INNOVATION IN CAMPUSES, AIRPORTS, AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS
DOE B&W Pantex
CIMS EV2
Amarillo, Texas, United States
Employees at the Department of Energy B&W Pantex facility in Amarillo, Texas,
were charged with improving process efficiency and incorporating green
solutions. A CIMS system team member improved the log-in process and user
interface by placing the system tools in the main MicroStation toolbar and
created an electronic review process that reduced paper usage and printing by
30 percent.
In the new system, all project status updates are done in a database, and
management knows which projects CADD operators are working on simply by
opening the drawings. These and other enhancements have increased CADD
operator production of drawings by more than 30 percent. Time spent on
obtaining the status of projects or drawings has been reduced from three hours
to less than a minute.
Mehro Consultants
NSCBI Integrated Terminal Building, Kolkata Airport
Kolkata, India
Phase 1 expansion of the NSCBI Airport in Kolkata, India, includes a 3-million-
square-foot terminal building designed to handle peak flow of 1,800 passengers
per hour, which will then double with Phase 2 expansion. The building is
designed with open, column-free spaces that allow passengers to pass easily
from roadway to aircraft. Upon completion, NSCBI will be a major transport hub
for eastern India.
The main challenge of Phase 1 was to design a steel roof spanning up to 99
meters—with a cantilever span of 27 meters—while simultaneously allowing
natural light to flood the interior. The project team deployed S TAAD.Pro to rapidly
experiment with various design solutions. The most economical solution turned
out to be a trapezium-shaped steel truss with high-strength structural steel.
