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5D Virtual Construction Software Suite

 

"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 5D Virtual Construction Software 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 Virtual Construction suite covers project constructability, estimating, cost management, schedule planning, procurement, and change management processes.  

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


2D Shop Drawings

Instead of flipping through reams of paper looking for the right document version, the Vico 5D model produces all lift drawings, shop drawings, and field drawings for the trades.

ROI: Off-site fabrication shaves weeks off the schedule.

3D Constructability and Coordination

All constituents can finally “see” the embodiment of the design. So now changes can be proposed in the Vico 5D model (with complete budget and schedule implications) instead of on-site or at the last minute.

ROI: Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of RFIs resolved before the first shovel breaks ground.

4D Scheduling and Production Control

Forward-looking schedule by trade by location means no stops and starts. With the Vico 5D model, trades can be optimally-sequenced to flow through the site without the undue rushing that leads to quality issues.

ROI: Schedule compression by at least 10%.

5D Estimating and Cost Planning

No more best guesses; no more thumb in the air. If it’s in the model, it will be on-site, so it needs to be costed, procured, and delivered. With the Vico 5D model, better cost planning starts with conceptual estimates from the massing models and ends with the Earned Value Analysis.

ROI: Costing insight for subcontractors and margin preservation for the GC.

Virtual Construction Activities

· Try the free 60-Day Evaluation of the software

· Ramp up quickly with Vico 101 – our introduction webinar to the key technology
  concepts that power our award-winning software

· Download the BIM Checklist to make sure you’re working towards true 5D BIM

· Become BIM-capable overnight with the Win the Deal service offering

· Review the archived Fridays with Vico webinar series and sign up for new courses

· Read the latest updates in our Blogging Forum

· See what the leaders in Virtual Construction have to say about Vico’s software
  and services