Maha Metro, Bentley open BIM academy in Nagpur

MAHA-METRO BIM Academy, a joint collaboration of Maha Metro and Bentley Institute (Bentley) has been inaugurated at Chitnavis centre, Nagpur.

During the various sessions in the event, global technology experts like David Robertson, Director of BIM advancement academy and Dejan Papic, BIM Manager, Bentley Institute from London BIM Academy presented the best practices from other global rail projects and share their experience on use of BIM in metro projects in UK and other countries and project its application of same in Indian Metro projects.

In line with the global best practices, MAHA-METRO Rail Corporation has adopted Bentley’s 5D BIM digital platform to manage the project and mitigate project challenges majorly leading to time and cost overruns. BIM being the integral part of overall 5DBIM technology, the benefits of BIM is not only available during construction, but more significantly in the operation and maintenance phase of Metro Projects. This is a pioneering approach, one of its kinds which are happening for the first time in metro projects in India.

5D BIM implementation work for Nagpur metro project is in the final stage of completion and is planned to be operational by next month. In order to nurture and train the manpower to enable the ecosystem to extract the benefits of BIM for the metro projects, a world class facility – the BIM academy is being established under the umbrella of MAHA-METRO. This will bring together the best practices of BIM and Asset information management system. Currently the two projects Nagpur metro and Pune metro will directly benefit from this academy. However the primary purpose of this academy shall be to impart the knowledge and know-how to channel partners like DDC, GC, consultants, contractors, stake-holders, IT industries and other metro organizations in India, which will pave the way for all upcoming metros in India to adopt the state of art BIM technology.

MAHA-METRO BIM Academy will be will functional by 5th of June.

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