Trixi worked closely with CBRE to integrate IBM TRIRIGA with legacy applications to improve asset condition inspection processes at Sydney’s Pyrmont Bridge. Implementing a TRIRIGA solution has resulted in substantial time and cost efficiencies.
IN BRIEF
- CBRE’s annual inspections of heritage-listed Pyrmont Bridge in Sydney’s Cockle Bay have traditionally been inefficient, time-consuming and costly.
- Implementation of a TRIRIGA solution has contributed to greater efficiencies in the inspection process, including facilitating real-time information capture.
- Licensing and support costs for legacy inspection applications and BIM software have been eliminated.
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Client CBRE Platform IBM TRIRIGA Project Pyrmont Bridge, Sydney IBM TRIRIGA implementation specialist Trixi
Annual maintenance and repair inspections of Pyrmont Bridge in Cockle Bay, Sydney, used to take two weeks to carry out. But inspection times have been significantly shortened, and costs reduced, by implementing an IBM TRIRIGA solution for the bridge.
Regular inspections of Pyrmont Bridge are managed by commercial real estate services firm CBRE, which uses the IBM TRIRIGA platform for facilities and asset management projects throughout the Sydney CBD.
Integration experts Trixi Building Solutions used CBRE’s existing TRIRIGA licences to tailor a solution for the bridge. In addition to eliminating licensing and support costs for both legacy inspection applications and BIM software, the solution has created efficiencies by allowing mobile tablets to be used for inspections and facilitating real-time information capture.
Benefits of TRIRIGA implementation
Opened in 1902, Pyrmont Bridge is one of the world’s oldest surviving electrically operated swingspan bridges. Consisting of a steel truss swingspan with timber truss approach spans, the bridge was originally built to carry motor vehicle traffic. In 1981, it was reclassified for pedestrian and bike traffic only.
Interior of the metal structure of Pyrmont Bridge in Sydney, New South Wales.
As heritage-listed infrastructure, the bridge has traditionally required intensive periods of inspection annually. Because it doesn’t conform directly to a typical building structure, CBRE was required to check every element of the bridge closely.
“The ability of IBM TRIRIGA to flex up, flex down and be responsive to the needs of the end-user is one of its strengths.”
— Rohan Vanner, Director | Trixi
With support from Trixi, CBRE extended the standard Facility Condition Assessment functionality in TRIRIGA to create Building Inspection items and record inspection histories for each element of the bridge. A combination of the TRIRIGA location hierarcy, asset hierarchy and Building System Item (BSI) hierarchy now provides a dynamic, multi-dimensional spatial view of the bridge that allows for simplified task management processes to be applied.
Trixi also developed an inspection application on the TRIRIGA UX framework to enable users to complete the inspections of the bridge efficiently and accurately by using mobile tablets. By using a real-time FCA app, information can be viewed immediately, thus eliminating confusion and redundant inspections.
Results of the inspection can be viewed and analysed by using TRIRIGA reporting dashboards that identify what maintenance and repair work should be prioritised.
Time and cost efficiencies gained
The simple advantage of TRIRIGA is that can be adapted, scaled up and used in any number of creative ways to deliver meaningful data-led insights and evaluate opportunities for saving time and costs with asset condition inspection processes.
Trixi Building Solutions configured and enhanced TRIRIGA to meet CBRE’s facilities and asset management portfolio requirements in Sydney’s CBD. It’s done the same for Pyrmont Bridge, an asset structure that is atypical within CBRE’s property portfolio.
“Both CBRE and Trixi are services organisations, so we understand how one another work,” says Trixi Director Rohan Vanner. The ability of IBM TRIRIGA to flex up, flex down and be responsive to the needs of the end-user is one of its strengths,” he says.
“If an organisation wants a single product that can handle a facility from the cradle to the grave, IBM TRIRIGA really is your go-to solution.”
With over 250 million square metres under management worldwide in over 100 countries, CBRE is the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment. It’s also Australia’s largest commercial property services company, managing over 18,000 tenants across both Australia and New Zealand. Providing solutions to property owners in office, retail, industrial and residential sectors, as well as public spaces, CBRE works with its clients to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and create memorable on-site experiences for end-users across its clients’ commercial property portfolios.
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