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First two decades of 21st century has witnessed transformation of urban transport in major Indian cities by way of development of new metro eco-system in the country. Dr. Brijesh Dixit MD, Maha-Metro
In a recent interaction with Urban Transport News, Dr. Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (Maha-Metro) has frankly talked about the progress in the urban transport sector, key initiatives and measures taken by government, issues and challenges affecting project implementation, mitigation strategy and priority areas for the future development. He specially highlighted USPs of Nashik ‘MetroNeo’- first kind of urban mass rapid transit system to be introduced in India. Here are edited excerpts:It has been seen that Maha Metro always prefers adopting new technology while planning and executing the project. How the same benefitted in terms of reducing the time and cost overrun? We in Maha-Metro believe that construction of the metro rail projects now in the third decade of 21st century should use the latest technology and technological innovations to ensure project execution within cost and timeline and with the highest level of quality standards. A case in point is indeed our adoption of country’s first and globally best practice of creating digital project management
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platform using 5-Dimensional Building Information Modelling (5D BIM) integrated with SAP ERP and supported by Owner’s Support Office (OSO) which is a dedicated team responsible for efficient utilization of the digital project management platform. This unique 5-D BIM solution of Maha Metro has already proven to be an effective platform for efficient monitoring of project execution, enabling execution of almost 25 km of metro network in just 50 months while saving 10% of the DPR Cost. All stages of metro project implementation right from planning, designing, construction, commissioning, handover operations & maintenance till closure could be visualized virtually
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through intelligent 3D Drawings with Time as 4th Dimension and Cost as 5th Dimension and then closely monitored helping in mitigating the key risk factors. The platform is located in “War Room” in one office at Nagpur, where all decisions can be taken instantly on war footing. What are the salient features of the Metro Neo? Please tell us about its design and construction features and current progress in the project. Over last two decades metro rail systems are being implemented in about two dozen cities. This has given demand for such systems from several other cities. WWW.URBANTRANSPORTNEWS.COM
