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Contractors Making the Transition to BIM

Contractors Making the Transition to BIM

Customer challenge

The biggest challenge for Reedy Electrical Services was not having the expertise needed to handle the increasing number of bids that require a BIM deliverable. This requirement limits the number of opportunities the customer can bid on. In addition, the secondary challenge was to keep their production levels up and continue to bid on new projects while implementing the transition from producing 2D drawings to 3D Revit models.

Project goals

The primary goal for Reedy Electrical Services was to obtain electrical specific Revit design training and feel confident, post-training, that they would be able to apply those skills to their everyday projects. Developing the skills necessary to produce 3D models would ultimately allow them to bid on and secure bigger projects and keep them competitive in the electrical contracting market.

Solution

Our client-designed Revit course focusing on the electrical trade was the best solution for the customer's needs. It was designed to cover an array of topics featured in several different canned training classes. We provided them with knowledge from Revit Architecture, Revit MEP and BIM: Template and Family Creation to teach templates, walls, families, doors, windows and more. We provided them the tools necessary to model anything they may need to create a successful electrical BIM model.

Business outcome

The training and consistent support provided to the customer has led to early success. The customer has already seen a 50% faster turnaround time to create a project. In addition, they've experienced less re-work and are producing a significantly cleaner and more detailed product for their customers. As a result of this success, the customer does not intend on utilizing AutoCAD as their design software and they are looking forward to increased projects that were not attainable before training.

Conclusion

The custom training that was put together has provided the customer with the skills necessary to compete for projects that they couldn't consider before. They have already seen an increase in their turnaround times to complete projects and the quality of their product has only gotten better. They are anticipating that these skills will increase their profitability as they bid on and win new business moving forward.

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 6
  • 2019-12-12

    Autodesk solutions

  • Revit

    Services provided

  • Solution Optimization Services
  • Business Process Assessment & Documentation
  • Product Training
  • Technical Support

    Customer industry

  • MEP Engineering
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