Case Study: COWI achieves optimal road localization and coordinated planning with Trimble Quantm

COWI Makes Use of New Tool to Find Optimal Localization of New Road

COWI was tasked by the Swedish Transport Administration to plan a safer, more accessible alignment for Road 168, which links Marstrand with Kungälv and the E6 and sees heavy summer traffic. Extensive geotechnical and archaeological fieldwork expanded the potential corridor area, creating a need to assess many localization alternatives efficiently and transparently.

COWI adopted Trimble Quantm to automatically analyze terrain, costs, structures, material balances, crossings and environmental/social constraints, generating thousands of 3D-compliant alignments that cluster into preferred corridors. The tool sped up early decision-making, improved stakeholder communication and conflict detection, enabled evaluation of many strategic alternatives, and produced costed, preferred alignments for public consultation—delivering greater control, efficiency and a competitive edge.

COWI

Victor Cronsby

BIM and Data Coordinator