Abstract
When a fixed price EPC on a brownfield project in Sierra Leone was delayed by 25 days due to logistics, the team at
DRA Global made use of the 4D model generated in Autodesk Navisworks, to speed up construction
and take back lost time. The ability to visually show teams on the ground where they were in
comparison to the schedule was of paramount importance to keep the teams focussed on the daily
tasks at hand.
Impressively, DRA Global managed to claw back nearly a month’s worth of delays thanks to clever use
of Autodesk’s 4D capabilities.
The engineering teams that work hands-on with the Autodesk Design Collection also managed to
improve the time it takes to get a client’s buy-in on the project from weeks to days. This is a major
cost saving in an industry where construction costs run into the millions.