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gINT Supports Comprehensive Geotechnical Information Management System for the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City

gINT Supports Comprehensive Geotechnical Information Management System for the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City
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gINT Supports Comprehensive Geotechnical Information Management System for the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City - 1

CASE STUDY Project Summary Organization Municipality of Abu Dhabi City Location Abu Dhabi City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Project Objectives • Centralize and validate all subsurface acquired information using gINT software. • Dynamically share data internally and externally through desktop and web-based GIS. • Impose a standard method of project submission where site investigation is a key component. Products Used gINT Professional Plus Fast Facts • Abu Dhabi Municipality captured legacy information including 20,033 hardcopy logs and reports into gINT. • The Geotechnical Information Management System (GIMS) integrates the gINT database with a GIS web portal. • Semi-automatic data submission standards control geotechnical information uniformity and quality. ROI • gINT increased the Spatial Data Division’s daily productivity twofold. • Providing instant access to subsurface investigation data supports critical engineering decisionmaking, thereby saving time and money. • Using GIMS, reported underground voids and cavity locations can be quickly and easily determined to enable better infrastructure planning and design. gINT Supports Comprehensive Geotechnical Information Management System for the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City Instant Access to Subsurface Information Increases Productivity Twofold Efficient Data Management The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City ensures sustainable development and enhances the quality of life for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Since its inception in 1962, the Municipality has implemented projects aimed at establishing modern infrastructure for the city. The Municipality routinely commissions and manages projects where large volumes of data from site investigation and design are archived and accessed by internal and external users. Using Bentley’s gINT software and web mapping, the Municipality’s Spatial Data Division developed the Geotechnical Information Management System (GIMS) as a comprehensive geotechnical database and information system for quick access to all geotechnical data. Providing instant access to subsurface investigation data supports rapid decision-making and appropriate resource allocation, thereby saving time and money. Accessing Legacy Data The Municipality had extensive legacy information from site investigations such as borehole log reports, cross sections, and other data. Much of this information was in paper and image format. The paper filing systems were cumbersome for users to access, documents were often misplaced or deteriorated, and users were frequently unaware of what information was available – all leading to underutilization of existing geotechnical data. Geotechnical information needed to be digitized and effectively archived so that it could be made available internally and externally for future projects. The challenge was to collect data that was scattered throughout the organization in multiple sources and in multiple formats. Users had to perform extensive manual validation to capture and correct errors at the source. In some cases, data redundancies had to be eliminated because data was entered three different times for three different reports (borehole log, cross section, and lab report). There was no automatic way to validate information submitted by consultants and contractors. information system (GIS) and civil design software. The Spatial Data Division determined that the solution was to centralize and validate, where possible, all subsurface acquired information using gINT Professional Plus, Bentley’s geotechnical and geoenvironmental data management and reporting software that supports Microsoft SQL Server. With gINT software, engineers and geoprofessionals can gather, manage, present, and report on subsurface data more efficiently and with greater accuracy. gINT allowed the Municipality to dynamically share this information internally and externally through desktop and web-based GIS. This new system imposed a standard method of project data submission where site investigation was a key component. The objectives were to validate data and capture errors at the source to reduce the risk of inaccurate subsurface information entering future infrastructure projects such as bridges, drainage systems, road networks, transportation systems, and comprehensive development programs. The system also automated the submission process wherever possible. Implementation Challenges The GIMS implementation project required capturing 20,033 hardcopy logs and reports into gINT. The reports were scanned, and the actual borehole records to be used within gINT were extracted. Both legacy scans and actual detail records were linked into gINT. Centralize and Standardize The Municipality’s current system also lacked interoperability with other software, such as the existing geographic The Geotechnical Information Management System (GIMS) provides easy access to data for all boreholes around Abu Dhabi.

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“gINT Professional Plus software is very helpful in managing our centralized geotechnical database with its streamline processes, inbuilt queries and customizable gINT rules. gINT increased our daily productivity two times and is supporting critical engineering judgment.” The project team created semi-automatic, robust submission standards for controlling geotechnical data uniformity and quality. Data entry was divided into two phases, with the first phase migrating 4,516 boreholes saved in Excel format and distributed over 130 files. gINT was customized to automatically import the Excel...

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