The life cycle management based on Multi-D® Technology at Rostov NPP won the first prize in the Mega-Project Multi-Roadmap Element category at CETI Award 2016. ASE Group engineers have worked on the unique Multi-D technology for the past 10 years. It is well known from experience that the risk of cost overruns and delays is inherent in large-scale construction projects. It can be minimized only if IT tools and business processes are properly combined and supplement each other. Developed by Russia’s nuclear engineers, the Multi-D system has proved to be an effective and reliable solution.

Multi-D offers a more flexible grip on time, budget and quality parameters in capital construction projects. The idea to develop the system is rooted in ASE’s positive experience in design and construction project management and the use of software solutions developed by Dassault Systemes, particularly its 3D EXPERIENCE platform.

As practice of using Multi-D in Russia shows, a careful choice of tools facilitates delivery of any project while sticking to the budget. A perfect example is the construction of new power units at Rostov and the Yuzhnouralskaya Thermal Power Plant (Units 1 and 2).

How it works

The Multi-D Technology uses detailed 3D representations to model construction and installation processes, optimize construction operations during the preparatory phase, analyze different scenarios of resource consumption and, if needed, improve 3D model during the course of the project. Apart from the spatial model of facilities under construction (including drawings and 3D visualization), the Multi-D technology incorporates a construction schedule (based on standard progress rates) and quantified construction data. The level of detailing in the Multi-D system is that of Level 4 project schedule. Construction and installation plans based on this schedule are stepwise applied to construction levels, premises and installation areas.

Worldwide recognition

The award ceremony took place at FIATECH Technology Conference & Showcase in Orlando (Florida, USA). Projects nominated for the award were considered by an international panel of experts from the USA, United Kingdom, France, Japan and Norway.

CETI Award was established by FIATECH, one of the world’s most respected industrial associations. FIATECH is a large industrial consortium and association bringing together the international engineering community, engineering companies and PLM software vendors. The first prize won by Multi-D® technology in the Mega-Project category means that the Russian life cycle management system for the nuclear industry follows strategic global trends.

According to Valery Limarenko, CEO of ASE, recognition of Rosatom’s Multi-D system by the world community also means that the nuclear industry as a hi-tech economic sector, plays a leading role in the development of life-time management tools for sophisticated engineering facilities. ‘Russia’s technology leadership is very meaningful. The award received from FIATECH testifies to the fact that Rosatom is a leading player of the nuclear design and construction market’, Limarenko said.

Not the First Award

This is not the first time the Russian technology has earned the world’s recognition. In recent years, the Multi-D system has been repeatedly named by international experts as an efficient solution in the design and construction industry and won various awards. For instance, ASE-designed Multi-D-Based Project Management System won its first prize in Operational Excellence category at the World Nuclear Exhibition in June 2016. The ceremony took place in Le Bourget (Paris).