{"id":14274,"date":"2020-11-18T14:07:41","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T12:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/?p=14274"},"modified":"2022-12-05T18:35:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:35:36","slug":"an-experiential-tendering-design-tool-developed-for-viacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/insight\/news\/an-experiential-tendering-design-tool-developed-for-viacon\/","title":{"rendered":"An experiential tendering design tool developed for Viacon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An experiential tendering design tool developed for Viacon<\/h1>\n

The tender materials of ViaCon\u2019s new product, a concrete element bridge, will be compiled with a 3D tool that is the first of its kind in the field. Sweco\u2019s parametrical design specialists developed a visual web platform that enables ViaCon to design the entire bridge site and optimise its structures already during the tendering stage. In the future, the tool will also enable calculating the bridge site\u2019s carbon footprint.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ViaCon Group offers, among other services, bridge, subgrade reinforcement and stormwater solutions for infrastructure construction. One of the Group\u2019s newest products is the American CON\/SPAN concrete element bridges, for the sales of which ViaCon holds a European licence. This new bridge type was brought to the European markets a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cSweco\u2019s and ViaCon\u2019s teams were put together from employees in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark for this international development project,\u201d says the department manager of Sweco\u2019s bridge engineering department\u00a0Antti Jussila<\/strong>. Poland was responsible for the technical side of the project.\u201cTogether, we adapted the product to meet the special requirements of ViaCon Group and each Nordic market.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the project\u2019s side product, Sweco\u2019s experts suggested that parametrical design could be utilised for compiling the tendering materials of element bridges. \u201cThe arch elements of the bridges are patented, but other structures must be designed separately for each site,\u201d Jussila says.<\/p>\n

New kind of experiential tendering materials<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sweco\u2019s parametrical design specialist\u00a0Rasmus Sainmaa<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0developer\u00a0Harri Ohra-aho<\/strong>, developed a new kind of 3D modelling tool for ViaCon. It enables planning all the structures of the bridge sites in detail already during the tendering stage. \u201cIf you change one dimension, all structures are updated automatically and so are their cost effects,\u201d Sainmaa says.<\/p>\n

This approach is new, both in Finland and elsewhere. \u201cThe typical materials sent to an invitation to tender include PDF images on which structures, quantities and measurements are fitted,\u201d Sainmaa says. \u201cNow we can model the entire bridge site.\u201d<\/p>\n

When the bridge information is updated in real time as the measurement data is changed, this makes it easier to compare products of different sizes. \u201cWhen the solution has been decided, a report can be printed from the tool and the 3D model can be shared with the customer. This creates a completely new kind of customer experience,\u201d Jussila says.<\/p>\n

The data modellers\u2019 perspective in the solution planning is another new aspect. \u201cThere is nothing new about planning a web-based configurator, but our way of linking it to the core competence of structural engineering is rarer,\u201d Sainmaa states.<\/p>\n

A new tool for product component sales and emission calculations<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 3D design tool is suitable for all product component sales where structures need to be pre-designed and adapted to their environment before the sale. \u201cThe web-based platform can be agilely scaled for different purposes,\u201d Jussila says.<\/p>\n

The web platform also opens up new possibilities for considering the perspectives of sustainable development. \u201cCarbon footprint calculation may be one of the next steps that we will take in the development work together with ViaCon,\u201d Jussila states. This cooperation is not just a one-time development project, but rather a turnkey partnership. \u201cWe will also continue to maintain this web tool on Sweco\u2019s service platform.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWith CON\/SPAN modelling tool ViaCon has definitely reached a whole new level\u201d, says project coordinator of ViaCon\u00a0Jacek Szczepi\u0144ski<\/strong>. \u201cWe are constantly doing our best to keep leading position on the market and ensure our customers that ViaCon is a professional, reliable and very modern organisation. Sweco proved to be a perfect partner for that kind of challenging project.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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