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GEOSPATIAL Bentley OnSite is also useful in helping maintenance workers ﬁnd ﬁeld equipment, especially in remote locations. Previously, each Sandia National Laboratories project allocated 20 to 25 percent of the design cost to redlining the as-built conditions. The long time gap between actual construction and document updating practically guaranteed that record documents were out of date. With Bentley OnSite, walk-down conditions can be incorporated into the record documents right away. This capability has proved particularly helpful with interior inspections and surface site changes such as parking lots, street lights, and storm drains. Sandia National Laboratories estimates that, as a result of its use of Bentley software, hundreds of thousands of dollars have been saved in the labor costs needed to keep documents accurate. Moreover, it has beneﬁted from numerous intangible gains such as conﬁdence in the accuracy of its GIS documents, timely incorporation of changes to documents, and safer working conditions for laboratory personnel. “Projects are now turning in completed work because we have a mechanism to track when the work should be completed,” said Cofﬁng. “In addition, we have virtually eliminated damaging buried utilities because of not knowing what was under the ground.” Damaging a buried utility could cost as much as $250,000 and create safety hazards for workers. Laboratories decided to standardize its geospatial tools, CAD drawings, and workﬂow processes. The Bentley product line offered the range of capabilities it needed for facilities management, and the products integrated well with each other. Other factors important to Sandia National Laboratories were the availability of on-site consulting and project management support, 24-hour technical support, commitment to regular upgrades, and an established training program. v Integrated into the ProjectWise workﬂow, Bentley OnSite gives ﬁeld workers immediate access to the most current documentation BE Award Finalist Sandia National Laboratories worked with Bentley to develop a feature that enabled MicroStation to merge the design history of two drawings and create a conﬂict table to help resolve any issues. This capability is particularly helpful when incorporating modiﬁcations done in multiple projects that pertain to a single record drawing. Sandia National Laboratories estimates that this feature alone cut in half the time needed to consolidate document changes to reﬂect as-built conditions. MicroStation GeoGraphics was chosen to maintain maps for the FGIS, and Sandia National Laboratories deployed ProjectWise to organize documents and control the document workﬂow. The ﬁrm also implemented new workﬂows to improve the accuracy and reliability of geospatial drawings. Project invoicing is now tied to current construction redlines. When an invoice is submitted, it is tracked in ProjectWise to ensure that GIS ﬁles are updated within ﬁve days. “The time needed to receive and document as-built conditions in the FGIS went from 180 days after project completion to within ﬁve days of receiving a GPS request,” said Cofﬁng. “We are conﬁdent of the record documents accurately reﬂecting the conditions for new utility work under the surface.” Bentley OnSite was integrated into the ProjectWise workﬂow for both FGIS ﬁles and for exterior and interior site project inspection, which gives ﬁeld workers immediate access to the most current documentation. Workers can document any discrepancies they ﬁnd between the documents and the as-built conditions. Planning for Uncertainty Challenging nine-phase water system design saves 2,000 man-hours V intage Oaks at the Vineyard is a 3,200-acre, 2,200-home-lot, master-planned community being developed by Bluegreen Corporation in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. As San Antonio grows, this area on the outskirts of the city is booming, with developers scrambling to construct new neighborhoods to house the inﬂux of people. Design work on the ﬁrst of nine successive phased units began in April 2006 and is scheduled for completion in mid-2013. The site is located off of State Highway 46 between Bulverde and New Braunfels, just north of San Antonio. Bluegreen’s goal for the development is to create a premier residential community where home owners can have the convenience of the big city along with the charms of country living. M&S Engineering was contracted and charged with the engineering of every aspect of the project, from the master plan to the roadways, drainage, and all major utilities. A signiﬁcant part of the utility design was the design of a new water distribution system to serve the neighborhood, as the sites would not be served by individual wells (the norm in the Hill 46 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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