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CHALLENGE:
Estimate
information dies in
the bidding phase
You put a lot of e‡ort into building an
estimate and ideally, that information and
work would continue to deliver value after
the bid is won. However, if you're working
in 2D, the estimate information often dies
after the bidding phase and collaboration
among parties as the project progresses
requires each party to start over when
building out project information. If you're
not using a model-based estimation
workow, you aren't able to use information
built in an estimation all the way through
to fabrication and erection. By losing this
information, you're exposing your company
to rework and increasing the potential for
errors downstream.
SOLUTION: Utilize
information from your
estimate in the production
schedule
Everyone who 'touches' a job has the power to make or break
it. With a 3D process, everyone becomes more successful
and the estimate you worked so hard to build lives on through
production. Stakeholders can track and compare your estimate
to the project schedule and use that visibility to target shop
problem areas.
Linking the estimated job to the actual production control job
provides budgeted labor hours by piece. Planned hours can be
fed into a production schedule which allows everyone involved
to see the hours needed for all jobs and plan labor application
by calendar day. Not only does this allow you to maximize labor
during production, it also means less material taking up space
on the shop oor waiting for fabrication.
Eective use of estimate
information
