Federation Project Workflow: Process Within a WIP/Secondary CDE
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Allan Walker is Digital Engineering Lead at SMEC, with over 20 years as a civil designer across the full project lifecycle from concept to construction. He’s closely involved in SMEC’s digital transformation, sitting on its Innovation Committee and helping develop its Digital Engineering solutions. His project experience includes 12d Model management on North East Link, DE Manager roles on the Denny Avenue Level Crossing Removal and New Midland Station projects, utility coordination on Sydney Gateway, and roadworks delivery for Main Roads WA and the Public Transport Authority.
Allan Walker
Digital Engineering Lead, SMEC
Session Overview
As multi-disciplined infrastructure projects continue to increase in size and complexity, involving various designers from different backgrounds, there is a need for a streamlined process to produce a consistent delivery. Our challenge at SMEC was to produce a scalable non-authoring solution (within the secondary Common Data Environment) that was undisruptive and efficient. Our answer is The Federation Project Workflow. This presentation describes The Federation Project Workflow, with a breakdown of its components, how it fits into the bigger picture and the outlay of the benefits.
What You’ll Learn
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Introduction to the Federation Project Workflow
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Work in Progress (Secondary CDE) zones
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Primary CDEs for medium and large-scale projects
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Outcome, benefits and lessons learnt from the Federation Project Workflow
Allan Walker
Digital Engineering Lead, SMEC
Allan Walker is Digital Engineering Lead at SMEC, with over 20 years as a civil designer across the full project lifecycle from concept to construction. He’s closely involved in SMEC’s digital transformation, sitting on its Innovation Committee and helping develop its Digital Engineering solutions. His project experience includes 12d Model management on North East Link, DE Manager roles on the Denny Avenue Level Crossing Removal and New Midland Station projects, utility coordination on Sydney Gateway, and roadworks delivery for Main Roads WA and the Public Transport Authority.
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