This lengthy Business Case (including Case Studies) by Jacobs is an absolute must read!
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"This
business case asks for an investment of $108,000 USD for a 12 month subscription to the Pointerra “Data as A Solution (DaAS)” to
increase our (APAC) current allocation from 2TB (which is currently at a capacity) to 6TB. This will provide us with the ability to
scale this solution across a larger number of our delivery projects, and thus
increasing our return on investment."
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After extensive product reviews and trials Digital Solutions has converged to
Pointerra as our preferred option for a data solution and delivery platform."
"The ANZ Data Capture team been
actively trialing this platform for several years assessing its capability and potential to be deployed as Jacobs standard platform solution for
delivery of design-grade 3D point clouds and 3D imagery."
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Pointerra offers a number of direct benefits and project value across each stage of the project delivery, from planning to design through to construction and operations."
Pointerra User Quote:
[ “With regards to some metrics on the value, in terms of quantifiable items I think that having access to Pointerra and the information provided has given the design teams and myself a much better understanding of the project site and its constraints. I would estimate that the Pointerra tool has at least saved the need to undertake a site visit for each of the teams. Assuming that two staff members from each of the three packages were to attend site for a full day over the duration of the project delivery I’d estimate the cost saving to be in the order of $30-50,000. For the non-quantifiable value, the use of the Pointerra platform has provided several benefits including; Better understanding of project sites and their constraints – leading to better solutions, Increased safety by allowing detailed measurements without going to site and 3D visualisation for the client to make conveying issues or solutions easier” - Design Manager Midland Highway Design ]Pointerra User Quote:
[ “The low monthly cost of maintaining Pointerra access for the year-long project is easily saving over $50,000 in costs and safety risks for site visits along the rail corridor, which is over an hour travel distance from most team members. Pointerra is used by more than a dozen team members (client and internal teams) every week. Utilising the high resolution streetview, and measuring and cross section tools are very valuable and always at our fingertips.” - Warun Ponds PM and Rail Design Engineer ]"
Competing solutionsCurrently there are limited cloud/web-based 3D point cloud data solutions that offer the scale and interoperability that Pointerra provides. Most of the competing services are viewing solutions only and do not offer detailed analytics and interactive capabilities.
None have the scalability of Pointerra or can handle multiple 3D datasets including terrestrial/mobile/aerial LiDAR, photogrammetric imagery, reality meshes, and advanced at-scale data analytics."
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Cost BenefitBased on a cost avoidance model, calculating the savings in project costs and efficiencies using the Pointerra solution, it is
estimated that the current savings are in the order of a minimum of $500,000 over a 12 month period (demonstrated by the case studies evidenced in this business case)."
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Current situationANZ
currently maintains a 2TB/month ($2,000 USD) data license which is being funded partly by cost recovery on projects and the remaining through the operational PU. The existing account license supports a range of projects across ANZ. Our
2TB data allocation currently is fully utilised, including active and archived data usage and is therefore not scalable for broader project/business use with a limited number of projects currently capable of accessing the service. Which is
resulting in lost opportunities and lost revenue."
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Pointerra not only offers significant value as a data storage and delivery solution, it also enables and delivers greater collaboration between project delivery teams, specifically teams that are geographically dis-located."
Pointerra User Quote:
[ “We have been using Pointerra for nearly two years on the Midland Highway Final Stage project in Tasmania where we have design teams throughout Australia, New Zealand, India and the US. Pointerra has provided our interstate and international teams with an unrivalled ability to gain a deeper understanding of our project sites and grasp specific issues and constraints in a very detailed way. It has also allowed us to convey design issues to our clients and external stakeholders in a way that is not possible with conventional spatial applications. The detailed measurements available from Pointerra has also reduced the need for on-site verification which has a definite safety benefit for the project. I foresee Pointerra becoming more and more important to achieving better remote team and GID solutions within our projects.” - Design Manager for the Midland Highway Final Stage Project, Tasmania ]Pointerra User Quote:
[ “We found Pointerra is particular useful for remote projects such as the two I have been working on in Wellington and Auckland NZ. We wouldn’t have been able to grasp an understanding of the site without the assistance from Pointerra during the Covid period which prevented project teams from travelling to and meeting on site in the entire 2020. Being a web-based application, Pointerra can be easily made accessible to project team members outside Jacobs. We’ve received numerous compliments from clients and stakeholders about providing tool (Pointerra) as part of Jacobs survey services." - Over Head Rail Engineer ]"
The AskFor
additional funding ($166k AUD) to increase our data use and storage allocation to 6TB/month but also importantly
added benefits such as analytical tools which provide increased efficiencies for some of our current workflows, early access to new developments and on-going coordination with the Pointerra development team, and the ability to share tokens.
"This business case recommends that an enterprise agreement for the Pointerra services as detailed in the attached proposal be supported and budget approved. The
value creation potential, cost savings and benefits gained from this investment are significant and directly support our digital transformation strategy to deliver integrated digital delivery solutions for design engineering."
