{"id":47438,"date":"2018-09-25T12:20:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T11:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=47438"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:36:09","slug":"digital-construction-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/digital-construction-2\/47438\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital construction too important for SMEs to ignore, says expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Construction software expert, Adrian Wild says digital construction is not just for well known companies and is too important for smaller firms to pass by<\/h2>\n<p>The founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/integrogroup.com\/uk\/\">Integro<\/a> and the award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/getbuildingworks.com\/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwuafdBRDmARIsAPpBmVW9kagaOKGPg-t6FmIad2vLsyVgO1B_cyT7bvu7IU1wwOl959u9DusaAv2hEALw_wcB\">BuildingWorks<\/a> will be leading a talk on the subject at Building Tech Live during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukconstructionweek.com\/\">UK Construction Week at the NEC in Birmingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The session will explain that\u00a0all building firms can digitise their projects and processes.<\/p>\n<p>The talk is aimed at general builders, property developers, building surveyors, quantity surveyors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/ebmr-helmet-lets-builders-visualise-plan\/43392\/\">architects<\/a> looking for significant office-based time savings; efficiencies in building; reduced time to build; capital cost savings and reductions in errors as the project passes between project stakeholders e.g. designer to estimator.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian said, &#8220;If it sounds like you&#8217;d need a big budget, a large team and loads of training time, then come along to the talk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll prove just how easy it is to adopt this new way of working, thanks to our digital &#8216;practical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/bim-news\/bim-software-used-to-construct-2018-world-cup-stadiums\/42234\/\">BIM&#8217; software<\/a> solution. Never before have you been able to get a cost literally at the same time as the plan drawing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BuildingWorks\u00a0\u2014 a design and estimate product \u2014is a UK first, and already has the ear of government, higher education, national <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/housebuilders-costs-respond-workload\/43747\/\">housebuilders<\/a>, offsite manufacturers, and even smaller firms involved in construction.<\/p>\n<p>This subscription, module-based software\u00a0costs the project simultaneously as the user draws a building plan,\u00a0whilst building up a live Gantt chart.<\/p>\n<p>It includes 15,000+ UK-based BIM objects\u00a0and rates, all regularly price checked. 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