Annual Meeting of Shanghai Society for Innovation in Civil Engineering, Environment and Transport January, 8, 2017.

1. Smart Underground
Space
Professor Isam Shahrour
Annual Meeting of Shanghai Society for Innovation
in Civil Engineering, Environment and Transport
January, 8, 2017

2. Presentation outline
Smart City:
• Why and What ?
• Which feed-back (lessons) from real projects ?
Smart Underground Space:
• Why And What ?
• How to implement?

3. Presentation outline
Smart City:
• Why ? and What ?
• Which feed-back (lessons) from real projects ?
Smart underground Space:
• Why ? and What ?
• How to implement?

4. We started a Smart City project within a consortium
composed of:
• Private and public partners
• Local, national, European and international partners
The beginning in 2010

5. Innovation centers
• Pole Ubiquitaire
• CITC –EURARFID
• PRN
Local authorities
• AMGVF (Large
Cities association)
• Lille Metropolis
• Region
• ArtoisComm
International:
• W-Smart (Int. Ass. for
water Security)
• US
• Netherland, UK, Spain
• Middle East
Urban services providers
• Dalkia
• Eaux du Nord (Suez)
• Eau de Paris
• ERDF
• Lille Métropole Habitat
Research Laboratories:
• Engineering
• Information technology
• Social Science
Education program:
• Master programs
• PhD programs
Start-ups :
Stereograph, Noolittic,
Inodesign, Calmwater,
Planete oui, Ixsane, Projex,
Smart City consortium

6. TWUL - London
UK
Burgos
SPAIN
Leeuwarden
Netherlands
Lille
FRANCE
Smart Water 4 Europe
Budget : 12 millions €

7. Conclusion of 1– year work
The City meets great challenges in tough financial
conditions.
It should innovate in the management of the
infrastructures and services by using the digital
technology and social innovation (Smart technology).

8. The city challenges
Rapid population increase: Cities are more and crowded
Urban
Developing countries
Urban –
Developed countries
Rural
Developing countries
World population

9. Aging Infrastructures Diagnostic of US Infrastructures (D+)
The city challenges

10. http://www.forbes.com/sites/williampentland/2013/08/30/blackout-risk-tool-puts-price-tag-on-power-reliability/
“Our grids are old and our equipment is aging,”
Robin Luo, vice president and blackout model project manager at Hartford Steam Boiler.
US: the yearly cost of electrical outages = $ 150 billions

11. Lack of infrastructures in developing countries
The city challenges

12. Silos organization
The city challenges
Service of
Electricity
Service of
Drinking
water
Service of
Sanitation
Service of
District
Heating
Service of
Municipal
Wastes

13. The City :
• 70% of the energy consumption
• 80% of the greenhouse emission
The city challenges
Global Warming – Climate change
Heat wavesFlood

14. The city challenges
Financial crisis

15. Production transformation storage
Transport
distribution
Consumption
(demand)
Energy:Traditionnel system
• Des infrastructures géantes
• Améliorer les performances de chaque phase
The city challenges
Transformation of the organization of our systems

16. (Cm)
(Cl) (C1)
(Ck)
(Pj)
Consumption
(P1)
(Pi)
(Pn)
Production
(S)(S)
(S)
Storage
Transformation of the management the energy system
The city challenges
Modern System

17. (Cm)
(Cl) (C1)
(Ck)
(Pj)
(P1)
(Pi)
(Pn)
(S)(S)
(S)
Transformation of the management the energy system
The city challenges
Modern System

18. (Cm)
(Cl) (C1)
(Ck)
(Pj)
(P1)
(Pi)
(Pn)
(S)(S)
(S)
S
Global system for data transfer and management
Transformation of the management the energy system
The city challenges

19. Transformation of the City
Design and construction of
infrastructures, facilities and
buildings
(Green Technology)
Management of the urban
infrastructures and facilities
Digital Technology
Collective intelligence
Collaborative work

20. Internet
Réseaux Sociaux
Digital Technology

21. Mart sensors
• Measure
• Analyze
• Communicate
• act
Digital Technology

22. Smart sensors

23. BigData & data analysis, expert system,..

24. Augmented and virtual realities

25. Real-time
Application of the digital technology to the City
Store
Analyze
Learn
Real time control
Optimal control

26. Technology Collective Intelligence

27. Health, Education
Art, Culture
BIG DATA
digital, images,
movies, audios
More data

28. Presentation outline
Smart City:
• Why ? What ?
• Which feed-back (lessons) from real projects ?
Smart underground Space:
• Why ? What ?
• How to implement?

