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How Construction Technology Enhanced Efficiency by 70% on Scottish Infrastructure Upgrade
Founded in 1972, Wills Bros is a civil engineering contracting company that focuses on delivering high-quality civil infrastructure projects that are built to last. In 2019, Wills Bros was appointed as the main contractor for two civil infrastructure projects in Scotland, with a combined project worth over £50 million and required BIM Level 2 compliance. One project involved expanding an airport to promote economic growth in the area, while the other focused on creating a bypass around a historic town. To deliver high-quality assets, along with rich as-built records for long-term maintenance and operation, Wills Bros adopted BIM 360 within Autodesk Construction Cloud™.
Improving Information-sharing and Accuracy
Historically, Wills Bros relied on paper-based or manual processes, creating inefficiencies and sharing inaccurate information across project teams. Paper-based field inspections also created a lack of visibility over inspections. Ultimately, the processes limited the usefulness of information during the project lifecycle and prevented Wills Bros and its clients from getting value from the data.
Wills Bros had started adopting technology and transitioning to digital processes over several years. But the two civil infrastructure projects required BIM Level 2, as well as seamless information-sharing and communication.
To deliver each project, Wills Bros needed a common data environment to centralise all information in one place, where it could be accessed by designers, the site team, clients, and all relevant stakeholders. For this reason, they implemented BIM 360.
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How Construction Technology Enhanced Efficiency by 70% on Scottish Infrastructure Upgrade
Public sector infrastructure is often built to last for decades. Therefore, it’s critical that investments not only meet the needs of an area today but can be adapted to future needs. From a construction perspective, that means assets must be delivered to the highest quality, along with a rich as-built record so that the owner can maintain them effectively into the future.
However, sharing and accurately recording information across project teams can be difficult. Infrastructure projects are often complex in nature, involving large numbers of collaborators from multiple disciplines. Transport projects in particular can take place on challenging sites, covering a large distance without distinguishing landmarks.
In 2019, Wills Bros was appointed as the main contractor for the two civil infrastructure projects in Scotland, with a combined project worth of over £50 million. One project involved expanding an airport, to promote economic growth in the area, while the other focused on creating a bypass around a historic town.
On these multidisciplinary projects, technology was key for creating a single source of truth for collaborators, improving the quality and efficiency of the builds and ultimately delivering good value outcomes for the public.
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