{"data":{"news":{"items":[{"title":"Digital technologies help Hutama Karya build Indonesian roads more efficiently","date":"2021-12-14 09:05:32","id":3370,"author":"","blurb":"","blurb_image_uid":"https://dxfpracgmlczp.cloudfront.net/2021/12/1639054362796_2476-RO_OK.jpg","blurb_expanded_image_uid":null,"article":"\n\t\n\n\n

Construction company PT Hutama Karya (Persero) was engaged to build the Surabaya-Gresik toll road interchange in East Java province, Indonesia, in preparation for the country to host the 2022 U-20 Football World Cup.

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The project presented complex geological conditions and coordination challenges, compounded by requirements to minimise interference with traffic flow and a one-year construction timeline during a global pandemic. PT Hutama Karya tried implementing BIM software, but the initial technology lacked efficiency and visualisation quality. Instead, the company needed comprehensive, integrated 3D modelling and visualisation applications.

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PT Hutama Karya opted for various solutions from Bentley Systems. It selected ContextCapture to generate a contour map of the existing site conditions 400% faster than manual methods. Using OpenRoads and OpenBridge for 3D modelling accelerated drawing production by 30 days and facilitated clash detection, avoiding potential errors to save US$3 million.

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Working in an open, connected data environment saved two months amid the Covid-19 pandemic. PT Hutama Karya plans to use the 3D models as the foundation for creating digital twins to promote the company’s digital strategies in the construction sector.

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This project has been named a Year in Infrastructure 2021 Founders’ Honoree (For Pandemic-proof Execution) by Bentley Systems.

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Trans Sumatera toll road (Serbelawan-Pematangsiantar)

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PT Hutama Karya is also constructing the Trans Sumatera toll road, spanning 2,800 km across Sumatra Island. The Serbelawan to Pematangsiantar section is a 28-km expressway projected to shorten travel time by 50%. Located in a remote and dense forest, the project presented data acquisition challenges while working with numerous disciplines and software platforms.

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Having experience using various BIM platforms, PT Hutama Karya sought interoperable digital modelling technology to accommodate large files and improve project collaboration. The company selected ContextCapture to deliver an accurate reality mesh of the remote project area in 28 days, compared to the 120 days it would have taken using conventional survey methods.

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Adopting OpenRoads and OpenBridge streamlined data and workflows, shortening coordination and approval time by up to 34 days, while Plaxis helped avoid potential critical failure due to soft soil conditions. Bentley’s integrated digital solution resolved compatibility issues and clashes, provided data continuity, and optimised collaboration to save US$2.18 million.

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This project has been named a winner of Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure 2021 (under the Roads and Highways category) by Bentley Systems. For more details on the project, watch PT Hutama Karya’s presentation below.

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All images: PT Hutama Karya (Persero)

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Bentley Systems has unveiled the Year in Infrastructure 2021 Founders’ Honorees. They represent organisations or individuals whose undertakings contribute notably to infrastructure advancement and/or environmental/social development goals.

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This announcement was made at the company’s Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards virtual event, which took place on 1 and 2 December 2021. A total of 22 Founders’ Honorees were recognised.

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Bentley Systems’ founders Keith and Greg Bentley, and Bentley’s director of ES(D)G Rodrigo Fernandes, reviewed the compelling credentials of 18 Honorees selected from 230 organisations who submitted nominations for the company’s annual Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure programme.

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Chief acceleration officer Santanu Das recognised three Honoree organisations respectively for Infrastructure IoT, iTwin Enterprise, and iTwin Entrepreneur. Nick Smallwood, CEO, on behalf of the UK’s Infrastructure and Projects Authority, was honoured for ES(D)G Advocacy.

