Project Name: New Roundabout in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Company Name: Bentley Systems

Project Location: São Paulo, Brazil

Project Information/Details: OpenRoads and RM Bridge Pinpoint Ideal Design Solution with Generative Design Workflows Revamping a Congested Interchange The city of Ribeirão Preto, located in the state of São Paulo in Brazil, is an epicenter of agribusiness and a hub of commerce, generating an influx of people to the city, boosting the population and increasing traffic congestion. The Waldo Adalberto da Silveira, the major access interchange to Ribeirão Preto, is a roundabout constructed in 1972. With a daily traffic volume of around 80,000 vehicles joining it from five different highways, many collisions occurred on the access interchange due to inefficient transit interconnection. The government of São Paulo initiated a BRL 120 million project to design a roadway network able to reduce congestion and car accidents as well as meet predicted traffic demands over the next 30 years. The government requested that Arteris, a private company licensed to manage the highway, include the project as part of its ongoing administration in the locality. To improve the interchange, Arteris retained SETENGE and Beta 2 Engenharia to completely remodel the highway system. Founded in 1999, Beta 2 Engenharia is a privately-owned company that specializes in the development of structural design and analysis projects, concentrating on airports, bridges, and the oil and gas industry. SETENGE is a company that offers road topography and all types of geometric projects, focusing on highways, railways, and urban roads across Brazil. Both companies collaborated due to their expertise in this kind of project. Population Boom Makes Interchange Obsolete The population of Ribeirão Preto grew exponentially in recent years as the city is a hub for national agribusiness, specifically sugar cane, and a regional economic center, with Brazilians from other cities coming to Ribeirão Preto for health services and education. The population boom led to an increase of vehicles on the roadways. The main roundabout entering Ribeirão Preto was 420 meters and merged vehicles from five highways and four cities, which saw about 8,000 vehicles per hour during peak periods. This high traffic volume led to inappropriate weavings of cars and many vehicular collisions. Consequently, the government recommended a total renovation of the roundabout. SETENGE and Beta 2 were tasked with creating a design able to handle the traffic capacity approaching from five highways, eliminate interweaving traffic, and renovate the drainage, lighting, and sewage in the area. The construction of the new roundabout needed to be scheduled and sequenced in a manner that ensured the old roundabout remained operational and as the new complex was required to be located in the same area, with the least amount of expropriation of land. Analyzing Models with OpenRoads SETENGE used Descartes to combine aerial photographs with drawings and integrated everything within a single image in order to decipher the optimal geometry of the complex. Then, SETENGE conducted a topographic study of the area where the roundabout was located and used OpenRoads to create a digital terrain model, before mapping out and before mapping out and studying all possible scenarios. The horizontal alignment of the highway connections were examined in relation to the digital terrain model, before the engineers analyzed the vertical alignment and application of superelevation using roadway design functionality in the application. OpenRoads allowed the teams to view and evaluate the project, integrating geometry, structure, drainage, ground leveling, pavement, geotechnics, and traffic diversion, which allowed for more flexibility in the work. “OpenRoads was very important to us because it is a very dynamic software,” Walter Hirai, a civil engineer at SETENGE, said. “We could study a lot of different alternatives and see the impact of each on the whole project. We were also able to see all of the interferences and correct them before they happened.” As a result, choosing the optimal solution was done swiftly and services began only after a definite conclusion of all project activities, saving the project team significant time. Once the project team chose the best solution based on recommendations with OpenRoads, the software provided high-quality results in a very short period of time, was versatile, and handled the data with ease. The data managed through OpenRoads allowed for production of materials necessary for the interrelated projects and disciplines involved, including drainage, geotechnical, special artwork, earthworks, traffic signs, and street lighting. OpenRoads was also used to prepare final deliverables, record data display preferences, create report models, and use the library of templates adapted to the project to generate reports, service notes, and calculations of ground leveling volume, optimizing time. Structural Design of