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News Release from: Bentley Systems | Subject: CH2M HILL wins 2006 BE Award
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CH2M HILL wins 2006 BE Award
CH2M HILL has won a 2006 BE Award for its American Electric Power - Mitchell and Mountaineer CPS Treatment Plants project in West Virginia.
CH2M HILL, a global leader in full-service engineering, construction, and operations, has won a 2006 BE Award for its American Electric Power - Mitchell and Mountaineer CPS Treatment Plants project in West Virginia The award category was "Plant: New Technology Adoption." The BE Awards of Excellence, which are judged by an independent panel of industry experts and presented at an evening ceremony during the annual BE Conference, honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world's infrastructure
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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However, they also will produce a high total suspended solids and total dissolved solids purge stream that needs to be treated prior to discharge.
Working with AEP, CH2M HILL used Bentley tools to evaluate treatment options for the purge stream.
It developed 3D models and engineering analysis models, and used various visualization techniques, including dynamic 3D PDFs, to convey options for design and construction.
The options all met the potential effluent regulations and water quality criteria, and satisfied construction limitations caused by tight space in the existing plants.
The firm used Bentley's PlantSpace Piping 3D modeling tools to design the new system's piping requirements.
As Gary Moss, CH2M HILL's EPC automation piping engineer, said, "Our clients and projects both benefit from our use of integrated, interoperable 3D modeling products such as PlantSpace Piping".
"To begin with, they provide us with design review tools, including 3D PDFs, that allow us to show clients the relationships among pumps, piping, and equipment".
"In addition, they offer coordination capabilities and multidiscipline communication that provide important efficiencies and other benefits prior to reaching the construction site".
The 3D visualization enabled by MicroStation provided CH2M HILL with an innovative way to satisfy AEP's concerns with space issues.
For example, interactive, animated 3D PDFs provided visual proof that a crane and front-end loader could operate within the confines of certain project areas.
CH2M HILL's use of Bentley solutions also included the development of analytical models.
Because the 3D models interoperate with Bentley's STAAD structural engineering software for analysis and design, the project team was able to produce the structural analysis results directly from the model.
The results were then fed back into the 3D modeling tools - eliminating redesign and back-checking, saving design time, and improving coordination.
To expedite cost estimating, the team used Bentley Structural for material take-offs.
For example, it was able to effectively calculate the coating for the structural steel members on the two plant sites by generating a structural report spreadsheet.
The spreadsheet provided a total surface area of all steel members in the 3D models.
Summing up the firm's reasons for using Bentley software on this project, Mike Hayes, CH2M HILL automation delivery leader, said, "Bentley's toolset is central to our design delivery approach".
"The ability to use 3D PDFs directly from MicroStation was a distinct advantage on this project".
"To help us meet the project's tight schedule demands, both static and animated 3D PDFs and interactive design reviews were used strategically for status reviews and to demonstrate operational requirements.".
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