The Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector has traditionally been seen as slow to transition to more digital ways of working, which has a direct impact on a firm’s ability to collaborate effectively.
There’s plenty of evidence to back this up. One piece of researchi from February 2020, conducted by the Institute of Civil Engineers and software company Bluebeam, shows that many firms are “struggling” to adapt to emerging technologies. Almost 4 in 5 (78%) of respondents agreed that the industry had been “too slow” to adapt to technology while familiar but less efficient analogue alternatives exist.
This may be worrying news, but it also represents an opportunity—for firms to find new ways of working and give professional designers, project managers and others unparalleled control over projects.
Thanks to modern BIM (Building Information Management) systems, projects can be designed, modelled, sequenced, and costed in real time before a brick has been laid or concrete poured. But the key component to more efficient ways of working is collaboration between staff, partners, and key stakeholders over the lifetime of a project.
Print is a key technology to bridge the digital and physical worlds. Print gives architects, engineers and contractors unambiguous detail that is difficult to achieve digitally, and the ability to collaborate effectively by uploading amends to BIM, parametric or other collaboration systems.
Collaboration is now more important than ever because remote working is increasing, and increased further over the COVID outbreak of 2020. Consequently, so has the disconnect between AEC professionals and those people with which they would normally work closely.
Technology can plug these gaps and bring you, your colleagues, and significant stakeholders closer together for better designs, better projects and more project wins.
High quality printed plans give your staff the means to analyze designs and produce better work more easily. More importantly, high quality print reinforces the sense of collaboration by reducing mistrust and any doubts built up from working remotely, by giving unambiguous directions for partners to follow.
HP large format printers enable teams to easily access, share and print large-format project files online anytime, anywhere. This gives your wider team the ability to simplify your printing processes and find new ways to collaborate effectively.
Even if you, members of your team, or wider stakeholders are working remotely, mobile printing is an easy way to collaborate by printing and sharing documents using your smartphone or tablet with the HP Smart App.
HP DesignJet and PageWide XL enable more collaboration between teams by providing the ability to design and build more effectively by uploading changes seamlessly and accurately. In addition, a digital ecosystem of tools help you manage all your devices—in all the places you can’t be.
All architects, engineers and contractors are instrumental in redesigning and rebuilding the schools, hospitals, homes, offices and public spaces we need for a more sustainable and equitable world. HP plotters are an essential part of this journey, designed to help you make our built environment fit for the challenges of today. So you can design and build a better future.
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