Viaducts with RM Bridge Then, Beta 2 used RM Bridge, Bentley’s bridge design and analysis software, to design the eight overpasses, totaling 630 meters; 191 drawings of the extensions were created. The project team used the plot files created by RM Bridge to start their own drawings, which led to a significant time savings compared to the team generating the designs manually from the beginning. RM Bridge uses a generative design workflow for the modeling steps and the analysis stages, so when one change is entered into the software, all of the correlating data is updated to reflect that change. Through this application, the project team calibrated the models with real-world information from the construction team, such as concrete strength, and modifications were handled quickly and efficiently, saving significant time. Additionally, RM Bridge generated the calculation log, eliminating time spent issuing project documents. Collaboration Leads to a Design Solution OpenRoads and RM Bridge enabled the structure and geometry teams to interact efficiently and study the alternatives to find the best solution. Functionality with OpenRoads helped in the analysis of varying options for the remodel and sped up the search for the optimal result. The collaboration among teams and the applications’ optioneering capabilities led to a streamlined project execution and saw the project delivered four months ahead of schedule. Not only was the proper design solution realized as a result of achieving optimal geometry and structural reconfiguration, Bentley’s integrated applications found the solution that had the least impact on the road users, local population, and environment during construction, and at the minimum cost. The newly remodeled interchange includes eight overpasses totaling 630 meters and 20 access and return ramps situated within a 11,800-meter extension complex. The remodel considered all inward and outward intersections and ensured that there was no weaving of traffic in any direction, while several of the intersections were diverted away from the roundabout, forming straight links positioned under or over other roadways. The model was designed with projected traffic volumes and road capacity spanning 30 years and a 440-meter bike lane and footbridge was also constructed for pedestrians and cyclists. A Safer Roundabout Saves Lives and the Environment The new roundabout is completed and operational, taking 19 months to be finished, and it is currently benefiting the 1.5 million people who use the complex system—visiting, living, or working within Ribeirão Preto. Traffic and vehicular accidents have been reduced as a result of the more streamlined design that eliminates interweaving traffic. A reduction in traffic on local roads is also an advantage of the new interchange, as people avoiding congestion on the previous roundabout would seek alternative routes. Additionally, higher level security devices were put in place on the roads and high efficiency LED illumination was provided via street lighting, reducing energy consumption. The environment was further helped because decreased traffic stalling reduces toxic gas emissions and sound pollution. Organization SETENGE / Beta 2 Engenharia Solution Roads Location Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil Project Objectives • Develop the ideal geometric design of an interchange that connects five roadways that do not interweave, reducing accidents and traffic congestion. • Create a roadway system that fulfills the vehicle demands and traffic capacity of Waldo Adalberto da Silveira over the next 30 years, currently accommodating approximately 80,000 vehicles per day. Products Used: Descartes, RM Bridge Fast Facts • The government of São Paulo retained SETENGE and Beta 2 to optimize, design, and construct an interchange that incorporates traffic from five highways and four cities. • Beta 2 used Bentley’s OpenRoads to determine an optimal geometric design through optioneering and an efficient engineering design workflow. • Collaboration between the structure and geometry teams was enabled by OpenRoads and RM Bridge helped the team analyze various scenario's and deliver the optimal result. ROI • Use of Bentley software and modern construction techniques enabled the project to be completed four months ahead of schedule. • Generation of high-quality deliverables with Bentley technology swiftly facilitated all other aspects of the project, reducing costs and time. • The new interchange complex decreased traffic, collisions, and energy consumption for 1.5 million. Quote “The use of Bentley’s OpenRoads and RM Bridge allows project companies that operate in the transportation area to optimize and improve the quality of their works, which decisively contributes to the community’s improvement, through more efficient projects and with more reduced costs. In addition, it allows professionals to technically evolve, exploring all the qualities of the materials used.” -Jose Eduardo Salvatto, Civil Engineering, Partner of Beta 2 Engenharia

