sssi seminar digital engineering
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SSSI Seminar
Digital Engineering
25 October 2016
Presenter: Dr Lee Gregory Managing Director
12d Solutions
Copyright © 2016 by 12d Solutions Pty Ltd
12d and Civil BIM
Resume
• Sydney University – Ph D Mathematics
• 1980 CEANET – Computer Engineering Applications
Offices around Australia
Timesharing Bureau
Introduced Moss (MX) to Australia
Software development - Father of SMIGS
• 1987 Founded 12d Solutions (formerly 4d) with Alan Gray
Consulting work in Civil Engineering
1991 Released 12d Model
2012 Released 12d Synergy
Currently
• Member Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia
• Member BuildingSMART
• Founding member of Open BIM Alliance
• On International Committees/Expert panels for IFC Alignment,
Model Setup, Roads, Rail and Bridges
WARNING
Lee is a passionate believer in Open Data Exchange Formats
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• 12d Model
Largest Surveying and Civil design software in Australia
and New Zealand. Celebrating 25 years.
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• 12d Model
Largest Surveying and Civil design software in Australia
and New Zealand. Celebrating 25 years.
12d Model is a Civil BIM System
12dXML (or 12da) is a published text format that can be used
to transfer data until Civil IFCs become available
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• 12d Model
Largest Surveying and Civil design software in Australia
and New Zealand. Celebrating 25 years.
12d Model is a Civil BIM System
12dXML (or 12da) is a published text format that can be used
to transfer data until Civil IFCs become available
• 12d Synergy
Newer product for collaboration and data management
BIM and Digital Engineering
What BIM-Digital Engineering is depends on
who you are talking to.
BIM and Digital Engineering
If a wide search of the literature for BIM and ISO
Standards is made, and all the marketing fluff is ignored,
one quickly sees that almost universally the BI in BIM is
Building Information (where Building is a noun) and
although BIM is about the process, all the objects are for a
Building on a site.
The other constant is that the International Standard for
transferring BIM data is the vendor independent published
format of IFCs.
BIM
In 2011 the BIM movement received a major boost when
the UK Government released the Government
Construction Strategy which aimed to reduce the cost of
government construction projects by 15-20% and BIM was
identified as one of the strategies to achieve help the
savings.
BIM
The Strategy contained an Action Plan that included the
objective for BIM to introduce a progressive programme of
mandated use of fully collaborative Building Information
Modelling for Government projects by 2016.
One early outcome of the Strategy was for
BuildingSMART to develop a national BIM standard with
the principles of interoperability. This will be key to future
delivery of Level 3 “Open & Shared” BIM.
BIM
The move to ‘full’ collaborative working is via distinct and
recognisable milestones, in the form of ‘levels’. These
have been defined within a range from 0 to 3, and, whilst
there is some debate about the exact meaning of each
level, the broad concept is:
Level 0 – no collaboration
2D CAD drafting only. Output and distribution is via paper
or electronic prints, or a mixture of both.
BIM
Level 1 – a mixture of 3D CAD for concept work, and 2D
for drafting of statutory approval documentation and
Production Information.
CAD standards are managed to BS 1192:2007, and
electronic sharing of data is carried out from a common
data environment (CDE), often managed by the
contractor.
There is no collaboration between different disciplines –
each publishes and maintains its own data.
BIM
Level 2 – collaborative working – all parties use their own
3D CAD models.
Design information is shared through a common file
format, which enables any organisation to be able to
combine that data with their own in order to carry out
interrogative checks on it.
Hence any CAD software that each party used must be
capable of exporting to a common file format.
This is the method of working that has been set as a
minimum target by the UK government for all public-sector
work, by 2016.
BIM
Level 3 – integrated working between all disciplines by
using a single, shared project model which is held in a
common data environment.
All parties can access and modify that same model,
removing the final layer of risk for conflicting information.
This is known as ‘Open BIM’, and the UK government’s
target date for public-sector working is 2018.
BuildingSMART is responsible for the Open BIM format
IFCs.
