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How Government Mandated BIM Standards are Being Applied to Projects

Building Information Modelling (BIM) facilitates more productive methods of planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining assets through their lifecycle. BIM enables a collaborative way of working using digital processes to support decision making.

How can the modularized construction seen on remote worksites be applied to easily accessible sites, and to what benefit?

Modularized construction offers a range of benefits, particularly when compared to traditional construction methodologies. This is especially true when optimized and delivered in conjunction with BIM and digital engineering.

New Kentucky Bridge Replaces Cluttered Span

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) recently replaced an aging, structurally deﬁcient span of U.S. 60 in western Kentucky with a three-span, continuous Warren style through truss. The steel truss superstructure, features a clutterless, aesthetically pleasing bridge with vertical members & sway bracing used in typical truss designs.

Pasquotank River Bridge Replacement

The bridge consists of two double-leaf trunnion bascules, one for eastbound traffic and one for westbound traffic. The project included completely replacing both the superstructure and substructure of the older eastbound bridge with 430 ft of approach and a new 146ft double-leaf trunnion bascule span.

Abraham Lincoln Bridge – Across the Ohio River

This is the first major cable supported bridge where a single line of large diameter drilled shafts was used for each tower foundation. The combination of three-tower arrangement and single line of drilled shafts for each tower foundation created a very flexible system.

Picture Perfect – Portageville Bridge

Spanning the Genessee River in New York, this new bridge is a 483-foot arch with three, 80-foot girder spans on either end for a total length of 963 feet. The single track bridge has a ballast-filled concrete deck, and sits 235 feet above the rushing water below.

Chase Center Topping Out Ceremony

The DBM Vircon Project Managers on the Chase Center, Warwick Brough and Apollo Peralta joined the crowd of 1200 construction team in San Francisco for the Topping Out Ceremony of the Chase Center, the home of the Golden State Warriors.

BIM Engagement on Queen’s Wharf Brisbane

DBM Vircon will deliver a BIM to facilities management solution on the world-class, integrated resort development spanning 26 hectares across the city and Brisbane River.