BIM Shapes a Pivotal and Circular Road Design in Wuhan

The highway project spans approximately 20km with manifold nodes. The road covers 13 important nodes, including 3 interchanges, 6 grade separation bridges, 4 grade intersections (with reservation), 6 flyovers (2 grand bridges), 2 underpass railway crossings and the full municipal pipe network (feed-water, rain water, polluted water, heat and power). 

Important Nodes

BIM Implementation Planning

In order to integrate multiple sources of terrain data, produce high-quality 3d models, generate quantity, and conduct the collision check, this project adopted building information modeling (BIM) technology to address technical challenges and provide better solution.

BIM Implementation Application

i. Platform Establishment

ii. Transportation Simulation Analysis

On the basis of the Building Information Model, we set up transportation and signal lights timing scheme at every node, simulated real traffic condition on the road, analyzed reasonable transportation planning to further improve the signal lights timing scheme.

iii. Comprehensive Collision Check

By utilizing the BIM technology, we conducted comprehensive collision check on models including roads, pipe network, bridges and piers, discovered collision parts and investigated design problems visually and efficiently to achieve design optimization.

iv. Construction Progress Simulation

The BIM data model and relevant data in construction helps the three-dimensional simulation of the construction process so as to facilitate the construction organization scheme and provide the basis of decision-making for contractors and developers.

@Copyright credit to Wuhan Comprehensive Transportation Research Institute Co., Ltd

Brief Introduction of Project Designer:

Wuhan Comprehensive Transportation Research Institute Co., Ltd, originally known as Wuhan Highway Investigation Design Institute Co., Ltd, is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Hubei Port Group Co., Ltd. It is a comprehensive high-tech enterprise covering production, scientific research, technical service and consultation. The company obtains certificates of Class A level including Class A Certificate for Highway (highway, grand bridges, grand tunnels and traffic engineering), Class A Certificate for Municipal Public Utilities (Roadworks) and Class A Engineering Investigation Certificate (Geotechnical Engineering and Surveying).