Digital Transformation: Digital Delivery-Digital Transformation Digital Delivery Recording

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The webinar on Digital Transformation and Digital Delivery featured experts from various sectors discussing the evolution of model-based design in infrastructure projects. Dave Mulholland introduced the session, highlighting the industry's shift from traditional 2D plans to dynamic, intelligent 3D models used as legal documents by agencies like Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). Jamie Curtin emphasized the benefits of model-based delivery, including enhanced collaboration, improved accuracy, and lifecycle asset management, while acknowledging challenges like workforce training, cost, and standardization.<br /><br />George Lukes shared UDOT's decade-long journey toward adopting digital delivery, detailing the collaborative efforts among DOTs, consultants, and contractors to make models the legal contract documents, with over 25 projects completed without traditional plans. Mark Peterson of Revito discussed vendor perspectives, focusing on software tools enabling multi-platform collaboration, clash detection, and issue management.<br /><br />Contractor Paul Padini highlighted the value of models in winning projects, executing construction efficiently, and exploring metadata like carbon tracking. Panelists agreed that IFC file standards and interoperability are crucial for the future. The discussion underscored a cultural shift requiring cooperation among owners, engineers, and contractors, with calls to start small and emphasize communication. The webinar concluded that digital delivery is a present reality transforming infrastructure design, construction, and asset management.

Keywords

Digital Transformation

Digital Delivery

Model-Based Design

Infrastructure Projects

3D Models

Utah Department of Transportation

Lifecycle Asset Management

IFC File Standards

Interoperability