How does CPAC Modular ensure that projects are completed on time and within budget?
CPAC Modular stands as a leader in ensuring that projects are completed on time and on budget, not only through advanced technological tools but also by leveraging a robust, full-service in-house team. At CPAC, we bring together professional designers, specifiers, project managers, and experts in manufacturing and construction. This comprehensive team collaborates seamlessly from the initial design to the planning, offsite build, and final onsite assembly of projects. This integrated approach minimises the risk of delays and budget overruns by maintaining control over every aspect of the project lifecycle.
In addition to our skilled workforce, CPAC Modular utilises Autodesk Docs, (within the Autodesk Build platform), as a Common Data Environment (CDE) to enhance collaboration and ensure real-time access to updated project information. According to Mark Whitehead, the Construction Director at CPAC, the adoption of Autodesk Build has been pivotal. "The use of Autodesk Build allows everyone to work with the same information, ensuring that the entire project is pulled together efficiently," he explains. By having a central CDE, all stakeholders have access to the correct and updated information, which aids in coordinating various aspects of the project and ultimately steering it toward the end goal within the designated timeframe.
These strategies, combining skilled human resources with cutting-edge technology, underline our commitment to delivering projects that meet our high standards of quality, timeliness, and budget control.
How does CPAC Modular collaborate with clients & utilise Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) in projects like Terenure Presentation College?
CPAC Modular is at the forefront of integrating Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) with client projects, including those like the one at Terenure Presentation College. Their approach is deeply collaborative, working in tandem with the client’s design team from the outset. This partnership is crucial in maintaining stringent design and quality standards before production even begins.
By employing Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) principles early, CPAC Modular ensures that all project components adhere to high-quality standards and are ready for efficient assembly at their factory. This method not only streamlines the construction process but also significantly boosts the use of MMC in their projects. The result is a faster, more precise, and sustainable construction approach, tailored to meet specific client needs and project demands.
In what industries does CPAC Modular specialise in providing high-quality space?
CPAC Modular is renowned for its expertise in delivering top-quality modular buildings tailored for a variety of sectors. The company focuses on serving the educational industry by offering custom spaces for schools, providing health care facilities like hospitals with essential modular solutions, and catering to the distinct needs of the pharmaceutical sector. Additionally, CPAC supports private businesses and the high technology sector with specialised modular building requirements. These industries benefit from CPAC's commitment to quality and its ability to meet specific client demands efficiently.
Video Transcript
Mark Whitehead 00:01
The design side of it at the beginning of a project is the key part of the project. But we needed a solution where we could create a common data environment. So we decided to adopt Autodesk an Autodesk Build because we had a real problem where we had drawings that maybe weren't the most up to date drawings. So everybody's working with the same information and pulling the whole project together, which in the end gives everybody the perfect project.
Sean Murphy 00:29
CPAC modular is a modular construction company, we would see yourself as a modern main contractor. And we have a fabrication facility here in Dunshaughlin County Meath, where we fabricate a very high percentage of the building off site.
Mark Whitehead 00:48
We're use in order to build on all our projects at the minute. We've got a project in Mount Anvil there in South Dublin and it is a project that leads a lot of coordination between the clients design team, our design team, the council, Irish Water, ESB, it's a huge project there that needs coordination at all stages. So this means that we've got a central Common Data Environment there where we can share the information. And everybody knows it's the correct information, which ensures that the project is moving forward, and it gets to the end goal or the right to the right time.
Lilia Moraru 01:19
No lost information in emails. It's always there. It's always up to date, latest drawing, latest revision. And also we can have the metadata that can help us understand what is the drawing, or what is that file, who did, when it was put it wasn't approved, was not approved and what stage we are. So it's a great way of collaborating between all the disciplines.
Mark Whitehead 01:37
The rollout process for Autodesk build, the biggest thing that we had to do is we had to get buy in from everybody within the company. And the way that we did that was that we did a soft approach a slow approach and showed the benefits of it. And everybody's got iPads on site now, so they can actually get the full benefits of Autodesk build. And as soon as they saw that, it meant that they weren't going to be reworks, or the right drawings, were going to be there. And they could rely on the information, that when everybody sort of turned and said, yeah, this is the solution for us. What we're trying to do is we're obviously trying to build a digital twin of what we're building before we actually build it on site. The client can actually see the 3D Revit model, so that we can actually, you know, span around we can show the customer and we can actually zoom in and out of certain elements to show how things are built and how areas will look. So it's building digitally before we build on site. So I suppose the vision for the future for CPAC module would be that we'd be in a position where obviously we can deliver a solution whether it be for student accommodation for healthcare for education, and we can deliver something very quickly, very efficiently, and get value for money for the client, but also get an extremely high quality product to the end, which the end user can be proud of using and showing off.
