for the Gaoligong Mountain Tunnel
Transfer via IFC to achieve standardized Chinese Railway components
Improved modeling efficiency for geology, tunnels, and bridges
Efficient control of design changes including the Gaoligong Mountain Tunnel
Transfer of the 3D BIM design model to construction management

Responsible for the implementation of BIM advancements on the project, China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd. used Bentley’s comprehensive modeling and common data environments to manage all the information required by Chinese Railway standards and deliver effective and efficient collaboration for all the disciplines and users involved.

“By using the Bentley platform, the 3D collaborative design of the whole project was completed efficiently and rapidly, which brought hope and confidence for our future intelligent railway construction.”

Fengxiang Dong, Director of BIM Center
China Railway Eryuan Engineering Group Co., Ltd.

ProStructures CONNECT Edition Delivers Parametric Structural Components to Drive Greater Productivity

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems announces the general access of the ProStructures CONNECT Edition structural detailing application, which now incorporates the capabilities of the ProSteel and ProConcrete applications. The release also features interoperability with Bentley’s reality modeling capabilities, which will allow users to incorporate real-world conditions in their modeling throughout the design and construction lifecycle.

ProStructures CONNECT Edition includes a streamlined user interface and includes these new capabilities:

Functional Components – Easily create libraries of parametric structural shapes for both reinforced concrete and structural steel by applying user-defined variables and equations. Drag and drop existing components from a library that allows editing to specification to reduce time and eliminate errors associated with manual input.
ComponentCenter – Easily access structural components for use in design. Integrate with the ComponentCenter as a source of content for rebar couplers, terminators, and form savers.
Documentation Center – Automated production of high-quality drawings, including multi-discipline documentation sets, which are consistent across the entire project. Get a live view of the project in sheet orientation. As the design changes, so will the sheets. Create, publish, and share project deliverables across multiple disciplines. Quickly identify structural steel or reinforced concrete in the model by using any attribute such as member length or rebar size.
User Interface – New and improved user interface allows for ease of use, access to learning content, and project sharing. Ribbons help users to easily find commands with a minimum number of clicks.
Increased Performance – Access more addressable memory with 64-bit computing. Increase efficiencies in editing larger design models, and processing more complex Adobe PDF documents and iModels.
CONNECT Advisor – Receive personalized support and learning without leaving the product experience. Interact with various Bentley content in one location, eliminating the need to browse to various sources individually in a unified interface.

Commenting on ProStructures, Shixiao Zhao, chief engineer for China Construction First Building (Group) Co., Ltd., said, “After using ProStructures, the design time was reduced to one-and-a-half months, and the design error rate was reduced by 70 percent.”

James Barr, director of business execution, Bentley Systems, said, “ProStructures CONNECT Edition will radically change the way engineers create steel and reinforced concrete structural details and fabrication drawings. Something that was so manual such as drawing a beam and then reinforcing it, will now be as easy as dragging and dropping existing components that are already reinforced and then editing them to specification. This and other great features included in ProStructures CONNECT Edition, including a new user interface, access to personalized learning, and the ability to share data across multiple disciplines, greatly improves productivity and reduces time.”

About ProStructures
ProStructures steel and concrete design applications efficiently create accurate 3D models for structural steel, metal work, and reinforced concrete structures. ProStructures lets users create design drawings, fabrication details, and schedules that automatically update whenever the 3D model changes. ProStructures is built by experienced design engineers and includes ProSteel and ProConcrete.

About the CONNECT Edition
With the SELECT CONNECT Edition, Bentley is introducing SELECTCONNECTservices, new Azure-based services that provide comprehensive learning, mobility, and collaboration benefits to every Bentley application subscriber. Adaptive Learning Services help users master use of Bentley applications through CONNECT Advisor, a new in-application service that provides contextual and personalized learning. Personal Mobility Services provide unlimited access to Bentley apps, ensuring users have access to the right project information when and where they need it. ProjectWise Connection Services allow users to securely share application and project information, to manage and resolve issues, and to create, send, and receive transmittals, submittals, and RFIs.

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Reality Modeling Empowers Governments with Digital Cities and to Explore the Future for Autonomous Vehicles

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

Reality modeling assists governments to keep pace with changing environments and population growth by improving planning, design, construction, and operation of urban infrastructure. The Yangzhou City Planning Bureau and the Singapore Land Authority are visionary organizations building digital cities with the aid of reality modeling. Reality modeling also enables organizations such as Sanborn to produce highly accurate 3D HD maps for autonomous driving support that can be used in simulators, bringing areas such as Santa Clara County, California closer to realizing the true potential of self-driving vehicles.