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The Year in Infrastructure 2021 Founders’ Honorees are:

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ES(D)G Honoree for Affordable and Clean Energy
\nFujian Yongfu Power Engineering Co Ltd
\nFujian Changle Zone C Offshore Wind Farm
\nChangle/Fuzhou, Fujian, China

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ES(D)G Honoree for Climate Action
\nEvides NV
\nPumping Energy Optimisation and CO2 Reduction Evides Case Study
\nRotterdam, Netherlands

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ES(D)G Honoree for Sustainable Cities and Communities
\nGenMap
\nTree Modeling and Feature Extraction Using Mobile Mapping
\nMendoza, Argentina

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For 4D Design Review
\nPT MRT Jakarta (Perseroda)
\nMRT Jakarta Phase II
\nJakarta, Indonesia

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For 4D Digital Twins Advancement
\nWSB
\nTH 169: Redefine Elk River
\nElk River, Minnesota, United States

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For As-Operated Digital Twin
\nCNOOC Energy Development Design and R&D Center
\nDigital Twin Project of the FPSO Offshore Oil Gathering and Transportation Platform
\nSouth China Sea, Guangdong, China

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For Collaborative Success
\nWood
\nWood Bentley Digital Community Collaborative Portal
\nUnited Kingdom

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For Comprehensive Collaboration
\nCES_SDC Pte Ltd & AECOM Singapore Pte Ltd
\nTuas Water Reclamation Plant - Contract C4A - BioSolids & Digesters
\nSingapore

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For Comprehensive Project Digital Twin
\nChina Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co Ltd
\nApplication of BIM Technology in the Design of Xi’an-Shiyan High-Speed Railway
\nXi’an, Lantian, Shangluo, Shanyang, and Shiyan; Shaanxi and Hubei; China

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For Digital Adaptation
\nAFRY & Tyréns Consortium
\nEast Link
\nStockholm, Sweden

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For Digital Integrator
\nMott MacDonald and National Grid
\nLondon Power Tunnels 2
\nLondon, United Kingdom

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For Digital Twins R&D
\nShanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co Ltd
\nThe Application of Digital Twin Technology in the Full Lifecycle of Offshore Wind Power Projects
\nBeijing, China

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For ES(D)G Advocacy
\nNick Smallwood (on behalf of Infrastructure and Projects Authority)
\nInfrastructure and Projects Authority
\nUnited Kingdom

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For Global Future-proofing
\nBrigantium Engineering
\nITER: In-Pit Activities for Tokamak Assembly
\nSt. Paul-les-Durance, Bouches-du-Rhone, France

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For Going Digital in Education
\nCenter for Industrial Technological Studies and Services No. 33
\nCETIS 33 BIM Workshop
\nMexico City, Mexico

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For Infrastructure IoT
\nGZA GeoEnvironmental
\nUnited States

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For iTwin Enterprise
\nConsilience Analytics
\nUnited States

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For iTwin Entrepreneur
\nSewerAI
\nUnited States

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For National Digital Twin
\nSingapore Land Authority
\nAdvancing Singapore National 3D Reality Mapping for a Changing World
\nSingapore

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For Pandemic-proof Execution
\nPT Hutama Karya (Persero)
\nModification of Surabaya - Gresik Toll Road Interchange
\nSurabaya, East Java, Indonesia

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For Project Delivery Visibility
\nZachry Industrial Inc, a Zachry Group Company
\nGolden Pass LNG Export Project
\nSabine Pass, Texas, United States

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For Virtuoso Invention
\nNP Singh
\nGMW Pvt Ltd
\nIndia

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To view the project descriptions and images, visit the Founders’ Honorees webpage.

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Image credits:
\nImage 1: China Railway First Survey and Design Institute Group Co Ltd
\nImage 2: PT Hutama Karya (Persero)
\nImage 3: Singapore Land Authority
\nImage 5: PT MRT Jakarta (Perseroda)
\nImage 4: Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co Ltd

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The 2021 Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure by Bentley Systems showcased a variety of infrastructure projects globally – five of them are in Southeast Asia. This annual awards programme honours the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world.

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This year, a total of 16 independent jury panels selected 57 finalists from nearly 300 nominations – submitted by more than 230 organisations – from 45 countries. The winners were announced at the 2021 Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards virtual event, which took place last week on 1 and 2 December.

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The five projects from Southeast Asia include:

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Trans Sumatera Toll Road Project Section Serbelawan-Pematangsiantar
\nPT Hutama Karya (Persero)
\nLocation: Pematangsiantar, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia
\n(Roads and Highways Category – Winner)

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PT Hutama Karya (Persero) is responsible for constructing the Trans Sumatera toll road, spanning 2,800 km across Sumatra Island in Indonesia. The Serbelawan to Pematangsiantar section is a 28-km expressway projected to shorten travel time by 50%. Located in a remote and dense forest, the project presented data acquisition challenges while working with numerous disciplines and software platforms. Having experience using various BIM platforms, PT Hutama Karya sought interoperable digital modelling technology to accommodate large files and improve project collaboration.

