{"id":60913,"date":"2019-10-11T12:14:03","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T11:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=60913"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:32:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T12:32:35","slug":"bluebeam-revu-project-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/bim-news\/bluebeam-revu-project-delivery\/60913\/","title":{"rendered":"Revu for reviews: Arup goes digital for project delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bluebeam\u2019s Revu has helped Arup improve collaboration and move towards a paperless future<\/h2>\n

Arup serves projects all around Australia and New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. In an effort to guarantee quality deliverables to their clients, issues were found in the quality and accuracy of as-built drawings and the consistency of manual document annotations for design review. The lack of standard annotations within manual review processes kept stakeholders occupied with document management as opposed to focusing on design and execution.<\/p>\n

Review timeframes were also bloated, due to the reliance on email and postal services for the heavy project collaboration<\/a>. To address these issues, the firm implemented Bluebeam Revu, the project efficiency and collaboration solution trusted by more than 1.3m AEC professionals worldwide to improve project communication and streamline processes.<\/p>\n

Going from manual to digital<\/h3>\n

Given the firm\u2019s commitment to leveraging technology for project delivery, Arup began to explore ways in which manual processes could be digitalised for efficiency, quality, risk mitigation and standardisation across multiple offices and projects.<\/p>\n

One key pain point Revu addressed was the issue with older or low-quality as-built drawings and scans.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe actually had points where we couldn\u2019t submit deliverables to the client because the native resolution and outputs were limited by traditional PDF products. Revu helped solve these issues by actually giving us the interoperability and the functions that we needed to be able to edit them on the fly and modify them to actually suit the client requirement,\u201d explains Ben Taylor, Senior Technician at Arup.<\/p>\n

This new approach has helped Arup focus on activity-based working, meaning that project partners are spending less time deciphering as-built drawings and scans and more time focusing on their respective aspects of project delivery.<\/p>\n

Collaborating in real time and mitigating risk<\/h3>\n

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\u201cI think Bluebeam covers a whole lot of aspects, and risk mitigation is a very important one,\u201d elaborates Regional CAD Lead Russell Bunn.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt does improve the communication of the team, because efficiencies are gained when people are coming to implement the annotations, and we can also be confident that every single drawing has the same annotation in the same place and says the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, Bluebeam Studio Sessions offered a way to create simultaneous, real-time collaboration, across separate locations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t have an effective method of being able to communicate real-time and submit annotations, it was just email trails,\u201d laments Ben Taylor.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Bluebeam] Studio solves all of those issues. Someone\u2019s annotating drawings in London and they come through live in the Sydney office as we\u2019re doing work and while people are talking on the phone, and it eliminates confusion or errors in communication via email.\u201d<\/p>\n

Live comments also create a single source of truth, allowing project partners to quickly assess review progress<\/a>, and to make sure that the partners are working on only the most current documents.<\/p>\n

Standardising deliverables and looking towards the future<\/h3>\n

The benefits of digitising the processes within Arup\u2019s standards and manuals have become apparent not only in project delivery but also in paper savings and employee engagement. Arup\u2019s culture of innovation fosters an organic approach to technology, keeping the company ahead of the curve in both project opportunities and employee procurement.<\/p>\n

\u201cRevu really helped us move towards a paperless office,\u201d explains Russell.<\/p>\n

With a paperless future ahead and better collaboration taking place, Arup continues to build upon the firm\u2019s legacy as an industry leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing digital<\/a> is so important for Arup because it\u2019s the future,\u201d concludes Taylor.<\/p>\n

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