29. Smart City
implementation ?
Large Experimentation
(Demonstrator)

30. Large-scale demonstrator of the Smart City
Scientific City
Small town:
• 25 000 users
• 140 Buildings
(320 000 m2 )

31. 100 km of Urban Networks
• Drinking Water
• Sewage
• District Heating
• Gas
• Electrical ( HV, LV)
• Public light
• Roads

32. Smart City PlatformInformation
Sytem
Asset Data (GIS)
Analytics
Wb servor
communication
• Users
• Management staff
• Technical staff
• Academic Staff
• Public
Data transfert:
• Wired
• Wireless
Monitoring
• Buildings
• Water Network
• Energy network
• Others
Sensors data
Users
Alert
Information
Users data
Open data
• Weather
• Traffic
• Emergency
Open data
Architecture of the Smart System

33. • 15 km
• 100 AMR
• 5 pressure cells
• Acoustic system
• Water quality control
Example : Drinking water network

34. Water leakage detection
Water losses (m3)
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10/12/15
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09/01/16
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29/01/16
08/02/16
18/02/16
28/02/16
09/03/16
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08/04/16
18/04/16
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08/05/16
18/05/16
28/05/16
Before After
After

35. Water quality control

36. Example : Sanitation network

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3 Sep. to 10 Sep. 2015
10 Sep. to 17 Sep. 2015
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Flow of 13 Sep. 2015
Rain of 13 Sep. 2015
Detection of connection between sanitation
and storm water systems
Water flow in the sanitation network
Rainall

38. SunRise
Site pilote de la ville
intelligente et durable
District heating system
Heating Center

39. Heating Sub-Station
• Temperature
• Flow
• Pressure
• Consumption
Regulation System
(Valve Controllers)

40. Energy savings in buildings
Consumption with
smart regulation
Recorded
consumption

41. Resume – Conclusion
The Smart City implementation allowed:
- Enhancement of our understanding of the infrastructures
- Improvement in the security and performances
- Saving in the expenses
- Reinforcement of the partnership with the private sector
- Private investment re-covered by savings

42. Presentation outline
Smart City:
• Why ? What ?
• Which feed-back (lessons) from real projects ?
Smart Underground Space:
• Why ? What ?
• How to implement?

43. Why ?
The underground space challenges ?

44. 1) Lifecycle approach
how to ensure data and information transmission between
stakeholders all over the lifecycle ?
Planning Design Construction Exploitation

45. 1) Lifecycle approach
Each stage is based on data and generates new data
Planning Design Construction Exploitation
• Urban environment
• Subsoil (preliminary studies and
investigations)
• Data from soil excavation
• Specific soil exploration
• Soil treatment
• Soil and Structure movement
• Hydraulic parameters
• Exploitation data
• Energy, water, air quality
• Safety
• Maintenance
• Surveillance
• Advanced soil exploration (geophysics, field
exploration, laboratory tests, hydraulic)
• Output (AutoCad, BIM, plans, charts,..)

46. 1) Lifecycle approach
Questions :
• How can we conserve, manage and use the data all over the
lifecycle of the underground facility ?
• Which tools should we develop for data analysis and visualization ?
• How the GIS and BIM technologies could help ?
• How we can combine these technologies ?
The first part of the Smart Underground Space
Development of integrated information system for
underground space and structures

47. This role was confirmed by the report «Underground
Engineering for Sustainable Urban Development » of:
• Committee on Underground Engineering for Sustainable
Development,
• Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering,
• Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Division on Earth and
Life Studies National Research Council
2) Sustainability – Environment
Integrated eco- friendly strategy for underground facilities ?

48. Used to store energy and
water and energy source Reduces traffic jams.
reduces energy
consumption and
greenhouse gas emission.
Reduces pressure on land
use; increases green
areas
Environmental role
of the underground
space
2) Sustainability – Environment
Integrated eco- friendly strategy for underground facilities ?

