The Blagodatnoye deposit in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, is one of the largest gold deposits in the world. Though Polyus has mined there since 2010, the continued growth of gold ore production necessitated the development of an additional service complex and Mill-5, a new gold processing plant. The project included the design, construction planning, and field supervision of two buildings and related infrastructure. As part of their commitment to improving the efficiency of their work, the company sought the best possible solutions for the project. Facing a complex design and construction modeling works among a team of over 100 employees, Polyus needed an integrated digital technology solution to implement data-driven, collaborative design and construction workflows.

They selected Bentley applications to establish seamless workflows, streamlining data and processes and using 3D models to link the construction schedule and generate reports to the field. With the applications, Polyus was able to help the distributed team communicate and share information seamlessly. Using ContextCapture to create a reality model lowered the need to refine data from the construction site and reduced engineering design time by 22%. Working in a connected data environment with ProjectWise improved design communication by 12%. With MicroStation, they detected clashes and lowered the number of errors in the final model, reducing construction downtime. Performing construction simulation and developing cloud-based workflows optimized construction and installation works, preventing erroneous procurement of unneeded materials and reducing the time to facility commission by 42 days.