BIMblogi: recut, modules and elements

Do you experience demands to deliver construction projects more efficiently? At the same time as the projects must be sustainable, flexible and of high quality? This requirement may seem incompatible at the first glance, but fortunately there is a solution.

The number of requirements in the construction industry is increasing constantly, at the same time as it is incredibly important to be adaptable and flexible. You must have control over a lot more different construction methods than before. One day you have to deal with a project with attached facades. The other day it is the precut that applies. Factories must be flexible to meet today's requirements. There is more competition, the projects are more complex and no two buildings are alike. 

In the past, building fast was often a synonym for poor quality. Now it is highly relevant to build more efficient due to i.a. environment and sustainability. You shall keep up a high pace without compromising on quality and flexibility, and this can be achieved i.e. by using BIM. 

Briefly about precut, modules and elements: 

• Precut are materials that are cut, marked and packed and are therefore ready for use, and can be mounted quickly.
• Modules are prefabricated furnished parts of buildings or rooms, often called building modules. The use of modules increases the quality and reduces construction time. Wet rooms are often delivered as modules. 
• Elements are prefabricated individual parts of, for example, cladding, floors and roofs that can be easily assembled on the construction site. 

Benefits of industrial production and use of BIM 

• Increased communication ability, so that it is possible to check for errors and deviations before building. 
• You save time by using pre-cut lengths and dimensions that are quality assured by the BIM program. 
• It provides increased security for precision and correct quantities and deliveries through BIM. 
• Increased efficiency, because the building is faster to set up. The tightness of the structures is also achieved more quickly. 
• Less waste and transport provide significant environmental benefits. 
• There will be fewer errors and deficiencies in the project, less transport needs and better quality. 

As you can see from the list above, it is difficult to achieve all the benefits of industrial production and prefabrication without having a modern BIM tool. 

• You need a flexible, user-friendly tool that gives you the possibility to make most changes yourself. 
• You need a tool that is more modern, handles larger amounts of data and changes faster. 
• You need a tool where several can work together in real time in the same file. 
• You need a tool that can efficiently utilize data/files you get from others to calculate quantities and create constructions. This automates the process of creating a construction without having to redraw everything. 
• You need a tool that handles projects of all size and complexities. The tool must be able to be used for everything from designing facades on a larger commercial property to a small cabin on a mountain. 

You need Archicad and ArchiFrame

With Archicad and ArchiFrame, you can communicate with all the other tools you need, including those you know and use today. Here, one of the world's foremost BIM tool is combined with full freedom in the construction phase. Architects and designers can work together in teams on the same project file and generate part and cut list information while someone else makes sales drawings, etc. Bring in electrical, pipe and ventilation models from other tools via the IFC format, gain control of the entire process from A to Z with the market's most flexible BIM solution. ArchiFrame is an innovative and user-friendly BIM solution for both house and cottage manufacturers, construction and industrial production. 

Benefits of Archicad and ArchiFrame

Ventilation and electricity: More and more suppliers/advisors in technical disciplines such as ventilation and electrical engineering are able to deliver BIM models in the IFC file format. Archicad's unique support for this file format makes it easy to combine models for use in production and documentation. 

As mentioned earlier, several can work on the same model at the same time: Archicad makes it possible that several designers can simultaneously draw and retrieve schedules and quantities etc. from the model (TeamWork). This is possible with BIMcloud, where you can collaborate both internally, wirelessly and over the internet in Archicad. 

Link to automated production: More and more house and cottage manufacturers want a more flexible and automated production line for roof, wall, and floor constructions. To make this possible, the software used must be able to handle the entire BIM process and pay attention to penetrations in the construction for pipes and ventilation, etc. We have taken this into account and we believe that Archicad together with ArchiFrame is the market's most flexible design tool. In addition, it is an integrated solution that makes digital construction sites, halls, etc. possible. 

Dynamic and flexible: The most known tools for construction and machine control (CAD-CAM) have required expensive special adaptions and programming, or have been rigid and not very user-friendly. The market has therefore long demanded a more dynamic and flexible solution that also provides the possibility for machine-controlled precut and element production. You get that with ArchiFrame for Archicad. 

Changing tools is not as difficult as you think

Unfortunately, this is not the way it is for many in the industry. They use rigid tools that are not flexible enough or handle data from others in a good way. So why did you not change tools already a long time ago? 

• You think that it takes too much time and work and delays projects. 
• It is difficult to change something you know well to something unknown that you can not control.
• You think that new tools require a higher digital competence than your workforce has. 

We are specialists in the change process the construction industry is going through today. In most cases, we recommend a gradual transition from the old systems and work processes step by step to the new ones. This means that you do not experience a drop in production and efficiency. By running the old systems in parallel with the implementation of the new systems, the change does not stop anything. We set up an implementation plan tailored to your operations, where the necessary training and resources throughout the transition are a natural part. 

We are more than just a software provider. We support you during the whole process from A to Z as a long-term partner in the entire process. Do not let your old established habits and resistance to change prevent you from more efficient and dynamic operations.

Contact us today for an ArchiFrame demo.