49. Preliminary
studies
Design Construction Exploitation
• Urban planning
• Geo- environmental
• Use of green technology
• Reduction of water and energy
consumption
• Prevention of soil, water and air
pollution
• Treatment of excavated soil
• Reduction of Energy and Water
Consumption
• Air Quality
• Local Energy production
• Construction process
• Excavated soil re-use
• Impact on the subsoil and water
• Energy and water consumption
2) Sustainability – Environment
Integrated eco- friendly strategy for underground facilities ?

50. Questions :
• How we can develop an integrated sustainability approach ?
• How we can promote the use of this approach ?
• What are the sustainability indicators for each phase ?
• How we can determine and use these indicators ?
2) Sustainability – Environment

51. Safety in the underground space is more critical than in the
surface space, because of the access restriction.
Accidents could occur during the construction or exploitation
stages.
It concerns:
• Structural instability,
• water infiltration,
• Fire,
• Electrical outage
• Air contamination.
3) Resiliency, safety and risk management

52. Preliminary
studies
Design Construction Exploitation
• Identification of the safety
challenges (Indicators)
• Integration of safety and
resilience
• Identification of the safety and
resilience challenges (Indicators)
• Monitoring of the soil-structure
movement and hydraulic parameters
• Interpretation of the excavation
parameters
• Use of historical and real – time data
for safe and optimal management of
the excavation process.
• Identification of the safety and
resilience challenges (Indicators)
• Real-time Monitoring of the space
and equipment
• Real-time control of the
equipment
• Decision based on real-time and
historical data
• Identification of the safety and
resilience challenges (Indicators)
• Integration of the Smart
Technology in the safety issue …
Real-time supervision and
équipement control
3) Resiliency, Safety and risk management
Integrated strategy for underground resiliency, safety and risk
management?

53. Questions :
• How to develop an integrated safety and resilience approach?
• How the smart Technology could help in the implementation of this
strategy ?
• How to implement the Smart Technology in real case ?
3) Resiliency, Safety and risk management

54. How the smart underground space concept will
help to meet these challenges?

55. Need for innovative system to meet the underground
space challenges
An inclusive system with advanced tools for data collection, storage,
analysis, share and visualization
Analysis of real-time and historical data enhances the optimal and
safe management of the underground space.

56. Smart system for the underground space:
• Improves the management
• Increases the safety
• Reduces energy consumption and greenhouse emission
• Improves life quality
• Allows development of new services
Experience with the Smart City shows that the application of the
smart technology to the underground:

57. Presentation outline
Smart City:
• Why ? What ?
• Which feed-back (lessons) from real projects ?
Smart underground Space:
• Why ? What ?
• How to implement?

58. Implementation of the Smart system
Designation of a Smart System Team with multidisciplinary skills
Smart System
Team
Digital
technology
Data mining
and analysis
Civil -
geotechnical
engineering
Mechanical
and electrical
engineering,
Security
and
emergency
Management

59. Planning Design Construction Exploitation
• Data collection and transfer to
the Information system
• Use of Data for the control of
the excavation process and
environement
• Performance analysis
• Share of information
• Data collection and transfer to the IS
• Use of Data for the control of the
equipment, devices, environment
• Performance analysis
• Share of Data
• Users information
• Identification of parameters to be
followed and controlled
• Design of the monitoring system
• Design of the Information System
• Design of the control system
• Construction of the Smart Platform
(GIS, BIM, CIM,…)
Smart System for underground space
Work to conduct at each step

60. 1) Information system
Asset data :
• Soils, structural
elements;
• adjacent
buildings;
• Electrical,
mechanical
equipment;
• maintenance
information
Dynamic data
• Soil and
structure
movement
• water flow
and pressure
Other
information:
• Traffic,
• weather,
• Urban
activities
• Users
Operating Data
• Electrical grid,
• ventilation,
• access control,
• air quality
• fire equipment
• Water
Data management
Data management could use professional tools such as:
• Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Building Information Modelling (BIM).
• Civil Information Modelling (CIM)

61. Conclusion
Smart Technology allows the development of an inclusive
system based on digital technology for the optimal and safe
management of the underground space through its lifecycle
It could beneficiate from innovations in the field of Smart Cities,
Smart Grid, Smart Buildings, Smart Monitoring and Health structure
monitoring

62. Conclusion
We need to start with pilot projects: New
projects or/and exiting underground space

63. THANK YOU