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iSpatial Global Systems Creates Tower Management System with Reality Modeling Software

iSpatial Global Systems Creates Tower Management System with Reality Modeling Software
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Advancing Infrastructure Project Summary Organization iSpatial Global Systems South Africa Solution Reality Modeling Location Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa Project Objectives • Produce an integrated, geospatially accurate 3D model accessible to a dispersed engineering team in real time. • Accelerate inspection time while reducing the risk associated with manual site surveys. Products Used Bentley Map®, ContextCapture, Descartes, MicroStation®, ProjectWise® iSpatial Global Systems Creates Tower Management System with Reality Modeling Software Bentley Applications Reduced Processing Time By 14 Percent Fast Facts • The iGTMS project combines UAVs, 3D reality modeling, and GIS to manage documentation. • The project team took thousands of photos in the field to create the structural models with ContextCapture. • The project team improved information sharing among its team, as well as collaboration among stakeholders by utilizing the models. ROI The project team created the iGTMS in a few days, allowing experts to begin working and tracking all project progress. Bentley applications reduced processing time from one week to one day, and the test sections from several days to a few hours. The team conducted smaller sample tests, producing results in minutes rather than days. Improving Project Visibility Telecommunication stakeholders in South Africa wanted an iGlobe tower management system (iGTMS) to improve visibility of the many towers that it inspects. This ZAR 750,000,000 iGTMS project combined the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 3D reality modeling software, and geographic information systems (GIS) to manage all documentation used in all processes. The organization hired iSpatial Global Systems South Africa, a world-class engineering company, to create the iGTMS for them. iSpatial Global Systems is an organization focused on geospatially oriented applications in the mining, municipality, utility, and private sector, and they work on risk-based inspections across a wide range of sectors throughout South Africa. Completed in September 2017, the tower management system integrated geographical information while it also prevented duplication and made relevant information easy to access, and it creates total transparency across projects. iSpatial Global Systems' project team needed to accelerate inspection time, reduce risk associated with manual site surveys, and produce an integrated and geospatially accurate 3D model that would be accessible to a dispersed engineering team. Generating a Tower Management System The project team took thousands of photos in the field to create the structural models to implement into the iGTMS with ContextCapture, Bentley Systems' 3D reality modeling software. The team used a variety of drone types to take the necessary photos for creating rich reality meshes and then used these meshes to explain the environment and structures to the engineers in the office. ProjectWise helped the team manage the engineering content and other content, including drone mission log files, raw imagery, and final reports. By creating basic workflows, the process was easier to understand and avoided missing steps. The team then linked models and content back to Bentley Map, which also collected the GIS information. The models were shared to the web and mobile portals so that all users could access the information. "Bentley's range of products, and the integration between their products and our automated UAV systems, gives us and our clients an added advantage against an ever-improving competitive market," Stanley du Toit, technical and solution director at iSpatial Global Systems South Africa, explained. "It's the future we live in today." Collaborating Effectively By creating these 3D reality models, the project team improved information sharing among its team, as well as its collaboration among stakeholders. iSpatial Global Systems' teams are not all located in the same place, making it challenging to share information and results. By sharing the models through the web and mobile portal, all users could access the information they needed from any device. Additionally, ContextCapture models helped viewers see the detailed landscape and location. Many of the towers are in treacherous locations, either in very remote areas or difficult places to reach, such as on mountains or busy roadways. Knowing this information ahead of time helped the engineers appropriately plan. "It's the future we live In today." — Stanley du Toit, technical and solution director at iSpatial Global Systems South Africa The project team easily shared all relevant content to the different teams working on the projects through ProjectWise. Since all the information was updated in real-time, users knew that they were seeing the most up-to-date information, which streamlined the decision-making process. This knowledge improved collaboration because everyone was looking at the same models and easily located them in the system. Streamlining Workflows The iSpatial Global Systems team saw significant benefits by using Bentley applications to create an iGTMS for its client. The project team created the core management system in a

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"Bentleys range of products, and the integration between their products and our automated UAV systems, gives us and ourciients an added advantage against an ever-improving competitive market. It's the future we live in today." - Stanley du Toit, Technical and Solution Director, iSpatial Global Systems South Africa few days, and this quick setup allowed the experts to begin working in a managed environment and track all project progress. The team's processing time was reduced from one week to one day, and the test sections were reduced from a day or two to a few hours. These decreases...

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