ABSTRACT
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) comprise a series of underground spaces such as disposal areas, service areas, and accessways to a surface site. Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), part of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) a government entity, has been tasked with delivery of the GDF.
The digital GDF initial actions project (DGIA) created the foundation upon which continued development and understanding of the digital engineering requirements of the GDF are being progressed. The project high-lighted the need to develop a common data environment (CDE) approach to working across the GDF. The project pointed towards outlining the required steps needed to develop the Building Information Management/Modelling (BIM). The GDF is a system of a systems, the project also developed the GIS procedures needed for a major programme and set the requirement to bring both GIS and BIM systems into alignment to facilitate the interoperable ecosystem of the GDF.
