A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
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In today's competitive engineering design environment, most engineering firms engaged in pipeline design incorporate "labor-saving" technologies into their design process as a business strategy to improve the "bottom line". Although these tools are aimed at raising productivity, increasing profit, and streamlining design methods, there's often little consideration as to what is designed rather than simply the design process, as a means of increasing profitability. Simply put, when considering water and storm and sanitary sewer rehabilitation or replacement, it is time to rethink the traditional engineering design business strategy of designing the "same old thing, but faster". Integrating trenchless technologies into the engineering design process provides the opportunity to change the "what is designed" element of the design profitability equation. In this paper, the author presents the findings of his review of more than 50 US trenchless projects designed and bid in 2006 and then compares them to similar "dig and replace" designs. The author concludes that most "trenchless" designs were over-designed and frequently included unnecessary "dig and replace" details. When comparing "trenchless" designs to comparable "dig and replace" projects, the data illustrates that efficiently designing a trenchless project can easily result in significant savings in design time, a decrease in the potential for errors, and sizable increases in design profit (especially in Design-Build projects). The author also provides specific essential trenchless information to help design trenchless efficiently and to level the trenchless bid or evaluated proposal "playing field".
In today's competitive engineering design environment, most engineering firms engaged in pipeline design incorporate "labor-saving" technologies into their design process as a business strategy to improve the "bottom line". Although these tools are aimed at raising productivity, increasing profit, and streamlining design methods, there's often little consideration as to what is designed rather than simply the design process, as a means of increasing profitability. Simply put, when considering water and storm and sanitary sewer rehabilitation or replacement, it is time to rethink the traditional engineering design business strategy of designing the "same old thing, but faster". Integrating trenchless technologies into the engineering design process provides the opportunity to change the "what is designed" element of the design profitability equation. In this paper, the author presents the findings of his review of more than 50 US trenchless projects designed and bid in 2006 and then compares them to similar "dig and replace" designs. The author concludes that most "trenchless" designs were over-designed and frequently included unnecessary "dig and replace" details. When comparing "trenchless" designs to comparable "dig and replace" projects, the data illustrates that efficiently designing a trenchless project can easily result in significant savings in design time, a decrease in the potential for errors, and sizable increases in design profit (especially in Design-Build projects). The author also provides specific essential trenchless information to help design trenchless efficiently and to level the trenchless bid or evaluated proposal "playing field".
Increase Your Design "Bottom Line" with Trenchless Solutions
Guy, H. (author)
International Conference on Pipeline Engineering and Construction ; 2007 ; Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Pipelines 2007 ; 1-8
2007-07-06
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Increase Your Design ``Bottom Line'' with Trenchless!
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