Wayne Brothers in Kannapolis, NC is the recipient of the 2013 North America BIM Award for their amazing work at BB&T Ballpark, Home of the Charlotte Knights in Charlotte, NC.
PRLog - Sep 15, 2013 - KANNAPOLIS, N.C. -- BB&T Ballpark, Home of the Charlotte Knights, North Carolina
Description: The Knights Stadium will be a state-of-the-art Minor League Ballpark located in the heart of Charlotte, NC. With a seating capacity of 10,000 and a natural grass field, it will host not only baseball games, but other events such as concerts, festivals, and community events.
Wayne Brothers, Inc. (WBI) secured a unique opportunity by combining the turnkey site development and turnkey concrete scopes of work into one. The site development includes excavation, utilities, and stormwater. The concrete scope includes everything from heavy basement foundations, tunnels, retaining walls, and shored slabs, to the architectural concrete in the seating bowl.
From the beginning, we knew the only course of action to complete this combined scope on a tight city block was through the use of BIM. Both internal and external communication and coordination was key and only BIM could deliver that to the client.
We modeled the Cast-In-Place (CIP) concrete as well as the Sitework. Wayne Brothers is managing layout with points created in Tekla Structures, and placing the points with a Trimble Robotic Total station. The management of points in the model has proven to be an extremely effective way to keep up with design changes, as well as the coordination of as-built information.
We are using the CIP model and Tekla BIMsight for planning pours, tracking progress, and coordinating sequences with other trades. The team in the field has access to the BIMsight model via a twin 46 inch monitors in the field office. Not only has this proven effective in coordinating our own daily work, but it has been a great tool for communication with our client. This site has limited space and a large number of trades, so coordination has been a key component to the project’s overall success. Harris Rebar was able to use our concrete model to detail 100% of the projects reinforcement using Tekla Structures. This led to a level of coordination is unheard of in traditional rebar detailing. The utilization of 3D rebar detailing with Tekla Structures resulted in fewer detailing errors, and an all-around more efficient rebar workflow. We were able to use the rebar model to track rebar onsite, review areas of complexity, and manage changes to design. Our models included in the Wayne Brothers BIMsight coordination model include structural steel, underground utilities, WBI civil surfaces (excavation and finished grade), and Structural and Architectural design models. The ability to use these models in the office and in the field has allowed WBI to participate fully in the BIM coordination efforts of the client. The BIM process has been a major contributor to this project’s success thus far.
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Wayne Brothers Inc. - 2013 North America Concrete Category BIM Award Winner
September 15, 2013 at 12:09 PM EDT
