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    AEC: How to Save Time and Money from Operation Managment?

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    Reducing 31200 hours of work annul= $1,872,000 CAD Saving

    Remember when the architect sent over a change last week, what was the dimension we had to move that door by? You search through your notes and emails for several minutes before finding the conversation from last week that she’s referring to.

    How much of an effect does this drag on productivity have on your day?   In a 15-person office, each person can spend up to two hours a day searching for data-that’s $200,000 per year wasted!

    Let us do a rough calculation here:

    120 minutes X 300 employees =36,000 minutes

    2400 minutes / 60 mins = 600 hours wasted each week

    600 hours X 52 weeks = 31200 hours

    31200 hours per year X $60 employment hourly rate =$1,872,000 CAD

    $1,872,000 CAD/ a year of operation is wasted with unproductive work process.

    SolidCAD has many successful cases in thriving BIM implementation in various cases. We have a great team of experts supporting individuals and organizations in terms of BIM training and helping them to set up a strong foundation project to reach independence.

    Please feel free to reach out to me at shirley.sio@solidcad.ca for more information.

    #BIMadoption #SolidCAD #AECindustry #Digitaltwin #digitaltransformation #BIMmandate  #AECoperationcost #AECmanagement

    The Challenges in the MEP Industries

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    Pain Point:

    Disconnected Workflows: separate tolls being used by project stakeholders and disconnected workflows internally with firms result in the costly duplication of effort and increase work time.

    The inability to engage in influence early: This adds risk to securing procurement paths and is made even more difficult with those disconnected workflows and disparate solutions.

    Fast-tracked project schedule: Meeting tight deadlines are tough enough with managing and coordinating materials and labour, but it is even more difficult if there is miscommunication and design intent.

    A small talent pool: Difficult to hire and retain talent. It is also a problem that older specialists are retiring from the industry and taking their experience with them

    SolidCAD has many successful cases in thriving BIM implementation in various cases. We have a great team of experts supporting individuals and organizations in terms of BIM training and helping them to set up a strong foundation project to reach independence.

    Feel free to contact us for more information.

    #SolidCAD #Digital Collaboration # Increasing BIM Mandates, #Technology Proliferation #Industrialization of Construction #Digital Transformation

    Why BIM in MEP?

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    Why BIM in MEP?

    75% of a project’s operational costs in the first 10 years are MEP related. Implementing BIM solution can demonstrate a savings of just 8 minutes per employee each week, and a reduction in change order on every projects – Autodesk

    Let us do a rough calculation at the operational cost that is wasted:

    8 minutes X 300 employees =2400 minutes

    2400 minutes / 60 mins = 40 hours wasted each week

    40 hours X 52 weeks = 2080 hours

    2080 hours per year X $100 employment hourly rate =$208,000 CAD

    Therefore, $208,000 CAD is wasted a year with unproductive operation cost.

    To have the ability to utilize the best from BIM helps you to save cost and to improve your productivity.

    If you want to understand and learn more about BIM Implementation and approach, we have a great team of experts supporting individuals and organizations in terms of BIM training and helping them to set up a strong foundation project to reach independence. SolidCAD has many successful cases in thriving BIM implementation in various cases.

    Please feel free to reach out to me at shirley.sio@solidcad.ca for more information.

    # WhatisBIM #BIMadoption #SolidCAD #AECindustry #Digitaltwin #digitaltransformation #BIMmandate

    What is BIM? Why BIM Adoption?

    Posted on by Fatima

    In 2020, the research finding from the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries in Canada state that:

    • 94% acknowledge that BIM is the future of project information and design practices
    • 90% of participant organizations already experienced a certain level of BIM implementation in their current operation
    • 80% of participants shared their BIM files with at least one external organization
    • Near half of these participants encountered interoperability obstacles in their projects    – AECO Lab Innovation
    • 55% of participants identified BIM helps to reduce their production costs by up to 50%  National Research Council Canada
    • 58% of expert users agree BIM reduce their production time to 50%
    • 87% of participants experienced positive ROI
    • 93% of users believe there is potential gain and increase value from it in the future  -National Research Council Canada

    A number of government projects in Canada are requiring BIM data for the last 5 years. It is a new trend for the Land developers and AEC industries to adapt the BIM technology to different stakeholders’ aspects.

    If you want to understand and learn more about BIM Implementation and approach, we have a great team of experts supporting individuals and organizations in terms of BIM training and helping them to set up a strong foundation project to reach independence. SolidCAD has many successful cases in thriving BIM implementation in various cases.

    Please feel free to reach out to me at shirley.sio@solidcad.ca for more information.

    # WhatisBIM #BIMadoption #SolidCAD #AECindustry #Digitaltwin #digitaltransformation #BIMmandate #

    Why BIM in AEC Firms?

    Posted on by Fatima

    What is BIM? Why BIM Adoption?

    Is your existing workflow process seamless?

    Is there repetition or duplication of effort?

    Is data being re-enter from time to time?

    How do you handle changes?

    How many tools do you have to use to resolve that change order?

    Here are the sources of over-budgeting in operations and late project deliverables:

    • Poor collaboration
    • Low productivity
    • Low quality result
    • Overtime
    • Rework loads

    Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a powerful technology implemented by many leading countries over the last 20 years. Canada remains the only G7 country without a national BIM mandate.    –Government, Technology, Daily Commerical News

    If you want to understand and learn more about BIM Implementation and approach, we have a great team of experts supporting individuals and organizations in terms of BIM training and helping them to set up a strong foundation project to reach independence. SolidCAD has many successful cases in thriving BIM implementation in various cases.

