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CIVIL Transportation Cabinet and the Indiana Department of Transportation, is working with the FHWA, a general engineering consultant, and six section design prime consultants to expedite design and construction. Coordination and communication among all parties was a paramount concern. Team members needed a systematic way to work together using the same design standards so Kentucky Transportation Cabinet speciﬁed that all the contractors use InRoads for engineering design and ProjectWise for managing and sharing engineering documents. ProjectWise centralizes project data, enforces design standards, and reduces time spent ﬁnding and managing ﬁles. To date, 250 to 300 professionals are sharing more than 25,000 ﬁles in nearly 4,000 folders—or about 75 gigabytes of data—across disparate networks. The general engineering consultant— Community Transportation Solutions, a consortium of Parsons Transportation Group of Chicago; HMB Professional Engineers of Frankfort; and Beam, Longest and Neff Engineers of Indianapolis—conservatively estimates that the collaboration system could save about $9 million over the life of the project. With design 40 percent complete on Kentucky’s side and 10 percent complete on Indiana’s, productivity gains are already apparent. Two of the six section design primes—Kentucky Transportation Associates (KTA), a consortium of four engineering ﬁrms supported by about 20 subconsultants, and Michael Baker Jr. (Baker) supported by 11 subconsultants—have achieved remarkable results. Untangling “Spaghetti Junction” new bridges, and more than three miles of retaining walls—all designed to blend in with the surrounding communities, which includes a business district, historic and residential areas, and parks. Before teaming together for this project, the four KTA partners—QK4, Palmer Engineering, WMB, and American Consulting Engineers—had worked together but never truly collaborated on a design. Typically, projects were divided into design sections, with each ﬁrm being responsible for an individual section. For the Kennedy Interchange project, which is on a tight schedule, the partners recognized that it would be more efﬁcient to design in a layered format across the entire project. This approach allows KTA to assign work based on core competencies and enables multiple people across the four ﬁrms to work simultaneously on any task. Centralized management of more than 20,000 ﬁles enables continuous communication and collaboration among the partner functional area enforce the use of design standards. Standardized workﬂows with automated quality controls allow designers to work on ﬁles, then advance them to the next level for review. Permissions levels are set to prohibit changes after documents are approved. “The ability to coordinate this many groups and individuals and manage the various aspects of the project was a rewarding accomplishment made possible in large part by the implementation of ProjectWise,” said Glenn Kelly, KTA project manager. “A project of this magnitude and complexity would have been impossible to manage efﬁciently without it.” PROJECT OVERVIEW Ohio River Bridges Project Organization Michael Baker Jr. BE Awards Category Civil Road Infrastructure The Kennedy Interchange reconstruction is the largest of the six sections of the Ohio River Bridges project. It will provide the connecting roadways to the new and existing bridges, as well as improve safety and alleviate congestion. The existing interchange merges I-64 through-trafﬁc with downtown-oriented I-65 and I-71 trafﬁc, creating numerous left-hand entrances and exits, difﬁcult weaves, and conﬂict points where accidents occur. The new geometry will incorporate 28 baseline miles, with some 82 miles of paved travel lanes, 88 ﬁrms as well as with the bi-state management team, the general engineering consultant, and the subcontractors. Team members have real-time access to up-to-date project information and design data, ensuring that all parties work with current information. MicroStation Workspace proﬁles for each Building alternative routes As prime consultant for the new downtown Louisville bridge, Baker was challenged to design a distinctive structure that will be the centerpiece of the Ohio River Bridges project, yet minimize disruption to the community. The purpose of the downtown bridge Volume 4, Issue 4 | BE MAGAZINE 29

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BE Magazine - Volume 4, issue 4 Contents The Drive To Innovate News BE Newsletter Highlights Converging on the Market Bytes and Bricks Generative Components Building Courting Success Remodeling an Icon Structural Integration Building News From Bentley Civil Greenfield Airport Takes Flight Good Neighbors Collaborative Innovation Civil News From Bentley Advertisers Index Geospatial Ring of Fiber Revolutionizing Integrity Management Port City Transformation In Conversation With Greg Bentley Geospatial News From Bentley Plant Single-Source Service Committed to Cleaner Air Expediting Expansion Plant News From Bentley Strength in Numbers The Art of Visualization A Winning Legacy Zero Change Culture: Further Definition A Remarkable Collaboration With a Forward-Thinking Community

BE Magazine - Volume 4, Issue 4

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