Project Name: Sound Transit Operations and Maintenance Facility East

Company Name: Stantec

Project Location: Bellevue, Washington United States

Project Information/Details: Sound Transit recently broke ground on its new Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) East, which will service and house light rail vehicles for the growing fleet in the Puget Sound area. Beginning in 2019, and continuing through 2023, Sound Transit’s light rail vehicle fleet will expand from its current 62 vehicles to 214. The new OMF East will service extensions to Northgate, Lynnwood, Federal Way and Redmond. The design-build team of Hensel Phelps Construction Co, Stantec and partners, will deliver the new $218 million OMF East. Hensel Phelps and Stantec bring more than 140 combined years of design and construction experience to the project. The 165,000-square-foot facility will provide 14 service bays, a cleaning and wash bay, shop areas, parts storage, office space, and on-site parking for service and employee vehicles. The new facility will support the inspection, service, maintenance, storage and deployment of up to 96 light rail vehicles. The existing Operations and Maintenance Facility on Forest Street in Seattle has capacity for 104 vehicles. OMF East will employ up to 250 full-time employees and will be open 24 hours a day every day of the year. Sound Transit worked with the City of Bellevue and community partners to incorporate an opportunity for transit-oriented development (TOD) at the OMF East to integrate with new housing, office, and retail projects occurring in the Spring District. Approximately 1.1 million square feet will be available for TOD when construction of the OMF East is complete at the end of 2020. The project is targeting LEED Silver certification and will be constructed to achieve a variety of sustainable goals to reduce environmental impact and optimize performance. Among the sustainable features include: 50 percent reduction of outdoor water use, 35 percent reduction of indoor water use, installation of a 50-kilowatt photovoltaic system, use of low-emitting materials to reduce concentrations of chemical compounds, and a planned diversion of 75 percent of construction and demolition waste from the landfill. “We are excited to see OMF East break ground because it’s integral to the growth of the regional transit network,” said Michelle Blake, Stantec Vice President. “Helping design the state-of-the-art OMF East aligns perfectly with Stantec’s goal to serve and design for the communities we live and work in.” Stantec is leading the design of the project, providing design management; LEED facilitation; electrical engineering; mechanical engineering; site design management; environmental permitting; and design for lighting, IT/communications, security, signals, SCADA, acoustics, and track integration. The project combines the firm’s global expertise from offices in Seattle, Lynnwood and Bellevue, Wash.; Vancouver; New York; Phoenix; Dallas; Atlanta; Las Vegas; and Sacramento, Calif. “We look forward to starting construction and delivering the Operations and Maintenance Facility East with the highest standards in safety and quality,” said Shannon Gustine, Director of Operations for Hensel Phelps Construction Co. “It is a great opportunity to continue supporting light rail growth in one of the nation’s fastest-growing communities.” During design, Hensel Phelps Construction Co. is providing preconstruction, BIM (Building Information Model), and budgeting services out of their local office in Bellevue. With a focus on sustainable jobsite practices, safety, and quality, Hensel Phelps will also lead the construction efforts on site with several local trade partners.

Project Name: University of South Australia’s Centre for Cancer Biology

Company Name: Adelaide Convention Centre

Project Location: Adelaide, Australia, Armed Forces Pacific United States

Project Information/Details: The fourth major building in the Adelaide BioMed City precinct – The University of South Australia’s Centre for Cancer Biology – is set to open this month while the $240 million SAHMRI 2 building, featuring the Southern Hemisphere’s first Proton Therapy Unit, is expected to open in 2020. Their presence in the northwest corner of the Adelaide CBD follows the opening of the eye-catching South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), pictured below, in late 2013 and the completion of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences building in 2017. SAHMRI is South Australia’s first independent flagship health and medical research institute. The transformation of the former rail yards on North Terrace has coincided with the $397 million redevelopment of the neighbouring Adelaide Convention Centre, which was completed in August 2017. The centre became Australia’s first convention centre when it opened in 1987. The recent redevelopment has significantly increased its size, allowing it to bid for major conferences it previously couldn’t accommodate. The centrepiece of the Adelaide Convention Centre revamp is a state-of-the-art 3000sq m Plenary Hall. With a 3500-seat capacity, the hall can be divided into more than 15 configurations to accommodate a wide range of conferences, exhibitions, banquets and other events. Medical conferences now account for about a third of the centre’s business and it has booked over a dozen specifically medical conferences with more than 1000 delegates each to be held in the next two years. These include the 38th Australian Dental Congress in May 2019, which could welcome up to 4000 delegates, and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand in August 2019. The CSANZ event will also be held at the centre in 2021 and 2023. Adelaide Convention Centre General Manager Simon Burgess said the centre could not have bid for the Dental Congress prior to the redevelopment while the proximity to SAHMRI and its world-leading heart research had been crucial in securing the CSANZ deal. He said having the health hub as a neighbour along the city’s Riverbank had led to an estimated 10 per cent increase in medical conference inquiries. “If we could choose neighbours that’s what we would have chosen – the largest biomedical precinct in the Southern Hemisphere,” Burgess said. “What it’s actually done is help us focus our research, specifically over the key themes they are focusing on. “Any conference organiser coming here has the opportunity to work with UniSA and SAHMRI and the University of Adelaide or anyone in that whole precinct in terms of getting speakers, getting delegates and incorporating tours as part of the program.” The key players in Australia’s medical technologies are at the Adelaide Convention Centre for the 12th AusMedtech Conference this week. The conference includes more than 300 delegates, numerous international speakers and will be the year’s largest gathering of the medtech industry in Australia. AusBiotech CEO Glenn Cross said Adelaide’s Riverbank precinct, which covers 380 hectares of land around the River Torrens in the centre of Adelaide, had the ideal mix of facilities for hosting medical conferences. “In terms of Aus Biotech, we’re always pleased to bring our major conferences to South Australia, we think the convention centre and the precinct around it is world class,” he said. Burgess said the revamped convention centre was running more conferences now than at any other time in its 31-year history. “It’s definitely our moment to shine and we’ve got the momentum going forward – I don’t see any reason why that would arrest in any way,” he said. “We’ll just be used to a new level of business and economic benefit generation, which is what we’re all about here.”