IET Young Professionals: Lucid Consulting Presenting BIM for SkyCity

© John Noonan 2017

Thursday 23rd November 2017, 6.00pm at The Gallery 30 Waymouth St Adelaide, 5000

The CEO of Lucid Consulting, Anthony Di Marzo and some of his team presented at the IET Young Professionals Building Information Modeling (BIM) Networking Event. The team talked about the BIM work recently completed for the SkyCity BIM model Level of Development (LOD) 300. The event was hosted by the IET and all interested professionals were welcome to come along to hear what was a most interesting presentation about a major Construction Project using BIM at the leading edge.

Thanks to Matthew Tripodi and James Mitchell for introducing Anthony Di Marzo ...

Anthony Di Marzo introducing Lucid Consulting's use of BIM

Anthony Di Marzo explaining how Lucid has transitioned from mark-up of hard copy Engineering Drawings to a full online BIM "Digital Twin" of client infrastructure. Lucid is transitioning to the complete Design, Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, and Verification mode of Operation for Design and Construction. Anthony explained that at Lucid Consulting, as of their AGM on the 27th October 2017, the era of marked-up Engineering drawings was consigned to the bin. Mark-ups are dead at Lucid Consulting.

Jonathon Yeap's presentation followed Anthony Di Marzo. In Part 1 of Jonathon's presentation, he identified how new trends in Construction and Major Capital Projects are changing the way Lucid is doing its business.

In his role as National BIM Leader, Jonathon works across all Lucid Consulting Projects to aid in the continued adoption of BIM in all aspects of Lucid's business. In Parts 2 and 3of his presentation Jonathon made it clear that only 1.2% of all Investment in Construction and Major Capital Projects or Megaprojects goes into digitisation efforts to improve the methods of work in the Construction Phase of the Major Capital Project or Megaproject Life Cycle. This lack of investment in Digitisation in the Construction Phase of the Capital Project or Megaproject Life Cycle is the major reason for the Megaproject Paradox. Jonathon then spoke of 5 Trends influencing the future of Construction and Major Capital Projects.

Jonathon then went on to introduce the application of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in Construction.

AR and VR were demonstrated by showing a video from an application which highlighted the benefits of AR and VR to transform how construction works.

Following the broad introduction to BIM and the application of AR and VR to BIM, Jonathon Introduced Travis Stanton to talk about the work performed by Lucid Consulting for the SkyCity Project.

Travis Stanton is Lucid's Project Team Leader for Building Services for the SkyCity Project. Travis' responsibilities incorporated Fire, Mechanical, Hydraulic, Electrical, IT and other servics. Due to current confidentiality status, the SkyCity Project could not be discussed in any detail. So Travis talked about some of the logistical issues of using BIM on the SkyCity Project.

Travis Stanton comes from a generation of Engineers that no longer work with hard copy drawings. This was no more clearly underscored than when Travis struggled to remember the name of the "Lead Pencil" commonly used to create Engineering Drawings.

Lucid recognises that each individual client's needs are unique. The Lucid team is committed to investing time upfront to understand the requirements of a client's project in the Construction phase of the project lifecycle, and the long-term outcomes required for the client's business in the Asset Management phase of the project lifecycle.

Founded in 2000, Lucid is one of Australia’s fastest growing engineering firms with six offices and over 160 employees nationally across Australia. Lucid offers Engineering Services in at least the following areas:

