Common Data Environment 

Crucial to the Exentec Hargreaves digital infrastructure is the interoperability of our software. Our Common Data Environment – Dalux – communicates seamlessly with other software applications (such as Revit, Trimble and Autodesk) to deliver efficiencies throughout our business. Data is accessible by Engineering, Design, Manufacturing and Project teams to improve collaboration from concept to commissioning. Crucially, it is available for clients to monitor, find efficiencies and streamline the project at all stages. BIM (and the creation of a BIM model) is central to our approach to project management, enhancing collaboration through common standards, formats of data, digital twins and much more. 

Enhancing Project Visualisation 

Creation of a BIM model at the project outset leads to a number of benefits as the project progresses, such as efficiency in manufacturing, clash avoidance during installation and the ability to visualise the project at all stages. Engineering, design and manufacturing teams can take fabrication parts from the model into manufacture, digital designs allow for clash detection against other services and robotics support installation on site. Software investment in tools such as Fuzor allows 4D simulations of assets and project details, supporting further data modernisation. 

Delivery of asset and project data 

Our sustainable approach to project delivery involves a commitment to paperless working and a reliance on continuous digital innovation. Site inspections are carried out using 3600 helmet mounted cameras to visually inspect assets and demonstrate site progression in real time – also reducing the carbon impact of travel to site. Our Dalux Common Data Environment speeds up project exchange and data handover. Our quality-assured approach to data management helps mitigate risk, aids communication and optimises project support in real time.