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Advancing BIM for Better Project Delivery

Advancing BIM for Better Project Delivery

Customer challenge

SGPA Architecture and Planning is a California-based design firm with design and planning specialists for mixed-use, senior living, retail, residential, wellness, and educational facilities that enhance everyday life. In order to extend their 3D modeling practice to the next level, they partnered with our team here at Kelar Pacific. The timing was perfect with an upcoming project to use as a springboard for reviewing their existing workflows.

Project goals

The SGPA Director of Operations and their core design team presented their existing Revit workflows and templates to review opportunities for improvement. Through collaborative discussions, a plan was established to create greater efficiencies with their use of Autodesk Revit for design. A primary goal was to make sure all team members experienced advanced training to achieve better performance collectively.

Solution

The plan included a half-day Autodesk Healthcheck session. After reviewing SGPA’s current processes, guidance was provided to improve work with consultants and provide Revit Advanced training for remaining team members. The two-day Revit Advanced training course focused on creating SGPA standard templates and custom element types and families to establish a company foundation for different types of projects. Kelar Pacific continues to offer mentoring and technical support whenever necessary.

Business outcome

With the variety of SGPA design projects having company standard templates and elements, the process of setting up a new project flows more smoothly. It also saves time having custom families ready to make selections during the design phase. SGPA observed the added confidence designers possessed after completing the Revit Advanced training where they learned the benefits and best practices of managing new projects.

Conclusion

SGPA is dedicated to advancing their use of BIM. Through the health check and advanced training sessions, they learned ways to use Autodesk Revit design software more efficiently and to create consistency across projects. They also gained insight on the full ecosystem of specialized consultants contributing to the model during construction and how architectural design changes can impact downstream designs. With multiple offices, the BIM 360 was also a welcome solution to keep teams coordinated.

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 3
  • 2020-01-17

    Autodesk solutions

  • Revit
  • BIM 360 Design

    Services provided

  • Product Training
  • Customer Success Management
  • Technical Support

    Customer industry

  • Architecture, Engineering & Construction
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