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Driving Efficiency and Sustainability in Material Reuse through geoBIM 

Reusing Material to Minimize Waste on One of the U.K.’s Largest Mass Transit Projects

SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE

Land and Water Resources

An image of a train track with a green frame.

Story Highlights

Relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG Goal 12 responsible consumption and production.

SDG Goal 13 climate action.

SDG Goal 15 Life on land logo.

UTILIZED SOFTWARE

OpenBuildings, OpenRoads, STAAD

LOCATION

China

ORGANIZATION/COMPANY

Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. (SIDRI)

PROJECT SUMMARY

Transitioning China to green energy means building many new renewable power facilities. One of the largest in the country is the 500-megawatt Fuxin PV Grid Parity Base. SIDRI faced numerous challenges managing the site layout and details of the project when using cumbersome traditional design methods. They moved to 3D design and digital project management, which greatly improved efficiency and helped finish the project – and reduce the region’s dependency on carbon-based fuels – six months ahead of schedule. Now, the facility provides 240.3 million kilowatt hours of electricity to the Fuxin power grid every year.

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