ArchiCAD 17 Launches – Western Cape – MultiCad

MultiBIM | MultiCad Event: ArchiCad 17 Launch in Cape Town

We wants to thank every person and company that attended our ArchiCad 17 Launch event in Cape Town on 11 July 2013.

Our whole team, Linda Swanepoel, Nikki Fourie and Francois Swanepoel were excited to welcome so many of our existing clients and some new-comers to this event.

Your enthusiastic attendance and lively participation with Francois’s presentation made it a very special experience for us, as this was the first ArchiCad New Version Launch event that MultiCad hosted independently (no direct involvement of Graphisoft SA).

Even our 3 ArchiCad 17 New Feature training sessions was +/-90% booked out and very well attended. We really appreciate your show of support for our effort to serve you and your company.

You are further invited to contact us with all your software needs in ArchiCad, BIMx, EcoDesigner, MEP-Modeler, Artlantis Render or Studio and Cinema 4D.

We can help you with everything from:

• Accredited Software Training for ArchiCad and all ArchiCad Add-ons
• Software Training for Artlantis Render or Studio
• Technical User Support for ArchiCad and Artlantis. We can even help you with Sketchup questions and some collaboration queries related to Revit workflows. Although our first commitment will always be to serve “SSA Contract” clients, we also serve “non-SSA” clients as our availability allows.
• Software Sales for ArchiCad, BIMx, EcoDesigner, MEP-Modeler, Artlantis Render or Studio and Cinema 4D.
• BIM Consultant services such as: ArchiCad Template and BIM Standards development, Graphisoft BIM Server and Teamwork management,
• Architectural services for Design, Modeling, Documentation and Rendering or Visualization.

Here are some photos (in no particular order) from these events for you to reflect on:

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Nomitech CostOS Version 4.3 Now Available!

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Nomitech CostOS BIM-enabled Cost Estimating under the spotlight

Nomitech is pleased to announce the latest version of its already outstanding Cost Estimating solution, CostOS.  Following on from the success of CostOS being named of one of the final two solutions to prove that BIM is ready for take off, at Ecobuild, Washington, Nomitech continues to lead the way with innovative development.

The ability to price any stage of an estimate, from concept to final bid and on a single platform, with embedded BIM measure and parametric assemblies, CostOS is fast becoming the most sought after cost estimating solution today.

“I am delighted to announce our latest release and further reinforce our total commitment to continually provide new exciting functionality for new and existing customers. The current climate is challenging all of us in the construction industry, to have a closer look at the way we do things to remain competitive…

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Construction Review: Senegal: 260 million Euros in construction of Dakar International Airport : The estimated cost of this project (in terms of investments) is CFA F173 billion, 260 million Euros, not including costs related to upkeep and relocation of local populations, which are estimated at CFA F7 billion, or 10 million Euros.

Construction Review: South Africa: Boitekong Mall to Open : The R180-million Boitekong Mall by Fontis Development is in the final stages of completion. Construction began during August 2011, and will conclude in April 2012 with the modern, minimalistic and classy designed centre launching to the public on 26 April 2012.

 

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If the building was done on a BIM platform by the designer and insufficient information is given, it’s easy for the contractor to refine the model to a sufficient standard. For example with CostOS (Cost Estimating software from Nomitech, which enables the import if IFC files to do a QTA) even when the designer adds or changes the design it is easy to just select/import the new elements and add the estimation from that to the BOQ.

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The quantity takeoff of your project (Architectural, Structural, Mechanical, HVAC, Electrical etc) can be massively accelerated and the accuracy you can achieve is unprecedented.

Create your Bill of Quantities directly on your 3D model and see how it is built up while your estimate progresses. Use both your local/server cost database and the online commercial databases (Means, Richardson, Spon’s, NODOC) to find cost data that match the selected entities and directly assign this data to your model.

The Cost Data is not just line items or percentages. The Data you assign includes all the resources (material, equipment, labor, subcontractor…

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