Development of a Rapid Airfield Design and Construction Planning Platform

Current airfield design workflows are manual, time-consuming, and prone to errors, often taking weeks to complete validation and revisions. Rapid deployment demands an efficient, accurate, and adaptable design process that can keep pace with operational needs and adhere to strict regulatory guidelines, minimizing delays and costly mistakes.

A large-scale defense or governmental construction agency responsible for rapid deployment of infrastructure, including airfields and related facilities, in diverse operational environments.

• Reduce airfield design turnaround times from weeks to minutes through automation and intelligent workflow management.
• Enhance accuracy of terrain modeling, paving estimates, and Bill of Materials (BOM) for construction materials, aiming for a precision level suitable for 35% stage design documentation.
• Implement automated compliance checks against relevant guidelines, with manual waivers to allow flexible design adjustments.
• Enable construction simulation and optimization, including pavement layout, slab planning, and material estimation, supporting rapid decision-making in both combat and forward-operating environments.
• Facilitate seamless integration with existing civil engineering and terrain modeling tools via standard formats like LandXML and DXF.
• Support various construction scenarios with adaptable design parameters for runways, taxiways, shoulders, and surfacing, including asphalt and concrete pavement options.

• Terrain data ingestion and visualization, supporting survey data formats.
• Automated runway grading engine to optimize elevation constraints and minimize fill dirt usage.
• Flexible geometric design constrained by or outside of predefined regulatory guidelines with validation and manual waiver support.
• Simulation of pavement and surfacing layouts, including both concrete and asphalt options, with real-time updates and optimization.
• Generation of Bills of Materials with high precision, including joint and sealing supplies.
• Export capabilities to industry-standard formats such as LandXML for terrain and DXF for blueprints, with surface breaklines support.
• Automated construction material estimation and plan generation for early-stage project planning.

• Civil engineering design tools like AutoCAD Civil 3D for terrain and blueprint workflows
• Structural and pavement design applications for inputting pavement specifications
• Construction planning systems for real-time project scheduling and resource management

• High performance capable of generating design solutions within seconds for real-time decision support
• Scalable architecture to handle large terrain datasets and multiple concurrent users
• Secure data handling and compliance with defense and regulatory standards
• User-friendly interface with clear validation and warning mechanisms for guideline compliance

The platform aims to significantly accelerate airfield design cycles by reducing turnaround times from weeks to minutes, while increasing accuracy of terrain and material estimates by up to 35%. It will minimize costly errors through automation, support compliance with regulatory standards, and enable rapid, informed decision-making in operational environments, thus enhancing the overall readiness and efficiency of infrastructure deployment in critical scenarios.