Abu Dhabi International Airport

This project was a new airport terminal, called the Midfield Terminal that houses 65 aircrafts, 136 screening lanes, and 22 kM conveyor belts.

A Common Data Environment (CDE), Bentley’s ProjectWise, was used to organize and centralize information and resources for the project team. ProjectWise made sharing BIM data within the project team much more efficiently, which saved cost and time and enhanced project performance. With the BIM information stored in the cloud via ProjectWise, the team could implement the following tasks at ease:

1. Forecasting construction schedules

2. Cross checking designs and detecting clashes

3. Confirming and managing resource allocation

4. Analyzing data files produced by other consultants in the team

5. Monitor costs and risks via dashboards

Since management and project coordination were enhanced, structural clashes and interference were then discovered during design stages and were prevented during actual construction, which reduced abortive works. Thanks to BIM, the design team saved over USD$1M and 51,000 working hours due to early stages of clash resolutions between the facade and other trades.

Source: http://www.airport-technology.com/