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| Ziggurat Systems develops solutions that dramatically improve system planning and coordination for construction projects, and bring the benefits of information sharing and interoperability to the building community today. With Ziggurat, project managers, design coordinators, and construction teams can predict and control building processes. The company’s flagship product, Ziggurat B3D™, is a comprehensive application that enables building professionals to view, analyze, and evaluate designs quickly and accurately. As a result, issues and conflicts are identified and resolved before construction begins. With Ziggurat B3D, building projects can be completed on-time and on-budget – the key to profitability and customer satisfaction. |
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The High Cost of System Design and Coordination
The building design process is complex and includes dozens of sub-systems, known as MEP (Mechanical, Electronic, Plumbing) systems. Each sub-system is typically designed by a professional using CAD tools to create designs. The drawings must be coordinated and analyzed to make sure they meet specifications and building codes, and mesh together as a coherent whole.
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This process involves a great deal of paper and leaves the door open for human errors. Despite the experience and expertise of building coordinators, up to 11% of the cost of a building project is due to MEP system conflicts that are discovered and resolved on-site, and often undocumented.
From Drawing Management to Knowledge Management
To address these issues, CAD vendors proposed the Building Information Model (BIM) solution, whereby all project data is stored in a central repository. While many building industry analysts have accepted the concept of BIM, the reality is slow to take hold. For BIM to be effective, all of the participants in the process must migrate from traditional drawings to sophisticated object-oriented tools, with the associated costs and learning curve. The fact is that there are many different software packages and each uses its own information standard— IFC has not yet been implemented in most BIM tools.
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Ziggurat - Making the Vision a Reality
Ziggurat’s vision is to make the benefits of centralized information management accessible to builders, project managers, and system coordinators today – without requiring system designers to change the way they work. The company’s pioneering technology automatically extracts relevant information from disparate system drawings, transforms it into a robust data model and stores it in a single project repository. Using Ziggurat’s powerful software solutions, managers can then perform 3D modeling, automatic conflict analysis, and conflict resolution.Ziggurat’s complete design management strategy encompasses the entire lifecycle of a building project – from conception through completion and facility management.
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| Graphic representation of a conflict |
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