[Automated Foundation Engineering System]

One-Stop Solution for Foundation Design

Civil & Architecture Team

Jbchoe@gsconst.co.kr
2006.11.02
(Automated Foundation Engineering System)

Contents

1. General
2. Troubling of Foundation Design
3. How to Automation
4. Key Features
5. Benefits of Automation
6. Demo : AFES – STAAD.Pro
7. Future Development
1. General

Foundations
GS Group & GS Engineering & Construction

• GS Group, a conglomerate spun off from the Korea’s largest

LG Group.
• Business area of GS E&C is plant, civil, architecture,
environment, and housing.
• GS E&C is one of the world-class of EPC contractors
(Engineering, Procurement and Construction)
specializing, in the field of plant industry.
• Area of its experts cover oil refineries, gas processing,
petrochemical, power, and environ plant facilities.
Our Vision

Our vision is to be the global leader in

Automated Foundation Design
and Engineering Solutions
by providing a comprehensive,
integrated, highly productive and
cost effective design environment for all
foundation design needs.

www.gsafes.com
About AFES

One-Stop Solution for Foundation Design

AFES is a comprehensive one-stop solutions

for all your foundation engineering and design
needs. Due to AFES’s capability to make
structural calculation report, construction
drawing, bill of material and 3D CAD modeling
data, it is very powerful solution for the design
of equipment and steel structure foundations
2. Troubling of Foundation Design

» Parameters of Foundation Design

» Foundation Design work Flow

» Complex Design Work Process

» Several Program Use for One Products

» Need to Increase Productivity

Parameters of Foundation Design

Design
Parameters

1 .Complex design work 1. Several program uses

process
2. Cooperation
achievement essential
in design work
3. Recursive verification
process necessary
4. Human error as a
result of repetitive
work
for one product
Design Quality
2. Absence of program
for general
Design Schedule commercial aspect
3. Many concrete design
codes
Human Resource 4. Technological problem
for development and
maintenance of PG

Work Process Design Tools

Work Process Design Tools
Foundation Design Work Flow

Process

Piping

Mechanical Absolute pressing

design time schedule
Elec./Instru.

Civil/Architecture
Design

Require civil design Civil Work Construction

change due to
upstream change Piping

Mechanical

Elec./Instrument

Commission
Complex Design Work Process

Construction
Drawing Material
Quantity

Drafter Drafter

Review

Engineer
Review Structural Making Engineer Take Off Completed
Design and
Design Analysis Sketch Check BOM Products
inform Squad
Data /Design Sheet
Check

Modeler Modeler

3D
Modeling
Structural
Calculation Report
Several Program Uses for One Product

Staad.Pro,
Staad.Pro, GT
GT && SAP
SAP Material Spread
Spread
Upstream Parts
Compress,
Compress, PVElite
PVElite Quantity Sheets
Sheets

Construction MicroStation
MicroStation
Drawing AutoCAD
AutoCAD

Design Completed
Engineer Drafter Modeler Engineer Products
inform

Hand
Hand Calc.
Calc. 3D
Structural 3D 3D CAD
CAD
Spread
Spread Sheets
Sheets (PDMS/PDS)
Calculation Report Modeling (PDMS/PDS)
In-House
In-House PG
PG
The Need to Increase Productivity

Productivity
is very low Improvement of
Client’s require design completion Require many empower
on or before time (Time is Cost) engineers and
.
foundation design work designer
low design quality
. is a pressing
Burden of design cost through tight need !!
. competition bid Delay design schedule
Increase project cost
But, The engineering companies are finding
Design time about increase productivity
The answer is automation
is so short
3. How to Automation ?
What is Automation ?

What is foundation design automation ?

Process that emulates an engineer’s

foundation design work
from planning to construction seamlessly
How to Automation ?

How to Automation ?

» Understanding the current foundation work

process going from planning to construction
drawing

» Use tools that closely adhere to the work process

components as seamlessly as possible

» Automate every phase of the foundation work

Simplifying of Foundation Design Work

The more we automate the foundation design work process,

the more we can gain in productivity.

Before Development After Development

Construction
Drawing Material
Quantity

Drafter Drafter
Drafter

Engineer
Review Structural
Design Review

Engineer
Review Structural Making Engineer Take Off
Design and Completion
inform Design
Design
Analysis
Analysis Sketch
Squad Check BOM
inform Data /Design Sheet
Check Products
Data/Design

Modeler Modeler

3D
Structural Modeling
Calculation Report
4. Key Features
Foundation Design Modules

AFES supports the Conventional Rigid and Finite Element Method (FEM).
AFES supports a various types of foundation structure and equipment (Soil & Pile).

