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TECHNOLOGYfocus<br />
A CDE shared<br />
The Integration of Asite and 3D Repo's BIM data management solutions streamlines the working<br />
processes of both approaches to the CDE and the BIM data model, writes David Chadwick<br />
Asite and 3D Repro Integration<br />
3D Repro Issues List<br />
Asite, the global cloud-based<br />
collaboration and Common Data<br />
Environment (CDE) platform, and<br />
3D Repo, pioneers of Software-as-a-<br />
Service (SaaS) solution for Building<br />
Information Modelling (BIM) data, have<br />
announced that they are joining forces.<br />
Their aims are to leverage the capabilities<br />
of each of their solutions to provide<br />
improved services and streamline their<br />
workflows further, improving collaboration<br />
and reducing the complexity of BIM data<br />
management.<br />
This new integration will enhance the<br />
standard process of uploading 3D<br />
models and other BIM related<br />
deliverables to Asite's CDE, providing<br />
instant and synchronous access to those<br />
files in 3D Repo. Instant access to both<br />
platforms saves the user time, instead of<br />
having to upload files to multiple<br />
locations. Both solutions will benefit from<br />
the bidirectional functionality of the<br />
integration, as files uploaded to 3D Repo<br />
will similarly be automatically synched<br />
back to Asite.<br />
Asite enables organisations to store and<br />
manage all project data in one central<br />
and secure repository, a CDE or<br />
Common Data Environment, providing<br />
the tools to plan, design, and build with<br />
seamless information sharing across the<br />
entire supply chain. Asite has been used<br />
by many leading AEC companies on<br />
global projects, including Crossrail and<br />
the expansion of Dubai International<br />
Airport; offering streamlined workflows,<br />
efficient information management, and<br />
full document control that complies with<br />
global standards.<br />
3D Repo has been used on many large<br />
construction projects including Wood<br />
Wharf and King's Cross railway station to<br />
name a few. Synchronising 3D Repo and<br />
Asite's CDE is going to save valuable<br />
time on construction and infrastructure<br />
projects where hundreds or thousands of<br />
model federations and other deliverables<br />
are uploaded.<br />
The news comes concurrently with the<br />
latest update by Buro Happold, 3D Repo<br />
and a consortium of partners on the AEC<br />
Delta Project, a new industry open<br />
standard for sharing data mentioned in<br />
our news pages in the last issue, aimed at<br />
streamlining BIM data access even further.<br />
AN INTEGRATION Q AND A<br />
It's always interesting when two<br />
companies decide to join forces and<br />
integrate their technologically differing<br />
solutions. I spoke to Tom Coleing,<br />
Marketing and Comms Manager at Asite,<br />
who explained in greater detail what Asite<br />
and 3D Repo contribute to an overall<br />
project management environment.<br />
The first question I asked Tom related to<br />
the supremacy of the model. Asite's<br />
Project Portfolio Management already<br />
enables clients to view cloud based 3D<br />
models in a Common Data Environment.<br />
With 3D repo integrated within this<br />
system, I asked whether clients would be<br />
looking at an Asite or 3D Repo hosted<br />
model? The answer was that it all<br />
depended on what the user wanted to<br />
achieve. Both viewers have functions in<br />
common, but 3D Repo is more suited to<br />
model coordination and issue<br />
management, whilst Asite is a CDE, so<br />
the focus is on the wider information<br />
management process, irrespective of the<br />
file format.<br />
To put that into context, as part of the<br />
design workflows established in a CDE<br />
for model files, the model file may be<br />
coordinated and commented on using<br />
3D Repo. However, in order to take<br />
action on those comments, you may<br />
want to draw upon files and electronic<br />
forms from the CDE in order to enrich the<br />
discussions around issues - this can be<br />
done in Asite's 3D viewer. Alternatively,<br />
you will need to come back into the CDE<br />
to accordingly approve or reject the 3D<br />
model file.<br />
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<strong>Jul</strong>y/<strong>Aug</strong>ust <strong>2020</strong>