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No. 4: Vinci A7B54Water Treatment Facility Expansion |
10 Year Retrospective | No. 6 of 10 | Water Treatment Facility Expansion | February 2008.
The very largest acreage of any worksite Vinci LLC has ever produced, this massive wet infrastructure installation was the second of its kind, coming along with its urban twin (A7B53). The worksite is so large, it required general modeling of dozens of facilities. Vinci LLC's rapid routines for latticework and general implements that see use on an industrial worksite helped get this level-4 job done. A7B53 and A7B54 were the first of several wet infrastructure projects in 2008-9. These two projects set the pace for these follow-on projects (A8226, A82AA and the granddaddy of them all, A82A4, another fave.) Next Project→
This project is more analytical than the 4d virtual construction visualizations typical of Vinci LLC. The context is rich and the resultant visuals sumptuous, though the milestones in the schedule are far enough apart to warrant only a diagrammatic treatment. This proved sufficient and was applied to the treatment facility portion of A82A4. I like wet infrastructure projects because they are completely utilitarian and thus are easy to build. Vinci LLC maintains standard wet infrastructure objects though many of these structures are very easy to model (see these examples: 1→, 2→).
This pair of projects was undertaken with a young project manager with my very first client. The imagery was well received, becoming conspicuous in the industry to pique the interests of the world's largest wet infrastructure builder, who brought me on for A82AA. This work probably instigated the development of an in-house crew doing similar visualization. Some builders attempt this, but then find that Vinci LLC's convincing construction visualization is a better deal. This might not be true for wet infrastructure during a prolonged public-project bust. We remain hopeful that Vinci LLC will build virtual treatment facilities once again.
Some images from the project appear below. Next Project→
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