OREANDA-NEWS. December 31, 2010. The Engineering Company "SPbAEP" has put into commercial operation the system of automated issue of the working documentation for the reinforced concrete structures (SAVRD-ZHBK), designed by own means and forces.

Its introduction eliminates the possibility of human errors as much as possible during the process of designing and opens good prospects for perfection of designing technology for the NPP as a whole.

SAVRD-ZHBK designing was essential because the SmartPlant Enterprise system which is used now for creation of configurations of the NPPs lacks the possibility to design in the automatic mode of the building part of the NPP, including the reinforcing process.

As Director of the Department of Design Planning and Organization of the JSC "SPbAEP" Gennady Gusev said, with the help of the SAVRD-ZHBK it is possible to design reinforcing in 3D modeling, without wasting time for routine manual operations: "Reinforcement elements allow for all nuances of designing of reinforcement of concrete elements: protective layer — indent of reinforcement from the edge of concrete including the grooving; automatic displacement of kernel with respect to each other; reinforcement bend — bend radius is calculated automatically on the basis of the kernel diameter and the corresponding norms; overlapping of the kernels in case of excess of the maximum length and many other nuances".

At the result of the SAVRD-ZHBK employment, the volume of not creative work which may provide for greatest quantity of errors is considerably reduced, that is the notorious "human factor" is excluded.

One more advantage of the new system it that it is developed by the experts of the JSC "SPbAEP" on the basis of the Bentley MicroStation graphic platform. "Thereof, Gennady Gusev explains, the product turned out to be inexpensive. We do not depend on the foreign developers, we do not have any problems with the technical support (we do everything ourselves) and this is very important".

The JSC "SPbAEP" does not plan to be satisfied with what has already been achieved. The company plans include creation of new technologies for designing and perfection of the current technologies, including attraction of the foreign organizations.