Year In Infrastructure 2005

SPECIAL

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Saint Peter Chanel
Catholic Church

visualization of this project and improved coordination and communication of design ideas between the designers and clients.

CDH Partners Inc.

Most recently, the model was used to create a 3D PDF file. Exporting model data to the U3D format allowed for the development of fairly small, self-contained 3D PDF file that could be easily viewed by all members on the team. ;

This project involved designing a structure to join the existing buildings of St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church. This neogothic structure will give the appearance of being the oldest building on the campus. Its exterior will be a cut stone veneer with cast stone window jams for the lanced windows. Copper gutters and downspouts will be used as well as a synthetic slate material for the roof. Much of the 40,000 square foot interior is finished with stone floors and stone wainscot throughout the nave, sanctuary, and the daily chapel.

The model was rendered in MicroStation and then enhanced with a 3D painting tool. A physical model was created with a laser-based rapid-prototyping process.

The expansion was modeled in MicroStation V8, using Bentley Architecture and feature modeling. With the single building model, several technologies were leveraged to aid in the capturing and conveyance of design intent. Bentley’s technology improved the

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DOE Facilities Information
Center
UT-Batelle ORNL

UT-Battelle is the managing and operating contractor at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. That laboratory has more than 400 buildings and facilities that range in age from 60 years to under construction. As the need for operations databases developed over the years, discreet databases were developed, providing information ranging from engineering drawings to confined space and fume hood locations.

When UT-Battelle began to replace old facilities with modern ones, it also began a project to establish a facilities information system to provide simplified access to all information related to facilities and operations.

MicroStation and Project Wise now form the
base infrastructure for generating and main-
taining accurate engineering drawings
and documentation. The extensibility
of those products, combined with the
partnering spirit of Bentley
Professional Services staff, enabled UT-
Battelle to effectively integrate Bentley
technology with in-house software,
improving the overall engineering
workflow process and implement a
robust, integrated, and easy-to-use
Facility Information Center application.

For example, accurate architectural floor plans, coupled with Bentley Facilities Planner, lets users extract up-to-date square footage information, which is made accessible from the Facility Information Center. The first production release of the center was in November 2004, and additional functionality and data sources will be added during 2005. ;