Sanborn’s Advanced Technology group has developed proprietary HD Mapping technology that creates standardized, high-precision 3D base-maps specifically for the self-driving vehicle market. ContextCapture Center enabled Sanborn to quickly produce 3D reality mesh models of the existing urban environment in busy Santa Clara County, California from Sanborn high-precision oblique imagery – substantially reducing a process that was estimated to take up to six months with three modelers to complete with traditional methods. Through the 3D reality mesh, Sanborn has been able to showcase the quality of the HD Map data to its partner automotive firms. The partners take advantage of capabilities for performing precise measurements of distances, volumes, and surface areas directly within the 3D viewing interface and the ability to share and visualize 3D models on the Web allows stakeholders to easily review vector and point data superimposed digitally on top of the high-resolution 3D reality mesh. Data sets are available for all levels of autonomous drive testing complexity – freeway, complex urban, complex parking, and more.

Sharad V. Oberoi, Ph.D., director of IT and software engineering, Sanborn, said “Self-driving cars are no longer a futuristic idea. Major auto manufacturers have already released, or are soon to release, self-driving features that give the car some ability to drive itself. Through the 3D mesh generated using ContextCapture Center, Sanborn’s Advanced Technology group has been able to showcase the quality of the HD Map data, including true-ground-absolute accuracy, to its partner automotive firms. The automation of the production of 3D models of city sized projects by ContextCapture Center made the project much faster than previously possible.”

Testing automotive solutions in the real world is expensive and time-consuming. The RAND Corporation estimates that over 11 billion miles of driving is required to demonstrate that an autonomous car is only 20 percent safer than with a person behind the wheel. A thousand test cars — driving nonstop, 365 days a year — would take 50 years to reach 11 billion miles. Simulating the environment in the virtual world solves that problem in hours. The 3D reality mesh is being ingested into a simulation tool by a partner software firm for testing autonomous vehicles in the virtual world.

The AAM Group completed a vehicle-based mobile mapping survey covering 5,500 kilometers of public roads for the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and produced highly detailed 3D models for all of Singapore’s roads and city furniture including bus stops, taxi stands, light poles, traffic signs, overhead bridges, covered walkways, bollards, electrical boxes, manholes, guard rails, and railings. The data was modeled to an accuracy level of 0.3 meters to the CityGML standard using MicroStation. AAM estimated that 3,000 resource-days were saved in the development of the National 3D Map using Bentley applications.

The survey of Singapore’s roads produced 600,000 million LiDAR points and 3 million images. MicroStation provided a framework to easily integrate this data with other available data sources. ProjectWise was used throughout the life of the project to store vital information relating to subcontractors, invoicing, cashflow, monthly project meetings, and user acceptance testing (UAT) documentation. ProjectWise also allowed for seamless collaboration between the AAM office in Singapore and those in Australia. The National 3D Map will have a profound impact on Singapore’s Smart Nation agenda, providing a detailed and comprehensive 3D data set for various agencies and stakeholders to utilize for their business needs. One such example is the autonomous vehicle test site at One-North, where selected companies and researchers are conducting trials, using the 3D data set as a basemap.

In a third example, Haiwei Spatial Information Technology developed a 3D reality mesh for the Yangzhou City Planning Bureau as the foundation for a 3D GIS database to be shared with citizens and used for decision support by the city. Building the “Yangzhou 3D digital city” has great significance for the planning, construction, and management of the city – planning and design proposals can be presented to governmental decision makers in 3D reality space where the ultimate results of the plan can be easily visualized and analyzed. Image acquisition of oblique photograph data with a resolution of 3 centimeters and production of the models were completed within one month, taking advantage of the multi-node parallel computing capabilities of ContextCapture to process the very large volume of imagery in only 20 days – a task that previously took about 10 months. With the help of the mesh editing function of Descartes, three people finished revising 400 water surface models in three days and MicroStation allowed for integration of data from additional sources along with linking of attribution to the reality meshes. Labor and data acquisition costs were estimated to have been reduced by about CNY 1.2 million over previous methods.

