Standardizing BIM Processes Across Complex Construction Projects

About

Design Time for Information System Technology, an Autodesk Silver Partner, delivers successful outcomes across a wide range of Autodesk solutions. Together, we helped expand both Design Time’s success and ours by enabling a leading architecture and engineering firm in Riyadh that develops infrastructure projects, commercial and residential real estate, manages global financial investments, and operates businesses across technology, mining, and entertainment sectors.

 

Through this engagement, we supported the customer in optimizing their Building Information Modeling (BIM) processes across engineering projects, empowering their teams to utilize Autodesk solutions more effectively, and ensuring a seamless transition to cloud-based workflows. This enabled a connected BIM environment that improved collaboration, data accessibility, and project coordination across their entire project portfolio.

 

 

The Engineering Firm Core Activities

• Construction & Engineering: Acts as a certified “A” class contractor. They build major civil infrastructure, high-rise buildings, and deliver complex Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) services.

 

• Real Estate Development: Finances, develops, and manages premium property portfolios. This includes retail malls, residential complexes, and mixed-use developments through subsidiaries.

 

• Strategic Investment Management: Allocates capital into fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), agriculture, healthcare infrastructure, and global financial markets to optimize long-term asset value.

 

 

The Challenge

While the engineering team of professionals are capable of handling large complex projects across multiple geographic locations, the operations faced some challenges with:

 

• Establishing seamless collaboration and communication of design decisions among project stakeholders distributed across the country.

 

• The need for a centralized platform for BIM model review and sharing, creating bottlenecks in the design workflow.

 

• Focusing on building standardized processes for managing multi-disciplinary engineering data and communications.

 

 

Our Approach

With the assistance of our partner in Autodesk, Design Time for Information System Technology, we deployed a strategic, phased methodology to establish best-in-class BIM processes for the Engineering Firm. Our approach focused on:

 

• Designing and implementing resilient, automated BIM workflows to enable robust data exchange and real-time collaboration.

 

• Providing comprehensive training and hands-on demonstrations to ensure rapid adoption across the engineering organization.

 

• Establishing ongoing technical support and guidance to maximize the team’s proficiency with Autodesk solutions.

 

 

The Solution

We implemented a comprehensive solution encompassing professional BIM authoring and cloud-based collaboration:

 

• Professional BIM Authoring: Trained engineering teams across all disciplines from architecture, structural, electrical, mechanical, to plumbing on advanced BIM authoring tools, enabling them to develop resilient, coordinated project models.

 

• Cloud BIM Platform: Established and configured a cloud-based BIM collaboration platform, empowering ARTAR teams to seamlessly share, exchange, time while maintaining version control and audit trails.

 

 

The Architecture

Autodesk Solutions Utilized

Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Navisworks, Forma Data Management, Forma Design Collaboration.

 

 

Solution Delivered

We executed a comprehensive delivery roadmap designed to ensure successful adoption and sustainable value creation:

 

• Onsite Demonstrations & Workshops: Conducted in-depth BIM workflow demonstrations at The Engineering Firm’s headquarters is Riyadh for multi-disciplinary engineering teams, showcasing best practices and industry standards Cloud Platform Setup: Configured and deployed the cloud BIM platform environment, establishing secure access and establishing protocols for model management and team collaboration.

 

• Comprehensive Training Program: Delivered intensive onsite and remote training courses spanning BIM authoring, platform navigation, collaboration workflows, and best practices in model coordination.

 

• Ongoing Technical Support: Provided sustained post-implementation guidance, follow-ups, and optimization consulting to ensure teams achieved maximum capability and efficiency with Autodesk solutions.