Success Story
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needed to standardize their Revit 2016 template which had become modified, resulting in inconsistencies. These inconsistencies resulted in different groups using different versions of the template which needed to be updated and standardized. Not only did USACE need to update the template, but so did their extended ecosystem of consultants and the projects they were working on. Since the older Revit 2016 template had been modified by various consultants and on projects, the USACE was looking to update the template and then standardize within their organization.
The USACE engaged Autodesk Solution Provider Applied Software to leverage their experience and expertise to create updated standards that would allow them to quickly build the updated templates based on best practices. The first phase of the project was to review their existing base template and Revit standards, merge some of the disjointed standards, and make recommendations on improvements to the templates. Once they upgraded the existing base template, the next templates they updated were architecture, structural, mechanical, and electrical. These updates allowed USACE to take advantages of the improvements in Revit from 2016 – 2021 and modernize.
Applied Software aligned the USACE standards with current product features to move to a newer version and become up to date to make their templates work well with the updated standards. In addition, they solidified and defined those standards, so they are standardized throughout the entire organization
Applied Software successfully completed the project to upgrade standards and templates in record time, in support of USACE as well as ultimately positioning themselves to be able to provide ongoing support to USACE. USACE gained a simplified template that was updated and standardized. Applied Software removed some of the extra templates in Revit that had been built in overtime and were causing it to bog down.
Applied Software worked with USACE to execute on standardizing the templates in 7 months’ time. This would have taken the Army Corp up to two years, due to the complexity of the project. Applied Software was able to achieve the goal of the project in record time. Because of the dedicated team at Applied Software, the USACE moved forward with additional phases of the project.
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Productivity Tracking with Assemble
Construction is a difficult game,” Hunt said. “There are a lot of things that make our job difficult. Working with our own data shouldn’t be one of them.” Dee Cramer has become one of the largest heating, ventilating, and air conditioning companies in the country. With productivity tracking in mind, what the company really needed was a live feed from the project’s Autodesk Revit model. If a user could change the status of the model’s components to live feed, Hunt knew the company could track the workflow, including hours, margin and profitability. Hunt said another motivation for making a change came from realizing the industry is moving toward designers being more willing to share their design content in native Revit with contractors before projects are awarded – in the pre-bid stage.
Progressing Forward with Vault
The company’s owner is a proponent of using up-to-date software to keep the company progressing forward and found that the Autodesk trend toward doing that aligned better with Sigma Thermal goals, particularly in the use of Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical, AutoCAD P&ID, and Autodesk Inventor. Until 2016, Sigma Thermal was using Synergis Adept. Users found that the Autodesk Inventor integration was slow when using Adept, especially checking larger drawings in and out. Efficiency was suffering. In addition, because Sigma Thermal is ISO9000 certified, everyone in the company – not just IT personnel, designers and engineering – needed access to project files, corporate information, procedures and the employee handbook.
Revit Implementation to Stay Competitive
A few years ago, Limbach leadership began seeing an increasing demand for Revit-only projects on the East Coast of the US and the Midwest. National VDC Manager Mark Lamberson became aware of customer comments like, "Why aren’t you in Revit yet?" “We were a leading firm,” he said, “but were not the preferred company because of something as simple as that in some instances.” That spawned the decision to support the switch to Autodesk Revit and create a team to implement it. “We had to do it.” People with 30 years of AutoCAD experience had to completely change the way they did things. The company took the transition slowly, with some branches transitioning earlier than others. Lamberson monitored how groups were doing in their adoption. When Limbach began its Revit implementation, it was involved in mega-projects around the country, so the company wasn’t able to adopt Revit completely on a massive project. Implementation began in bits and pieces, and large jobs lagged behind.
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