The Year in Infrastructure 2007 - (Page 56) ciVil rOad infrastructure SH20 Waterview Connection connell Wagner pty ltd The Waterview Connection Project is a major motorway that will form part of the Western Ring Route, an alternative route to State highway 1 linking North Shore, Waitakere, Auckland, and Manukau cities in New zealand. A significant constraint was the requirement that it pass through an established residential area where no corridor currently exists. The driven tunnel concept was developed in order to minimize property cost and adverse surface disruptions in both social and environmental terms. MXROAD provided geometric design, option investigation, base drawing development, and 3D visualization. Its interoperability with other software and ability to make major changes without major rework gave it significant productivity advantages, which was particularly important given the extremely tight timeframes demanded by the project. U.S. 24 — Fort to Port Project indiana dOt The U.S. 24 project is a joint venture between the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). The existing U.S. 24 is a two-lane road that suffers from congestion and safetyrelated issues due to the inability to accommodate current traffic demand. The proposed road will follow a new terrain alignment, be a divided highway of interstate quality, and involve the construction of seven new bridges. Its design needed to limit environmental impact, control stormwater runoff, and create new wetlands to compensate for impacted wetlands. Bentley’s MXROAD allowed the engineers to integrate the very complex design into the environment and allowed fast investigation of design alternatives. In addition, its interoperability with other software enabled INDOT and ODOT to easily collaborate on the project. This limited downtime, minimized mistakes, and kept the project on schedule. 56 ThE YEAR IN INFRASTRUCTURE 2007
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