Survey Shows Shortfall in Coordination & Collaboration
A survey into the use of Computer Aided Design within the construction industry by Excitech has identified that it is in the areas of coordination and collaboration that the industry falls furthest short of what is practiced in the leading organisations. |
The questions covered a diverse range of areas including CAD Standards and Management, Project and Document Management, Hardware and Software Systems as well as Training and Support. From these Excitech has been able to discern a wide range of detailed statistics as well as score benchmarks against key factors which impact on productivity, cost, quality and risk.
Other Key Facts:
- While 60% of organisations are currently exploring or preparing to introduce new processes, workflows or technologies, this varies widely according to organisation size with 39% of smaller organisations and 86% of larger organisations responding positively.
- Only 45% of respondents state that they have CAD standards in place which have been reviewed recently; some 22% say they have no CAD standards at all
- Most design coordination (83% of responses) between design disciplines is still being done in only 2D.
- For 68% of respondents, their organisation’s design philosophy remains 2D while some 14% have moved beyond 3D to embrace full design data modelling.
- 54% of respondents report that their organisations are using collaboration services/FTP systems to publish or share design files and documents internally or with third parties.
- Respondents report that clients or project partners are requiring or demanding changes in design processes with 21% being pressed to use Building Information Modelling techniques and 31% being pressed to use 3D. Note that these numbers overlap among responses.
- Some 58% of organisations continue to only use general purpose CAD software while 42% have adopted or started to adopt discipline-specific tools.
- 59% of organisations have held formal CAD training for users within the last 2 years, but that leaves many who have not.
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