In an expansion measure, the output of the pumping station will be increased to 94 m3/s and thus almost doubled – on the one hand by upgrading the three existing pumps from diesel to electric motors, but primarily through the construction of an additional, fourth pump unit. Even though the plant already offers impressive output, it no longer meets future requirements. This enables a very efficient working method, avoiding duplicate data entries and data redundancy.īuilt in 1954, the pumping station in Katwijk can currently transport 54 cubic meters of water per second, which corresponds to a volume of a room of around 13 by 16 feet. The 3D model serves as the basis for the general arrangement design and reinforcement detailing from which all the other designs and schedules are derived.
The system for three-dimensional general arrangement design and reinforcement detailing enables an integrated approach with a virtual structure model. The experts at Daewoo E & C agreed that this could only be achieved using the most up-to-date methods: using Building Information Modeling as an efficient design method – and with Allplan Engineering as the best tool for the job. According to the Omani government, the entire installation needs to be ready in just three years-leaving the planning of this project (with no room for errors) to be completed in a very short period of time. The 250-acre area will also have various dockyard and crane installations, deep water anchorages, storage areas, accommodation and office buildings, a quay wall nearly 2 miles long and an offshore breakwater. The two mighty dry docks and an appropriately large pump station are just one part of the project. The gigantic dimensions of the project alone make it a real challenge.
The core of the new development will be two gigantic, 1,350-foot dry docks capable of servicing supertankers with a load capacity of up to 350,000 metric tons. Close to international shipping lines but also far from the notorious Strait of Hormuz, this desert-like region is to be developed into a new port with an adjoining industrial zone. One of these is Duqm Port, in the south of the country. The Sultanate, from which Sinbad the Sailor once set off on his famous journeys, wants to revive its seafaring tradition and is developing several coastal areas into new port zones. The construction boom on the Arabian Peninsula has reached another country: Oman. For the new building of the biomass receiving and treatment plant, ingenta submitted We also use the openBIM solution Allplan Bimplus, says Andreas Liesen, referring to the current uses. "We use Allplan Engineering to develop 3D models and exchange data in BIM projects. “On the one hand, we had to align the new building with the structures present on the existing foundation walls, but on the other hand, we had to coordinate the operational requirements with the entire receiving area as well as the process technology for treating the biomass,” says project manager Hans Peter Bütikofer from “ingenta ag ingenieure + planer” as he describes the challenges. With the construction of a new receiving and treatment plant for biomass on the site of the former sludge drying plant, “Ara Region Bern AG” will be able to increase the future production of biogas by around 25 percent. “Ara Region Bern AG” is one of the largest wastewater treatment plants in Switzerland. The engineering firm Werner Sobek AG, which was responsible for the structural, shell and reinforcement design of the underground through-station concourse, therefore relied largely on 3D for the design.īiomass receiving and treatment plant “Ara Region Bern AG”
Without the use of powerful BIM software and production processes specially developed for the project, the implementation of the building would be impossible. Special attention will be paid to the station concourse of the new underground through-station in Stuttgart, designed by ingenhoven architects.Īn architecturally highly sophisticated shell roof, supported by 28 geometrically highly complex chalice-shaped columns, qualifies this as a masterpiece of modern architecture that the world has never seen before. In addition, engineering history is being written here, both in terms of design and technology. But it‘s not just the size that makes this project so impressive. Within the whole project, five new stations, about 120 kilometers of new railways and two new quarters are being built. Stuttgart 21 as a part of the Stuttgart-Ulm rail project is one of the largest European infrastructure projects.