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McBains: A Tailored Approach Enhancing Best Practice Standards and Skills Across a Large Workforce

McBains: A Tailored Approach Enhancing Best Practice Standards and Skills Across a Large Workforce

Customer challenge

McBains needed to develop a strategic training plan – in pursuit of ‘finding the better way’ – and identified the deployment of automated software as the next stage in digitisation. They asked for Symetri’s input in formulating the details of the plan, prior to undertaking the training. It was time to look at how the whole team could be brought up to speed, collectively, in the requisite skills of automation.

Project goals

McBains' intention with automation is to remove those sluggish tools from the workflow. In the first instance, this involves using a customisable software platform that enables users to link Autodesk Revit and Excel to create scripts. By introducing automation, improvement can be made in efficiencies and in a reduction of overall costs.

Solution

Believing that there is no substitute for that face-to-face connection between course attendees and the expert imparting the knowledge and skills, McBains have long been advocates of classroom training. When the global pandemic struck, the alternative of virtual training had to be evaluated.

Business outcome

The training plan rolls on: no disruption, no disappointment, no delay. A virtual course takes place over two half-days instead of one full day. The thinking behind this is that by splitting up the course, the likelihood of screen-stress is hugely reduced. People can also keep abreast of their projects in the period between the two days. We can really see the benefits of this approach.

Conclusion

"Whilst everything has changed, you could also say that nothing has changed when you compare virtual training to classroom training. We still have face-to-face access to an expert. People can still ask questions and follow step-by-step guidance on their screens. We can still make the progress we need to make. Our plan to embrace automation software in the company moves on apace, and individual skills development hasn’t been subject to any set-backs," says Montana, McBains.

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 28
  • 2020-04-22

    Autodesk solutions

  • 3ds Max
  • Revit
  • Navisworks Manage
  • Dynamo Studio
  • Vehicle Tracking
  • AutoCAD

    Services provided

  • Product Training

    Customer industry

  • Design
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