BIM
Lets Look at Some Real Civil Jobs
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
• First part of the 155 km of upgrade and new
highway from Woolgoolga to Ballina
Apart from Coffs Harbour and Raymond Terrace bypasses, completes the final stage of the 2000 km road from Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne without a traffic light
• Arup – Parsons Brinckerhoff Joint Venture
• 35 Km highway, 5 Km access roads
• Had to produce BIM outputs as IFC 2x3 for everything including road and subsurface details all split into 100 m pieces
• NO SPATIAL STRUCTURE
• Different IFCs needed to go to Solibri, Navisworks or Revit
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
• Three alignments in use
Left carriageway
Right carriageway
Reference alignment
• 100 m breakup was with respect to the Reference alignment which is not always perpendicular to either the left or right carriageway. That is, it can be skewed with respect to the left and/or right carriageway. The “100 m lengths” may not be 100m on either carriageway
• Trimeshes for pavements etc were oputput as ifcFace, ifcConnectedFaceSet
• Design and IFCs have been completed and delivered
Solids not cross sections
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
• Solids
• Surfaces
• Strings
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
Data passed to Solibri
• Solids
• Surfaces
• Strings
• Flow Elements for drainage networks
Woolgoolga to Glenugie
• Motorway tunnel link between Hills
M2 Motorway and the M1 Pacific
Motorway
• Two key components – Tunnel and
M2 Integration
• Australia’s longest and deepest road
tunnel
– Longer than the Eastern Distributor, M5
East and Cross City tunnels combined
• Twin mainline tunnels = 16.3 km
• Four ramps = 4.1 km
• 75 cross passages = 1.4 km
• Four shafts = 210 m total depth,
90 m max
• Excavation = 2.25 million cu.m
• 19 road headers
For the 19 road headers
• Approx 4,000 – 5,000 cuts
• 75 cross passages = 1.4 km
• Will be approx. 100 million scan
points per lining (3 linings)
• Approx. 300,000 rock bolts
• If had to do conformance plots @
1m interval then approx 100K plots
Southern Interchange M2 Portal
Wilson Rd Shaft Trelawney St Shaft
Northern Interchange M1 Portal Tunnelling – Basic Scheme
And What Data Are They Using
And What Data Are They Using
3D Design Model from 12d
And What Data Are They Using
3D Design Model from 12d
And What Data Are They Using
3D Design Model from 12d
Live As-Built Model
Live As-Built Model
www.westlinkm7.com.au Sydney Orbital
www.westlinkm7.com.au Project Structure
Design & Construction
Contractor
Tollway Operator &
Customer Service Management
Equity Interests
Transurban 40%
MIG 40%
Leighton 10%
Abigroup 10%
Westlink Structure
Federal Road:
National Highway
Project
Concession:
34 years
14/02/2003 -
13/02/2037
www.westlinkm7.com.au Key Motorway Features
• 40km dual carriageways, 2 lanes in each direction
• Wide central median (approx 15m)
• Provision for a public transport corridor
• 20 Km local road upgrades
• Full electronic tolling
• 40 km shared path / cycleway 4m wide
• Links M5 at Prestons; M2 at West Baulkham Hills, M4 at Eastern Creek
www.westlinkm7.com.au Design Features
• Designed in 8 Sections
• 1 Million m2 Concrete Pavement / Asphalt Overlay
• 8 Million m3 Earthworks
• 17 Major Intersections
• 146 Bridges (32 Segmental)
www.westlinkm7.com.au
180 Designers
www.westlinkm7.com.au
Over 8000 Design
Drawings
www.westlinkm7.com.au
8 million cubic meters
www.westlinkm7.com.au Machine Control - Grader
www.westlinkm7.com.au
www.westlinkm7.com.au
www.westlinkm7.com.au Interchange 8 - M4 and M7
www.westlinkm7.com.au Concrete Paving
www.westlinkm7.com.au Concrete Paving
• Construction of all roads and bridges was done with
no surveyors pegs
• All controlled from Digital Electronic Model, including
the casting and positioning of the bridge sections
• Calculated savings in wooden pegs - $1M
www.westlinkm7.com.au Concrete Paving
• Construction of all roads and bridges was done with
no surveyors pegs
• All controlled from Digital Electronic Model, including
the casting and positioning of the bridge sections
• Calculated savings in wooden pegs - $1M
• Construction was done in 2005
So why are we discussing Digital Engineering
and BIM as some new fangled thing when
So why are we discussing Digital Engineering
and BIM as some new fangled thing when
• Surveyors have been using digital models ever since
data recorders were introduced over thirty years ago
• Construction surveyors have been using digital models
on major projects for over twenty years
