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BURNS & MCDONNELL HELPS CLIENT AVOID A YEAR-LONG DELAY ON DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
EFFORT WITH MATTERPORT

BURNS & MCDONNELL

Kansas City
Results
 * Avoided delays due to COVID-19 lockdowns - Saved a year’s worth of time
 * Efficiently gained buy-in from engineering and environmental stakeholders
 * Improved project design and coordination
 * Showcased renewable resiliency solutions to speed replication across
   Liberty’s territory.




A MICROGRID TO PROACTIVELY BUILD RESILIENCY

While Burns & McDonnell is headquartered in Kansas City, it takes on projects
all over the world. The firm’s founders and namesakes got their start working on
water, sewer, and lighting projects in the Midwestern United States in the early
1900s, and many of its original clients remain. One of them, Liberty Utilities,
operates electrical, water, and gas utilities all over the U.S.

Strong winds, lightning, human-caused fires, and equipment malfunctions are
among the leading causes of wildfires. Utility companies may shut off power
lines when certain criteria are met.

A brilliant solution known as a microgrid is a power source typically consisting
of solar panels, battery storage, and backup propane or diesel generation. When
distribution lines from the main grid are de-energized, a microgrid can power
customers at the end of a distribution line while mitigating risks of red flag
warnings in affected areas.

In early 2020, Liberty Utilities asked Burns & McDonnell for help with a
renewable microgrid at the end of one of their remote distribution lines that
serve customers in and around Truckee, California. The location of the microgrid
receives almost 17 feet of snow per year on average. 



HALTED BY COVID-19



Liberty Utilities and Burns & McDonnell released a request for proposals to
build the microgrid in February 2020. Just a few weeks later, California went
into lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The project was in a very remote
location,” says Burns & McDonnell Engineering Manager Skyler Wills, “and bidders
had no idea what it looked like. There was no Street View to speak of.”

Liberty Utilities wanted the microgrid installed by the end of 2020, but feared
it would be delayed an entire year if bidders couldn’t look at the site and
finish construction before heavy snow returned. To solve this issue, Burns &
McDonnell approached Liberty Utilities and suggested using Matterport. They used
a LeicaBLK 360 camera and the Matterport Capture app to scan the entire site
where the microgrid would go. Using the 3D scan, they annotated details that
would be important to bidders, added a video of the miles-long access road, and
scheduled a “virtual site visit.”




THE MATTERPORT VIRTUAL SITE VISIT

Burns & McDonnell’s marketing team created a landing page to host the Matterport
3D tour and sent the link to all the bidders. They virtually “walked around” the
site and allowed bidders to ask questions along the way.

“Normally only one or two representatives from a bidding company can visit a
site,” Wills says, “so one of the great things about Matterport is that
everybody involved with the project — from planning, design, buying materials,
and constructing the equipment on-site — could see it. And they were able to
refer back to it after the site visit.” Burns & McDonnell saw consistent traffic
on the site page for three full weeks as bidders kept coming back to look around
and take measurements — and their subcontractors did the same.

“The scan picks up so much detail that we’re able to zoom in on,” says Randy
Meyer, land surveyor at Liberty Utilities. “There was a culvert that needed to
be mitigated for drainage, and existing utility structures were also visible.
All of these things come into play during the design process, and although we
created a traditional topographic survey, it’s not quite the same as 3D. We made
significant adjustments based on the Matterport scan and ended up with an even
better design.” 

The Matterport scan continued to be helpful even after the bidding process was
over because third parties had a stake in the project too. The microgrid site is
located near a UC Berkeley facility, a crucial partner for this project. And,
because the project is in the Tahoe National Forest, approvals were needed from
the Truckee Ranger District, which was also a key contributor.

“We were able to share the Matterport scan with a lot of different
stakeholders,” Wills says. “It helped us convey what we needed and showed them
what the site looked like prior to construction in order to get buy-in from
everyone.”

The project moved at speed even during the pandemic, especially considering the
lockdowns and how inhospitable the area can be during the winter.

We saved a whole year's worth of time,” Wills says. “The project certainly would
have been delayed if not for Matterport’s products.”



PUSHING THE INDUSTRY INTO THE FUTURE

Bidders who participated in the virtual site visit filled out a questionnaire at
the end, and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. Most said they want to
use Matterport scans on future bids even after coronavirus restrictions are
removed. Feedback from participating bidders ranged from “I feel like we just
pushed the industry 20 years into the future” to “It was the next best thing to
being there. Thanks so much for the comprehensive virtual tour.”

The success of using Matterport for the Liberty Utilities project is prompting a
closer look at more ways to use the technology. “This microgrid is unique,”
Wills says, “but it doesn’t have to be. It’s something that can be replicated
all over Liberty’s territory. The microgrid project will be scanned with
Matterport again when it’s finished, and Liberty will be able to use it to show
their customers how they’re creating truly innovative solutions.”

Learn more about how Matterport can make construction projects more efficient
 



 

 

 

 


ABOUT BURNS & MCDONNELL

Burns & McDonnell is a family of companies with an unmatched team of 7,600
engineers, construction professionals, architects, technologists and scientists.
With an integrated construction and design mindset, Burns & McDonnell offers
full-service capabilities globally. Founded in 1898, Burns & McDonnell is a 100%
employee-owned company.

https://www.burnsmcd.com/

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Kansas City, Missouri

INDUSTRY
Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC)

EMPLOYEES
7,600

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CHALLENGE
Keep a critical microgrid project in California on track with a long-time
utility client

SOLUTION
A Matterport 3D virtual tour of a remote project site avoided a year-long delay
due to COVID-19 lockdowns

https://matterport.com/industries/case-studies/burns-mcdonnell-helps-client-avoid-year-long-delay-distributed-energy

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