BIMcollab

What do you like best?

One of the things I like the most about BIMcollab is how it reduces waste with workflows related to coordination of information during design phases (waste as in time spent in manual tasks and activities that could and should otherwise be stream-lined as much as possible in order to maximise fee retention in projects).

Besides that, the ease to scale up or down as needs change is also a great thing for account admins, without the need to write emails, make anyu phone calls etc, which adds to the overall time savings and efficiency enhancement that the platform provides.

Again as user, it is greatly appreciated to have regularly updated plug ins for all the most relevant design and coordination tools used in our industry, as well as the free ZOOM viewer, which is getting better and better with each release / update.

What do you dislike?

The lack of an API or similar way of interacting with the platform for e.g. batch processing of tasks and other automations, more flexibility for grouping clashes...

I also think that it would be fantastic to be able to run rule based checks for quality assurance etc, and to be able to evaluate results of checks e.g. via the ZOOM viewer.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

Plan a pilot project first: smallish project, with positive team, define success, record and meassure and adjust frequently, then use leassons learnt to expand implementation strategy to other teams / projects.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Multidisciplinary collaboration and coordination of design in mid to big projects, with teams located in geographically distant places.

Greatest benefit to us really, comes from reduction in time spent in admin tasks (assigning, reviewing, grading issues/clashes/etc)