As examples of the performance reported at the program,
Designers/Engineers reported:
- 30% reduction in project schedule (GPLA structural designers)
- 33% cost reduction (Sera Architects)
- 328x increase in number of design versions considered (Arup working with CIFE) and
- 99.99% reduction in design cycle time (Beck Group working with CIFE).
Design-Builders reported:
- 48% reduction in man hours (Beck group)
- 30% reduction in building cost (NCC construction in Sweden)
- 99% reduction in design batch size (Gehry Technologies)
- and an 85% reduction in effort to track supply chains (Optima).
Builders reported:
- 95% reduction in field rework
- 20% improvement in field productivity and
- 0% reduction in scope (rework (DPR construction).
LUTH:
Peter Beck started the program with a challenge to the AEC industry. He identifies the drivers of change as the pain felt by owners and practitioners alike; the enabling technologies such as macro-BIM, micro-BIM, bridging, and field BIM; and the adoption of better processes to reduceing project costs, and improving quality and speed of delivery.
Beck emphasized the need for more and better detail, but added that fee structures and knowledge distribution are such that designers are either not in the position—or are simply unwilling—to provide that detail. If they do not, then contractors will step into the breach, Beck said, and assume the risk for design and embrace design and means/methods responsibility.
