"By establishing the conceptual design quickly, it's easier to see the
challenges you will be facing in the execution, and in what order
you should address them. We already had conceptual models
in the tendering phase during which we considered multiple
solutions, especially for tackling the geotechnical challenges. What
we came up with has proven to be feasible, and it has worked very
well in practice," says Bjørvik.
Already in an early stage, the geotechnicians shared their models
with the bridge and road engineers. Civil engineer for bridges at
COWI, Audun Øvstebø, believes that the ability to work in parallel
and make rapid adjustments have been the true success factors in
the implementation of the project.
"Geotechnical engineering is taking place at the same time as
the designing of a bridge. This requires an optimal and efficient
parametric workflow," he says.
Simultaneous design
and build, using a
common platform
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