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Lanigan Civil – Touching Down using the Autodesk AEC Collection

Lanigan Civil – Touching Down using the Autodesk AEC Collection

Customer challenge

Geoff Lanigan (Lanigan Civil) explained some of the challenges of this design work. “Most of Australia’s regional airports are maintained by Local Councils – Scone, Shell Harbour, Newcastle, Broome, Hobart, Launceston, Coffs Harbour airports, etc. The Councils are very budget conscious and demanding the most cost-effective design solution.”

Project goals

In a recent project for at Scone Airport in NSW, Autodesk Civil 3D was utilised to optimise the design of upgrading the runways, taxiways, apron and a new museum within a limited developable area. The airport had flood issues and the whole design had to be carried out in conjunction with a flood study which utilised the Civil 3D surfaces and made interaction between the geometric design and flood constraints a breeze.

Solution

Geoff Lanigan is convinced that Autodesk provides the answer to the company’s civil design needs. “Having used a number of civil engineering programs during my career – they have all suffered from being separate from the drafting program – you typically have to export the civil design into the drafting or CAD program to complete the project. Should there be a change to the design, then the drafting has to be re-done. Civil 3D provides both civil engineering tools inside the CAD environment."

Business outcome

By combining years of industry experience and modern civil design tools, Lanigan Civil have been able to deliver many design projects for Australia’s regional airports. “Training staff is always an issue for business owners – the good news is that everyone has AutoCAD skills, so with this under their belt, it is not too hard a step for staff to become familiar with Civil 3D. The modern interface and model-based design puts it well ahead of the competition”.

Conclusion

“Lanigan Civil is typical of the shift by civil engineering companies from using older generations of civil engineering software to the modern approach of integrating design and drafting using Civil 3D” notes Andrew English, Director of Civil Survey Solutions – who provides Autodesk software to civil engineering consultancies and local government through out Australia. “These organisations have set themselves up for the next ten to fifteen years of high productivity and low training costs.”

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 25
  • 2020-03-16

    Autodesk solutions

  • Civil 3D
  • ReCap

    Services provided

  • System & Software Maintenance
  • Product Training

    Customer industry

  • Civil Engineering
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