CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
12 January 2009
Implementation Investments
CH2M HILL Minimizes Costs, Meets Schedule on Round Butte Dam Selective Water Withdrawal System Using Bentley Software
CH2M HILL won a 2008 Be Award of Excellence in the “Sustaining the Environment” category for its Round Butte Dam Selective Water Withdrawal system. The project is featured in the new publication “The Year in Infrastructure 2008,” available online from Bentley Systems at http://www.bentley.com/YearInInfrastructure2008. The project team was tasked with creating a method for modifying the surface-current directions of the Deschutes and Crooked rivers in Oregon to reestablish the anadromous fish runs above the dam. Using MicroStation and the TriForma Extension, the project team developed a 3D model to visualize the design as it progressed, drive the engineering data, and coordinate and construct the components – all while saving thousands of man-hours. Composed of a steel-and-concrete floating platform, the new system selectively diverts water from specific depths of the lake and simultaneously diverts migrating fish from the turbine intake. The system allows the fish to enter into a fish-handling area more easily, provides a fish-collection system, and ensures the released water complies with Clean Water Act quality standards.
“This project could only have been completed using the innovative visualization capabilities built into Bentley applications,” said Wally Bennett, project manager, CH2M HILL. “Had we chosen a different method for this project, the cost would have been much higher and design time would have taken much longer. Indeed, the final geometry of the proposed structure would have been difficult to accomplish without Bentley’s 3D tools. The generated 3D model became the sole source of design information and tied all aspects of the project together. Bentley products were ideal in making this project a reality.”
For additional information about MicroStation, visit http://www.bentley.com/microstation.
To learn about the innovative projects nominated for the Be Awards of Excellence during the past five years, visit http://www.bentley.com/YearInInfrastructure and read Bentley’s “Year in Infrastructure” annual publications. For information about how to enter projects for consideration in the 2009 Be Awards of Excellence competition, visit http://www.bentley.com/BeAwards.
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