Liverpool, Mexico’s largest department store chain, has chosen GRAPHISOFT’s award-winning ArchiCAD to implement BIM in expanding its chain of stores across Mexico. Liverpool embraced BIM as a means to plan, administer and control the processes involved in the construction, expansion, and modification of its stores.
After considering both ArchiCAD and another BIM solution provider, Liverpool chose ArchiCAD as the BIM solution best-suited to meeting its growing needs. Liverpool’s Store Planning Team, represented by Martín A. Pérez, Fernando Parrillat and Carlos Jiménez, pointed out several areas where ArchiCAD surpassed its rival. “ArchiCAD allows the management of large files without the need for major hardware and infrastructure,” they said. “Furthermore, ArchiCAD’s Teamwork function makes collaboration on even overseas projects easier to manage,” they continued. The team also mentioned ArchiCAD’s easy learning curve and outstanding technical support by GRAPHISOFT’s Hungarian and Spanish offices, as well as its Mexico representative, Anzix. “No other company dedicated to BIM even comes close to GRAPHISOFT in Mexico,” they added.
In 2010, Liverpool implemented its “BIM-Costs” initiative, achieving the first integration between the information provided from their BIM models and the costs database to generate detailed construction budgets for stores. The construction budgets were generated in a record five hours, reducing the variance between the planned and the actual costs from +/- 23 % to +/-10%, which is extraordinarily good at such an early stage. www.graphisoft.com
