ToBe Builder™

ToBe Builder™ is a planning and collaboration tool that integrates 3D, 4D and 5D technologies. It provides all stakeholders with a common work environment to visually simulate multiple virtual construction options.

Meeting industry needs

ToBe Builder is a new breed of planning and collaboration tool, equipping multi-disciplinary teams to align on what needs to be built and how. It enables projects to build a robust, constructable, and synchronised plan to deliver every work package, before deploying to site.

ToBe Builder has been created by integrating select Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) cloud services with state-of-the-art immersive and digital twin technologies. It delivers a dynamic virtual work environment, simulating the construction site.

Teams use ToBe Builder to virtually collaborate on construction design, planning and delivery, using integrated 3D, 4D and 5D technologies. The solution equips users to consider the project site context, cost of resources and timing of delivery, and to iterate solutions as the design and plan develop, proactively managing safety, resource efficiency, clash detection and project outcomes.

Application

ToBe Builder is in use on major construction and services projects.

Product details

  • Provides a user-friendly 3D virtual environment, where multiple planners and engineers collaborate on construction design and planning, optimise resources and schedules, and improve outcomes
  • Users aggregate Design and Construction information, run simulations, test methodologies and design options, optimise staging and sequencing, assign budgets and resource limits, and determine best solutions for every package, including temporary works, before deploying to site
  • Users plan works in 4D, and build forecasts, work planning, staging and work methodology in a 5D digital environment
  • Improves understanding of time and costs which enables construction methods to be carefully reviewed and optimised, averting expensive conflicts and inefficiencies
  • Digital planning presents automation and efficiency opportunities in the scheduling of recurring tasks such as erecting fences, assembling scaffolding, or managing traffic control plans
  • Improves identification and mitigation of potential safety risks, including clashes or movement of heavy equipment, with detailed understanding of on-site resources and their scheduling
  • Saves potential significant cost of outsourced visualization services
  • Esri ArcGIS integration adds GIS based context information
  • Programme support imports linked active 4D programmes from Asta Powerproject BIM, and 2D schedule information from P6 and Microsoft Project, including project calendars, resources and tasks
  • Autodesk Construction Cloud & Trimble Connect integration imports model geometary via a cloud conversion pipeline
  • Supported reality capture models enable actualisation of the current state work environment from e.g. Lidar data; Drone & 360 degree camera rendered mesh (survey surfaces)
  • Includes the companion ToBe Maps Augmented Reality (AR) module which enables users on site to view and share a 3D digital design (BIM) superimposed onto the real-world construction location, using a mobile device.

“Tobe Builder helped us clearly communicate and align on key construction strategies. This is a generational movement from a construction management plan. The planning function yields a meaningful and referenced strategy that can be built on by the whole team.”

Michael Thorpe, Senior Project Manager, Sedgman.

Key sectors using ToBe Builder

Key sectors using ToBe Builder

  • Infrastructure
  • Transport – Road and rail
  • Civil and building
  • Utilities
Key roles using ToBe Builder

Key roles using ToBe Builder

  • Estimating
  • Planning
  • Project Management
  • Engineering and Design Management
  • Finance and Commercial Management
  • Site Management
  • Quantity Surveying
  • Digital and Structural Engineering
  • Procurement

Tailored pricing and service level options

We look forward to tailoring a product pricing strategy to suit your requirements.

Set up, security and support

IDD Tech delivers an individualised service, meeting client needs at every step from product selection or development, installation, onboarding, training and ongoing innovation.

ToBe Builder is provided ready to be immediately integrated into the client environment. ToBe Builder is installed by the client, supported by remote or onsite direction and assistance from IDD Tech where required.

Seamless integration and information security are backed by IDD Tech’s ISO 27001 accredited product development environment.

Our expert ToBe Builder support team provides fast, reliable enquiry and incident response. Our product support specialists are led by highly experienced technical experts and digital engineers who developed the product. They have supported ToBe Builder’s successful implementation across multiple major projects. The support team moves quickly with answers and assistance, enabling clients to fully utilise product features to maximum benefit.

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