Ming Zhang, director of marketing at Haiwei Spatial Information Technology, said, “Bentley reality modeling technology provides a complete solution, from data production, model editing, and model optimization to model application, so the incompatibility of data formats between different pieces of software and the conversion risks for data formats are avoided. The 3MX guaranteed the seamless connection of ContextCapture, Descartes, and MicroStation and reduced the time and costs of data conversion and delivery.”

Bentley Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire ACTION Modulers’ Water Modeling Software Business

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

To Advance Flood Resilience through Integration of Infrastructure Engineering, Reality Modeling, and Environmental Predictive Analytics

SINGAPORE — The Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ACTION Modulers’ water modeling software business based near Lisbon, Portugal. The team of environmental modeling scientists and researchers, led by general director, Frank Braunschweig, develops ACTION Modulers modeling software products including MOHID Studio, ACTION Server, ACTION Flood, ACTION Forecast, ACTION Seaport, ACTION Beach, and ACTION Weather.

For more information about ACTION Modulers, visit www.actionmodulers.com

About ACTION Modulers, Research and Development Unit
Action Modulers was founded in 2004. Established with strong, and maintained, connections to the University of Lisbon’s School of Engineering - Instituto Superior Técnico – the research & development team has built a strong reputation for expertise in applying numerical modeling tools to complex water situations including: flooding from overflowing drainage systems; environmental impacts of pollutants distributed by waterflow, tides, and winds; operational flood early warning systems for valuable resources. The ACTION Modulers team are regular participants in European Union funded research projects.

About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by comprehensive managed services offered through customized Success Plans.
Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2011 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.

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Bentley Systems Announces Agreement to Acquire ACTION Modulers’ Water Modeling Software Business

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

To Advance Flood Resilience through Integration of Infrastructure Engineering, Reality Modeling, and Environmental Predictive Analytics

SINGAPORE — The Year in Infrastructure 2017 Conference — Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ACTION Modulers’ water modeling software business based near Lisbon, Portugal. The team of environmental modeling scientists and researchers, led by general director, Frank Braunschweig, develops ACTION Modulers modeling software products including MOHID Studio, ACTION Server, ACTION Flood, ACTION Forecast, ACTION Seaport, ACTION Beach, and ACTION Weather.

For more information about ACTION Modulers, visit www.actionmodulers.com.

About ACTION Modulers, Research and Development Unit
Action Modulers was founded in 2004. Established with strong, and maintained, connections to the University of Lisbon’s School of Engineering - Instituto Superior Técnico – the research & development team has built a strong reputation for expertise in applying numerical modeling tools to complex water situations including: flooding from overflowing drainage systems; environmental impacts of pollutants distributed by waterflow, tides, and winds; operational flood early warning systems for valuable resources. The ACTION Modulers team are regular participants in European Union funded research projects.

About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by comprehensive managed services offered through customized Success Plans.
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Sanya New Airport Benefits from Innovative Structural Analysis for 290 Steel Cylinders Used to Create Artificial Island

9.10.2017 2:00 Bentley Systems

Hainan Airlines Group Hilong contracted Petroleum Marine Engineering Services (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Hilong) to provide engineering design and analysis for 290 steel cylinders, the safe transportation of the cylinders, and the subgrid of an annex as part of a new artificial island in Sanya, China. The transport route went from Nantong, Jiangsu to Sanya, Hainan, ranging approximately 1,285 nautical miles. Sanya Airport is designed to manage an annual throughput of around 60 million people.

Bentley software allowed Hilong to complete optioneering and engineering analysis for the largest diameter steel cylinder cofferdam in the world. The project team used SACS for the strength and stability analysis of the large, thin-walled cylinders measuring 30 meters in diameter and between 25 to 39 meters in height. The project required a 9-kilometer-long structure revetment to be analyzed in the shipyard, before being transported to the site. The team also used SACS to analyze drag and check the strength and the stability of the fixing pieces, the sub-grid, and the hull deck. Additionally, it used MOSES to analyze buoyancy, stability, longitudinal strength, and motion of the barge on the critical waypoints of the Taiwan Straits. Additional floating motion and anchorage analysis provided further confidence as the elements were transported to the site.

During the implementation phase of the project, Hilong provided the owner with detailed manufacturing and construction drawings to guide the actual operation, including delivery orders, memorandums, and the steel cylinder transport design book required to fully understand the analysis.

