generate drawing numbers, as well as all the relevant manufacturing drawings needed for the manufacture of parts. • The program could generate a detailed Bill of Quantities (BoQ) geared to the client’s specifications and document needs. Construction monitoring utilising the construction monitoring tool ‘Elements’ allowed weekly progress reports to be represented in 3D models. Using drone surveys and the model allowed efficient reporting of site progress and measurement of quantities, saving time-tracking progress. Zutari’s 7SecondSolar tool assists clients with layouts, cable routing options and equipment selections. It provides detailed and design-level accuracy BoQ, total and block-level trenching distances and cable schedules for all LV components and cables for the solar PV plant. In addition, unlimited iterations of block designs, site layouts, architecture options and equipment selection are available. While most of these outputs feed into Zutari’s engineering analysis and design, seeing this level of detail for each equipment or layout option allows the client to make exceptionally well-informed decisions on optimising the plant to their requirements. Applying 7SecondSolar optimisation contributes significant savings in both capital expenditure and energy losses. Golomoti showcases the future of design where the best solutions are human-centred and planet-minded. Creating the best solution is finding the sweet spot – the intersection between business viability, technical feasibility, human desirability, and environmental sustainability. Golomoti Solar showcases how this can be achieved in reality. The team’s adaptability and resilience, together with effective partnering, enabled work in-country, such as the geotechnical investigation and pile testing, to continue through the intense COVID-19 lockdowns and multiple waves. Adaptability was also showcased by the electrical team, which procured from a worldwide array of equipment to give the client flexibility in selection, optimising costs and logistics. These are essential considerations for a land-locked country where equipment must be sourced globally. Civil designs were optimised to reduce costs by designing earthworks and drainage using locally available materials. Drainage was crucial, as the solution needed to consider the broader impact on the surrounding villages. Golomoti is the first project to be built based on a design using Zutari’s latest computational design tool, 7SecondSolar. It allowed Zutari to deliver a customised and flexible Solar PV design experience to the client, JCM Power, that is not available anywhere else on the market today. Through 7SecondSolar, Zutari enabled JCM Power to make highly informed design decisions much earlier while potentially allowing them to commit to equipment suppliers much later. In addition, 7SecondSolar allowed Zutari to provide JCM with detailed BoQs and engineering calculations, including cable volt, drops, power losses and trench detail, with advanced visualisations in unprecedented short turnaround times.
to COVID-19 travel restrictions to understand site conditions. Creativity was applied in articulating the foundation risks to the client and developing an adaptive construction process to site conditions, enabling the client and contractor to make informed decisions. The development of a power plant requires an extensive array of expertise and disciplines. Zutari brought together a solid team for the project, including civils, geotechnical and electrical comprising substation and overhead lines, grid code compliance, protection study, lightning and earthing protection expertise and digital skills in the form of 3D visualisation, 3D design and automation. Such technical mastery, led by eminent practitioners in each of these fields, occurring all in one team is unique, and Zutari brought this to the project. Some very complex problems were solved through collaboration across the teams and with the client using digital tools. The project demonstrates best-in-class. Instead of overwhelming project team members with large numbers of drawings and specification sheets, they were shown one single Zutari 3D model that embodied all the equipment and layouts and was fully specified concerning dimensions and working clearances to meet the required standards. The desired detail could be revealed with a tap on the screen. This provided information on cable works, trench depths, cable spacing, backfilling, danger tape and crossing off other services, such as drainage and oil pipes, which could be indicated below ground level. Benefits of the use of Zutari’s advanced 3D design technology for the electrical substations included: • Enhanced accuracy through the increased exposure and reviews of every portion of the design. • Design refinements were made to the manufacturing drawings for steelworks using accurate, detailed 3D models. This ensured all parts fit together. • The detailed 3D design could be used to
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