New Delhi: There is no doubt that technology and infrastructure go hand in hand and with the advancement of the former, infrastructure has also seen improvement in the overall usage of resources, spatial refinement, cost reduction and as a result the overall quality of life. One such significant contributor in this industry is Bentley Systems, an infrastructure engineering software company that aims to advance the world’s infrastructure.
APAC News Network recently got the chance to interview Kaushik Chakraborty, Senior Vice President, Regional Executive, Asia Pacific of Bentley Systems. During the interactive session we were able to gain insight into how Bentley Systems is changing the infrastructure ecosystem in India and world over.
Digital Twins and BIM for Infrastructure Design
Explaining the functioning of Digital Twins via yearly health checkups, Chakraborty explains that just the way health checkups cumulated over five years gives the doctors an insight to predict their health issues in the future, Digital Twins create a live data model of everything that is being designed to help operate it in a more efficient manner. He says, “Digital twin is all your engineering information contextually collaboratively integrated with IT information and operations information, which is a live model. It helps you gain insights into infrastructure.” Furthermore he explains the basic functionality of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and says, “BIM is a step ahead from 3D models of infrastructures. It has rules, associations and attributes.”
The future of tech-led infrastructure transformation in India
“Technology has significantly changed the speed of construction. I went to Gurgaon yesterday after three years and I saw two new commercial complexes on open grounds. And it was not just complete, it was fully occupied… So yes, technology has changed the pace of development,” says Chakraborty.
Leading by example of the involvement of BIM and Digital Twins, he talks about a project that aimed to provide 24*7 water supply in Ayodhya. He says, “They are aiming to save 35% in non-revenue water for the city. First water project in India where they have used variable speed water pumps which helps save a notable amount of power, avoids leaks, and prevents contamination of water. These are few of the impacts that the digital sector is bringing into the water sector.” He is hopeful about the advancements of tech-led infrastructure transformation in India, but he encourages us to not compare our pace with that of other countries. “As long as we are better next year than we are today, that’s an improvement. And we also have to look at the rate of development of the nation,” says Chakraborty.
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