you need to demonstrate your understanding of building information modelling (BIM), which emphasises proactive and preventative maintenance

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you need to demonstrate your understanding of building information modelling (BIM), which emphasises proactive and preventative maintenance to maximise the operational efficiency of equipment.

Debate and answer the following based on the brief scenarios:

1. South Africa has the best rail infrastructure in Africa. However, rail (freight and passenger) and port capacity shortages remain a severe constraint in domestic and regional trade, even in the currently constrained business environment. The South African government has announced plans to spend R900 billion by 2027 on transportation infrastructure, although project implementation has been slow and may be reviewed to ensure good governance and sustainability.

The insufficient maintenance of the existing infrastructure has been highlighted as the key contributor to the current state of railway infrastructure. A need to have planned and preventative maintenance will prolong infrastructure assets not deteriorating faster than anticipated. Infrastructure facilities that are in good working order are either overloaded, no longer operational or in need of complete renewal or replacement. After conducting further research, describe how you will make use of building information modelling (BIM) for proactive and preventative maintenance to maximise the operational efficiency of railway infrastructure or equipment (30).

2. Railways are a climate-smart and efficient way to move people and freight. Make use of value chain knowledge and discuss in detail why we “aggressively” need to expand the railway to promote economic growth while cutting greenhouse gas emissions. (40)

Note: Consider the use of sustainable energy at the station/energy-efficient rail, Low-emission rail, Regional differences, High-speed rail, Freight expansion and, where possible, support using a diagram.

3. Concerning our passenger rail transport in South Africa, we identify different methods of measuring performance in the value chain from the customer perspective (30). Note: Consider mainly the price, availability and reliability of service.