Spanning 81.74 square kilometers, the CNY 890 million Dongying River Comprehensive Environmental Improvement project will improve hydrodynamic conditions and the urban water circulation system, as well as carry out comprehensive treatment of the river. Shandong Xinhui Construction was tasked with executing the complex construction plan while also dealing with difficult terrain and coordinating various disciplines. Therefore, they needed software that would encourage multidiscipline collaboration.

Shandong Xinhui Construction chose Bentley applications to overcome these challenges by creating a BIM platform. With ProjectWise, they created a connected data environment for collaborative design, reducing file management costs. With ContextCapture, they developed 3D and terrain models. They used OpenBuildings to model the newly built municipal rainwater and sewage pipelines and various other structures, producing 2D section drawings to increase drawing efficiency by 50%. By using the applications, they found and resolved 52 connection problems throughout the river and identified over 150 clashes.

Project Playbook: ContextCapture, MicroStation, OpenBuildings Designer, OpenRoads Designer, ProjectWise

To expand and improve Holambra’s sanitary sewage system in São Paulo, Brazil, Cism Engenheiros Consultores was tasked with creating the detailed and supplementary design. As part of the BRL 450,000 project, they also had to design the new Cachoeira Sewage Treatment Plant. Working with multiple design disciplines, they sought a real-time solution that could integrate 3D models created by each discipline and provide BIM workflows.

Already familiar with Bentley applications, they chose OpenPlant, OpenBuildings, and MicroStation to create the master 3D BIM model. They could accurately model plumbing and hydraulic fittings, as well as electromechanical equipment, with a high level of detail. The applications not only provided seamless integration between production and engineering, but they also helped virtually eliminate difficulties from interoperability failures. With OpenFlows, the hydraulic engineering team had a holistic and systemic view of possible project impacts, reducing scaling time by up to 40%.

Project Playbook: OpenBuildings, OpenFlows SewerGEMS, OpenPlant, ProjectWise 365, SYNCHRO 4D

SANEPAR is responsible for providing basic sanitation services to 345 cities in Paraná. Their mission is to guarantee sustainable and innovative environmental sanitation services, contributing to economic and social development. They recently implemented a BRL 1.867 million BIM methodology pilot project to expand the sewage system in Rolândia, a municipality in northern Paraná with 66,580 inhabitants and a population density of about 126 inhabitants per square kilometer.

SANEPAR chose Bentley applications to help them deliver the pilot project, using OpenFlows SewerGEMS for sizing the collection network, collectors, and interceptors. With OpenPlant, OpenBuildings, and MicroStation, they combined a BIM methodology and comprehensive digital models into a digital twin. The digital twin allowed them to minimize errors and user impact while providing a wider range of design alternatives to optimize the design. By allowing participants to get real-time information, they have streamlined decision-making for a smother project workflow.

Project Playbook: OpenBuildings, OpenFlows SewerGEMS, OpenPlant, ProjectWise 365, SYNCHRO 4D

To supply clean water to both rural and urban areas, PACE was tasked with designing an INR 22 million filter house with a capacity of 3.8 megaliters per day. The team had to create a general arrangement drawing, hydraulic flow diagram, and design of all the water treatment plant’s components. However, after using applications that did not deliver satisfactory analysis and design, they sought a digital solution to meet their needs.

PACE chose STAAD to design and analyze the various structures in the proposed water treatment plant. It helped them streamline the process for both concrete and steel structures, saving significant time. They could deliver the project to the client 1.5 months ahead of schedule, exceeding client expectations and saving INR 5 million. When the project is complete, it will not only supply enough water to meet the requirements during the summer, but it will also supply clean drinking water to improve the quality of life.

Project Playbook: STAAD

The Universal Beijing Resort’s landscape water system project stretches 2.8 kilometers, with a designed water depth of 2.5 meters, surface width of 26 meters to 100 meters, water area of 120,000 square meters, and water retention capacity of 370,000 cubic meters. Beijing Institute of Water was tasked with constructing water treatment stations, a purification system, and circulation pipelines to maintain cleanliness. However, they realized that traditional 2D methods were not sufficient when facing a tight schedule, coordination of various disciplines, and complex site conditions.

Considering their options, Beijing Institute of Water used OpenBuildings Designer to conduct 3D modeling of concrete structures, improving productivity and accuracy. The designers used OpenPlant to create a complete 3D layout of the pipeline and equipment while OpenFlows FLOOD helped them with hydrodynamic simulation analysis. By using Bentley applications, they shortened construction by two months and saved 10% of the CNY 430 million investment.

Project Playbook: OpenBuildings, OpenBuildings Designer, OpenFlows FLOOD, OpenPlant, OpenRoads Designer, PLAXIS, STAAD, SYNCHRO 4D

Tantnagar is a rural section of eastern India’s Jharkhand, consisting of 76 villages. Most of the water comes from individual handpumps around the area. To improve quality of life in the region, Shriram EPC was tasked with providing 100% piped water supply coverage using a sustainable water source. Their design needed to be efficient and account for both construction costs and operational energy expenditures. They also had to consider the variations on water demand for agricultural purposes.

After finding that other software did not meet their integration needs, Shriram EPC chose OpenFlows WaterGEMS as their water supply system design software. They integrated all major attributes for data analysis, including topographical detail, and saw improved compatibility of their data when importing and exporting. By having all the data in a single location, the team could easily optimize design and streamline the approval process. With OpenFlows WaterGEMS, they saved 20% of the project’s time and cost.

Project Playbook: OpenFlows WaterGEMS