LARGE BALL
ISO OCT HEX COMB. MAT IR-REGULAR
TANK TANK
Integration Features

Today, Interface between applications is still a challenging problem. Updates the

changes from the upstream output data into the downstream application software

**
• Save design time
Analysis
• Reduce input Error
**
Program
(Upstream) • Reduce data

**
validation time

• Generate
Construction Drawing
2D CAD (Including Bar-
Schedules)

•Generate 3D
3D CAD Modeling Data
(Vice Versa)

Note * : In the future

User Friendly Graphic Interface

Various features to achieve maximum efficiency with minimum efforts are

included as follows;

Anchor
Set
Load Bolt/Box
Rebar
Case/Comb.
Pile
From
1. State ofArray
-STAAD.Pro
-the-Art
Supper Rendering features
Geometry
Str. Ana. Geometry 2. Templates for quick
Data
creation of foundation
One-Stop
Anchor Bolts modulesFdn. Module
Pile Array and
Solutions Box
3. Powerful copy and save
options
Load Case 4. Can set various design
Rebar and
Combination and material Parameters
5. Can be used to design
eccentric piers and piles
Foundation Design Procedures

Upstream
Data
Foundation Design Products

Automatic Design Process

Super Structure Foundation
Auto Foundation Design using AFES
Design in Staad.Pro Geometry, Loads

Complete Foundation
Design in Minutes
Foundation Design Products

Auto & Detail Foundation Design Products

3D
Summary Detail Cont.
BOM Modeling
Report Report Drawing
Data
Project Applications

AFES is field proven software and has been developed since 1990.
AFES is multi-purpose foundation design and engineering tool that will
greatly aid in the successful execution of any oversee & domestic project.
5. Benefits of Automation
Productivity Improvement

1) Reduce Foundation Design Schedule remarkably

2) Possible to revise design immediately
3) Effective manpower operation and improvement
in productivity
4) Can collaborate with subcontractor and partner
5) Can automatically produce economic foundation designs
6) Standardization of product quality
7) To minimize Human error due to direct data transfer

8) Possible to get high quality estimation

Finally …
Increase Productivity significantly
Reduction of Foundation Design Time

Comparison of Total Design Time for Regular Shaped Foundation Design

(Min.)
600
600
Before
500 After 1410
Min 65%
400
ex) It takes one week 300
to design a single pile large storage tank65%
300
→ AFES produces the results in two hour. 2004 YR
200
500
200 180
150 180 Min
120
100 60 60 60
30%
Steel Vessel Heater Tank FDN Mat FDN Before After
Structure FDN Exchanger
FDN FDN
Reduction of Foundation Design Time

Comparison of Total Design Time for IR-Regular Shaped Foundation Design

85%
Add 20%
2005YR

65%
2004YR

30%

Before After
6. Demo : AFES-STAAD.Pro
DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

Steel Structure is designed in STAAD.PRO.

AFES automatically imports geometry, load case & combination
from STAAD.Pro using the Open STAAD and Results functions.

is one of the most widely used

Structural design & analysis software
programs for architectural , engineering,
construction (AEC), CAE/CAD, utilities,
offshore, industrial, nuclear and civil works.
DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

Above Structure is designed in STAAD.PRO

DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

AFES automatically imports geometry, load case & combination

from STAAD.Pro using the OpenSTAAD and Results functions.

Import

Open
Set FDN. Module

Geometry

Load Case

Load Comb.
DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

Foundation Design in AFES with OPENGL for a realistic rendered view

Auto Design Functions Main Window

DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

Foundation Design in AFES : Structural Calculation Sheets (Rigid Method)

AFES not only analyzes and designs a variety of foundations, but will also
produce high quality reports, construction drawing, BOM, 3D modeling
data of your foundation structures.
DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

Foundation Design in AFES : Structural Calculation Sheets (FEM Method : STAAD.Pro)

AFES
Generation
3D Modeling
Contour
of AutoofMesh
Stress
Reports
DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

Foundation Design in AFES : Take Off Bill of Materials

BOM Take Spec. FoundationSummation

Data Table
DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

Foundation Design in AFES : Structural Calculation Sheets (FEM Method : AFES)

AFES Mesh
Modeling
Generation
Stress
Strip
Contouor
Cut Section Diagrams
DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

AFES interfaces directly with MicroStation to generate a construction

drawing including Bar-Schedule.

Setting Plot Preferences

Drawing Layout
Criteria
Detailed
Drawing
Tie-Gider
DrawingDrawing
DEMO : AFES – STAAD.Pro 2005

Generate 3D Modeling Data from the AFES and vice versa

3D CAD : PDMS/PDS

AFES Main
7. Future Development
Future Development (1/2)

1. Equipment Analysis/
Design Program, Compress
(CodeWare)

2. Soil Analysis Program

(Plaxis 3D Foundation)
Future Development (2/2)

1. Vibrating Block
Type Foundation
2. Underground Pit

3. Baseplate (AISC)

4. JIS, GB, Euro-2 Building

Code
공정 약어입니다.

BPA : BISPHENOL A
DHP : DIESEL HYDRO-PROCESSING
DHRP : DIESEL/KEROSENE HYDRO PROCESSING AND CCR REFORMER PROJECT
(CCR : CONTINUOUS CATALYTIC REGENERATION)
LAB : LINEAR ALKYL BENZENE
BT : BENZENE TOLUENE
 Thank you !!
Leaping forward to become
No.1 Foundation Design Solution