1. MECHANICAL SERVICES: Air Conditioning systems and evaporative; cooling systems; Ducted and radiant heating systems; General, fume and dust extraction and exhaust systems; Process Cooling and heating plant and systems; Refrigeration Systems; Medical, laboratory and workshop/ process gas reticulation systems; Steam generation and reticulation;
2. ELECTRICAL SERVICES: Infrastructure modeling and analysis; High and low voltage infrastructure systems; Transformer plant and major reticulation systems; Power systems; General and specialist lighting and lighting; control systems;
3. COMMUNICATIONS, AUDIO VISUAL & MEDIA SERVICES: Nurse call systems; Communication network design; Audio-visual systems; MATV Systems;
4. SECURITY SERVICES: Security Construction & Equipment Committee (SCEC) consultancy services for Defence, Commonwealth, and critical facilities; Physical construction and penetration treatment advice for high-security facilities to ASIO-T4 standards; Transport and Source Security Plan endorsement by ARPANSA-accredited radiation security advisor; Type1/1A and Class 5 encrypted security intruder alarm system design and witness testing; Electronic access control system design and witness testing; CCTV system design; Security auditing, vulnerability and risk assessments; Secure (classified/encrypted) communications network cabling design;
5. HYDRAULIC SERVICES: Sanitary drainage and trade waste systems; Water reticulation and hot water generation; Rain water and grey water collection, treatment and reuse; Gas distribution systems;
6. FIRE SERVICES: Building certification analysis and definition; Fire Sprinkler systems, smoke, and thermal detection systems; Emergency evacuation systems; Fire hydrants, hose reels, and extinguishers; Fire suppression and VESDA systems;
7. VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION: Traffic Analysis; Passenger Lifts, Goods Lifts, and Elevators; Escalators;
8. SUSTAINABILITY: ESD Accredited Professionals; National Construction Code (NCC) compliance assessments; Council requirements; Analysis of new and existing buildings; Renewable Energy generation systems; Energy security; Centralised Thermal Plant (CTP) systems; Energy management; Environmental advice;
9. PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Lead consultancy and consultant engagement; Contract establishment and negotiation; Compliance auditing, asset management, and asset protection; Brief and scope development; Planning and approvals; Budget and programme definition and control; Project logistics; Risk management; Procurement analysis; Construction and contract administration; Optimisation of operations;
10. ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING: Architectural lighting design and specification; Interior and exterior lighting; Control strategies; 3D simulations; Photometric modeling; Street and pathway lighting designs; Façade lighting; Sports complex lighting; Audits of existing installations;
11. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES: High, Medium, and low voltage infrastructure systems; High-efficiency urban lighting systems; Sustainable urban electrical concept design; Utility accredited infrastructure design; Underground residential/ industrial development infrastructure design;
12. FIRE ENGINEERING: Fire Safety Engineering to develop performance or risk-based solutions; Fire and smoke simulations utilising Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis; Radiant heat and fire spread analysis; Fire severity assessments; Occupant evacuation simulations; Fire brigade response and intervention analysis; Building materials assessment; Fire Protection Services; Building Certifier and Fire Brigade consultation and liaison;

Brief History of the IET

In 2017, the IET operates a global Engineering Association from its headquarters at Savoy Place in London. With some 168,000 members worldwide, the Institution of Engineering and Technology is one of the premier societies for professional engineers and technologists. IET covers the science, engineering, and technology of biomedical engineering, communications, electronics, computing, software, control, information technology, telecommunications, power engineering, and manufacturing. The IET's history is founded in the global evolution of Engineering, Manufacturing and Technological Associations that goes back as far as the 19th Century.

IET Headquarters, London, Savoy Place

IET's origins stem from the founding of the Society of Telegraph Engineers (STE) in London on 17th May 1871. On the 1st of January 1889, the STE formally changed its name to the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The IEE's membership more than tripled from 2,064 to 7,045 between the years 1895 and 1914 illustrating the growth of electrical activity around the globe. Following the merger of the Institution of Manufacturing Engineers (IME) with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE) in 1991, the IEE became the authority responsible for awarding Prizes like the James N Kirby Award. The SA/NT Local Network in 2017 formally awarded the latest James N Kirby Award winner, South Australia's own Rod Hook. The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) was formed in 2006 by the joining together of the IEE and the Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE).

IET in 2017 welcomes members from all disciplines of the Engineering Supply Chain. Members are encouraged from Engineers of all disciplines, Architects, Technologists of all disciplines, Quantity Surveyors, Surveyors, and other related Professions are encouraged to join.

The IET distinguishes itself from other Engineering Organisations in a number of ways. IET's breadth of membership, proactivity with its members and the services it provides are all features of the IET Local Network here in South Australia and the Northern Territory. Awarding prizes to members of the community, like the James N Kirby Award, is one example of the IET's proactivity. Another example is the Professional Networking events held for young Professionals, most recently the Oil and Gas PNE. Former Santos CEO David Knox joined with colleagues Nick Lagonik and John McArthur to speak about Engineering jobs in Oil and Gas. One of the most prestigious and engaging Engineering competitions for young professionals in South Australia and the Northern Territory and on a global scale is the IET's Present Around The World Competition.

If you wish to attend or participate in these types of Professional Engineering and Technology events in future, you are strongly encouraged to join the IET and make yourself known to the IET SA/NT Local Network.

John Noonan, Secretary and Deputy Chair, IET SA/NT Local Network.

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