Benefits of Including Steel Detailers in PreCon Meetings
What is PreCon?
In the context of construction projects requiring structural steel, the ever-important process of pre-constructions (PreCon) helps facilitate collaboration between stakeholders during the initial design phase. Pre-construction is a meeting or set of meetings that occur before the actual construction starts. In these meetings, the pre-construction team makes design decisions and discusses value engineering, scheduling, constructability, and much more.
These meetings are most effective when all parties work together to identify and address concerns and potential road-blocks. Having a steel detailer present during these meetings can help in identifying issues that may arise in the design, fabrication, and erection of structural steel.
Should I Include Steel Detailers in PreCon?
A good steel detailing firm will participate in pre-construction by building a 3D structural steel model using software like Tekla or SDS/2. This model allows the design team to sort out issues in the design phase. This helps reduce change orders and field fixes down the road.
There are many reasons to include steel detailers in the pre-construction process including the identification and resolution of:
- Geometry problems
- Elevation issues
- Potential clash detection
- Erect-ability issues
- Constructability issues
- Headroom clearances
- Code compliance
In addition to resolving the above issues, the inclusion of a steel detailer in PreCon should allow the team to lock in material pricing through the advance bill of materials. They will also be able to reserve the correct tonnage with the fabricator/mill. This ultimately results in cost and time savings.
The Axis team of steel detailing and BIM experts have years of experience with large, complex structural steel projects. If you have any questions or would like to leverage our steel detailing experts in the pre-construction of your upcoming project, please reach out through the form.
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