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20 May 2005
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Bentley to Showcase Seven BE Award Projects at SPAR 2005 Laser Scanning Conference
Bentley Systems, Incorporated will showcase seven BE Award projects at the SPAR 2005 conference in Houston, May 23-24. Each benefited from the integration of design software and laser scanning technology.
The BE Award projects that will be featured at SPAR 2005 include:
• EDG-When Chevron contacted EDG to work on an offshore platform project involving the hanging of a compressor addition from an existing eight-pile structure, EDG needed to create an accurate 3D model with all the structure's correct as-built data. The firm selected Bentley CloudWorx to perform and capture a laser scan and Bentley AutoPLANT to create the 3D model on this complex project, which could not have been achieved in the time frame without this technology.
• Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.-This tunnel inspection project for the Maryland Transit Administration involved the use of 3D laser scanning to identify cracking, water seepage, and other critical problems along a more than 600-foot stretch of a Baltimore Metro subway tunnel. A significant time-saver, laser scanning is now consistently used for maintenance planning in subway tunnels.
• Hatch-During a furnace reline, the entire OneSteel steelworks plant was shut down for roughly two months. One of the many tasks performed during this time was replacement of the furnace's cooling system. Because of the complexity of the piping and equipment surrounding the furnace, Hatch Associates Pty Ltd. detailed the design of the new cooling system using laser scanning and 3D modeling.
• LJB Inc.-LJB combined 3D laser scanning with global positioning technology and conventional survey methods to create an extremely precise model of existing pavement along U.S. 40 in Columbus, Ohio. The model helped designers accurately calculate quantities, design drainage without profile grade adjustments, and salvage most of the existing pavement during this rehabilitation project. In the end, an estimated 30 days were slashed from the project schedule.
• Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. PETROBRAS-PETROBRAS owns a number of stations for collecting and processing oil, many of which were developed using techniques that are now outdated. The stations have various types of data, including 2D engineering documentation, raster documents, and 3D models based on laser scanning data developed in Intergraph PDS. To unify the technical documentation and test a more agile tool of plant design, PETROBRAS integrated Bentley PlantSpace and Bentley CloudWorx. The as-built models created were so efficient that the company will use PlantSpace to update all of its stations.
• ProjEx Technologies Ltd.-The Canadian government's 10-year plan to reduce air pollution required revamping over-40-year-old refining assets and infrastructure. ProjEx Technologies used laser scanning technology to minimize field rework and complete the design within a compressed schedule-cutting an estimated three weeks off of the construction schedule.
• Veco Tyonek-Veco was tasked with upgrading several major pieces of equipment on the ConocoPhillips Tyonek platform to reduce particulates in the gas to improve transmission through the pipeline. The project schedule was tight and shutdown time was critical. Accurate drawing information was not available due to poor as-builts, which meant that changes on the platform would be almost impossible to complete without huge repercussions, financial losses, and possible disasters. 3D laser scanning with Bentley CloudWorx and Bentley 3D AutoPLANT was used to provide the needed information.
For information on all of the 2005 BE Award of Excellence winners, including project summaries, go to http://www.be.org/2005beawardwinners .
Those attending SPAR 2005 can visit Bentley in Booth #6 to learn more about 3D scanning with Bentley solutions. For more details on Bentley's participation at SPAR 2005, visit http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/Industry+Events/Bentley+Plant.htmBecome a member of the CIMdata PLM Community to receive your daily PLM news and much more.
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