Existing Workflow Discovery
Many companies have begun to or are being asked by their clients to adopt Building Information Modeling. These companies fall into one of three scenarios. The first is the firm that is just starting adopting BIM. They do not have BIM expertise in house and need a mentor and an adoption strategy. The second category of firm is one that has adopted BIM and finds that it is not reaping the benefits of BIM, is profitable operating in BIM, and may be at risk of not meeting its contract obligations. The third category of firm is one that has acquired BIM Experts and due to its agile culture has made process changes that enable it to be successfully operating in a BIM environment.
The Applied Software Discovery Assessment Services was created to help all three types of firms. We will work with you to determine where you are in the adoption spectrum outlined above and create a strategic plan tailored to your situation to help you increase your BIM capabilities. Applied Software has professionals from the architectural, engineering, and construction realms that have practical knowledge of how to successfully deliver BIM projects and build BIM empowered organizations. If you are just starting out, we can help you define an effective adoption plan to reach your business goals efficiently. If you are working in BIM and are having difficulties achieving the benefits it can provide, we can help you create a plan to streamline your processes and work with your practitioners to help them become BIM proficient. If you are successfully delivering BIM projects and want to increase your efficiencies and abilities, we can help you identify best practices that will boost your efficiencies and profitability. We focus on creating organizational areas that will enable a company to become BIM empowered. Those business functions are Business Practices and Workflows, Professional Development Plan, Requirements, and Infrastructure. We call these the Four Pillars for Success
The Applied Software Discovery Assessment process provides our clients with a realistic snap shot of their current Business Technology abilities and recommendations on how to effectively use technology to accelerate their business success. This process will provide the basic foundation from which an organization can align on its Business Technology goals and begin to build a strategy to take the next step in its abilities to use BIM and supporting tools such as REVIT and other software to improve their firm’s performance.
Skills Evaluation and Assessment
We provide tools to evaluate competencies, self-report progress, and provide curricula to assist your staff identify their BIM competency and create a personalized plan to improve their BIM capabilities. Additionally, this can be expanded to integrate with an existing Professional Develop Program or we are able to help you develop your own Professional Development Program which addresses learning to meet the needs identified during the assessment.
BIM Standards Development
Guidelines and standards form the foundation for consistently designing and delivering projects. Incorporating the graphic, data and delivery components into a cohesive set of templates and content will ensure smoother project setup and execution. BIM standards are an opportunity to incorporate those elements that have been successfully used in legacy systems while exploiting the opportunity to develop new standard components and workflows in support of the change to a BIM based workflow.
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In addition to quality instructor led training, an organization will require the development of a firm wide Revit Project Template as part of its BIM and Revit implementation. A Revit Project Template is a foundational element to beginning every project within your organization.
Without a well-structured and developed Revit Project Template a firm often recreates standards and content on every project. The Revit Project Template contains the firm’s graphic and delivery standards, as well as pre-configured content for managing the delivery of a BIM project and streamlining and expediting view management and standardization. Failure to develop a Revit Project Template will result in several hours of productivity lost due to constant re-work, inconsistent deliverables and staff frustration.
Establishing a well-developed template will help automate many time-consuming processes and will ensure better adherence to standards, resulting in a more consistent and predictable deliverable and less staff frustration.
Many organizations, after receiving training and achieving a certain level of proficiency, realize that they do not have the in-house resources or expertise to develop their initial Revit Project Template. Even a current template may require further development to incorporate changes in company standards and content, and advancements in software features and capabilities.
Applied Software can develop your initial template for you, incorporating your standards, to get your Revit implementation off to a good start. Applied Software can also “tune-up” or update and existing template. Additionally, we will conduct a short Template Orientation session and Template Management training session upon delivery of the template to arm your staff with the skills they need to continue to maintain the template as your implementation evolves.
Learning Strategy and Program Development
Learning, both technical and professional, is a continual process. Understanding the need for providing regular technical and industry training will make your staff more efficient and better informed. We partner with our customers to define a program that addressed learning from multiple sources. Planning for needed learning is paramount to a company’s growth and success.
Change Management
Adopting new processes and workflows associated with BIM can be disruptive. Planning for the challenges associated with the change is necessary for successful implementation of BIM processes and technologies. Our experience and success partnering with customers provides you a proven track record of success. We will advise you on how to implement new technology successfully on your first and every project.
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