{"id":82416,"date":"2020-09-14T12:15:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T11:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=82416"},"modified":"2020-09-14T12:15:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T11:15:50","slug":"hs2-carbon-cost-estimating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/hs2-carbon-cost-estimating\/82416\/","title":{"rendered":"HS2 sites trial carbon and cost estimating AI solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A new carbon and cost estimating solution powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being trialled on a number of HS2 sites<\/h2>\n<p>The HS2 sites managed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skanska.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skanska<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.costain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Costain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strabag-international.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STRABAG<\/a> joint venture will be using the AI tool to utilise building information model (BIM) processes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/3-ps-of-bim\/33019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BIM processes<\/a> are automated so that different design options can be simulated using different types and quantities of construction materials.<\/p>\n<p>This means carbon emissions and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/benefits-green-construction\/55129\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">environmental impacts of construction<\/a> can be visualised, measured and compared, resulting in the design of a more environmentally-friendly solution.<\/p>\n<p>BIM is a collaborative process coupled with the use of the latest technology trends in 3D Computer Aided Design and engineering to develop digital representations of HS2\u2019s railway assets such as bridges and stations.<\/p>\n<p>The new carbon and cost estimating solution, which is being developed by Skanska as part of a project funded through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/innovate-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Innovate UK<\/a>, is an innovation which will replace the current method of manually measuring 3D drawings, and will assist the design process in reducing carbon emissions throughout the life of a building.<\/p>\n<p>The results aim to deliver carbon and cost savings not just across HS2, but across the whole sector.<\/p>\n<p>This tool will enable construction projects to leverage the full benefits of BIM and will empower construction teams to design for cost and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/resource-efficiency-construction\/41311\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carbon efficiency<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It will lead to shorter pre-construction phases, reduced project management costs, greater visibility of carbon emissions and overall improved cost and carbon control.<\/p>\n<p>The project will also develop industry best practice for estimation and cost management.<\/p>\n<h3>Innovation to drive carbon reduction<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs2.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HS2\u2019s<\/a> head of digital engineering, Sonia Zahiroddiny, said: \u201cHS2 is a project designed to support the UK\u2019s transition to a net-zero carbon economy, so we\u2019re extremely pleased that we can provide a live construction environment for the practical application of this new AI-enabled App.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation is at the heart of our drive to reduce carbon, and this ground-breaking solution will enable us to realise immediate efficiencies across Phase One of the project, as well as building it into Phase Two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also play our role in disseminating the new App to the wider industry in order to achieve cultural change across the sector to help meet the UK\u2019s carbon emission targets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skanska\u2019s head of innovation, Vaibhav Tyagi, added: \u201cThis is a fantastic example of how an innovative mind-set can lead to solutions that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/carbon-emissions\/76540\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">address climate change<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvesting in innovation is essential to produce great ideas like this. Innovation and digital integration are critical to reduce carbon and work towards net-zero emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skanska UK is leading the project, working with software developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomitech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nomitech<\/a>, design consultant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mottmac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mott MacDonald<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-mtc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Manufacturing Technology Centre<\/a> (MTC Data and AI Research), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rics.org\/uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors<\/a> and HS2.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new carbon and cost estimating solution powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being trialled on a number of HS2 sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[305,141293],"tags":[172725,724,428,693,856,279,473,579,780,665,928,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-bim-news","7":"category-digital-construction-news","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence","9":"tag-asset-management","10":"tag-bim","11":"tag-climate-change","12":"tag-construction-technology","13":"tag-environment","14":"tag-hs2","15":"tag-infrastructure","16":"tag-collaboration","17":"tag-project-management","18":"tag-rail-network","19":"tag-transport"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HS2 sites trial carbon and cost estimating AI solution<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new carbon and cost estimating solution powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being trialled on a number of HS2 sites\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/hs2-carbon-cost-estimating\/82416\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HS2 sites trial carbon and cost estimating AI solution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new carbon and cost estimating solution powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being trialled on a number of HS2 sites\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/hs2-carbon-cost-estimating\/82416\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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