Benefits of the ActiveFacility's services
- Conversion of all existing, paper-based information on any building into an ISO standards Building Information Model (BIM) offers a range of applications for users within the construction industry and there is no need for further data conversion or translation. The information can be used on a day-to-day basis for building management and maintenance, sent to architects for renovation projects, used for an energy audit, or for plotting access and evacuation paths in emergency situations, without having to pay for data collection or re-drawing.
- The ActiveFacility server collects and stores all the information about a building so authorised staff can access, view, query and analyse any aspect of the information through an Internet browser. These unique capabilities of ActiveFacility’s model server are a world first.
- The building information stored within the ActiveFacility system can be linked with data stored in other systems. This unique interface with other operational systems enables the building information model to be kept updated, reduces duplicate data entry and margins for error, and keeps the other systems updated with ongoing changes to the building information.
- ActiveFacility’s price model means there are no large capital project implementation costs, no software licence fees, no additional hardware requirements, no system support or development staffing costs involved in using the system and services. Once the BIM has been established, pricing is based on small incremental costs only, as changes to a building are reflected in changes to the information about the building.
- The ActiveFacility system is built on a hosted server model, which is accessed through the Internet, with the following advantages:
- No capital costs for the hardware
- No system administration costs
- No requirement to hire specialised IT staff
- Automatic back-ups
- Automatic system upgrades
- Guaranteed system performance.