For IBSECAD, the challenge was to find a better way of collaborating with clients to review and agree 3D models of construction projects - and that's where SMART Technologies came in. To support the continued growth of the business and to ensure it remains at the technological forefront of its industry, IBSECAD invested in a SMART Board interactive whiteboard. This gave them a faster, more effective and more collaborative process for working together with clients to refine, amend and agree construction project models.
1. Customer story
Cutting-edge CAD collaboration solutions
for IBSECAD
IBSECAD, London/UK
Improving collaborative working by using a SMART Board® interactive whiteboard
Since 1996, IBSECAD has grown into an industry leader in the CAD (Computer Aided Design) Challenge
co-ordination field. With offices in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and USA, IBSECAD supports To find a better way of collaborating
projects across the globe. Working with main contractors and sub-contractors, IBSECAD helps
with clients to review and agree
to bridge the gap between design and build by utilising the latest technology to visualise
3D models of construction projects.
construction plans and support its clients in delivering projects on time and under budget.
To support the continued growth of the business and to ensure it remains at the technological Solution
forefront of its industry, IBSECAD has invested in a SMART Board interactive whiteboard. A faster, more effective and more
collaborative process for working
Capturing the review process together with clients to refine, amend
IBSECAD’s expansion has been rapid since the company was established in 1996. It has
and agree construction project models.
worked some of the most iconic buildings in the UK, including the Gherkin, Royal London
Hospital and Emirates Stadium, as well as enjoying a burgeoning portfolio of overseas
projects. The main software tool used by IBSECAD for collaborative work is Autodesk Result
Navisworks, a specialist product for the architecture, engineering and construction Construction projects are kept on
industries which requires flythrough and collaborative workshops. schedule and on budget.
However, as explained by Richard Baglow, Regional Director of IBSECAD, the traditional
process for reviewing with projectors and paper copies left something to be desired:
“IBSECAD have a lot of workshops with client teams, design teams and site teams, running
through the CAD models on the screen, for which we use a package called Autodesk
Navisworks. This is a big step forward from looking at paper drawings and makes it easier
for the clients to visualise their projects. However, the challenge lies in how we work with
those models, record the collaborative process and capture the changes we want to make
to the plans. We were limited to using screen grabs of images and marking them up by
hand, using Photoshop packages or using the commentary tool on Autodesk Navisworks,
but it was a relatively slow process.”
It was clear that a solution allowing for a greater degree of interaction, that provided a more
accurate means of capturing the review process and that could be speeded up in order to keep
construction projects on schedule would be highly beneficial.