Cloud computing and large data will be the main drivers of the third revolution in engineering design

Recently, Bentley Company held 2013 users annual meeting, the Bentley company said, will release Bentley Connect products, through cloud computing technology, for engineering design information management brings new ideas and means.

With the advance of "four synchronization" strategy and the quickening pace of intelligent city construction, engineering design informatization is in the ascendant, especially the cloud computing brings new opportunity for engineering design.

"Cloud computing, large data and other emerging information technology for engineering design and management to provide a new information method." ”

-bentley company chief operating officer Malcolm Walte

"Information Management (IM) brings the third revolution to engineering design, while cloud computing and large data are undoubtedly the main drivers of the third revolution." ”

-bentley, president of Greater China region Liu Desheng

Experts believe that the third revolution in engineering design is actually "forced out," by the market force, by technology force. The emergence and integration of new technologies, such as the Internet, tablet computers and sensing equipment, have brought unprecedented capabilities to engineering design, construction and operation. Information Modeling (BIM), integrated project Synergy and information mobility are becoming industry trends. We don't have to press the Print button anymore, we can do everything in the digital world. We can create an engineering digital model, which is exactly the same as physical assets, and data can be conveniently delivered and handed over. With a tablet computer, you can record the operational data of an asset and analyze its performance. And a few years ago, it was just a dream.

"We have to differentiate between the market competition and other surveying and design institutes, to occupy the competitive advantage, we must provide good, differentiated services and higher efficiency, and the core is the technical means, so we put three-dimensional collaborative design and digital services as an important part of the strategic upgrade." This is not only the reason for the market, but also based on the company's management of the entire industry and engineering technology development direction of grasp. ”

-Wang Jinfeng, Deputy chief engineer, East China Institute of Surveying and Design

"Different types of owners and construction parties, although the requirements are different, but they are no longer satisfied with the design institute to provide services." Three Gorges Company and other large owners need a wealth of engineering information to carry out the operation of assets management and maintenance; medium-scale owners, in the design, construction phase will require us to provide the corresponding three-dimensional drawings; completed owners often encounter the change of units, substitutions, changing the issue, the new people to be familiar with the information, they need not only a blueprint, Would like to get more key engineering information. ”

-Liang Hui, director of Digital Engineering Center, Zhongnan Surveying and Design Institute

Recently Bentley with Microsoft, by Microsoft to provide engineering design and construction of a multi-party collaborative work of cloud server platform, through the cloud technology to put large data into the projectwise, users in the private cloud to use the projectwise to manage their projects, so that Regardless of where the project team members are, they can access the project's information and, through the cloud service, have all the project members focus on accessing the project's resources. Microsoft guarantees data integrity and security from a technical level. (Information from the Chinese Architectural Society)

Cloud computing and large data is the general trend of engineering design industry, enterprises in the industry must actively consider how to homeopathy, with systematic and forward-looking thinking to promote the development of the industry.

(Source: Tian Qiang Engineering Construction Industry Research Center)

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)