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2012 Excellence in Infrastructure
Awards
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SC Engenharia
Bela Vista Kleingers Wind Farm & Associates
Imaruí, Santa Catarina, Brazil
The Ohio River Trail is a multi-use trail in eastern Cincinnati and part of the
In southern 320-mile Brazil, Ohio RDS to Solutions Erie Trail that has spans developed the state the of Ohio, 60-megawatt following former Bela Vista wind
farm in Imaruí, railroad Santa and canal Catarina. corridors. The The mountainous City of Cincinnati terrain contracted and high Kleingers slopes & of Bela Vista
were selected Associates to maximize to provide the planning efficiency and design of the services project’s for a 30 1.23-mile wind portion turbines. of Consulting
firm SC Engenharia the trail. The (Engineering) firm relied on a model-based assisted in workflow the project’s to help design. quickly identify
economic, ecological, and constructability issues.
SC Engenharia AutoCAD® used Map AutoCAD 3D, AutoCAD® Civil 3D®, detailed surveys. Aerial photography overlaid
and Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design helped the on parcel and DEM data helped
team integrate GIS data sets and various de- project stakeholders appraise alignment
sign scenarios into more realistic renderings options and impacts to adjacent properties.
that better conveyed the scope and impact of A dynamic corridor model that adapted to
the project. Kleingers & Associates used GIS alignment changes was used to automatically
data to create a more realistic base map of update retaining walls based on criteria-
the area, helping to save its client the cost of driven subassemblies. Rendered scenes from
this corridor model were continually updated
to quickly create compelling presentation
materials throughout the design process.
® Civil 3D ®
and Autodesk ® 3ds Max ® the site’s natural springs, water-
Design software courses, and existing buildings. This
to optimize the site design and minimize approach helped the designers minimize
the environmental impact of the devel- the extent of roads and balance cut/
opment and its 13-kilometer access road, fill volumes. The team also found the
which must accommodate trucks carrying 3D model of the existing terrain es-
40-meter turbine blades. The team used sential for helping to determine suitable
a model-based design approach to more locations for, and positioning of, the
quickly develop and analyze a series of individual wind turbines. Additionally,
design options for the site layout and the team was able to use the design
access road—varying the road alignment model throughout the design process
and adjusting design parameters, while to develop project renderings and
simultaneously assisting the team in avoiding animations to enhance communication
and support the approval process.
Parsons Brinckerhoff
San Francisco-Oakland Hatch Mott Bay MacDonald
Bridge
California
The City of Lake City, Florida contracted Hatch Mott MacDonald to design
The San Francisco-Oakland a new 3 million gallons Bay per Bridge day wastewater handles treatment approximately facility. The 300,000 facility is cars a day
and a million located each in an week. environmentally It is the transportation sensitive area that and is prone commerce to sinkholes backbone and of the
San Francisco the City Bay requested area and the the site entire have balanced state depends cut and fill, on and this minimum bridge impervi- for goods and
services movement ous surfaces between to reduce the its amount northern of storm and southern water treatment extremes. needed The on site. 75-year old
eastern span of the bridge is being replaced with a new seismically advanced struc-
Hatch Mott MacDonald used AutoCAD® making. The headworks structure in particular
ture slated Civil to 3D®, open Autodesk® in 2013. Revit® To MEP, enhance and project was very visualization, complicated and a Parsons precise 3D model Brinckerhoff
has developed Autodesk® an Revit® integrated Structure model to help design and dataset helped the for team the develop new an bridge, intricate rebar the existing
bridge and a plant context, that could and achieve the very surrounding high levels of communities scheme while minimizing and environment.
spatial conflicts.
treatment in an energy efficient manner. The Hatch Mott MacDonald relied on a dynamic
firm created intelligent 3D models of all the site model for earthwork calculations and
Parsons Brinckerhoff is using AutoCAD
structures, enabling improved visualization analyses to help balance the site. This model
of the site and facility for better decision- was also instrumental in helping to determine
the necessary depth for the yard piping and
minimizing the depth of the pump stations to
help reduce project costs.
®
Civil 3D ® , Autodesk ® 3ds Max ® Design,
Autodesk ® Navisworks ® Simulate, Autodesk
® Navisworks ® Manage, and Autodesk
® design alternatives that were used to
create near-photorealistic images of
the future bridge design options and
computer-generated animations that
Revit products to generate more helped the public experience driving
realistic project visualizations that help over the future bridge. Currently, the
communicate design decisions, construc- bridge is under construction and the
tion activities, and detours/traffic shifts to firm is using model integration, 4D
stakeholders and team members. Initially, modeling, and clash detection to support
the firm built 3D models of the various construction planning and scheduling.
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