PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited
Jinsha River Longkaikou Hydropower Station Project – (Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China)
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East China Design & Research Institute designed and built the CNY 8.9 billion Longkaikou Hydropower Station on the Jinsha River. The 116-meter-high concrete gravity dam and five 360 megawatt Francis turbines generate electricity, but the station also provides structures for irrigation, water supply retention, and flood control. The Institute committed to a comprehensive 3D digital design process for this massive project.
The Longkaikou Hydropower Plant was the first domestic hydropower project to use 3D digital design technology, which greatly affected the ROI. The team used AECOsim Building Designer to generate the 3D models of the dam foundation surface, resulting in a savings of CNY 194 million. MicroStation helped reduce collisions by 90 percent and decrease the number of design changes by 80 percent.
PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited
Jinsha River Longkaikou Hydropower Station Project – (Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China)
Image courtesy of PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited
East China Design & Research Institute designed and built the CNY 8.9 billion Longkaikou Hydropower Station on the Jinsha River. The 116-meter-high concrete gravity dam and five 360 megawatt Francis turbines generate electricity, but the station also provides structures for irrigation, water supply retention, and flood control. The Institute committed to a comprehensive 3D digital design process for this massive project.
The Longkaikou Hydropower Plant was the first domestic hydropower project to use 3D digital design technology, which greatly affected the ROI. The team used AECOsim Building Designer to generate the 3D models of the dam foundation surface, resulting in a savings of CNY 194 million. MicroStation helped reduce collisions by 90 percent and decrease the number of design changes by 80 percent.