The Almalyk copper concentrate plant in Uzbekistan features 100 buildings and the world’s second-largest ball mills, producing 60 million tons of ore annually. Located on a mountain with old tailings deposits, the project presented large-scale excavation works and over 100,000 tons of steel. Renaissance Heavy Industries faced challenges that previous, manual methods and third-party software could not accommodate. They needed to establish a connected data environment and implement collaborative 3D workflows.

They selected SYNCHRO to perform collaborative modeling, clash detection, and construction simulation to coordinate building design, define excavation works, extract bills of quantity, and estimate construction works. Using Bentley applications for model verification and data extraction saved 80% in time and optimized scheduling and construction sequencing for a 5% to 7% increase in ROI. The digital twin solution improved productivity, avoiding 25% of rework. They will integrate equipment tracking and monitoring devices into the digital twin for web-based asset management and maintenance.