Schuff Steel gets your build right the first time.
Using our unique virtual design construction (VDC), we assemble a digital asset that provides our clients with a fully connected, three-dimensional model of the building that exactly mirrors the structure.
During the modeling process Schuff pinpoints and manages constructability issues, design clashes, erection difficulties and safety issues. Then, leveraging our building expertise we drive cost out of the field by reducing reworks, optimizing crane sequencing and shipping steel assemblies that prevent schedule delays.
Leveraging the model
Our models provide the visually but also data rich perspective needed to strategically plan the most efficient way to build the structure. We start with anything from 2D paper drawings to incomplete Revit models and assemble a fully connected model that provides all “as built” information.
Using our LOD 500 models, we coordinate with other trades to ensure a tight schedule is maintained and the team has foresight to identify clashes and potential problems that can be addressed, early on.
Virtual design
construction services
Our comprehensive services include:
- Early Involvement Preconstruction Services
- Design Assist
- Value Engineering
- Model Based Estimating
- Building Information Modeling
- Conceptual Design
- Sequencing Animations
Doing it right.
At Schuff we’ve pioneered the use of VDC within steel fabrication and erection starting in the early 2000s. Over thousands of projects and decades of experience we consistently deliver less field rework and schedule delays because of the impact VDC has had on our client’s projects. Through the years we’ve identified many benefits of VDC for our clients.
- Early clash detection
- Evaluation of constructability
- Coordination with other trades
- Visibility
- Speedy and accurate price breakouts
- Expedited procurement
- Promotion of a safer jobsite through early safety planning
Leveraging
our experts
Technology without expertise is useless, which is why Schuff maintains a seasoned staff of ex-iron workers in the office to consult on erection sequencing. Together with our modelers these iron workers lend their expertise by viewing the build through the lens of how it will come together in the field. After assisting with the model creation, they then establish a load list. This load list represents erection sequencing, how the truck will be loaded and delivery sequence to make the most efficient use of the construction schedule.
Envisioning
what’s possible
When you partner with Schuff, you’ll recognize right away that you are in the company of professionals. Our VDC services lay solid groundwork for the most complex and successful builds in North America. Through the use of our 3D animations, our clients get a virtual peak at how the structure will be sequenced and built. Additionally, we offer full visibility into our models with Trimble Connect, and we encourage collaboration with the owner, design team, GC and other trades. And we work in collaboration with one another too with each department contributing whatever it takes to get the job done right.