• Cadastral surveyors are currently moving onto ePlan
So why are we discussing Digital Engineering
and BIM as some new fangled thing when
Because there are two sides to Digital Engineering/BIM:
• Surveyors have been using digital models ever since
data recorders were introduced over thirty years ago
• Construction surveyors have been using digital models
on major projects for over twenty years
• Cadastral surveyors are currently moving onto ePlan
So why are we discussing Digital Engineering
and BIM as some new fangled thing when
Because there are two sides to Digital Engineering/BIM:
• Vertical BIM – Architects, Structures
At a BIM presentation in Sydney last year it was stated that 70% of people on a building site don’t even use a plan
• Horizontal BIM – Civil BIM - Roads, Rail
• Surveyors have been using digital models ever since
data recorders were introduced over thirty years ago
• Construction surveyors have been using digital models
on major projects for over twenty years
• Cadastral surveyors are currently moving onto ePlan
The Positives of Architect BIM
• BIM introduced Architects to 3D
• BIM introduced 3D objects (trimeshes) to Civil
• BIM introduced to main stream the concept of having data
and attributes instead of drawings
The Positives of Architect BIM
• BIM introduced Architects to 3D
• BIM introduced 3D objects (trimeshes) to Civil
• BIM introduced to main stream the concept of having data
and attributes instead of drawings
And do not underestimate to importance of the realisation that a
3D digital model must be the source of truth instead of drawings.
Even through Civil has produced these fantastic examples of
using Digital Engineering, it is entirely through the back door and
even today all that is often handed out is thousands of useless
CAD drawings.
Paper BasedDrafting
Plan View
Long Sections
Cross Sections
Cross Sections
Implementation
Changing Thinking and Processes
HIS
TOR
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Plan View
Long Sections
Cross Sections
Cross Sections
Computer AidedDesign
(Digital Models)
Implementation
CU
RR
ENT
Changing Thinking and Processes
Not much has changed
CAD sped up the process slightly but it is still mainly manual and time consuming and the biggest bottleneck and source of errors
Digital Engineering model is the source of truth
Drawings and reports are only ways at looking at the model
FUTU
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ComputerGenerated XML
DESIGN ADAC XML
Computer AidedDesign
(Digital Models)
Implementation(Machine
Automation)
Plan ViewLong
SectionsCross
SectionsCross
Sections
ComputerGenerated XML
AS CON ADAC XML
Changing Thinking and Processes
DE XML DE XML
The Downside of Architects BIM
The new BIM Managers thought that:
The Downside of Architects BIM
• 3D was a brand new idea and no one else had heard of it
• Architect BIM can be applied to everything in the world
• The world is flat
• And for many of them, the world has a 20 Km diameter
• Unfortunately the world is not flat
• Unfortunately the world is bigger than a 20 Km diameter
• Unfortunately a road can change every millimetre
• Unfortunately moving beyond flat space requires the use of map
projections and map and combined scale factors
• Unfortunately for most Civil works, a definition of an Alignment is
essential
A Civil Digital Engineering System Needs
• Large coordinates – e.g. Eastings and Northings
• Handle large and long horizontal projects
• A Helix for arcs
• Strings with diameters and attributes on strings, vertices and segments
• Transitions – spirals, cubic parabolas etc (varying radius helix)
• Drainage/Sewer pits and pipes
• Tins for surfaces (hundreds of millions of points) and trimeshes for 3D objects
• Alignments – independent horizontal and vertical geometry; vertical defined in
terms of 2D distance (chainage) of HG
• Name/Code for strings – used in Australia at least since 1980
• A published format available free of charge to everyone
• People who understand all of the above plus longitude and latitude, heights,
coordinate systems, map projections, and how to bringing together disparate
data
However as you saw in the earlier examples
However as you saw in the earlier examples
surveyors in Australia have been doing
Digital Engineering for years
However as you saw in the earlier examples
surveyors in Australia have been doing
Digital Engineering for years
Finally the rest of the world is catching on
Surveyors
Surveyors
Digital Engineering Needs You !
DE
Thank You
Presenter: Dr Lee Gregory Managing Director
12d Solutions