Following on from the BIM project, it was identified the 3D modelling created for the design of projects could incorporate automation, allowing for the accurate creation of up-to-date models of sites. Where BIM was used in design phase, this project incorporates non-BIM assets to model retrospectively. It is estimated this has the potential to be 25-50% more efficient than the current process for creating records for sites. A consistent interface is to be created, where asset records are captured, centrally updated, and interrogated by the asset owner/operator. Too often repeat site visits are required to capture individual data records; this proposal will reduce the abortive time to undertake this manual activity.
Benefits
Success from the trial would be a demonstration of saving through the building of a retrospective 3D model of an existing site using component recognition.
Longer term, a key success criterion is to create a library of complex gas components which can be identified using enhanced shape recognition. This makes it possible to target a reduction in excess of 25% of the time taken to create a 3D model from a laser scan.
