As projects, in particular on the heavy industrial side, continue the trend of increasing the amount of fabrication and modularization performed to support projects, fabricators and module yards must modernize through the deployment of technology to remain competitive in a market that is increasing in size. As this trend continues, more players will enter this market and competition will intensify. These companies need to differentiate themselves from the rest.
One of the major ways is the deployment of technology not only to increase the company's productivity, profitability and competitiveness but also to communicate the status and reliability of deliverables to customers. In addition, the efficient handover of deliverables (i.e. - drawings, as-builts, quality control verifications, material certificates) digitally is an important factor for customers as well.
Gone are the days of supplying deliverable dates or updates via spreadsheet on a periodic basis or waiting for shipping lists before customers can see what the team will deliver to site. Companies are trending toward embedding digital requirements into bidding documents and in many cases disqualifying bidders that do not employ digital solutions.
As the construction industry continues to modernize and increase the usage of digital solutions, fabricators and module yards must also employ digital solutions to integrate their information into the rest of the project. With fabricator and module yard scope increasing as a percentage of the overall construction scope, stakeholders will place more emphasis on the status and visibility of fabricators and module yards.
Octave offers a broad range of technology solutions to support fabricators and module yards:
OnSite Production (formerly Intergraph Smart Production) powered by NESTIX
OnSite Spool Design (formerly Intergraph Spoolgen)
Forte Isogen (formerly Isogen)
Isogen Publisher
Loop Material Readiness (formerly Jovix)
Loop Core (formerly Intergraph Smart Materials
OnSite Visualize (formerly iConstruct)
OnSite Construction Planning (formerly Intergraph Smart Construction)
OnSite Completions (formerly Intergraph Smart Completions)
Digital solutions will be standard in all facets of the project ecosystem, inclusive of fabricators and module yards. It's not a matter of if, but when. Many companies are already realizing the benefits. Get on board now before you're left behind and it's too late.
Learn more about Octave's solutions to support fabricators and module yards here.