3D underground scanning project launched in Dubai
Geospatial mapping to provide comprehensive data across all underground utilities and infrastructure
Dubai Municipality has launched the ‘3D Infrastructure and Service Lines Map’ project, which aims to position the emirate as a fully smart model that provides cutting-edge services, in line with various international and innovative standards across all its key sectors.
Several contemporary technologies will be used to provide a 3D scan of underground service lines, guaranteeing delivery of all relevant data and the accuracy of the geospatial database. The data includes details on all services, such as the irrigation, sewage, and rainwater lines maintained by Dubai Municipality, along with road lighting lines and power and water lines data as held by the Roads and Transport Authority, the organisation stated.
These underground service lines will be further scanned, processed, and delivered to the data-owning organisations to update them, it added.
In mid September 2022, Dubai Municipality said it had completed 85% of construction work on the world’s largest waste-to-energy plant.
These sets of data are said to be essential to achieving the municipality’s goals of digital twinning, which include facilitating and speeding up operations that use 3D infrastructure data, including NOCs and infrastructure projects for relevant buildings and projects.
Dawoud Al Hajri, Director-General of Dubai Municipality, said the project will undertake a comprehensive study on choosing advanced technologies to build a 3D model, and an inclusive map of geospatial data on hidden infrastructure and service lines. Once underway, it will integrate all the diverse details within a single source of information.
He added, “The study will further explore recent technological innovations in preparing underground infrastructure maps, including the ground penetrating radar (GPR) technology, and choose the best option to guarantee sustainable viability of data collection all over Dubai, keeping up with the latest information.”
In early October 2022, Dubai Municipality said that it had made significant progress on its beach rehabilitation project.
Acting CEO of Buildings Regulation and Permits Agency Mariam Al Muhairi said this project will be carried out in two phases, with the first phase involving analysis of available technology across the globe, assuring its quality, efficacy, and availability in order to provide it to the specialised team; and then training the team to use it effectively.
In mid October 2022, the Department of Municipalities and Transport unveiled the Abu Dhabi Digital Twin project.
