VDC | Virtual Design And Construction
The VDC framework is amongst the leading methods that facilitates the real-time and up-to-date information with the help of technology to facilitate the project team with requirement analysis, planning, progress control, and decision making. Therefore, by implementing and developing VDC as a practice the AEC organizations can produce high performance projects with continuous learning and betterment.
The challenge…
In an exponentially digitalizing Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry with disruptive technologies it has become even more important for the AEC companies and professionals to take proactive measures to simplify and define the information flows to meet the objectives efficiently and effectively.
Increasing globalization and diversification of Scandinavian AEC industry demands the companies to innovate new digitalized processes to survive and capitalize on razor thinning profit margins due to increased competition and sustainability demands.
Why VDC?
The VDC binds the 3Ps of Projects, People and Processes of digitalization with technology and performance measurement at its vortex. It provides the project team with explicit guidelines to work together towards better insight and understanding of the project, which helps the project stakeholders to reach important decision in earlier phases of the project. Thus, reducing the potential conflicts and time and cost thieves that might surface in the later phases of the project.
Performance measurement is central to VDC that unites the multidisciplinary project teams together with technology, techniques, tools, social practices to achieve high performance objectives.
What is VDC?
VDC facilitates the use of technology in three domains of construction projects
Project meetings,
Project design and
Project production management through its essential elements.
The VDC essential elements include Integrated Concurrent Engineering (ICE) for project meetings, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Lean Project Delivery System (LPDS) for project design and construction, and performance measurement.
However, to focus the use of VDC essential elements towards objectives VDC framework provides explicit guidelines to define the project and client objectives (see Figure).
The VDC frameworks follows the performance metrics methodology for performance measurement at different project hierarchical levels such as client metrics, project metrices, design and construction metrics. Therefore, the type of performance that is measured within the VDC framework is strictly target based performance to reach the project objectives.
How can we help?
Buildingpoint Scandinavia focuses on providing AEC industry with the digital value chain for all phases of the project from conception to demolition with its hardware and software solutions. The aim of BuildingPoint is to keep our customers at the forefront when it comes to digitalization and modernization through a stepwise approach
BuildingPoint digitalization and modernization program starts with measuring VDC readiness and maturity through which we indicate the areas which needs development.
The second phase starts with targeted efforts through specially designed meeting and courses for the relevant people in the organization.
In the third phase we help our customers to develop digital information flows. Towards the fourth phase BuildingPoint customizes the software solutions to organizational needs if needed by the customers.