“In the past, we have had real difficulties presenting operations teams with detailed 2D drawings that they couldn’t really understand. “It was really useful to be able to walk around a one-to-one model of the main treatment building with operations and review the exact layouts and locations of maintainable kit,” adds Leverton. Team members used an Xbox controller to navigate the 3D environments, which covered the interior walls of the cylinder in a complete 360-degree wrap. “With Igloo you can look someone in the eye when you’re talking to them and quickly understand that you’re talking about the same thing, you can gauge their interest and see if they understand what you’re saying.”īIM was uploaded onto laptops and installed with Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD Plant 3D software, the changes were pushed, via the cloud, to Revizto visual collaboration software and synced to the local Igloo server. The shared physical environment offered various benefits, says Leverton: “We had early conversations with the client about using the HoloLens, but some of its delivery managers were not comfortable with wearing goggles that can restrict eye contact. Revizto was used for design coordination, including clash detection, and to test plant operability. ![]() ![]() Aecom produced a 3D model of the treatment plant.Up to 12 team members at a time to walk around the scheme in the Igloo cave.The 3D model was visualised in an Igloo shared virtual reality system, a 6.5 meter-diameter cylinder erected inside a disused building on site that enabled up to 12 team members at a time to walk around the scheme and carry out design review meetings. It is Durleigh’s flagship scheme, their project manager was very clued up and saw it as the right thing to do.” James Leverton, digital solutions lead for water ports & power at Aecom, told BIM+: “Level 2 BIM was required mainly due to the complexity of the site, where there are numerous existing underground services that had to be modelled. A new main treatment building will replace these with processes for DAF and rapid gravity filters, manganese filters, and a new low lift pumping station.Īecom was appointed as one of six-tier one design capital delivery partners to complete the detailed design and produce a Level 2 BIM model. Lead Contractor: Wessex Engineering and Construction ServicesīIM Tools: Revizto, Igloo Shared VR cylinder, Revit, Plant 3DĪ major upgrade to the treatment works, located near Bridgewater in Somerset, will triple capacity to safeguard the local potable water supply and address issues over deteriorating raw water quality, including the presence of pesticides and manganese.Īll the existing structures at the north end of the site will be demolished including an admin building, a dissolved air flotation (DAF) plant and sand filters.
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