Virtual Design & Construction

3D virtual trade coordination is used to resolve conflicts between building systems prior to construction. Early collaboration with BIM gives teams the opportunity to analyze and optimize building systems, improve constructability, maximize opportunities for prefabrication, and explore cost savings initiatives.

BIM can be used to check and validate a wide range of items within a design model. BIM can be used to check for compliance with local building codes, ADA, safety criteria, and more. This information gives project teams the ability to identify and correct issues prior to building; eliminating costly rework, expediting project schedules, and enhancing project safety.

4D modeling integrates 3D models with schedule data. Augmenting traditional Gantt charts and Critical Path (CPM) schedules, 4D models enable our project teams and stakeholders to visualize, plan, and optimize the phasing and sequencing of a project.

Production tracking leverages BIM to track and communicate the progress of work on a jobsite by capturing status information on a project’s equipment, materials, and/or labor. Providing clear depictions of the status of the work helps us ensure the right materials, equipment, and tradespersons are available to complete the work as planned.

With 5D BIM, quantity take-offs and cost estimates can be generated quickly as a project progresses, tracking and validating scope changes on the project’s cost and schedule. The use of BIM expedites many of the manual tasks associated with estimating; freeing our teams to focus on the complex issues that really drive costs.

3D Printing is the process of fabricating a physical object from a digital model. As an early adopter of 3D printing, we’ve found a wide variety of productive applications for the technology; integrating 3D printing with BIM to produce mock-ups, constructability models, and even building components used to solve construction field challenges.

The intelligent linking of a model with information that aids facilities managers in the operation and maintenance of a building is commonly referred to as 6D BIM. Long after we’ve turned over the keys to a new facility, this model data can be used by our clients to streamline the management of a facility throughout its operational life cycle.

The immersive nature of virtual and augmented reality allows our project teams and clients to engage with projects in ways that were previously unimaginable. Giving our teams and project stakeholders the opportunity to see and interact with their facilities before they’re built increases collaboration and facilitates better planning and informed decision making.

Site logistics models help our project teams and stakeholders visualize and understand a project, evaluate options to make the most efficient use of a project site, and establish an operations plan built around safety and efficiency. Logistics models are also used to identify, communicate, and address construction challenges long before work begins in the field.

Laser scanning rapidly captures detailed geometric information about existing conditions. Once the information is incorporated into a model, we can develop accurate as-builts, identify and resolve coordination issues between existing conditions and new project scope, and produce deliverables that meet the specific needs of our clients and project teams.

Our continued commitment to safety is enhanced through the use of BIM which enables us to better plan for, analyze, and mitigate potential safety hazards on our projects. BIM is a critical tool in Turner’s risk management toolbox, permitting better ways to pre-plan work and validate safety measures on the jobsite.

Model-based layout combines the precision of laser-guided instrumentation with the accuracy of BIM to physically locate or verify work-in-place on a project site. Model based layout allows us to lay out work in the field quicker, with a higher degree of precision, and at a reduced cost using smaller crews.