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Better Communication Between the Field and BIM with PlanGrid

Better Communication Between the Field and BIM with PlanGrid

Customer challenge

The Sanfield (Management) Limited is committed to developing premium quality residential estates, offices and shopping malls. Sanfield (Management) Limited’s properties for sale alongside its extensive span of investment properties and sizable land bank have laid a solid foundation for long-term development. The Sanfield (Management) Limited also actively takes part in non-property investment endeavours to engender greater synergies with the core business. As one of the biggest developer in Hong Kong, the project team would require to handle multiple projects at the same, and they are frequently experiencing challenges in communication between the head office and job sites.

Project goals

Looking for a construction technology solution that would be the single source of truth, improve communication with the field and increase the team's efficiency, by using Autodesk softwares.

Solution

Autodesk PlanGrid is cloud-based platform delivered every aspect that the business was looking for, including storing all key site documentation in one place, the ability to share and update drawings instantly and a change management tool to tag issues directly onto drawings. The project manager could easily record and communicate changes on the site using an iPad, while the head office would be able to access the latest update on a project at any time. The productivity and efficiency is highly improved on their jobs.

Business outcome

With PlanGrid, confusion over field notes or document history has been greatly reduced. PlanGrid has ultimately become the single source of truth, has a robust history of when documents are uploaded and modified. Streamline the coordination workflow between the field and Autodesk BIM, help resolve field issue efficiently.

Conclusion

PlanGrid allows real-time communication between the BIM team and the job site, and work seamlessly with Autodesk Build platform that deliver additional functionality to create a comprehensive field and project management.

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 30
  • 2021-11-30

    Autodesk solutions

  • Autodesk Build
  • BIM 360 Docs

    Services provided

  • Collaboration & Productivity

    Customer industry

  • Construction
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