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Top 5 Things Architects Should Stop Doing Now

Architects – are you stuck in an endless cycle of project inefficiencies such as rework, an outdated template or lack of company standards? Break the cycle and find out what you should stop doing and how ATG can help. 

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STOP manually measuring existing buildings. 

Manually measuring existing conditions is tedious, time-consuming, and tends to yield inaccurate information that turns into rework down the road. Critical elements are missed and those trips to the jobsite really add up. Sound familiar? 

Now you can ditch the old way of manual measuring and guarantee accuracy, quality and efficiency – with Reality Capture! ATG’s reality capture services can provide the gear to scan it yourself (we can train you, too!), scan the site for you and can even create a usable model from the point cloud. 

STOP manually sorting families into network folders. 

If your firm is still organizing Revit assets into network folders, it may be time for a change. This method may seem like an acceptable way to store your files, but in reality, it’s messy, and it doesn’t connect to Revit. As files are updated in Revit, they aren’t always updated in the network folder, which can leave your files and even your Revit template outdated and in disarray.  

With the HIVE Content Management System, you can connect all your content to Revit and end the nightmare of folder navigation. Since HIVE works directly with Revit, you can pull assets without ever leaving the software. All you have to do is drag and drop into your design model! And with the convenience of the search and filter feature, navigating folders is a breeze. 

STOP bringing a crummy template forward year over year. 

Many firms tend to put everything in their company template. All those design elements — annotations, legends, details, sections, families and more — can really add up, especially if your company’s template hasn’t been updated in a few years. The more elements you have in your template, the longer it takes to load a project. 

The other problem? No one has the time to sit down and clean up the template because there are so many things to consider. What do you keep? What do you extract? Why can’t some elements be extracted? Cleaning up your template to an ideal state can take days, even weeks to accomplish. 

If you’re overwhelmed by the state of your template or simply don’t have the time to clean it, look to ATG’s Architectural Services as your solution. Our from-industry Architecture team can help you evaluate your current template and help you determine what elements are the best fit, and which ones are not.  

STOP putting off “overhead” projects. 

If you’re falling behind on project work and have no time for projects like template improvement, detail conversion, or family curation and procurement, our BIM Manager Services may be the perfect fit.  

With ATG’s BIM management services, you’ll have a dedicated industry professional serving as your company’s BIM Manager with a scheduled weekly commitment and duration. These “virtual office hours” provide a way for you and your team to discuss updates, ask questions, troubleshoot issues, train employees and more, allowing you to focus on your projects. 

STOP outsourcing to unprofessionals. 

Project work is piling up and that critical deadline is closing in. You don’t have time to get everything done, so your company outsources to someone that you can’t work with directly, and now you’re in the dark about the quality of work. Outsourcing your project work tends to be expensive, unreliable and low quality, causing inefficiencies in your project process. 

From laser scan to BIM model and beyond, we can help build your project from start to finish. Put our Reality Capture team to work with scanning your site and processing the point cloud. If you need a model, our Architecture team can create an accurate Revit model over the point cloud. We can even go beyond the BIM model and add materials, render the project and deliver construction documents. 

Have a question? Don’t hesitate to reach out!

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