Ontario using digital twins to enhance infrastructure projects

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Ontario Construction News staff writer

The Ontario government says it is using digital twins to enhance the planning and delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects to improve worker safety and save taxpayers money.

The $5-million project is focused on three projects: the Peter Gilgan Mississauga Hospital redevelopment, the Ontario Place rebuild and the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension.

The digital twins will help identify and resolve problems before work begins, which the province says could help avoid costly and dangerous utility conflicts. This could also improve worker safety and ensure projects are completed on time and on budget.

By using a digital twin of the underground utilities, the province can avoid costly and dangerous utility conflicts.

โ€œOur government is exploring innovative new technologies to help build critical infrastructure faster and more cost-effectively,โ€ Infrastructure Minister Kinga Surma said in a statement โ€œFrom start to finish, digital twins will help ensure that project partners involved in the building process have access to timely, accurate and state-of-the-art data to advance the delivery of Ontarioโ€™s infrastructure for our growing communities.โ€

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