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The company selected ContextCapture to deliver an accurate reality mesh of the remote project area in 28 days, compared to the 120 days it would have taken using conventional survey methods. Adopting OpenRoads and OpenBridge streamlined data and workflows, shortening coordination and approval time by up to 34 days, while Plaxis helped avoid potential critical failure due to soft soil conditions. Bentley’s integrated digital solution resolved compatibility issues and clashes, provided data continuity, and optimised collaboration to save US$2.18 million.

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Digitisation of Koh Kong 230/22-kV Substation
\nPestech International Berhad
\nLocation: Koh Kong, Cambodia
\n(Utilities and Communications Category – Finalist)

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Located along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, the 230-kV Koh Kong substation will provide essential power to 11 rural villages, strengthening the reliability of Cambodia’s grid. Pestech was awarded the construction and installation contract and faced site constraints along with a tight timeline and budget. Manual substation design methods were time-consuming and error-prone, so the company needed integrated intelligent modelling technology in a connected data environment.

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Pestech selected OpenUtilities and OpenBuildings to model the entire substation, including equipment and buildings, addressing its entire lifecycle. ProjectWise provided the collaborative design platform. The company could automatically extract materials and construction deliverables, eliminating manual errors and increasing design quality. Maximising design automation through digital modelling accelerated design time by 50%, while coordinated design and clash detection reduced design changes by 60%. Bentley’s integrated smart technology solution allows utilities to keep pace with refurbishment requirements and reduce regulatory compliance risks.

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MRT Jakarta Phase II
\nPT MRT Jakarta (Perseroda)
\nLocation: Jakarta, DKI Jakarta, Indonesia
\n(Rail and Transit Category – Finalist)

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MRT Jakarta Phase II is an 11.8-km urban railway development to increase mobility and reduce congestion by providing safe, reliable public transportation. PT MRT Jakarta is responsible for construction, operations, and maintenance amid a complex urban environment, challenging topography, and tight project schedule. Previously restricted by inefficient document management systems and time-consuming manual methods with information silos, the company needed improved project information management to streamline design development and review.

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PT MRT Jakarta selected ProjectWise and the Bentley iTwin platform to streamline collaboration. The solution provided real-time access to trusted project information, enabled digital reviews that saved at least 10% in time, and reduced hardcopy paper submissions by 90%. Integrating AssetWise, the company expects to minimise construction cost and schedule overruns. By handing over 3D models and as-built data to operations and maintenance, the company will improve asset performance and reliability throughout the railway’s operational life.

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Advancing Singapore National 3D Reality Mapping for a Changing World
\nSingapore Land Authority
\nLocation: Singapore
\n(Reality Modelling Category – Finalist)

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Singapore Land Authority (SLA) initiated a 3D reality mapping project to update its 2014/2015 national 3D map, improving accuracy and accessibility to government agencies and stakeholders. Covering a 720-km area consisting of over 160,000 high-resolution images, the scale presented data processing challenges compounded by data interoperability difficulties among numerous agencies using varying legacy systems. SLA explored third-party software applications, but needed a comprehensive, interoperable reality modelling and mapping solution to deliver a cloud-based digital twin.

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SLA selected ContextCapture to generate a 0.1-m accurate nationwide reality mesh and Orbit 3DM to incorporate over 25 terabytes of data covering all public roads in Singapore, resulting in a sustainable digital twin for a variety of nationwide infrastructure projects. Compared to traditional methods, Bentley technology saved S$29 million and one year and four months, generating a dynamic, national 3D reality mesh while increasing user accessibility by 60%. The project promotes digital transformation and development of Singapore.

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Pump Operation Optimisation Through Hydraulic Modelling Using OpenFlows WaterGEMS
\nMaynilad Water Services Inc
\nLocation: Muntinlupa, Manila, The Philippines
\n(Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Networks Category – Finalist)

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Maynilad Water Services operates 67 active pump-fed areas with 1.08 million water service connections in the West Zone of metro Manila. To ensure cost-effective, efficient pumping operations, the company continually manages the pumping stations and inline boosters. However, its manual processes using disparate databases often resulted in high nonrevenue water due to excessive pressure. So, the company sought an integrated digital solution to optimise pumping operations.

