Case Study: Shanghai Water Engineering Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. achieves 25% improved collaborative efficiency and saves three months with Bentley

Shanghai Water Designs New Pump Station to Reduce Yangtze River Flooding

Shanghai Water Engineering Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd. was appointed to design and deliver a complex USD 300 million pump station and sluice gate to reduce Yangtze River flooding in Shanghai, working around dense urban infrastructure and multiple disciplines. To manage tight timelines and ensure consistent BIM workflows, the institute selected Bentley, using Bentley applications such as ProjectWise, OpenBuildings Designer, and ContextCapture to enable integrated 3D modeling and information management.

Bentley implemented a connected data environment via ProjectWise and BIM tools to support simultaneous multidisciplinary design, reality modeling, and standardized delivery workflows. As a result, Bentley’s solution improved collaborative efficiency by 25% (saving three months and USD 60,000), increased design efficiency by 20%, cut communication time by a month, reduced rework and costs, and saved an additional USD 15,000 in labor—helping keep the project on schedule.