The Xi’an-Shiyan high-speed railway project is a 256-kilometer railway that will strengthen the connection between city clusters in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, promoting poverty alleviation and rural revitalization. China Railway First Survey and Design Institute are the designers and faced technical, coordination, and geological challenges, compounded by a tight schedule. As the first railway project to promote full lifecycle BIM on the whole line, they sought integrated modeling applications in an open, connected data environment.

They selected ProjectWise to establish a collaborative platform to share and manage data and models among 19 different disciplines, streamlining workflows and shortening the design cycle by three months. By performing clash detection, they identified and resolved 286 potential conflicts in the early stages, improving design quality by 50% and avoiding costly design changes during construction. Bentley’s integrated modeling solution sets the benchmark for lifecycle BIM and digital twin delivery for future industry projects.