BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 3 - (Page 28)

BE CONFERENCE IN REVIEW Malcolm Walter Use Innovation To Become the “Greenest Generation” B entley COO Malcolm Walter opened his 2007 BE Conference remarks by noting the sustainability challenges facing the world in the coming decades. He then recognized ﬁve projects as the ﬁrst-ever recipients of a BE Award for “Best Return on Innovation” and presented each as a case study. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet portion of the massive Ohio River Bridges Project entails the construction of two bridges, will take 17 years to complete at a cost of $2.5 billion, and will involve hundreds of engineering ﬁrms and contractors. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is using ProjectWise for successful collaboration among most organizations on the project. One innovation that delivered remarkable results was the division of the work on a complex interchange known as “Spaghetti Junction”—not by sections of the roadwork, but rather by core competencies of the ﬁrms doing the work. ProjectWise allowed the organization to match expertise to need and perform work simultaneously. In document access alone, reported time savings were in the range of 30 percent. Cost savings, based on the total engineering hours forecasted for the project, could reach $9 million or more. The Dutch Ministry of Finance’s project involved the integration of SAP R/3 Real Estate data with GIS parcel data created and stored in Bentley’s Geospatial Server. By fully automating the process of data acquisition, maintenance, and publishing, and by ending manual and paper-based internal processes, the State Property Service has become much more efﬁcient in managing the largest property portfolio in the Netherlands. Sabastiaan Sintemaartensdijk of the State Property Service attributed increased revenue of $20 million to the Bentley-enabled system, a 1,600 percent return on innovation. GHAFARI Associates, an architectural/engineering ﬁrm based in Michigan, achieved signiﬁcant return on innovation with building information modeling (BIM). The company’s mission statement includes the goal of enhancing its competitive advantage “by using the latest technology tools to improve its product quality and effectiveness.” Through the use of BIM, projects for General Motors were delivered 26 percent faster with less waste, less scrap, fewer RFIs, and fewer changes due to interferences. GHAFARI’s BIM expertise also helped it win 3D integration work on a Marriott hotel project, so its return on innovation included a new client and a growing practice. 28 BE MAGAZINE | Volume 4, Issue 3

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Contents Rising to the Challenge News BE Newsletter Highlights More ITS Sightings Racing Concrete Canoes Lights, Camera, Action! Making the Cut People’s Choice Awards 2007 Executive Keynotes Building Clear Vision of a Dream Concrete Results Reaching New Heights Building News From Bentley Golden KIWI Awards 2007 Civil A Coordination of National Highway Proportions Training Troops Beautifying Highways, One Sign at a Time Civil News From Bentley Geospatial Facility Facelift Planning for Uncertainty Geospatial News From Bentley MicroStation at the Heart of LiDAR Surveying Solutions Plant Making the Grade Data Deja Vu Data Clouds Provide Clear Visual of Underground Saving Precious-Metal Mining Time Plant News From Bentley Advertisers Index Special/Academic The Art of Visualization Training Is Key To Delivering State-of-the-Art Solutions Bridging the Information/Infrastructure Gap

BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 3

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