Excitech has become Symetri
In January 2020, Excitech was acquired by Addnode Group, the owner of Symetri, Europe’s leading provider of software and services for design and engineering activities.
Excitech has now become Symetri, operating as one company since the beginning of January 2021. Please rest assured it is business as usual for us and your service experience will not be impacted.
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BIM and Information Management for Clients, Employers, Asset Owners & Operators
Working together to maximise the potential of BIM and Digital Twins through digitally led trusted partnerships
The importance of digital twins, information and data during the lifecycle of an asset within the built environment is exponentially increasing, and it is being supported by the government, industry, technology advancement, new standards, and legislation. There has never been a time before now, where managing the procurement, production, use and maintenance of digital information and data has been so valued, and has the potential to directly empower organisations.
Our range of information management services are tailored to both public and private Clients, Employers, Asset Owners and Operators of all types, and are fully aligned to the sectors they operate in. Our approach and support enables smarter working through increased knowledge sharing, collaborative working, compliance, efficiency, consistency of output, standardisation and measurable value adding outcomes.
The value we can add to Clients, Employers, Asset Owners & Operators
Development of Information Requirements
Asset Management Requirements
Tender and Supplier Selection support
Information Management Project support
Auditing and Compliance services
Common Data Environment solutions
Information management solutions
Demand for Building Information Modelling and Digital Project Delivery
Project Clients/Employer organisations for several years asked for BIM enabled projects from their supply chain and almost accepted partial or non-delivery. That is no longer the case. Today increasing numbers of public and private sector Clients are now demanding delivery, ensuring it is a contractual requirement and increasingly monitoring and auditing projects. In the latter half of 2020, it was evident that BIM and digital delivery had become mainstream and many Clients now wanted to drive the potential savings and efficiency gains through to asset management.
Clearer Client roles and responsibilities for BIM and Information Management
The publication of the ISO 19650 series of international standards for Information Management and BIM was a significant step change for industry. There was now a clear message that the success of any BIM enabled project, the culture, and level of collaboration was directly influenced and directed by the Client. Within the new standards, clearly defined considerations, recommendations, and actions required for a successful project were presented, including Client-side information management functions and responsibilities.
Project Asset Data becomes a reality
If BIM was simply moving from CAD to 3D modelling, the transition would have been relatively straightforward, but BIM and digital working is far more complex and the overarching requirement to deliver good quality asset data at the end of a project has taken the industry a while to develop the right tools, processes and understanding. The good news today is increasingly projects are being successfully delivered and the information requirements are being provided as expected. It takes good planning, instruction, and management but the opportunity to migrate asset data from projects to facilities management solutions is today an increasing reality.
Case Studies
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Digitising fire safety design in a BIM environment with Brandprojektering Sverige AB
In 2021, Alexander Alniemi and his colleagues at Brandprojektering Sverige AB began to take a closer look at Bimfire Tools, a Revit plugin for fire safety design in a BIM environment. Today - almost a year later - Brandprojektering AB is one of the few companies looking at bringing fire protection into 3D.
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Harnessing data and technology to improve patient experience in Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) NHS Foundation Trust is a medium sized district hospital that provides a full range of acute hospital services and an increasing number of specialist services to the growing population of Milton Keynes and the surrounding areas. With around 550 beds and employing more than 4,000 staff, the hospital sees and treats approximately 400,000 patients each year through their outpatient and emergency services facilities.
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Symetri guide Long and Partners through their BIM adoption journey
Long and Partners Building Services Consultants (L&P) are a professional design management and consultancy practice based in the City of London. They specialise in mechanical, electrical and public health design, all aspects of vertical transportation, IT design and commissioning and project management services.
The organisation has a strategic vision (entitled ‘2020 Vision’) which includes bringing Building Information Modelling (BIM) into the heart of everything they do across their range of services, and within each of the companies in the group; Long and Partners itself, COMCO (commissioning consultancy), Renewable Environmental Services (low carbon design), and Integrated Premises Technology (technology design and consultancy).
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