For this CNY 95.2 billion project, Hilong conducted the calculations and analysis of the floating hydrodynamic and ocean engineering structures, which greatly reduced the time for the engineering calculations the owner required. SACS’ built-in input interface for environmental parameters, such as wind, current, and wave and ship motion data, allowed for calculation of the potential force on the structure and ensured the cylinders could withstand a variety of elements.

“The marine engineering software of MOSES and SACS provided by Bentley provided a great help for the transportation design of the steel cylinder cofferdam of the south bank of the artificial island in Sanya New Airport by its technological advantages in the industry.”

Mingchao Wang, Marine Engineering Structural Engineer, Hilong Petroleum Marine Engineering Services (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Odborný referent oddělení správy majetku státu, Krajský pozemkový úřad pro Zlínský kraj

9.10.2017 0:00 Státní pozemkový úřad Státní pozemkový úřad přijme zaměstnance na pozici odborný referent oddělení správy majetku státu, Krajský pozemkový úřad pro Zlínský kraj.

Oznámení o vyhlášení výběrového řízení na služební místo vrchní referent/rada, Pobočka Český Krumlov

9.10.2017 0:00 Státní pozemkový úřad Ústřední ředitelka Státního pozemkového úřadu, jako služební orgán příslušný podle § 10 odst. 1 písm. f) zákona č. 234/2014 Sb., o státní službě (dále jen „zákon“), vyhlašuje výběrové řízení na služební místo vrchní referent/rada, Pobočka Český Krumlov.

Vrchní odborný referent oddělení převodu majetku státu, Krajský pozemkový úřad pro Středočeský kraj a hlavní město Praha

9.10.2017 0:00 Státní pozemkový úřad Státní pozemkový úřad přijme zaměstnance na pozici vrchní odborný referent oddělení převodu majetku státu, Krajský pozemkový úřad pro Středočeský kraj a hlavní město Praha.

Videomonitoring jsme přenechali jiným, budeme ale dále k dispozici při jeho vývoji

6.10.2017 17:47

Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. se dohodla se svým obchodním partnerem, společností C.Q.E, s.r.o. na prodeji systémové aplikace Videomonitoring. Prodejní cena není stranami zveřejněna.

Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. provozuje aplikaci Videomonitoring třetím rokem na základě poptávky externího zadavatele. Aplikace slouží ke sledování postupu stavebních prací a plnění předem stanovených harmonogramů, včetně dílčích pracovních aktivit. Mezi významné uživatele aplikace lze řadit ŘSD ČR s využitím aplikace na modernizovaných úsecích dálnice D1.

Od roku 2014 byly pomocí aplikace postupně monitorovány práce ve výstavbě na D1 v úseku Mirošovice – Kývalka, a dále pak na stavbách D1 úsek 03, 05, 06, 09, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22 a 25. V současné době obsahuje archiv aplikace Videomonitoring záznamy z průběhu výstavby - přibližně 70 kilometrů modernizované trasy. Od spuštění aplikace se podařilo zautomatizovat propojení s dříve užívanými aplikacemi (CADDS, TEMPUS, aj.). Cílem je vytvořit kompaktní systém schopný sdílet, ale zároveň i poskytovat data pro jiné systémy uživatelů tak, aby byla maximálně zefektivňována práce a kontrola na stavbách. Postupně byla aplikace používána i na novostavbách, za zmínku pak stojí stavba D4, popřípadě výstavba úseku dálnice D1, stavba 137.

Přestože společnost CleverMaps, a.s. považuje Videomonitoring za přínosnou aplikaci, která může investorovi stavby přinést potřebný přehled o probíhajících činnostech, její zaměření se natolik odchyluje od zamýšleného směřování firmy, tedy od tvorby „chytrých map“, její zástupci se rozhodli aplikaci dále nerozvíjet a prodat ji dlouholetému obchodnímu partnerovi, společnosti C.Q.E, s.r.o. Společně jsme se dohodli na podmínkách předání tak, aby uživatelé aplikace, včetně ŘSD ČR, nebyli nijak omezeni v jejím dalším užívání a aby byl zajištěn další rozvoj aplikace. Cílem je dostát svým závazkům a zároveň vytvořit platformu pro další rozvoj aplikace nejen v oblasti dopravních staveb.

Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. se bude v rámci svých aktivit nadále věnovat segmentu dopravy, a to především v majetkoprávní přípravě staveb a rozvoji webové aplikace SyMAP, neboť se domnívá, že v této oblasti, stejně jako při řešení staré majetkoprávní zátěže již existujících staveb, může nejlépe využít znalostí, kterými disponuje.

Videomonitoring jsme přenechali jiným, budeme ale dále k dispozici při jeho vývoji

6.10.2017 17:47

Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. se dohodla se svým obchodním partnerem, společností C.Q.E, s.r.o. na prodeji systémové aplikace Videomonitoring. Prodejní cena není stranami zveřejněna.

Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. provozuje aplikaci Videomonitoring třetím rokem na základě poptávky externího zadavatele. Aplikace slouží ke sledování postupu stavebních prací a plnění předem stanovených harmonogramů, včetně dílčích pracovních aktivit. Mezi významné uživatele aplikace lze řadit ŘSD ČR s využitím aplikace na modernizovaných úsecích dálnice D1.

Od roku 2014 byly pomocí aplikace postupně monitorovány práce ve výstavbě na D1 v úseku Mirošovice – Kývalka, a dále pak na stavbách D1 úsek 03, 05, 06, 09, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22 a 25. V současné době obsahuje archiv aplikace Videomonitoring záznamy z průběhu výstavby - přibližně 70 kilometrů modernizované trasy. Od spuštění aplikace se podařilo zautomatizovat propojení s dříve užívanými aplikacemi (CADDS, TEMPUS, aj.). Cílem je vytvořit kompaktní systém schopný sdílet, ale zároveň i poskytovat data pro jiné systémy uživatelů tak, aby byla maximálně zefektivňována práce a kontrola na stavbách. Postupně byla aplikace používána i na novostavbách, za zmínku pak stojí stavba D4, popřípadě výstavba úseku dálnice D1, stavba 137.

Přestože společnost CleverMaps, a.s. považuje Videomonitoring za přínosnou aplikaci, která může investorovi stavby přinést potřebný přehled o probíhajících činnostech, její zaměření se natolik odchyluje od zamýšleného směřování firmy, tedy od tvorby „chytrých map“, její zástupci se rozhodli aplikaci dále nerozvíjet a prodat ji dlouholetému obchodnímu partnerovi, společnosti C.Q.E, s.r.o. Společně jsme se dohodli na podmínkách předání tak, aby uživatelé aplikace, včetně ŘSD ČR, nebyli nijak omezeni v jejím dalším užívání a aby byl zajištěn další rozvoj aplikace. Cílem je dostát svým závazkům a zároveň vytvořit platformu pro další rozvoj aplikace nejen v oblasti dopravních staveb.

Společnost CleverMaps, a.s. se bude v rámci svým aktivit nadále věnovat segmentu dopravy, a to především v majetkoprávní přípravě staveb a rozvoji webové aplikace SyMAP, neboť se domnívá, že v této oblasti, stejně jako při řešení staré majetkoprávní zátěže již existujících staveb, může nejlépe využít znalostí, kterými disponuje.

Nedostupnost WSDP na zkoušku od 9.10.2017.

6.10.2017 15:07 ČÚZK /Aplikace-DP-do-KN/Aplikace-DP-do-KN/Archiv-DP/194117

Nedostupnost WSDP na zkoušku od 9.10.2017.

6.10.2017 15:07 ČÚZK - předpisy a opatření
Oznamujeme, že od 9.10.2017 budou nedostupné webové služby na zkoušku. Obnovení provozu předpokládáme 11.10.2017. Za komplikace tímto způsobené se omlouváme a děkujeme za pochopení.

Nedostupnost WSDP na zkoušku od 9.10.2017.

6.10.2017 15:07 Dálkový přístup k údajům KN ČR Oznamujeme, že od 9.10.2017 budou nedostupné webové služby na zkoušku. Obnovení provozu předpokládáme 11.10.2017. Za komplikace tímto způsobené se omlouváme a děkujeme za pochopení.

