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Byrne Consultants’ Complete Business
Solution ![Byrne logo](Images/thumbnail_200803_ByrneConsultantsLogo_V6.png)
Byrne Consultants is an Australian civil engineering consultancy with 40 staff across their Darwin and Gold Coast offices. Founded fifteen years ago, Byrne manage a large range of projects from small rural roads to major highway upgrades. They handle everything from concept design to detailed design, and support contractors in the construction administration space
Byrne faced the challenge of managing and sharing data across their Darwin and Gold Coast offices; over 3400km in distance
Their large datasets - particularly CAD and 12d Model projects - restricted their ability to efficiently collaborate across both offices
They adopted a user-dependent system to manually file and track their data, but this quickly became challenging at the expense of productive and profitable workflows.
As Byrne Consultants’ Senior Civil Draftsperson, Kerrie Signorini, explains: “Working across the two offices was challenging with a number of data sharing inefficiencies.
12d Synergy solved this. We were
able to quickly and easily adapt to the
COVID workplace restrictions, enabling
efficient operations across remote
locations and home offices.”
Automated Quality Control
12d Synergy enabled Byrne to integrate
their offices into a common data
environment. This gave them a secure
network with a digital audit trail of
any updates and changes from all their
data: everything from CAD files to Word
documents. 12d Synergy’s enforced folder
structures and file naming also enabled
Byrne to implement and retain
standardised QA protocols between both
their offices to avoid duplicated,
misnamed and misplaced documents.
Collaborative Mobility
Previously, Byrne’s staff members were
unable to work flexibly or remotely. 12d
Synergy streamlined their multi-office
collaboration, giving their team the
freedom to work seamlessly in the field,
on the road, or from home. This also
gave Byrne staff the freedom to balance
their work-life and family commitments.
As Kerrie explains: “Having two young
children, 12d Synergy makes it far
easier to work between the office and
home. When we travel up to the Darwin
office, we can log straight into the
system and start working right away.”
Full CAD Workflow Management
Without a controlled data environment,
Byrne’s engineering professionals were
at risk of issuing duplicate drawings
with outdated data. 12d Synergy
transformed Byrne’s drawing management
by enforcing drafting standards and
enabling Xref tracking and audit trails.
They were able to integrate their
multi-office workflows knowing who is
working on each drawing, and when, and
importantly, track drawing version
history.
Automated Title
Block Management
12d
Synergy’s Title Block Manager has
enabled Byrne to automatically update
CAD attributes without opening any DWGs.
This has supercharged Byrne’s CAD
drawing productivity.
“12d Synergy
has saved me a lot of time, particularly
editing the attributes of over 200+
drawings, which can be done without
opening CAD whatsoever,” Kerrie says.
Complete Workflow Solution
12d Synergy’s complete integration of
CAD, 12d Model, Email and Microsoft
Office gave Byrne the ‘total’ solution.
12d Synergy handles every kilobyte of
their project data, enabling the
workflows of each office to be
streamlined into one place.
Competitive Industry Advantage
When multi-million dollar projects,
partnerships and opportunities arise,
Byrne has the competitive edge by
integrating their data with partnering
consultants that already use 12d
Synergy.
“A number of the larger
consultants use 12d Synergy. It gives us
a competitive advantage by easily
integrating with their systems and
providing people that understand 12d
Synergy,” Byrne Principal Phillip
Weightman explains.
Full
CAD Management
With 12d
Synergy, Byrne’s CAD library and
standards are centrally accessible and
managed - streamlined across their
remote offices. This enables them to
productively work on their CAD drawings
with more automation and less risk.
As Kerrie explains, “controlling CAD with 12d Synergy enables us to confidently manage our CAD drawing production in a more efficient and smarter way.”
“Would I recommend 12d Synergy? Absolutely. It’ll transform your business. I’ve worked with a number of organisations that are quite large in infrastructure and size, and they all have various document management systems… there hasn’t been one system that’s handled everything as well as 12d Synergy.” (Phillip Weightman, Byrne Principal)