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Contextualization of the Nova Ferroeste

Application of Artificial Intelligence in defining the route

BIM Model of Nova Ferroeste

Is Brazil a railway-oriented country?

Nova Ferroeste, why?

Building Information Modeling vs. Information Model for Decision-

Making

Model Result

Objectives achieved

Railway modeling in AutoCAD Civil 3D

Federated model of the Serra do Mar.

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Contextualization of the Nova Ferroeste

Application of Artificial Intelligence in defining the route

BIM Model of Nova Ferroeste

Is Brazil a railway-oriented country?

Nova Ferroeste, why?

Railway modeling in AutoCAD Civil 3D

Federated model of the Serra do Mar.

Building Information Modeling vs. Information Model for Decision-

Making

Model Result

Objectives achieved

• Is Brazil a railway- oriented country?

Is Brazil a railway- oriented country?

Mapa de Soja no Brasil

The center of gravity for cargo in Brazil is in

the Midwest and the western coastal states.

Is Brazil a railway- oriented country?

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According to data from CNT, road transport

emits 101 gCO2/TKU compared to 23.3

gCO2/TKU for rail transport.

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Freight transport by train offers: a lower

accident rate, reduced logistics costs, a

dramatic decrease in congestion, and shorter

transit times.

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Transporting shorter-distance freight offers a

better quality of life for truck drivers. 04

• Is Brazil a railway- oriented country?

Is Brazil a railway- oriented country?

Yes.

• Is Brazil a railway- oriented country?

Nova Ferroeste, why?

Traffic High transportation

costs

High GHG

emissions

High number of

accidents

Logistics infrastructure in the region

One of the main grain export corridors in Brazil.

The connection to the Port of Paranaguá gives the corridor great potential for the distribution of imported fertilizers.

Main fuel import corridor for the interior of Paraná and other states.

Rail corridor with potential for container imports and integration into Paraguay's demographic belt.

Over 9 million people impacted.FEDERAL HIGHWAY NETWORK RAILWAY NETWORK

Interest Area

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Contextualization of the Nova Ferroeste

Application of Artificial Intelligence in defining the route

BIM Model of Nova Ferroeste

Is Brazil a railway-oriented country?

Nova Ferroeste, why?

Railway modeling in AutoCAD Civil 3D

Federated model of the Serra do Mar.

Building Information Modeling vs. Information Model for Decision-

Making

Model Result

Objectives achieved

• Is Brazil a railway-oriented country?

Building Information Modeling X Information modeling for decision-making

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is the digital

representation of a project’s physical and functional

characteristics, integrating data from multiple disciplines

to support design, construction, and operation throughout

its lifecycle.

In railway works, especially those of long extension,

Information Modeling for Decision-Making plays a

fundamental role — “where to build” takes priority over

“how to build”.

Information modeling

+ de 100 GB of geographic data (in a GIS environment) covering approximately 550.000 km².

Economic route, with low CAPEX and OPEX

Integrate stakeholders

Sustainable Rail Corridor

Information modeling General Objectives

IN FOUR MONTHS

Information modeling Multicriteria Analysis

1 Cultivated area

2 Agriculture GVA

3 Industrial GVA

4 Soy Production

5 Sugar Production

6 Wheat Production

7 Corn Production

8 Fertilizers Production

9 Petroleum and Derivatives

10 Meat and offal Production

11 Hidrographic Density

12 Slope of the Terrain

13 Geological Risk

14 Pluviometry

15 Proximity to Highways

16 Prox. to Competing Railways

17 Prox. to Connecting Railways

18 Warehouse Capacity

19 Attractive Ports

20 Competing Ports

21 Urban Areas

22 Education Index

23 Employment and Income Index

24 Fiscal Module

25 Indigenous Lands

26 Environmen. Conservation Unit

27 Sustainable Use Unit

28 Private Natur. Heritage Reserve

29 Environmental Protection Area

30 Caves

31 Quilombola Areas

32 Rural Settlements

33 Atlantic Forest Remnants

34 Protected Areas

35 Area of influen. of rural settlers

1. Defining which variables should be considered for the study of route alternatives

2. Grouping them into characteristic dimensions

3. Relating the variables to hierarchize them using the AHP method

4. Rasterizing, normalizing, and reclassifying the variable by assigning a score

5. Using map algebra, creating the final friction surfaces

6. Defining the favorability corridor

Weighted Linear Combination Process

Physical Socio-

environmental

Logistic

COST SURFACE

Commodity market

Socioeconomic

Study Dimensions

Dimension or Surface Area of ​​Cost or Friction

Physical Dimension

Socioeconomic Dimension

Logistics Dimension

Commodity market Dimension

Socio-environmental dimension

Machine Learning

Implementation in ArcGIS

Machine Learning

+100 x

Various scenarios (input)