Spuštěna mapová aplikace Ochrana ovzduší

6.10.2017 12:45 Středočeský kraj Byla spuštěna mapová aplikace Ochrana ovzduší v novém webovém prostředí (Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS, více ZDE). Předmětem mapové aplikace je zobrazení geografických dat z ochrany ovzduší, jako jsou oblasti se zhoršenou kvalitou ovzduší (OZKO) a GRS 2007 – emise a imise a další. Aplikace nahrazuje stávající flexovou mapovou aplikaci, která je veřejnosti k dispozici od roku 2016. Obsah geografických dat zůstává zachován. Přínosem aplikace je především její zobrazení v mobilních zařízeních, dostupnost ve všech webových prohlížečích a rychlejší načítání dat. Aplikace zároveň přináší nové nástroje. Kromě propojení s Google Street View aplikace umožňuje přidávat mapové služby, tj. další služby úřadu nebo služby jiných poskytovatelů. V aplikaci lze jednodušeji vyhledávat podle vybraných vrstev a dle územních jednotek (obce, katastrální území, parcely). V aplikaci lze prohlížet i archivní letecké snímky a vybrané vrstvy Katastru nemovitostí vč. možnosti nahlédnout do Katastru nemovitostí online. V aplikaci lze kreslit vlastní poznámky, které lze exportovat k dalšímu zpracování. Aplikace umožňuje vkládat i vlastní data prostřednictvím formátů, např. SHP. V neposlední řadě aplikace nabízí zjednodušenou identifikaci prvků a možnost aplikaci sdílet. Součástí aplikace je také Nápověda, která je průběžně doplňována dalšími videonávody.

Kdo využívá Vyjadřovací portál od CAD Studia?

6.10.2017 12:43 GIS Fórum

Kdo využívá Vyjadřovací portál od CAD Studia?

6.10.2017 12:43 GIS Fórum Aplikaci Vyjadřovací portál firmy CAD Studio již využívá třináct společností. Které to jsou?

Hlavní funkce a úlohy Vyjadřovacího portálu

Zadání strukturovaných informací o vyjádření ve webovém formuláři
Identifikace žadatele, stavebníka, důvodu stavby, atd
Mapové okno pro zákres zájmové oblasti na mapovém podkladu
Jednoduché kreslení polygonu na podkladové mapě (např. KN mapa a Ortofoto snímky)
Automatické vyhodnocení zakresleného zájmového území oproti systému GIS nebo DWG výkresům
Vytvoření vlastního vyjádření z připravených šablon ve formátu DOCX a PDF, vytvoření mapových (PNG, PDF) a výkresových (DWG, DGN) příloh se zákresem zájmového území a provozovanými sítěmi.
Aplikace „Vyjadřovač VP“ pro zpracování, správu a archivaci elektronických žádostí o vyjádření a vlastních vyjádření.

Be part of the EGNOS aviation services evolution

6.10.2017 12:15 European GNSS Agency

Published:

06 October 2017

The European Commission (EC), Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, is defining the roadmap for the evolution of the EGNOS programme beyond the EGNOS Service Releases of EGNOS V3 currently defined. Evolutions shall support the implementation of safer and more efficient aviation operations. In this sense, further evolutions of EGNOS services for aviation safety beyond 2025 could take any of the following three directions, either:

(1) Enlarge the provision of EGNOS services to Communication Navigation Surveillance (CNS) and Air Traffic Management (ATM) beyond navigation, notably to address surveillance (ADS-B) and possibly support timing services for communication systems; this approach is aligned with the vision of integrated CNS;

(2) Provide additional features to increase the robustness against external intentional or unintentional threats/attacks to the EGNOS navigation service, for instance by adding authentication to GNSS signals or ad hoc features at antenna and receiver level;

(3) Enhance the navigation, positioning and/or timing performance provided at user level, for instance by improving the vertical position accuracy and the time-to-alert to enable supporting Cat-II approach procedures.

The aims are to analyse and define the reasons motivating evolutions along those three axes beyond 2025, determine constraints and pre-requisites, and assess the added value to end users. The analysis shall consider each area separately and determine under what condition it would be beneficial for the programme to implement these services. The analysis shall focus on:

(1) Identifying user requirements for each of these new services and how they translate into service requirements for EGNOS;

(2) Defining the associated regulatory constraints and safety analyses required before the service can be implemented operationally;

(3) Analysing the added value for aviation end users and defining how the service could be provided, to enable a programmatic decision on which service should be implemented as a priority.

The study will be fully financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 framework programme for research and innovation, within the budget allocated to the evolution of the EGNOS mission. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) is in charge of the technical supervision of the project on behalf of the European Commission.

More information about the invitation to tender can be found here.

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Be part of the EGNOS aviation services evolution

6.10.2017 12:15 European GNSS Agency