Megaproject Monitoring Services,

Utilizing GIS-based Integrated

Management Systems
Kanda Idea Co.
Mega Projects
• Extremely large-scale investment projects

• Include oil, gas and power plants, infrastructural projects and even cultural events

• Have extreme complexity - both in technical and human terms

 Industrial Megaprojects Features and Issues
Long Time Span: Project Life-cycle
Mega projects Issues
Time Span
Vastness
Multiplicity of Stakeholders From the project plan approval
Various Concepts
Managing Ambiguity

Procurement and construction period

Operation and maintenance

Issue: Personnel changes in parties involved

• In different organizational levels
• Resulting in data loss or fading
 Industrial Megaprojects Features and Issues
Vastness: Vast Geographical Area
Mega projects Issues
Time Span • Partitioning the project into manageable zones and components
Vastness
Multiplicity of Stakeholders
• Aligning components during engineering-design and construction
Various Concepts phases (which are not necessarily simultaneous)
Managing Ambiguity
• Coordinate systems conversion and coordination
Issue: Managing project components interfaces
 Industrial Megaprojects Features and Issues
Mega projects Issues Multiplicity of Stakeholders: Multiple Actors
Time Span
Vastness
Multiplicity of Stakeholders Owner(s) and Management
Consultants
Various Concepts Clients Contractors
Managing Ambiguity

Vendors Constructors

Issue: Stakeholders interface management

 Industrial Megaprojects Features and Issues
Various Concepts: Multidisciplinarity
Mega projects Issues
Time Span
Vastness Need for cooperation among different disciplines
Multiplicity of Stakeholders
Various Concepts
Managing Ambiguity Several standards

Different tolerances

Key considerations: Such as tolerance and allowed

deviations of installations

Issue: Choose the optimal alternative when facing

inconsistencies and discrepancies
 Industrial Megaprojects Features and Issues
Ambiguity in Management and Decision-Making
Mega projects Issues
Time Span
Environment
Vastness
Multiplicity of Stakeholders Multiplicity and density of infrastructural,
Various Concepts constructional, structural and industrial projects
Managing Ambiguity

Concurrency of design and construction phases

Project items implementation prioritization

Design modifications due to changes in projects

requirements and criteria

Issue: Change management and cost reduction

– With the right information at the right time
 R & D for Solutions
Solution concept: Whole project data integrity
R & D for Solutions
• Document organizing during project life-cycle
Pipeline construction
Fundamental Concepts • Seamless information integration including document data
System Development
Experimental Developments from:
– Various disciplines
Flood control channel,
– Project components
detailed design
and departments
Issue: Massive data manipulation and appropriate
representation
 R & D for Solutions
Strategy
R & D for Solutions • Utilizing highly realistic virtual reality 3-D environment
Fundamental Concepts
System Development
– Based on GIS
Experimental Developments – The same as constructed project
• Such virtual decision support framework provides decision
makers with the right information at the right time
Capabilities
• Provide project chronology
Comprehensive design document’s management (Concept,
Basic, Detail)
Alternatives/variants comparison and representation
Manage all as-built drawings (at the same pace as the project
progress)
• Analysis
 ITEMS Features
Integrated Technical and Environmental Management System

R & D for Solutions

Fundamental Concepts
System Development
- Realistic 3D Environment
- A Complete Data Package
- ITEMS Capabilities
Experimental Developments

Realistic virtual maquette

 ITEMS Features
R & D for Solutions
Fundamental Concepts
System Development
- Realistic 3D Environment
- A Complete Data Package
- ITEMS Capabilities
Experimental Developments
 ITEMS Features
R & D for Solutions • All project items alternatives
Fundamental Concepts
System Development • Documents and evidence files related to each
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- A Complete Data Package such as: Dated: 2009-06-05
2008-07-28
2009-02-10
2009-04-28
2009-07-28
- ITEMS Capabilities Design Engineering
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• All project records and information in a package

– Project chronology
 ITEMS Features
R & D for Solutions • Computer-based Virtual Construction
Fundamental Concepts – Diagnosis construction problems/discrepancies at office
System Development
- Realistic 3D Environment
- A Complete Data Package
- ITEMS Capabilities
Experimental Developments
 ITEMS Features
R & D for Solutions
• Clash Detection
Fundamental Concepts – Design / construction
System Development – Different disciplines
- Realistic 3D Environment
- A Complete Data Package • Detect Implementation Deviations from Design
- ITEMS Capabilities
Experimental Developments

Clash between channel

“P2S4C1” and utility
pipelines

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“P2S4C1” and Fix-suppor
 ITEMS Features
• Analysis:
R & D for Solutions – Based on accurate information provided by system database
Fundamental Concepts
System Development – Using GIS facilities
- Realistic 3D Environment
- A Complete Data Package
• Sample Analysis:
- ITEMS Capabilities – Flares pipelines routing
Experimental Developments – Flares locating
ITEMS Features
• Site Monitoring
R & D for Solutions
Fundamental Concepts Define
procedures for Detect
System Development Set up a site
Continuous construction
Experimental Development monitoring continuous
control deviations from
department as-built data
acquisition design

• Reporting and Informing Procedures

Data-flow among project stakeholders

Coordination meetings in order to:

- Discrepancies detection
- Construction control based on design documents
- Further adaptation to match project new requirements
System readiness for future developments
 ITEMS Experience in Projects

ITEMS Experience in Projects Site Monitoring

System Process Department
ITEMS Results • Site monitoring
• As-built acquisition
• Change reports

Design information feed

ITEMS Department
Engineering Implementation
Documents • Virtual construction Verification • Supervision
Source • Control Yes • Construction
• Preliminary design • Documentation No
• Detailed design

Feedback to designer
 ITEMS Experience in Projects

ITEMS Experience in Projects

System Process Designers Designers
ITEMS Results Constructors Owners/ Owners/
Constructors
Investors Investors

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Contractors Contractors
Managers Managers
Vendors Vendors
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