"You try to search and find information that either doesn’t exist, or you spend hours and hours trying to find information that’s just buried somewhere. It creates a lot of challenges, wastes a lot of time, and a lot of inefficiencies.”

“There’s always something to learn with AutoCAD. I’ve been doing it for five years, but I still learn something new all the time.”

“How does the building fit well on the site in terms of solar orientation or breezes? How can we build around existing trees? We want to find ways to cleverly work around these things: Keep the tree, find the square footage for the building, and really create something that is …

“One major thing we had to balance was the size of the files versus the efficiency of the files."

“I’ll draft different floor plans and move furnishings around. I draw all my blocks from scratch, and that’s what I love to do every time. Every single house and room are different. Once I get the shell drawn, then things start flowing. I just start working, and before I know …

“Even the preliminary conceptual drawings were created in AutoCAD, doing space-analysis studies, using blocks and polylines for areas, and moving everything around to establish the project scope."

“We wanted those tile colors but we didn’t have a pattern set. Due to the location, we had to make sure the design was easy to construct with the skill set of the workers available on-site. We also had to scrutinize the logistics to get the tiles from the factory …

“I prepare offers for customers who aren’t quite sure of what they want to build."

"Before this, design, construction, and materials purchasing were all different processes. Now, they’re all combined in one BIM platform, all coordinated and collaborative with each other."

"By drafting everything in Autodesk software and using computational fluid dynamics software, we could study how a design might perform in a wind tunnel without all of the cost."

“We had to do major redesign of the entire floor, but the floor plan was made to be flexible from the start."

“It’s going very well."

"Since we upgraded to rib machining our customers are ecstatic with the way their parts look. We don’t have to bench parts, which saves our customers time and money."

"We’ve been able to acquire new customers by optimising our processes. This lets us take weeks off lead times with our machine build."

“By working from the models provided by the consultants, we saved considerable time on the project construction documentation phase, enabling a wide range of lean construction strategies to be leveraged. In addition, it provided more time to identify and present the best options for improving client value.”