Sector: Private
Industry: Construction
Domain: Tunnels
Improve tunnel design: Preparation
Organization. The design and construction of a tunnel involves designers from seven different disciplines. In a tunnel engineering project, they produce seven partial designs of a tunnel, one for each discipline, together forming an integral design. When they find alignment conflicts between the partial designs, they resolve them and modify their partial designs.
Environmental factors. A tunnel engineering project is a tender project. In the preparation phase, the information needed for design is limited. During execution, time and money are limited.
Issues. The more alignment conflicts between partial designs, the more effort, time, and money it takes to resolve them.
Goal. Increase performance.
Objective. Minimize the number of alignment conflicts between partial designs.
Benefits.
- Higher first time right.
- Less development costs.
Improve tunnel design: Execution
Visualize
- Realization / Delivery / Servicing / Formulation of a solution:
- Develop a conflict-free partial design.
- Combine partial designs into an integral design.
- Stakeholder needs:
- Develop a conflict-free partial design.
- Combine partial designs into an integral design.
Analyze
- Knowledge:
- Combine partial designs into an integral design.
- Experience:
- Develop a conflict-free partial design.
- No presence:
- Develop a conflict-free partial design.
- Full presence:
- Combine partial designs into an integral design.
Realize
- System. Define a formal meta-model of designs as follows:
- Define an ontology of designs.
- Transform the ontology of designs into a formal meta-model.
- System. Create a digital repository of designs as follows:
- Create a digital repository.
- Implement the formal meta-model of designs in the digital repository.
- System. Create standard operating procedures for the following activities:
- Manage a formal meta-model of designs.
- Manage a digital repository of designs.
- Develop a conflict-free partial design.
- Skills. Train designers in the following activities:
- Manage a formal meta-model of designs.
- Manage a digital repository of designs.
- Develop a conflict-free partial design.