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Maynilad selected OpenFlows WaterGEMS for hydraulic modelling and data analytics, digitalising its pump operation optimisation process, and chose a priority facility to pilot the process. Using Bentley’s interoperable, open application simplified data integration, enabling the company to establish an integrated digital twin of the facility network. Based on the model, the company determined the pumping inefficiencies and implemented corrective maintenance, resulting in a projected plant power reduction of 13% and saving US$4,000 annually. The results promote using digital twins to optimise all 67 pumping facilities, greatly reducing total energy consumption, costs, and carbon footprint.

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Note: Watch all the finalists’ presentations here to learn how they overcame project challenges through the use of technology and engineering ingenuity.

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Image credits:
\nImage 1: PT Hutama Karya (Persero)
\nImage 2: Pestech International Berhad
\nImage 3: PT MRT Jakarta (Perseroda)
\nImage 4: Singapore Land Authority
\nImage 5: Maynilad Water Services Inc

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Bentley Systems has named 19 winners of Going Digital Awards in Infrastructure 2021 – eight of them are in Asia. This announcement was made at the company’s Year in Infrastructure and Going Digital Awards virtual event, which took place on 1 and 2 December 2021.

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The annual awards programme honours the extraordinary work of Bentley software users advancing infrastructure design, construction, and operations throughout the world. This year, a total of 16 independent jury panels selected 57 finalists from nearly 300 nominations – submitted by more than 230 organisations – from 45 countries.

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Click here to view all winners and their project description. The list of eight winners from Asia can be seen below (in eight categories):

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Digital Cities
\nHubei International Logistics Airport Co Ltd, Shenzhen S.F. Taisen Holdings (Group) Co Ltd, Airport Construction Engineering Co Ltd
\nEzhou Huahu Airport Project
\nEzhou, Hubei, China

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Geotechnical Engineering
\nChina Water Resources Beifang Investigation, Design and Research Co Ltd
\nGeological Survey of Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering
\nTibet, China

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Land and Site Development
\nLiaoning Water Conservancy and Hydropower Survey and Design Research Institute Co Ltd
\nDongtaizi Reservoir Project
\nChifeng, Inner Mongolia, China

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Manufacturing
\nWISDRI Engineering & Research Incorporation Limited
\nConverter-based Continuous Casting Project of Jinnan Steel Phase II Quwo Base Capacity Reduction and Replacement Project
\nQuwo, Shanxi, China

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Power Generation
\nCapital Engineering and Research Incorporation Ltd
\nThe World’s First 60-MW Subcritical Blast Furnace Gas Power Generation Project
\nChangshu, Jiangsu, China

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Roads and Highways
\nPT Hutama Karya (Persero)
\nTrans Sumatera Toll Road Project Section Serbelawan-Pematangsiantar
\nPematangsiantar, Sumatera Utara, Indonesia

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Utilities and Communications
\nPowerChina Hubei Electric Engineering Co Ltd
\nSuixian and Guangshui 80-MWp Ground-based Photovoltaic Power Project of Hubei Energy Group
\nGuangshui, Hubei, China

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Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants
\nLarson & Toubro Construction
\nKhatan Group of Villages Water Supply Scheme (Surface Water Treatment), UP, India
\nKhatan, Uttar Pradesh, India

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At the virtual event, Bentley also unveiled the winners of its Future Infrastructure Star Challenge. These two students are:

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Judge’s Choice Winner
\nElif Gungormus Deliismail
\nMini-Modular-Plant for Digitised Sustainable Campus
\nIzmir Institute of Technology, Turkey

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People’s Choice Winner
\nRodman Raul Cordova Rodriguez
\nInnovative Dam and Hydroelectric Project
\nPontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Image credits:
\nImage 1: Hubei International Logistics Airport Co Ltd, Shenzhen S.F. Taisen Holdings (Group) Co Ltd, Airport Construction Engineering Co Ltd
\nImage 2: PT Hutama Karya (Persero)
\nImage 3: Capital Engineering and Research Incorporation Ltd
\nImage 4: Larson & Toubro Construction
\nImage 5: PowerChina Hubei Electric Engineering Co Ltd

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