Kawana Stp Upgrade: Using Bim And Virtual Reality For Design, Construction And Operations

The Kawana STP upgrade project will more than double the plant capacity to 200,000 EP. The design was undertaken in a fully coordinated BIM (Building Information Model) environment that incorporates all design elements into a single, interrogatable 3D virtual model. BIM formed the key source of design information for the wider project team and was used at regular meetings between key design and construction leads and formal design reviews with the client. This enabled timely and efficient decision making with full visibility of interfaces between process, mechanical, structural, civil, electrical and building elements as well as existing infrastructure constraints. This is the first project that Unitywater has commissioned that requires all designed new and retained works to be included in a BIM.