Restoring the Everglades with Sand Embankment Dam The Lane Construction Corporation, in a joint venture with its par- ent company Webuild Group, is taking on an Everglades restoration project to provide clean water to South Florida. One of America’s leading construction companies, specializing in large and complex civil infrastructure for over 130 years, Lane has helped develop transportation systems throughout the United States, specializing in mobility, tunneling, and water resources to address sustainable development and climate change challenges. Their past projects include the LYNX Blue Line Extension in North Carolina; the Anacostia River Tunnel- in Washington, D.C.; and the I-395 Express Lanes Extension in Virginia. One of their key current projects is the Caloosahatchee (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir in LaBelle, Florida. The USD 524 million project includes the construction of a sand embankment dam with a perimeter of approximately 16.3 miles and a 2.8-mile-long separa - tor dam. The Lane team is responsible for constructing the two-cell, 10,500-acre reservoir, with 170,000 acre-feet of storage and a dam Lane Construction Constructs Storage Reservoir for Everglades Restoration SYNCHRO Streamlines Project Management and Analysis, Creating Template for Future Projects By Marion Bouillin
height of 27 to 38 feet. They are also tasked with building 18 water control structures with discharge piping, 14.7 miles of perimeter ca- nal, discharge piping for an already-constructed pump station, and a nearby local and site access bridge. Due to the scope of the project, the team struggled to identify specific quantities of project elements for this complex site, especially given the size of the larger elements. “It becomes more complicated when large project elements and quantities must be further split and segregated to better quantify and identify an accurate bid, schedule, work plan, and as-built,” explained Matt Blake, VDC/BIM director for Lane. These complexities made the project more difficult to manage than their previous work. Searching for All-encompassing Project Management Software To better manage this vast and complex project, the team wanted to use a project management software that they could seamlessly integrate Project Summary Organization C-43 Water Management Builders, a joint venture of The Lane Construction Corporation and its parent company Webuild Group Solution 4D Construction Modeling Location LaBelle, Florida, United States Project Objectives • To construct a sand embankment dam and separator dam. • To identify specific quantities of project elements for the construction site. Project Playbook: SYNCHRO™ 4D, SYNCHRO Control, SYNCHRO Field, ProjectWise® Fast Facts: • Lane is responsible for constructing the USD 524 million C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir project. • SYNCHRO Field and Control helped optimize communication and transparency from field to office. • SYNCHRO 4D’s construction modeling tool split design models for quantity take-off, estimating, and scheduling project work activities. ROI • By using SYNCHRO applications, they provided their client with a mechanism that better refines cost, schedule, and risk on their project. • The C-43 project will promote a healthy biological system through the capture and controlled release of water. • SYNCHRO facilitated collaboration and overall project management and development. • Lane was responsible for construction of the C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir project, an Everglades restoration effort.
Lane was responsible for construction of the C-43 West Basin Storage Reservoir project, an Everglades restoration effort. Photo: The Lane Construction Corporation.
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