German contractor Tecklenburg has successfully made the digital transformation from traditional construction company to award- and prize-winning BIM specialist with software solutions from the Nemetschek Group
In a construction project put out for tender throughout Europe, Tecklenburg was able to prevail over all competitors thanks to its expertise and implemented the project on time and within budget.
Tecklenburg is a sixth-generation building contractor, successful since its inception in 1878. Its fields of activity include public building projects such as police buildings or daycare centres, neighbourhood developments, food markets, and private and terraced houses.
The Tecklenburg Group acts as investor, project developer and general contractor in construction projects. In addition to managing director Hermann Tecklenburg, Martina Voss-Tecklenburg, coach of the national women’s football team, is also a shareholder.
As managing director, Hermann Tecklenburg has always been innovative and willing to permanently develop the company.
That is why he decided to introduce Building Information Modelling (BIM) three years ago. The goals were to accelerate planning phases, to be able to identify and correct errors in advance, and to work more efficiently.
In addition, model-based working is a mandatory prerequisite for participating in tenders for public buildings. Ultimately, BIM makes a construction company more competitive.
One important decision was to specify the BIM tools to be used by external planners, architects and construction companies.
Those who want to be subcontracted by Tecklenburg must, for example, work with the Nemetschek brands Solibri and Allplan. However, the connection to other software solutions is possible thanks to openBIM.
The majority of planning completed in Allplan
The advantages of using BIM solutions from Nemetschek became apparent immediately in the first major BIM-supported construction project: the construction of the district police building in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Tecklenburg used BIM applications in all project sections and departments: architecture, building physics, structural design, precast plants, building services, costing, construction and facility management.
60% of the entire planning could be done in the planning tool Allplan alone, including the necessary costing and billing.
This has led to a shorter planning phase with significantly fewer working hours. Without BIM, three times the time and effort would have been required to design the building.
A major advantage of BIM for the entire company is transparency and cross-departmental exchange. This allows sales and costing to see how costs develop over the course of the project and to adjust and optimise their costing for further projects.
Tecklenburg has resolved over 7,500 collisions in advance with Solibri
Tecklenburg relies on Solibri for identifying errors, checking compatibility and detecting collisions. These quality assurance measures lead to significant cost savings because they avoid changes, construction delays and the unnecessary consumption of resources.
As a result, Tecklenburg was able to find and resolve 7,800 collisions during the planning phase – before they led to costly delays on the construction site.
“The advantages of using BIM solutions from Nemetschek became apparent immediately in the first major BIM-supported construction project.”
The collision checks don’t even have to be created because Solibri Office already comes with a library and predefined check rules that can be combined and parameterised as desired.
A ticket system is connected to Solibri in order to digitally manage and process quality improvements. In addition, Solibri was also used to compare Groupdifferent design versions and for extensive data analyses.
Thanks to the strategically and conceptually mature approach and the use of Nemetschek’s professional BIM tools, it is possible to hand over the newly constructed building to the district police authority on time.
The client very much appreciated the fact that he was always transparently informed about the status and the next steps.
The use of various BIM tools along the building lifecycle of Tecklenburg shows how construction companies can gain security, save costs and work much more efficiently. In particular, thinking in workflows – instead of silos – significantly increases transparency, collaboration and thereby efficiency.
Traditional companies like Tecklenburg serve as pioneers for the digital transformation of the construction industry.
Introducing BIM right from the start might have been a gamble at first for Tecklenburg but completely worthwhile because the company benefits enormously from the new digital possibilities and is able to win new, large construction projects and implement them without delays.
Ulrike Beringer
Director Corporate Communication & CSR
Nemetschek Group
*Please note: This is a commercial profile.
