Autodesk And ASE Have Entered Into A BIM Agreement On Construction Of Industrial Plants

The leading global nuclear company Rosatom through its key engineering division ASE Group of Companies and Autodesk, Inc. signed a partnership agreement on the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies at the sidelines of the International Trade Fair BAU 2017 in Munich, Germany.

The pilot joint technology project is to be tested at one of the facilities of a nuclear power plant. After that, a consistent solution, based on Autodesk and ASE EC competence and software, will be offered for replication by other production companies based in Russia and worldwide.

The joint use of the capital construction information modelling technology offered in Autodesk software and the Multi-D technology created by ASE will provide the opportunity to increase the effectiveness of engineering design, construction, and operation of industrial facilities.

“Using the combination of BIM and Multi-D, which, is essentially an implementation of BIM principles on Level 3 and higher, engineering companies will be able to enhance their planning, designing and construction processes, promote environmentally acceptable construction, improve building and facility operation processes, cut down expenses while increasing safety.

We believe the cooperation between ASE and Autodesk in this area of competence to be very effective,” Vyacheslav Alenkov, System Engineering & IT Director of JSC ASE Engineering Company, pointed out,

The agreement includes provisions on mutual information and methodological support, cooperation in the area of industry-specific standards, local regulations, and the implementation of common principles and world’s best practices. In the framework of the agreement, Autodesk also provides access to the API of its software products, the template for the BIM standard, training aids software, and its support for professional certification.

NIAEP will launch a pilot project in order to develop a common solution based on Autodesk software to allow BIM implementation and Autodesk software product range build-in into the Multi-D solution. One of the nuclear power plant’s structures will be selected as the pilot project testing facility.

This combination of innovative BIM systems can be successfully employed on the African continent, where emerging counties like Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria are looking forward to developing complex projects.

For instance the experience of Rosatom 3D modeling technologies can facilitate the development of Ghana LNG terminal construction which is aimed to be completed by 2020. Also modern design technologies may be used in redevelopment of oil and gas plants or other civil engineering objects like air and sea ports.

In Kenya modern technologies can facilitate the development of projects included in Strategy 2030 such as geothermal energy plants and redevelopment of roads and other strategic infrastructure. In case of Nigeria 3D modeling will help in successful developing of waste-to-energy projects and redevelopment of port terminals, as well future nuclear power plant construction. The BIM modeling will be beneficial for Tanzanian efforts to develop different projects in energy sector and civil engineering like railway and airports.

Today, BIM is being efficiently implemented all over the world. It has already become a standard not only for leading developer, engineering design and construction companies, but also for projects initiated by state institutions. The digital model of a construction facility provides the opportunity for detailed analysis and retrieving exact and informative data that can be loaded into the management systems at earlier stages of the life cycle. This reduces the cost of errors, project risks and increases predictability of financial and resource planning.