VIRTUAL DESIGN CONSTRUCTION

Our team is comprised of VDC consultants who have been providing VDC services to clients for the past four years. Because we can draw on our in-house expertise in, we can provide a multi¬disciplinary approach to streamlining our clients’ projects through the use of VDC technologies. We are hired by clients to provide two types of VDC services:

For clients seeking to utilize VDC on their projects, we can add value by: 

• Preparing 3D and 4D presentations to help win new work
• Creating contractual BIM standards to reduce risk
• Converting 2D designs to 3D models
• Performing 3D design conflict analyses to reduce errors
• Streamlining the fabrication process by using 3D models
• Creating 4D models to reduce project cost and time
• Integrating 3D laser scanning with our other VDC services

For clients seeking to implement VDC internally, we can add value by:

• Creating VDC implementation strategies and budgets
• Completing technology assessments to determine the best hardware and software configurations
• Training staff
• Assisting with pilot project planning and oversight

Benefits 

The use of VDC technologies has been proven to significantly decrease project time and cost by reducing errors and omissions, improving project coordination, enabling more effective communication of the project scope, increasing site safety, and minimizing changes.  Benefits achieved on previous projects include:

• 50% time savings in design document phase
• 80% reduction in time to complete cost estimate
• 60% fewer RFIs
• No MEP change orders
• 7% schedule savings 3D Model & Clash