5D
We don’t just provide costs, we provide certainty in real time
We don’t just provide costs, we provide certainty in real time
Our 5D Cost Management Methodology follows the traditional QS pathway and uses 5D skills allowing for accurate and timely cost analysis at any point throughout the design process, during construction and post construction.
Using revisioning we can live link models allowing us to track changes and provide cost certainty on changes in design, scope or material.
This provides you with the right information, at the right time, to make informed decisions.
Currently, software limitations and disparate workflow processes across different project partners often form barriers to sharing common data. To overcome this we have developed model validation techniques within our 5D workflow that allows data to become an integrated part of the designer’s model and is round-tripped to the native files and added to the BIM.
45+ years of providing Cost Planning advice and a two decade commitment to training and teaching CAD, modeling, database and knowledge sharing technology skills.
Continual collection and analysis of construction demand research, labour and material price, as built elemental building and civil cost analysis and functional performance measurement.
Commitment to 3D modeling technology to accurately calculate quantities and create dynamic links between Revit and IFC model information, rate libraries and estimate templates. Estimates can be calculated and recalculated easily and quickly after every model revision.
Implemented Survey Software – Cost database, rate library, benchmarking tool
Implemented Buildsoft – BQ production tool
Implemented AutoCAD, CADlt and plotting
Delivered online cost databases and estimating tools
Implemented CostX 1.0 – 2D on screen measurement platform
Implemented cost certainty services – visual quantities, living cost plan and instant re-visioning, reverse tendering; utilised QSID key noting
Released “QS renaissance & BIM adoption” education series
Implemented BIM Link to push bulk parameters into models
Implemented CostX 3.30 to pull quantities from IFC 2x3 files and measure 12D and Google SketchUp files
Implemented Autodesk 360 to view models on mobile devices
Implemented MasterFormat, UniFormat, OmniClass, ASMM5, ACMM2, BCIS4 and COBie code parameters
Implemented Primavera P6 to push cost information to 4D schedule
Implemented Solibri
Released ‘5D Minimum Modeling Matrix’ & ‘5D BIM Execution Plan’ documents
Implemented 5D+4D Workflow to achieve virtual cashflows and scheduling
Launch of Forensic Model Validation as independent service offering
Time is critical in achieving a successful project and the construction programme should be considered as part of the initial concept design. We can provide both high level and detailed construction programmes to ensure that your project gets off to the best possible start. Using the latest technology our team builds on standard 3D models to add both the time, 4D and cost, 5D.
A properly constructed and managed construction programme can make a difference at bothtender and project delivery stages and can be the critical difference in delivering a project on time and on budget.