Aiming at creating a whole new BIM BASED 5D Construction Industry..

What new products have you launched at EXCON? Please elaborate.
We are a civil and structural engineering company. We have been coming to EXCON almost every year. This year, we launched state-of-the-art BIM based 3D software, Cubicost. We have tied up with GLODON, a leading software solution house in Hong Kong, to bring this first-of-its-kind solution for the construction industry in India. Cubicost is a new software that can convert 2D architectural & structural drawings into 3D buildings in the virtual space. Cubicost is combined with two words. ‘Cubic’ means ‘the shape of a cube’, which reflects the BIM lineage (Building Information Model) as the core technology, while ‘Cost’ indicates the key value of the software, which is to provide integrated cost solutions for customers in AEC industry. Real estate companies, architects, civil engineers, consultants, contractors, cost consultants, quantity surveyors – the entire construction fraternity can use Cubicost to design, construct, operate and manage construction projects.

What are the solutions, estimations and modifications worked in the Cubicost ambit?
Cubicost BIM suite is comprised of four individual BIM-based software products (TAS, TRB, TME, TBQ), that are focused on different needs of quantity surveying business. TAS is take off for Architecture and Structure, TRB is take off for Rebars, TME is Take off for MEP services and TBQ is tender series for BOQ. All these four products together virtually cover all general requirements in construction cost estimation business. Moreover, BIM model and related data can be easily transferred between four products; bringing you the most professional, efficient and accurate BIM cost estimation experience. In short, the entire lifecycle of construction projects, from design to demolition, planning to erecting, budgeting to costing can be created and modified on the computer before constructing it in the field.

How Cubicost is different in the construction market and tell us about its efficiency?
The construction industry in India is plagued by the shortage of skilled staff, technically complex software, tight budgets, project delays and sudden accelerated schedules. With Cubicost, you can streamline the entire lifecycle of the process and increase overall efficiency by this simple, easily understandable software. Material costs too can be reduced. Cubicost gives you the ability to make design changes, assess the impact of those changes and detect issues early enough to prevent frequent project interruptions and cost overruns. It also makes quantity calculations, cost and control estimates, in just a few hours freeing up valuable time of civil engineers and contractors.