Projects Use Build Smart Methods

SAN FRANCISCO—Using a modern-day version of the familiar adage, “measure twice and cut once”, some of the recognizable projects dotting San Francisco’s skyline follow build smart processes to save time and money. The concepts Suffolk Construction uses allow more predictability in complex projects where the margin of error is sometimes unforgiving. 

This innovation mindset has led to various technologies and tools used on project sites, such as all teams using iPads to share drawings and communicate with each other in real time, and implementing 3-D virtual design and construction tools to work through dimensions with architects to construct a project on the computer screen early in the process. Another tool used is clash detection, which ensures that multiple objects do not occupy the same space. These methods are essentially constructing the building virtually before breaking ground, which minimizes conflicts before the construction process begins.