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Learn how Hercuton, a design & build firm, uses a Common Data Environment to boost its business and how Solibri\u2019s new capabilities streamline BIM workflows on CDEs throughout the construction project.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Often, a construction project is visualized as a neat supply chain diagram in which information flows in an orderly manner. Everyone who has worked in the industry knows that\u2019s the exception, not the rule. The information flow is far from well-managed, and errors and rework ensue. However, that shouldn\u2019t be the case. We already have the digital capabilities to perform much better.<\/p>\n

We talked with two industry experts to understand construction information management\u2019s present state and the business value of using quality-managed BIM and\u00a0Common Data Environments<\/strong>\u00a0(CDEs).<\/p>\n

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CDE \u2013 Common Data Environment<\/h2>\n

The concept of a cloud server as a project\u2019s federated file repository was established in the early 1990s. It contains folders for each design discipline and uses rights management to secure the information.<\/p>\n

A Common Data Environment, or CDE, extends the capabilities of simple file storage. These are sometimes called BIM collaboration platforms but can contain all kinds of digital documents and data. A CDE can provide services like digital workflows, version and status management, issues communication, model viewing, and quality checks.<\/p>\n

Several companies provide CDEs as a service. Examples include Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bimsync, and Oracle Aconex CDE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

At Hercuton, BIM is business as usual<\/h2>\n

Hercuton<\/a> is a design & build company in the Dutch JAJO construction group. The group is unique in the Netherlands because their services cover the whole life cycle of a building. They are \u201cclosing the circle together,\u201d as their new mission declaration states.<\/p>\n

Hercuton\u2019s\u00a0Daan Arts<\/strong>\u00a0has been vital in instilling BIM across JAJO companies, to the degree that it has become business as usual. \u201cLet\u2019s stop calling it BIM. Let\u2019s just call it the way that we work,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arts\u2019s title is no longer BIM Manager \u2013 he\u2019s been repositioned as the Manager of Digitalization and Innovation for Hercuton. \u201cIt\u2019s because we feel that we are ready to take the next step into the digitalization of this field,\u201d Arts explains.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s digital workflows build on using IFC files enriched with linked data and digital documents on a CDE. They form \u201cthe single source of truth\u201d for a project, from the initial brief to the handover and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe use Revit to create IFCs. That\u2019s the only reason we have Revit. I want to emphasize this because my project managers and engineers work with IFCs,\u201d Arts stresses. \u201cWe are an open BIM organization.\u201d<\/p>\n