Title: Is Virtual Reality Architecture Is A Myth Or Reality?
1VIATechnik works closely with the clients to
understand their needs and deliver the right
solutions. The company offers BIM, CAD Services
Virtual reality architecture, virtual reality
construction and Scheduling Services to their
clientele.
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2Is Virtual Reality Architecture Is A Myth Or
Reality?
There are many kind of software available in the
market to boost your business. The most common
feature of this software in the construction
field is to make sure that it calculates and
performs the quantities of material take off.
There are many such software programs available
in the market just for that. It takes a lot of
time to manually make an accurate estimate in the
construction business. It has been seen that an
estimated 90 percent of the total time is taken
in estimating the material quantity takeoff. The
price in the estimate is very important but at
the same time the most important part is to make
the correct material takeoff estimate. This is
the phase which takes the most amount of time
when manually done.
3Disadvantage of manually calculating the estimate
The major disadvantage of doing the estimate
manually is that it not only takes an insane
amount of time but more often than not it is
nowhere close to the actual cost. The material
quantity takeoff part takes so long that many
construction firms have decided to skip it and
use a turnkey number or even ask a supplier, sub
contractor or a vendor for a bid or quote. This
can make a construction company less competitive
and also the profit margin will be far less.
Also, sometimes these vendors take into
consideration of some of the important materials
like pipes, masonry, concrete, drywall,
carpentry, ductwork among many others while
leaving out the details of the associated parts.
At the same time there are vendors or sub
contractors who takes into consideration both the
materials as well as the associated parts as well.
4The necessary ingredients required to make an
accurate estimate
In order to make an accurate estimate the most
important thing that is required is details and
the more details you have the more chance of
making an accurate estimate. An estimate that
really stands out is the estimators capability
on estimating the labor costs and the markups.
The big question next comes is how to speed up
things and at the same time remain very accurate
and competitive. This is where a software program
becomes so effective as it take away all the
repetitive, time consuming and mundane manual
work.
5The way the software programs are designed
All such software programs are designed in such a
way that they estimate in one way. This is vastly
different from a manual way as two different
individuals have different ways of estimating.
The software developers design this software in a
way like they were taught about the construction
estimates are made in a conventional way. So, the
references like the list of materials and the
hourly labor involved are all taken into
consideration. There are many contractors who
does not do much of the work and look for other
traders to do their job. This is then reason why
so many people look to use the manual computer
spreadsheets. It should be noted that there are
several software programs out there that are
designed to solve the manual estimating and
accuracy problems.
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6There are other advantages of using such software
programs as they can be customized depending on
your needs and you can also store lot of valuable
information as well. Some of these software
programs come with pre installed contact details
of all the laborers and other vendors. The
software also has the option of using the virtual
reality architecture or virtual reality
construction tool. This tool will not only save
you a lot of time but it will also make your
construction business look more professional and
will also help your business to stand out among
the competitors.
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