Success Story
Fortis Construction is an employee-owned general contractor headquartered in Portland, Oregon. From straight-forward to technically advanced projects, Fortis works to build lasting impressions in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Fortis Construction work with their clients collaboratively throughout the life of a project. This approach requires Fortis Construction to be proficient in an array of disciplines across the construction spectrum. Fortis Construction was looking for new methods of improving workflows and efficiency both on-site and off. A new more collaborative workflow solution was needed, and with the advent of COVID, they were able to utilize various Autodesk Collaboration solutions to increase productivity and worksite safety.
Fortis Construction had these key goals in mind. By introducing the cloud storage solutions to create a streamlined construction environment through which users can collaborate to bring materials from planning teams to fabrication and to construction. In addition to that, by improving collaboration during the COVID19 pandemic for safety, reduce costs associated with traditional forms of communication, and improve operational efficiency.
Given the cloud compatibility of Autodesk Revit, Autodesk BIM 360 Collaborate Pro, Autodesk Navisworks Freedom, Autodesk Navisworks Manage, Autodesk BIM360 Docs, and Autodesk BIM 360 Field, Fortis Construction is able to address many of the issues present on-site and in the office. With data now accessible in the cloud, teams in the field can easily access plans and provide feedback with little delay. Re-dos and waiting on document corrections were also reduced, saving time and money.
Having adopted the cloud software, Fortis Construction is able to work anytime, anywhere. Both time and costs associated with redrafting and adjustments to designs, as well as office resources and management costs were also reduced. This newfound efficiency also improved pandemic safety by reducing the amount of face to face interactions and enabling teams to work from isolation. Autodesk Docs also reduced local server load and lag by utilizing a more efficient cloud base. These measures combined improved the safety and efficiency of the Fortis' construction processes significantly.
The adoption of Autodesk’s cloud-based solutions will improve the efficiency, cooperability, and safety of projects to come. The COVID19 pandemic created new challenges for collaboration, with face-to-face meetings and frequent travel between planning execution teams being restricted. Having access to documents anytime anywhere and being able to edit and provide feedback on those documents, will enable the company to better manage large projects, improve safety, reduce costs, and improve efficiency.
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Boustead’s Digital Transformation
Boustead had identified the value and benefits of implementing new digital technologies in the company. This led to old work processes being replaced by more productive and efficient work processes. The construction and engineering industry is notoriously well known for its labour intensive and siloed based working arrangement. Adoption of digital processes would allow Boustead to transition from paper-based processes to digitally-based mobile applications, where real-time data can be gathered from construction/buildings projects and reviewed by relevant parties. The advent of COVID19 also presented many issues for collaboration. Face-to-face meetings and technical-visual presentations were vulnerable to restrictions, and reliance on traditional forms of collaboration hindered efficiency and safety. Therefore, a new set of cloud-based, interconnected solutions were needed.
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