BE Magazine - Volume 6, Issue 1 - (Page 40)

Best Practices – Rail and Transit Collaboration Tools Accelerate Chinese Railway Electriﬁcation System Design Ambitious project promises to become the world’s longest high-speed railway uring a trial run of high-speed rail service on the 115-kilometer route between Beijing and Tianjin, a China railway high-speed train hit a record speed of 394 kilometers per hour. The 27-minute trip indoctrinated China into an elite cadre of countries that have adopted high-speed electric trains as an energy-efﬁcient and environmentally friendly alternative for millions of commuters. Fully operational in time for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, the Beijing-Tianjin line is the ﬁrst segment to be completed in the 1,318-kilometer Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line—part of the China’s long-term plan to construct 12,000 kilometers of track for passenger trains running at 200 kilometers per hour or more by 2020. The Beijing-Shanghai line is now the country’s largest capital construction project, currently valued at $31.6 billion. When it is complete in 2013, the high-speed rail line will cut travel time between Beijing and Shanghai from 14 hours to ﬁve hours, with trains operating at speeds of up to 350 kph. An estimated 220,000 passengers per day will use the trains to shorten their commutes between the country’s most prominent centers of business and industry. Crossing four provinces to connect 24 stations in six major cities, the new high-speed line runs parallel to an existing railway D were ﬁnally approved in 2006, and in 2007 the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Co. Ltd. was named as the project management company. This high-proﬁle project is being designed entirely in China by Chinese engineers. The ministry reports that at least 70 percent of the technology developed will be proprietary. Pressure to perform is high. Contracts are awarded to the engineering ﬁrms that can deliver the best designs in the shortest time at the lowest cost. BE AWARD NOMINEE Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Rail Electriﬁcation Design Organization: EDI Category: Innovation in Rail and Transit that has become a transportation bottleneck. The 1,464-kilometer mainline is the busiest in China, accounting for 10 percent of passenger trafﬁc and 7 percent of freight transportation. Regions along the route house 25 percent of China’s population and produce 40 percent of its gross domestic product. The Ministry of Railways began planning a dedicated passenger line to alleviate pressure on the mainline in 1994. Feasibility studies “Traditional design methods cannot meet this kind of requirement,” said Kaiyu Chen, product manager at the Shanghai ofﬁce of Bentley, which is providing technical support to the China Railway Electriﬁcation Survey Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd. (EDI). “Collaboration is the best way to improve efﬁciency, especially at EDI, which is a specialized design institute with a limited number of designers.” EDI is completing the electriﬁcation design work for the Beijing-Shanghai line using MicroStation as the platform for collaboration both within the ﬁrm and with other local companies. The ﬁrm is designing the substation, power supply, electric automation, and catenary systems. EDI’s ﬁrst challenge was to develop proprietary applications for railway electriﬁcation design on the Bentley platform. The team ﬁnished the catenary system applications development work within just four months. This application improved the efﬁciency of the 50-member project team as it forged ahead with the electriﬁcation system design. MicroStation’s ease of use and interoperability with other CAD systems enables EDI engineers to reduce design time while improving quality. Using the 3D functions, the team is creating 3D models for visualization and analysis of the designs to ensure they meet the exacting standards for safety and economy. The alignment of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail line presents numerous design challenges. Two-thirds of the route will be constructed on ground and much of the remainder will be built on bridges—including major crossings of the Yellow River and Yangtze River Delta. The ambitious project promises to become the world’s longest high-speed railway, ahead of existing lines in Japan, France, and Germany. 40 Be Magazine | Volume 6 Issue 1 http://www.bentley.com/en-GB/Products/microstation product line/

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BE Magazine - Volume 6, Issue 1 Contents Anticipation’s Name Is V8i Be Awards of Excellence Kicks Off Competition Bentley Launches the Most Comprehensive SoftwarePortfolio for Infrastructure Ever Assembled in a Single Release MicroStation V8i Up Close & Personal Is Water the New Oil? How Does Intent Become Reality? Does Performance Create Sustainability? Renewing Confidence in Public Highway Infrastructure Enterprisewide System Manages International Airport Standardized CAD/GIS Platform Streamlines Infrastructure Engineering 3D Modeling Refines Reusable Design for Plant Prototype Lean Teams Deliver Automotive Assembly Plants Through Innovative Use of BIM Integrated 3DModels Enable Compact and Safe Plant Design Sustainable Development Supports Thriving Community Terminal Pumps Natural Gas Through Longest Subsea Pipeline Large UtilityWorks To Reduce SO2 Emissions Aging Power Station Boosts Engineering Productivity Hydropower Dam To Fuel Growing Economy Collaboration Tools Accelerate Chinese Railway Electrification System Design Rapid Rail Link To Meet Socio-Economic Development Goals High-CapacityWastewater Treatment Facility ReclaimsWater Resources City ExpandsWater SupplyWithout Deploying AdditionalWater Resources Private Calling Meets Public Service Learning Paths Map Skill Development for Infrastructure Professionals A Contemporary Approach to Site Design The Art of Visualization Special Feature: Be Communities Physical + Digital Investments = Intelligent Infrastructure

BE Magazine - Volume 6, Issue 1

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