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SOFTWARE
BIM AND INFRASTRUCTURE
DELIVERY
WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS GROWING IN SIZE AND COMPLEXITY, VLAD MILICEVIC, DIRECTOR OF APAC REGION AT REVIZTO, SAYS THE INDUSTRY HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER POSITIONED TO EMBRACE THE BENEFITS OF DIGITAL ENGINEERING.
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he use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for managing large transport infrastructure projects is growing rapidly, and as Vlad Milicevic, Director of APAC region at Revizto sees it, there is a strong case for increased adoption of BIM tools across the industry. “We have seen significant success with the use of BIM in the infrastructure space over the past three to four years,” he tells Roads & Infrastructure. “In fact, some large rail and road projects where big engineering companies have adopted Revizto’s BIM software have been tracking so well with their reviews that the government officials were prompted to go in and see what the contractors were doing that resulted in such efficiencies.” It is through such demonstrated success that Revizto, an integrated BIM collaboration software platform introduced globally in 2014, has gained its foothold in Australia and been growing its impact on the construction sector. Using gaming technology and cloud
solutions, Revizto brings together various BIM and CAD data to track all project issues in one centralised 3D environment. What makes Revizto’s platform a “gamechanger,” Milicevic notes, is how it can handle large and complex infrastructure models while remaining user-friendly. “Linear infrastructure projects consist of a lot of models which are very large and stretched out,” he says. “Before Revizto, there wasn’t a collaborative tool in the market which could truly support the volume, complexity and size of such models – meaning that people in that space would require an internet connection that could often be interrupted by poor connectivity issues and lag. The userfriendliness of their existing platforms wouldn’t be as good either.” BRIDGING THE GAP To solve this issue, Revizto uses a gaming engine to create an immersive model for all project stakeholders, from designers
Vlad Milicevic, Director of APAC region, Revizto.
to safety officers, to visualise the project in real-time and coordinate with each other. Using cloud optimisation means the models can be accessed from any device without demanding sophisticated hardware or training.
Revizto’s collaborative environment is being used to deliver KiwiRail projects in New Zealand.
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