    Please feel free to reach out to me at shirley.sio@solidcad.ca for more information.

    #WhatisBIM #BIMadoption #SolidCAD #AECindustry #Digitaltwin #digitaltransformation #BIMmandate

    How to add a new Table/Family in AutoCAD Electrical

    Posted on by Fatima

    A very common question that we get asked is how we can add a custom table inside the catalog browser. As you already know, the catalog browser consists of several different “families” or categories that divide all the components by type, which store all the relevant catalog information as you can see from the image on Figure 1.

    In many cases there might be a specific type of component that might be missing, or you want to create a new table for anything that might be build/available in-house such as parts that you build on your own floor shop.

    Figure 1

     

    In this blog article, we will cover how to add/create a new table/family inside the catalog browser.

    For us to achieve this, we need to make sure that we are working on an active project that has the main catalog database which we want to edit.

    Next we need to go to the “Project” tab and select go to the “Other Tools” panel. There you will notice that on that panel there is an arrow with a drop-down menu.

    In that menu we can find the command “Add Table to Catalog Database,” we need to click on that command as seen on Figure 2 or type AEADDCATALOGTABLE from the command line

    Figure 2

    Once we activate this command, a pop-up window is going to appear asking us to select the catalog database which we want to edit. If we want to modify the main default catalog database, we select the file “default_cat.mdb” as seen on Figure 3 (left). We select the database we wish to modify and we click on OK. A new window is going to come up displaying all the available tables found inside the catalog browser. If we want to add a new family, we need to enter a Table Name in the available field and if we desire we can add a Table Description, which is optional as you can see on Figure 3 (right) and click OK.

    Figure 3

    Those are all the steps needed to create a new table inside the catalog database. Now for us to see the changes reflected on the catalog browser, we need to switch the active project or re-start the software as this will force the software to reload all the files. Then will be able to see your custom created tables inside your database ready to be populated as seen on Figure 4

     

    Figure 4

    Why You Should Move Technical Documents to the Cloud

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    Increasing operational efficiency is a crucial metric for any modern organization.  Teams are struggling during the Covid-19 Pandemic due to the reality of having a smaller remote workforce. Having reliable access to critical technical documents is an essential piece of this puzzle and is more challenging when a business has many locations.

    For some, finding these technical documents can be a manual process bogged down by email requests and phone calls. The chance of delays is high in this workflow, as it may take some time to locate the correct document or correct revision.

    1. Increase efficiency by centralizing your technical documents

    Accruent Meridian Cloud is a world-class technical document management solution that hosts all your organization’s mission-critical data in a centralized, secure cloud site. It features the following capabilities:

    • Change management via automated workflows and notifications
    • Secure collaboration to contractors on projects via Meridian Portal
    • Increased efficiency by providing users a single source of truth
    2. Meridian Cloud excels at hosting facility-based documents

    Accruent Meridian user interface

    Meridian Cloud fully supports the three most essential Facility document types:

    • Facility documents
      • These technical documents house operational information on the project and as-built items. Full revision history is available for any updates made. (i.e., Flow Diagrams, equipment specs, procedures, etc.)
    •  Project documents
      • This document type focuses on technical documents that are under modification and are not as-built. They can contain various information about the project. (i.e., project schedules, emails, etc.)
    • Generic documents
      • Generic documents contain miscellaneous information linked to a project (i.e., images, code, and more).
    3. Full asset management support

    You can link all your technical documents directly to locations, equipment, work orders, and assets directly for quick reference. This integration improves the value of both Meridian and your current computerized maintenance management solution (CMMS). Users can access Assets from Meridian or reference the relevant technical documents quickly from your preferred CMMS platform.

    4. Project controls and automation to improve efficiency

    Meridian Cloud’s project-centric design enforces change control through familiar workflows with full notification support. Ensuring any concurrent engineering endeavors are smooth and efficient.

    5. Powered by the best industry standards

    Adhering to the Process Industry Practices (PIP) standard, documents are organized by robust metadata for information, description, and classification. Custom Properties that are common to your data and can also be created.

    6. A solution that molds to your business’s needs

    Meridian Cloud is fully configurable and allows your organization to shape the tool to your data requirements.  Document types, collections, custom properties, numbering, and naming conventions ensure your information is complete, accurate, and easy to find.

     7. Fully secure on a world class enterprise platform.

    Housed on industry-standard secure Microsoft Azure servers, Meridian Cloud relies on ISO 27001 certified Microsoft physical and network security. Meridian Cloud extends the Azure platform with operation controls based on industry best practices for public cloud services including, but not limited to:

    • Role-based access controls
    • Data security
    • Purpose-built clients
    • Staff security training
    • Regular audits
    8. Meridian Cloud offers users specific web clients based on their roles
    • Meridian Explorer
      • The perfect web-based client for searching, commenting and sharing technical documents with other departments such as operations, maintenance, work schedules, and purchasing.
    • Meridian Power
      • Built for engineering teams, Meridian Power provides the ability to modify and create engineering information in a controlled project environment. Manage your Technical documents with the aid of automated naming, numbering, and tracking of CAD references.
    • Meridian Portal

    Meridian Portal provides a secure cloud-based location where internal teams can collaborate with external contractors and vendors. Data packages are controlled and validated throughout the hand over process.

     To learn more about Meridian solutions and how they can help your team, please contact the  SolidCAD Meridian team.