As long as we're on the subject of Revit MEP, let's talk about a national firm Ross & Barruzini
Well, this falls under the "I couldn't have said it better myself" category.
We've been working with Ross & Barruzini (http://www.rossbar.com%29/, a national MEP firm based out of St. Louis.
After we finished a batch of Revit training for a national architecture firm (who wasn't thrilled with their national reseller's training), they insisted that their MEP firm use our services, so they'd be able to sync their Revit models. Well, one thing led to another, and here we are with a national MEP/Arch. firm Revit ready and looking to partner with Revit Architecture firms because of our efforts, training, tech support and implementation.
As you will read below, not all Revit training is the same. Just because your reseller offers Revit classes, it doesn't mean they have the architectural/engineering background to understand how to build a building.
Here are two blog postings direct from their IT Manager Ken Schriever. Ken, thanks for the kind words.
http://revit.rossbar.com/
Revit Training the R&B Way
To help standardize our work flow we implemented a CAD committee. Over the past five years we have established firm wide standards for the ever-changing AutoCAD. The group is comprised of our top CAD users from all disciplines from all of our offices. This teamwork approach allows us to make CAD additions and changes to the company with full buy-in from all disciplines, in other words, NO SURPRISES.
When the decision was made to move forward with Revit the CAD committee sprang into action. First we had to decide, "What is the implementation cost?" Since we already had previous Architectural Revit users on board we had a head start for their training at a local firm in St. Louis called Sieler. Sieler is a team of architects and engineers with real world experience and hands-on experience with the product. The custom training was done over five days; I say custom because the training was created by Sieler NOT directly from the book. This was great for the architectural side however they are not MEP trainers.
We looked and decided to move forward with Hxxxxxxx as our MEP training provider and setup the off site training schedule. After the first day our users returned with a definite "no-go attitude." Clearly the trainer did not have the MEP background we expected and he was training directly from the book. This was not acceptable so the CAD users quickly requested an alternative. We then looked at CADD Centers in Florida. They were recommended by a partner of ours that uses them exclusively for all Revit and AutoCAD training. This was great for our local users but the added cost to fly our St. Louis users to Miami was not acceptable. So we trained our Miami users with the three day Revit training at CADD Centers. The results were great, the Miami team was very happy with the outcome. This led us to remote training over GotoMeeting for our St. Louis and remote users. This worked great, we had all of our users in-house so they could still be available for emergencies and at the same time they were in a locked training room environment. Thanks to CADD Centers of Florida, we are now on our way with Revit certified users. If you ever need training I would recommend CADD Centers of Florida as they have been a great resource for training, implementation and follow up support.
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Gregory Arkin
CADD Centers of Florida
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Ross & Baruzzini Leading the Revit Revolution
Ross & Baruzzini is Revit Ready..
Ross & Baruzzini is in the process of making a major change in our Computer Aided Design (CAD) system. In years past, our firm has been utilizing CAD. We’ve seen it grow and have adopted and customized the system created a very streamline and powerful tool. When we began with CAD, it was basically an electronic drafting board of lines and boxes. We still drew every line, in every detail, every time it was seen. The return on investment or ROI is surfaced when the time for revisions was greatly reduced making it quicker than the traditional graphite or ink. The next big breakthrough was the addition of connecting drawings together through x-referencing. This allowed the end user to attach an architectural background to his work without having to add the information to his sheet. This also allowed for disciplines working in-house to drastically reduce the size of each sheet and maintain updated information without having to update their drawing. When a change is made to any drawing it is reflected on the other users' referencing the data as well. Since the early 80s Ross & Baruzzini have adopted the Autodesk technology. We are currently in the process of switching to a new BIM based technology by Autodesk called Revit.
What is BIM and why would I want to change my primary design tool?
Building Information Modeling (BIM) entered the market about ten years ago to move from the traditional 2D drafting to 3D modeling solution. By introducing the 3D aspect we are able to give variables and intelligence to all sides of and object. This was a big leap forward in the creation of BIM. Now you could drop in blocks or "Families" to interact with another discipline's object to perform automatic tasks such as scheduling, calculations and checks and QC. BIM was brought into the industry not only to increase efficiency while also reducing design mistakes and change orders resulting in less overhead cost to the owner or client. According to Autodesk you can save 33% on total design time for every project life cycle. While many other organizations have taken a wait-and-see attitude about BIM, Ross & Baruzzini is dedicated to being a leader in the Midwest region. We are in our first year of implementation and will be tracking our manpower and project cost so we can trend the data and get a real life analysis. Customers using BIM will save time and money, see fewer design errors, experience improved productivity, and have access to new business opportunities. BIM is not a technology, but it does require suitable technology to be implemented effectively.
Change is never easy, make the transition as smooth as possible
It is never easy to change you primary design process. Most users have been using the Traditional Autocad software for so long that they could not imagine learning a new way to think. However, our users have had a very positive attitude though the entire training process. We trained all of our users in-house though an online web meeting with all of our offices. We are now identifying potential projects to move forward. We plan on being a Midwest leader in the Revit realm providing our clients with clean BIM documents. We are dedicated to moving forward and championing this process for all of our clients and partners.
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