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AUTOMATING ENGINEERING
WITH FME
ROLAND MARTIN, ARUP
COMING UP…
● Who are we?
● What sort of thing do we do?
● How do we use FME?
ENGINEERING IS
ALL ABOUT DATA
Who am I?
We are a global, integrated, multidisciplinary firm of professionals
working together to tackle complex planning, infrastructure and
building design challenges.
13,000 engineers, designers, planners, management consultants,
economists, spatial experts, programmers, statisticians…
85 offices in 35 countries.
Full service from concept through completion.
Dedicated to delivering value through expertise, global resources
and local delivery.
THE THINGS WE DO
Digital Insight
● Data Architecture, data strategy, database design, data engineering, data
management, interoperability
● Data Collection, data sourcing, mobile data, digitization, 360° photography, laser
scanning
● Data Visualization, 2D and 3D data visualization, virtual reality, augmented reality
● Web & Digital Tools, UX/UI design, desktop and application development,
dashboards, frontend and backend web development
● Data Analytics, “big” data analytics, spatial analysis, network analysis, statistical
analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, image analysis
● Automation, workflow mapping, tool development, technical support for projects
In practical terms…
Client / Project
Data
Architecture
Data
Collection
Data
Visualization
Web & Digital
Tools
Data
Analytics Automation
Highways ● ● ● ● ●
Transit ● ● ● ● ● ●
Aviation ● ● ●
Cities ● ● ● ●
Technology ● ● ●
FME AT WORK
Central Plant Load Tool
Thermal piping Central plant
Plant Peak Heating
Load
Peak Cooling
Load
Plant Area
# MW MW m2
1 37 52 2,030
2 107 188 6,252
[CELLRANGE]
[CELLRANGE]
[CELLRANGE]
[CELLRANGE] [CELLRANGE] [CELLRANGE]
0
5
10
15
20
25
Density Maps Plant Sizing Pipe Routing
Time(hours)
Task
Manual
Automated
Step Manual Automated
Load Calculation ● ●
Installed Capacity Reduction ● ●
Pipe Sizing ● ●
Optimized Pipe Routing ● ●
Transfers Between Software ● ●
Central Plant Loat Tool
Team Insight
Businesses
Projects
Offices
Team Insight
Augmented Reality
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THE MORAL
Remember that guy who worked in engineering who appeared on
safe.com, saying you could remove every piece of software from his
desktop except for FME? Turns out he meant it…
THANK YOU!
Roland Martin
roland.martin@arup.com

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Automating Engineering with FME

  • 2. COMING UP… ● Who are we? ● What sort of thing do we do? ● How do we use FME?
  • 5. We are a global, integrated, multidisciplinary firm of professionals working together to tackle complex planning, infrastructure and building design challenges. 13,000 engineers, designers, planners, management consultants, economists, spatial experts, programmers, statisticians… 85 offices in 35 countries. Full service from concept through completion. Dedicated to delivering value through expertise, global resources and local delivery.
  • 7. Digital Insight ● Data Architecture, data strategy, database design, data engineering, data management, interoperability ● Data Collection, data sourcing, mobile data, digitization, 360° photography, laser scanning ● Data Visualization, 2D and 3D data visualization, virtual reality, augmented reality ● Web & Digital Tools, UX/UI design, desktop and application development, dashboards, frontend and backend web development ● Data Analytics, “big” data analytics, spatial analysis, network analysis, statistical analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence, computer vision, image analysis ● Automation, workflow mapping, tool development, technical support for projects
  • 8. In practical terms… Client / Project Data Architecture Data Collection Data Visualization Web & Digital Tools Data Analytics Automation Highways ● ● ● ● ● Transit ● ● ● ● ● ● Aviation ● ● ● Cities ● ● ● ● Technology ● ● ●
  • 10. Central Plant Load Tool Thermal piping Central plant Plant Peak Heating Load Peak Cooling Load Plant Area # MW MW m2 1 37 52 2,030 2 107 188 6,252 [CELLRANGE] [CELLRANGE] [CELLRANGE] [CELLRANGE] [CELLRANGE] [CELLRANGE] 0 5 10 15 20 25 Density Maps Plant Sizing Pipe Routing Time(hours) Task Manual Automated Step Manual Automated Load Calculation ● ● Installed Capacity Reduction ● ● Pipe Sizing ● ● Optimized Pipe Routing ● ● Transfers Between Software ● ●
  • 15. THE MORAL Remember that guy who worked in engineering who appeared on safe.com, saying you could remove every piece of software from his desktop except for FME? Turns out he meant it…