“The building design, construction and infrastructure industries must improve productivity, while at the same time completing complex projects on time and at or under budget,” said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president of AEC Industry Solutions on a recent visit to the UK. He was speaking at a time when a string of big-name contractors and architects including Aedas, WSP, Architype and Halcrow have made investments in Autodesk Revit Software, alongside other products from the Autodesk building information modelling (BIM) portfolio. One of the main drivers for these firms has been the need to accelerate productivity. In a benchmarking project the large architectural practice Aedas found it could do this by up to 50% by using Autodesk Revit Architecture Suite. “With the new government determined to cut spending, a significant proportion of committed investment in building and infrastructure will be up for review – and any project that does go ahead will be scrutinised for waste and over-spending, says Pete Baxter Autodesk senior director Northern Europe. “BIM methods of working have been shown to create major efficiencies by eliminating inaccuracies, waste and clashes – and at the same time maintaining transparency and accountability. It’s no surprise that new working challenges have tipped the balance in BIM’s favour.” Read More
