This document discusses collaboration challenges on infrastructure projects and how Aconex's collaboration platform can help address them. It summarizes experiences from the US Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District and other global projects. Aconex provides a single integrated platform for information and process management across the project lifecycle. It allows for greater visibility, control and structure of key project processes like RFIs and submittals. The platform has been used on over $800 billion in projects worldwide.

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Project:
Reid Highway Extension, Perth, Australia
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We are working with Bob Coote of AECOM to schedule a future webinar date
Congratulations to AECOM for winning Gold at the Constructech Vision Awards
in Chicago last month
– Innovative use of technology for successful business outcomes
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Project:
Riyadh Metro, Saudi Arabia

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Agenda
Introduction
Industry Success
Platform Demo
Q&A
Norman Anderson, CG/LA Infrastructure
Kevin Lovell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Steve Wilson, Aconex

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Industry update
• Continued increase in demand for critical infrastructure
• Flat line or in some cases decrease in government spending
• Increased involvement, controls and reporting requirements of governments
• Political and regulatory uncertainty leading to increased risk
• New technologies require new regulations

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CG/LA Infrastructure, Inc.
Infrastructure is a Tremendous Force for Good, Globally
Mission
– Bring together the right parties
– Create access to the best talent and expertise
– Catalyze great business models
Platforms
– Leadership Forums
– Blueprint 2025 Initiative
– GlobalViP Major Projects Platform

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Global Infrastructure Project Complexity
Project-wide network of a major global engineering firm
• Long tail of communication that is
not often visible to key
stakeholders including the owner
or a JV partner
• Dispersed teams
• Multiple project phases each with
critical information hand-offs
• Huge margin for error
• Significant inherent inefficiency

8. BUILDING STRONG®
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Chicago District
Project Collaboration in the Chicago District,
US Army Corps of Engineers
Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Lovell
Deputy District Commander
Chicago District, USACE

9. BUILDING STRONG®USACE: US Army Corps of Engineers

10. BUILDING STRONG®
Mission: USACE-Chicago District provides valued, world class leadership, engineering services,
and management capabilities for diverse stakeholders and partners within the greater Chicago-
land metropolitan area and to the Nation.
USACE-Chicago District
9 Counties 9.1 Million people
Great Lakes and
Ohio River Division
McHenry Lake
Kane
Cook
DuPage
Will
Lake
Porter
LaPorte
 LRC Mission Areas:
 Flood Risk Management
 Shoreline Protection
 Navigation
 Environmental
 Emergency Management
 Overseas Contingency Ops
 IIS Program
 Regulatory Support
 Real Estate

11. BUILDING STRONG®
Chicago – Navigation
• Seven Harbor projects
• 90% traffic within system
• 14,287 jobs in Chicago area
• $652 M in wages, salaries
• $2.8 B in business revenue
Since 1979, the operations and maintenance of the Illinois Waterway
has been the responsibility of the USACE, Rock Island District.

12. BUILDING STRONG®
Chicago – Flood Risk Management
•$1.28B in flood damages
prevented since 1996
• $ 96M in 2010
• $130M in 2011
• $ 48M in 2012
• $319M in 2013
• $ 95M in 2014

13. BUILDING STRONG®
Chicago – Ecosystem Restoration
Ecosystem Restoration:
•26 projects completed or
in construction for over 2900
acres of habitat & 60 miles
of unimpeded river flow
• On target to award 3 and
possibly 4 new construction
projects in 2015
•26 studies in progress

14. BUILDING STRONG®
Business Process Milestones
Congressional Approval, Funding & Construction

15. BUILDING STRONG®
SMART Planning Initiative
► Complete plans in 3 years, under $3M, and less than 3 levels
of vertical integration
► Replaces legacy model which took 7-9 years to complete
► Requires even more efficient and effective processes and
methods

16. BUILDING STRONG®
Collaboration, Knowledge
Management, and Approvals
Complex Funding
Federal and local
require detailed
accounting and
reporting
External Teams
All construction & some
design work is
completed by the
private sector!
Internal Collaboration
Documents sent via
Projectwise, Sharepoint, and
email
Approval Chains
Field to district
District to the division
Division to HQ
Dispersed Teams
Most research is
completed by
geographically dispersed
labs

17. BUILDING STRONG®
Current and Future Challenges
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• New collaboration process
• Flat lined or decreased funding
We must continue to Innovate and streamline our processes:
Design - Contract award - Construction
The Key: How we communicate and collaborate
throughout the project life cycle

18. BUILDING STRONG®
Process Improvement Goals
 Optimize project funding
► Reduce approval turnaround times
► Reduce errors
► Reduce risk
 Improve visibility to key stakeholders
► Transparency of information and approvals
► Accessibility of drawings and communication to dispersed teams
► Elimination of rework in the approval process

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Aconex collaboration
Save money, increase productivity. Manage project risk.
Cloud & Mobile
Information & Process
Management
Engineering
& Construction
Project-Wide
Across the
Project Lifecycle
Plan Design Construct OperateBid
OperatorSub-contractorsContractorConsultantsOwner EPC Designer

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One integrated collaboration platform for project
information and process
Owner EPC Designer Consultants Contractor Subcontractors
Client Service & Support
Web Mobile APIs
Information & Process Management
Platform
Document Management 3D Modeling Field Inspections
Correspondence Registers Bidding & Tenders
Workflows O&M / Deliverables Site Mobility
Network Integration API Reporting & Search
Infrastructure 2D & 3D Viewer Archiving
Operator

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RFIswithAconex:Control,structureandvisibility
TIME
Greater process control
and structure
Team wide visibility Trusted Delivery
RFI raised by initiator
and mailed to
Responder
Review content,
returns if
incomplete
SME Input
entered and
returned
Response created
and returned. SME
input reviewed.
Action Taken
Decides is Subject
Matter Expert input is
required
TIME
Typicalcycletimereductionfrom5to2days

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The world’s most widely-used collaboration
platform for engineering & construction
500
thousand
users worldwide
$800
billion
in projects
1.1
billion
documents
48
thousand
companies served
70
countries
around the world
40
offices
globally
RTD Chiyodo BG Group
Tanker Pacific Leighton Welspun Bilfinger
Denver RTD FasTracks $5B
Dubai Metro $7.8BState Route 99 $1.4B
Panama Canal Expansion $3.2B Dubai Airport Concourse 3 $4.5B
Algeria Highway $5B

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Aconex: Key Infrastructure Processes
Management
• Overview
• Reporting
• RFIs
• Submittals
• Handover
There was a 20 minute platform demo during the live webinar.
Request a personal demo at aconex.com/Demo

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Project:
Reid Highway Extension, Perth, Australia
Trusted by the world’s largest projects
With thanks to our participants
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aconex.com/Demo