Hochtief ViCon, a leading provider of services in the field of virtual construction, said it has delivered key building information modelling (BIM) services for all three metro lines - Green, Red and the Gold - in Doha, Qatar.

ViCon’s scope of BIM Management services was divided into two consecutive phases; Phase One being the BIM implementation including the execution plan and the modelling guidelines and Phase Two involved process management and design co-ordination including trainings and clash detections.

The ‘QIRP Gold Line MEP Underground’ project comprised detailed engineering design (DED) services for 10 underground stations with an associated central cooling plant and 32 km of railway tunnels for the client WorleyParsons.

The company accomplished a “Doha Metro project hat-trick” by providing the services for all three metro lines, said a company spokesman.

Within 30 weeks ViCon conducted a total of 35 training sessions to discipline engineers from over 120 staff members under one roof in the engineering and BIM integrated processes.

Having gained experience from previous Doha Metro projects, the Metro Green Line UG and the Metro Red Line South, ViCon surely was the right choice to deliver the desired BIM outcome, he stated.

The ‘Gold Line MEP Underground’ project JV, involving top companies Aktor, Larson & Toubro, Yapi Merkezi, STFA and AI Jaber Engineering, was for executing the detailed design and construction, which again awarded WorleyParsons to provide DED services.-TradeArabia News Service