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Priority 1
The future of project delivery is digital.
As we transition away from traditional project deliverables (2D), we continue to produce high quality drawing sets. However, most of our projects are delivered in 3D form, using 2D only when necessary for regulatory purposes or commodity buy-out.
Going from 3D > 2D > 3D > 2D > 3D is insanity. We are getting rid of all the unnecessary intermediaries and going from 3D (Virtual) > 3D (Fabrication/Assembly) > 3D (Actual) to Making Buildings. After all, BIM does not equal CAD 2.0 - it’s so much more.
Meaningful data drives Design at Next, as it should. And, with great data comes great possibility. We’re integrating appropriate and ground breaking technologies wherever possible. Renovations, new builds, studies, you name it. We give design intent when modeling, rather than drafting details. When needed we can model up to Level Of Development (LOD) 300, LOD 350 and beyond to LOD 400.
Priority 2
Building (together in) the Future is not Design + Construction of the Past.
Cost certainty, schedule predictability and the preservation of quality can coexist. It means the right decisions need to be made at the right times by the right people. While owners drive, we're riding shotgun. This helps owners to advance faster and farther on each project than they'd be able to otherwise, avoiding nasty hold-ups, like supply chain distribution issues that the world continues to face.
Priority 3
Collaboration of Information
We are serious about taking budget cost management and environmental stewardship to the next level. We model elements as they are to be constructed (or demolished and recycled if part of a renovation for example). As the BIM evolves, design elements incorporate valuable information that can be harnessed by our advanced Digital Quantities tool. By utilizing data extracted from the BIM, this tool enables us to accurately quantify known building elements digitally. Subsequently, we can assign precise costs to these elements, offering us a comprehensive understanding of the project’s potential expenses and environmental footprint as we progress through different phases. In this way if a material type or quantity is changed, our clients can receive an updated budget and quickly assess options and alternatives and lifecycle impacts.
For instance, we can precisely determine the number and composition of doors (or any other element) within a given project. Cost Estimating and/or Bidding can be done directly through the Digital Quantities interface or exported spreadsheets. Comparing bids is easy because everything is apples to apples. Internally developed, this tool serves the purpose of providing a clearer understanding of the value embedded within our designs, ultimately enabling clients to take the guesstimates out of estimates.
Cost analysis with ability to drill down by division element.
Priority 4
Planning and Standards
Since our inception we have based our work flows and associated protocols around the best standards we can find globally. Of all the standards we follow, the backbone is found in the RIBA Plan of Work, with its 8 Stages and specific Tasks associated with each Stage.
No project at Next proceeds unless the Plan of Work has been developed and is maintained on a regular basis. In addition to the RIBA Plan of Work, the following Standards have been adopted:
ASTM E1804 - Cost Analysis During Design.
ASTM E2516 - Cost Classifications.
GSA FAR - Establishment of Auditable Chargeable Costs - Federal Acquisition Regulation.
UniFormat 2010 - Elemental Classification for Building Specifications, Cost Estimating and Cost Analysis.
MasterFormat 2018 - standard for organizing construction specifications of commercial and institutional building projects.
ISO 19650 Organization and digitization of information about buildings, including building information modeling (BIM), data models, and formats such as Construction Operations Building Information Exchange (COBie). The International Standard includes but is not limited to the following Parts.
ISO 19650-1 Concepts and principles for management of information including exchanging, recording, versioning and organizing for all design team members.
ISO 19650-2 Delivery phase requirements for information management.
ISO 19650-3 Operational phase requirements for information management.
ISO 19650-4 Information exchange process for quality assurance of the resulting project information model or asset information model. It details the implementation of the concepts in Part-1 and is applicable to any information exchange within the delivery stages covered by Part-2 and operational trigger events covered by Part-3.
ISO 19650-5 Security-minded approach to information management of sensitive information that is obtained, created, processed and stored.