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Improving design accuracy

Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2024 9:14 am
by thouhidul32
Some industry participants believe that the work of the customer is only related to holding meetings and monitoring projects without delving into details. But in fact, this activity provides unique opportunities for analyzing and improving processes in the construction industry. This was discussed by Alexander Goloveshkin from Don-Stroy at the industry event BIM-Breakfast.

“In fact, this is a huge conveyor belt of teamwork that allows the project to be completed saudi arabia email list on time, on budget, and so that the entire process does not slow down,” the expert explained.

Customer-side specialists coordinate all participants and decisions in order to avoid delays and errors, trying to maximize the efficiency of operations.

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Implementation of best practices
One of the key tasks in the customer service is the development of technical specifications (TS) and design documentation. Goloveshkin shared that in 2023, one of the TS had 13 revisions and 116 points. This process made it possible to identify several non-obvious points that became the basis for making further decisions.

One of the important discoveries was the requirement for the designer to prepare not only documentation for calculating volumes, but also to allocate separate search data sets for the contractor by types of work. They were necessary for preparing the scope of work and more accurate forecasting of construction deadlines and volumes.

To help designers, a special classifier structure was developed for calculating volumes. It helps to take into account the specifics of each stage of the project and check the compliance of volumes and other parameters. Thus, the documentation becomes more accurate and helps to avoid errors in planning.

Classifiers and reference books of types of work are becoming an indispensable tool for digital transformation for many companies. Read about a similar example from the Kemerovo Region in this article .

Special attention was paid to checking the design documentation for collisions. The specialists from the customer's side began to demand that the documentation be checked for collisions before it was released to the work front.

"As it turned out, not everyone came to this conclusion. And it's such a simple thing, in fact. Create a classifier, break it down into types of work, so that in the future it is precisely these fronts of work that can be checked," the expert told the BIM breakfast audience with surprise.

Using truly practical tools
Despite various experiments and hypotheses, the customer's team often returns to proven solutions. The difficulty of using new technologies such as AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality) is that it requires serious justification. In the context of tight deadlines and budgets, this can become a significant obstacle.

Therefore, instead of innovative methods, more reliable basic tools were used to calculate volumes using a ready-made model. The general contractor, having closed a certain volume of work, provided a model with sets of documentation that met the requirements of the technical specifications. As a result, control over project costs and the timing of its implementation became even more effective.