Various parameters (corridor)

Model Result

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NEUTRAL SCENARIO

It considers all groups of factors in a more balanced way but considers the environmental factor as the primary dimension.

PHYSICAL SETTING

It prioritizes physical conditions over other groups of factors.

Favorability Corridors

Commodity market Dimension

• 10 variables

Physical Dimension

• 4 variables

Logistics Dimension

• 6 variables

Socio-environmental Dimension

• 11 variables

Socioeconomic Dimension

• 4 variables

TOTAL

• 35 variables

FRICTION SURFACES OF THE DIMENSIONS

DIMENSION RELATIVE WEIGHT

RANKING

Socio-environmental 32% 1

Physical 29% 2

Commodity market 21% 3

Logistics 14% 4

Socioeconomic 5% 5

Favorability Corridor

Heat Map of the Favorability Corridor

Region outside the favorability due to the use of an existing railway segment

Achieved goals

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INTEGRATING STAKEHOLDERS

✓ Active participation in the process, especially in the weighting of variables;

✓ Construction of customized scenarios according to the client's preferences;

✓ Once the algorithm was completed, these scenarios were developed almost instantly.

ECONOMIC ROUTE, WITH LOW CAPEX AND OPEX.

✓ The engineering solutions were designed based on a structured and optimized foundation, rather than using a heterogeneous mass of data;

✓ After the model was created, the professionals worked on an area equivalent to 5% of the original territorial area.

SUSTAINABLE RAILWAY CORRIDOR

✓ The socio-environmental dimension was the study's priority;

✓ Additionally, it was the dimension with the highest number of variables (a total of 11);

✓ The railway is eligible for the issuance of green bonds.

Faithful adherence to the schedule – plan validated by stakeholders in 4 months.

Goals achieved with AI

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Contextualization of the Nova Ferroeste

Application of Artificial Intelligence in defining the route

BIM Model of Nova Ferroeste

Is Brazil a railway-oriented country?

Nova Ferroeste, why?

Railway modeling in AutoCAD Civil 3D

Federated model of the Serra do Mar.

Building Information Modeling vs. Information Model for Decision-

Making

Model Result

Objectives achieved

• Is Brazil a railway-oriented country?

Railway Modeling in AutoCAD Civil 3D

• Digital terrain model created using Recap;

• Geometric optimization of the route based on the

orthophoto mosaic across the entire length of the

route;

• Geometry and earthworks designed in Civil 3D for

the 1.304 km of the railway alignment;

• Identification and compensation of hundreds of cuts

and fills (half a billion m³) through an automated

process in Civil 3D, aimed at identifying the sources

and destinations that would result in the lowest

possible transportation moment.

Railway Modeling

Surface created through aerial photogrammetry

Orthophoto of the entire railway in Civil 3D

TPF Tools on the Civil 3D ribbon

Geometric Design in Civil 3D

Federated model of the Serra

do Mar in InfraWorks

Railway Modeling

Surfaces, corridors, and other elements

modeled in Civil 3D integrated into InfraWorks

• Is Brazil a railway-oriented country?

Federated model of the Serra do Mar (55 km Railway Segment)

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Seção Padrão Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3: Summary

Contextualization of the Nova Ferroeste Slide 4: Summary Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10

Artificial Intelligence in Nova Ferroeste Slide 11: Summary Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 Slide 19: Model Result Slide 20 Slide 21 Slide 22: Achieved goals Slide 23

BIM Model of Nova Ferroeste Slide 24: Summary Slide 25 Slide 26 Slide 27 Slide 28 Slide 29 Slide 30