5D Virtual Construction Software 

  

"Virtual Construction represents a very great change to this industry. Now we have a tool to predict what is going to happen on a construction project with much greater accuracy than we had before."

  

Jim Bedrick, AIA VP, Virtual Construction & Design, Webcor Builders, USA

 

 

The Vico Office suite is a highly integrated solution designed specifically to bring the benefits of BIM to construction companies. The software synchronizes the 3D virtual construction model, estimating and scheduling data, and helps construction firms determine how best to construct buildings. The Vico Office suite covers project constructability, estimating, cost management, schedule planning, procurement, and the change management processes.

Using virtual construction allows you to improve project predictability, optimize schedules, reduce risk, and manage project cost.

 

We know that when the commercial construction market starts climbing again that BIM technologies will differentiate general contractors. What better time to get key members of your team ramped up and outfitted with best solution on the market?

 

Vico Office is the first integrated construction management solution for GCs that leverages the power of the 3D BIM model for 4D model-based scheduling and 5D model-based estimating. And the 3D models can come from multiple sources: architects, engineers, subs; and come in multiple flavors: Revit, Tekla, ArchiCAD, CAD-Duct.

 

Here are the commercially-available Vico Software products:

 

•	Vico Doc Set Manager: identifies changes in construction drawing sets with clouding, RFIs, and change orders
•	Vico Office Client: for viewing and combining models from different systems; viewing RFIs/Clouds/Change Orders; creating/reading reports
•	Vico Office Constructability Manager: integrated workflow for clash detection and coordination which impacts the quantities, schedule, and cost plan
•	Vico Office Takeoff Manager: for deriving construction-caliber quantities from BIM models
•	Vico Office Cost Planner: for taking those quantities and creating cost plans of the model and then updating each time the model is changed
•	Vico Office Cost Explorer: the first model-based budgeting application - allows the Owner to visually see which aspects of the project are contributing the change in cost
•	Vico Control: our flowline theory-based scheduling application leveraging resources, productivity rates, and locations and then managing to put-in-place work

 

The website contains many materials to help you learn more about the 5D BIM products and services.

 

Please navigate across the product line:

 

Vico Office Suite FAQs

Vico Office Client FAQs

Vico Office Constructability Manager FAQs

Vico Office Takeoff Manager FAQs

Vico Office Cost Planner FAQs

Vico Office Cost Explorer FAQs

Vico Control FAQs

Vico Doc Set Manager FAQs 

 

Learn more about virtual construction with resources throughout the Vico website.

 

The "What Is?" Tab offers a glossary for all BIM-related terminology, as well as tutorial videos.

 

The Fridays with Vico webinar series offers over 35 archived titles featuring virtual construction methodology and best practices, customer case studies, and product overviews.

 

And the Vico Blogging Forum offers thoughts and opinions from Vico executives and product managers.

 

You are also invited to join the Vico User Group on LinkedIn for more in-depth conversations about 5D BIM.

 

If you are heading up the BIM Department in your firm, please share with your team the 5D BIM Checklist, a listing of what functionality is available today from BIM technology, and likewise, what you can be offering Owners as BIM capabilities.

 

We also have the BIM Master Class Series which includes over fourteen hours of coursework to get everyone up to speed on BIM.

 

And please consider the Vico Construction Services Department if you need BIM consulting and peer review services to win and execute your next project.

 

With over 350 5D BIM projects under our belts, we offer a unique competitive advantage in preparation for bid day, as well as the industry experience to carry the project from preconstruction through completion.