Holdfast Training Services Trial Blog

As previously mentioned our BIM set-up is more targeted at data collection than actual collaborative working and as a result we lack many of the real benefits BIM has to offer.

Our river wall consists of a 16m deep sheet pile wall that is paralleled by a 6m anchor wall. The two are tied together by 63.5mm bars (dwg below). This was installed a couple of months ago.

River and anchor wall design

Yesterday our piling contractor hit one of the tie rod sticking out of the back of the anchor wall.

6m deep, tie rod visible on the left of next to the light.

The sheet wall and piling scheme designers are different and neither of these are our principal designer. We are now in the process of getting the pile location redesigned. Hopefully the designer confirms the coordinate change in a couple of days otherwise the piling gang will be stood at a cost of £6k/day. Whilst I’m not going to get in to the specific details it is fair to say that collaborative working would have gone a long way to prevent this form happening.

So…

What is the better approach, setting up an expensive system and enforcing it or paying to fix problems when they arise?