Opportunities for timber builders.
In the Netherlands, we’re currently facing a major challenge: providing enough housing. Prefabricated timber-frame construction can play a crucial role in this. By building nearly complete housing shells in controlled environments, we can work together to create enough living space for everyone in a short amount of time. But how do you do that as efficiently as possible? We’d like to walk you through four key challenges and, more importantly, the solutions we offer.
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1Full and rapid compliance with laws and regulations
In the Netherlands, we set high standards for housing safety. These are outlined, among other places, in the Construction Quality Assurance Act (Wkb) and the current Building Code. Fully complying with these requirements often takes a lot of time and places high demands on your staff.
BIM4Production® easily solves this through its own app. During the design phase, each element is assigned a unique QR code or NFC tag. Any employee can scan this code to then complete checklists and add photos via a smartphone or tablet. This allows you to fully, quickly, and transparently comply with all current laws and regulations.
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2Circularity for more stable costs and availability.
Wood is a sustainable material and easily recyclable. However, costs vary widely, and availability isn’t always guaranteed. This can cause disruptions in the supply chain during the construction process.
BIM4Production® solves this by providing each element with its own “passport.” This contains the exact details of that specific element. If you know what you’ve built and how you built it, you can also take it apart again. This allows you to replace individual parts or even entire elements. To do this, it’s important to properly preserve your engineering and drawings for an extended period. To promote the recycling of components and updatable construction, your data must therefore be circular. You can easily manage this in BIM4Production as well.
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3Wood is a sustainable material and easy to recycle. However, costs vary widely, and availability isn’t always guaranteed. This can cause disruptions in the supply chain during the construction process. BIM4Production® solves this by providing each element with its own “passport.” This contains the exact specifications of that specific element. If you know what you’ve built and how you built it, you can also take it apart again. This allows you to replace individual parts or even entire elements. To do this, it’s important to properly preserve your engineering documentation and drawings for an extended period. To promote the recycling of parts and adaptable construction, your data must be circular. You can easily manage this in BIM4Production as well.
Staff with the right knowledge and skills are crucial to your construction process, especially when it comes to design, construction, and wood treatment. Finding these people can be a major challenge, but what will they actually do once they’re working for you? Will they focus on their core activities, or will they also end up doing a lot of “menial tasks”?
BIM4Production® eliminates a significant portion of the “menial tasks.” We help you automate wherever possible—such as automatically generating order lists, production schedules, and even transportation schedules. This allows your people to focus fully on what they do best.
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4The Importance of Innovation and Industrialization.
The share of timber construction in the Netherlands is growing, yet the sector as a whole still faces a major challenge in terms of scaling up and industrialization. As demand increases, building more efficiently and collaborating more effectively with suppliers becomes increasingly important. How do you integrate this into your existing processes, and what role does digitization play in this?
BIM4Production® operates based on a 3D BIM model. This ensures that everyone has access to all relevant information anytime, anywhere. BIM4Production is designed for optimal supply chain integration, and it is precisely in this context that this information plays a crucial role. Smarter collaboration increases production capacity throughout the supply chain, accelerating industrialization and scaling up.
Other industries where BIM4Production® is used.
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