{"id":1078,"date":"2013-05-13T15:50:38","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T14:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washroomcubicles.co.uk\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2024-05-02T06:17:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T05:17:06","slug":"cubicle-centre-bim-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.washroomcubicles.co.uk\/cubicle-centre-bim-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Our BIM Journey… So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Cubicle Centre Building Information Modelling (BIM) journey has gathered real pace over the last twelve months.<\/span>
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\nAfter my talk at the launch of BIM4SMEs in April this year, I have since realised the scale of interest in this journey and thought what better time to reveal our progress with BIM so far\u2026<\/p>\n

Why point this out you may ask? Two reasons.<\/p>\n

Firstly, this is a great opportunity for Cubicle Centre to showcase real success with BIM and secondly, I am personally passionate about the progression of BIM in the UK \u2013 put simply; I believe BIM is currently THE common sense solution to so many issues in the Construction Industry. As it stands though, many more manufacturers need to get involved and understand \u201cBIM is here to stay\u201c<\/strong>, (not my words \u2013 Chloe Smith\u2019s \u2013 Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Journey Begins<\/h2>\n

Late 2011 after an initial meeting with Bimstore.co.uk, I saw the potential in BIM from a Production perspective and not just as a Marketing \/ Specification tool.<\/p>\n

To explain this\u2026 Here at Cubicle Centre we pride ourselves not only on functional products at sensible prices, but just as importantly, on efficiency.
\nOffering some of the shortest lead times in the cubicle industry, we are always looking for ways to improve this service to our customers and \u2018BIM\u2019 presented itself as a solution to better our processes.<\/p>\n

BIM for Production<\/h2>\n

Now without giving too much away to the prying eyes of the competition\u2026 We intend to streamline the Production process by utilising the power of Autodesk Revit (chosen software) with the intelligence of our product BIM components (created by Bimstore.co.uk<\/a>). This combination will allow us to output multiple professional drawings and instant Works Orders \u2013 neither of which we have previously had the luxury.<\/p>\n

Additional to the reduced risk of human error, estimates suggest we can shave a third off office-based Production time with this improved system.<\/p>\n

Keep checking the Washroom Review website later this year for a Case Study on this integration.<\/p>\n

Budgeting for BIM<\/h2>\n

The fact that I could add a \u2018Production\u2019 angle to the BIM proposal made the investment an easy decision for the Directors at Cubicle Centre.<\/p>\n

This was backed up by an understanding that BIM would create a level-playing field in the specification market and allow smaller companies like ourselves, to compete with much larger organisations \u2013 a lot of whom currently, (in my opinion), are quite happy to sit on their backsides and hide behind established brand names, hoping this \u2018BIM thing\u2019 will pass. It won\u2019t.<\/p>\n

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Take note SME\u2019s \u2013 this is your chance to turn the tables on the so-called \u2018big-boys\u2019!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Anyway, back to point. There was no doubt BIM would be a significant investment for Cubicle Centre so I suggested Marketing savings which could be put straight into the \u201cBIM Bank”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\nWe have cut our costs on print based; Literature, Advertising and Product Directories over the last twelve months which has allowed us to invest in BIM with little extra added to the budget.<\/p>\n