Exceed your clients’ expectations.
We represent the precision field layout and measurement, draftsman, coordinators, prefabrication managers, building owners, MEPTF contractors, estimators, construction managers, architects, engineers, and the field install personnel who have a vested interest in improving the quality of buildings, speeding the pace of construction, cutting wasted material and labor, improving cost predictability, and cutting the total cost of construction.
Building construction is as old as human civilization and has been in a continual state of evolution ever since we changed the second hut based on what we learned from the first hut. We build buildings to live in, to work in, to learn in, to heal in, and to gather in. Each building is imagined by the owner, designed by the architects and engineers, and built by the builders and each stage of this process involves drawings and data as a means of communication.
VDC and BIM professionals are the stewards of this information management and transfer the same basic building processes that have been used for decades can be implemented in an environment that becomes more demanding by the year.
VDC vs BIM vs CIM
There are a lot of big words and ideas that get thrown around the construction industry these days. Not much different than the advent of the internet or the crypto boom, a new word comes up and people throw it around to generally describe what they mean without knowing exactly what it implies. So here you go… our attempt to demystify and oversimplify three very similar terms in the construction industry….
Virtual Design and Construction (VDC)
All things built can be modeled virtually. A digital footprint can begin with project design and carry through to project completion. This virtual information can be translated directly to material production, such as sheet metal fabrication data. Somehow this data needs to be communicated. It could be a rendering for an owner/client, fabrication drawings, or 2D plans design and construction eventually becomes tangible but it begins virtually today. The craft in VDC is a skill and knowledge base in its own right, while the virtual information can be simple shapes to complex and interconnected data.
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Buildings do not hold information. Virtual models can hold data. This is the foundation of BIM. All digital models of a building – a pipe, wall, column, or duct – hold information. That information could be as simple as dimensions, that’s little BIM.
A building model with information conveying sizes, dimensions, or maybe material. All of that data can be communicated in a sketch with pencil and paper. BIM is always present in the work we do. A virtually modeled building element cannot exist without some basic information to create its geometry, its shape.
BIM uses that basic virtual model to receive and communicate more complicated information, such as a part’s relationship to other building elements, a system flow rate, labor time and costs, material costs, manufacturer data. The information will be useful for you and your team, but other information can be embedded or input for a construction manager or building owner. The success of BIM relies on communication between you and your team and us as content creators.
Construction Information Management (CIM)
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We believe in…
Improved schedule speed
Reduced labor costs
Material savings
Elimination of rework
Improved accuracy
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Misconceptions
This is just going to add cost to my project…
All you do is click a few buttons…
I’d rather do this in house. I don’t want to throw money away on some outside service.
It’s cheaper if I go with the companies outside of the U.S.
This is just too complicated. We’ve been fine without it before.
I tried this before and it failed miserably and I just wasted a lot of time and money…
Quick Facts
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