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	Sweco's Global Project Efficiency Boosted by 10% through Digitalized Approach with ProjectWise Bentley

Sweco's Global Project Efficiency Boosted by 10% through Digitalized Approach with ProjectWise

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Technology Category	Sensors - Temperature Sensors
Applicable Industries	Cement Construction & Infrastructure
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Inventory Management Smart Campus
Challenge	Sweco, one of Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancies, was facing challenges in advancing their project delivery. With offices in over 14 countries and projects in over 70 countries, they were looking to transition to digital workflows to improve their infrastructure. They aimed to implement a connected, digitalized approach across their global projects, enforce consistent standards and workflows, and shift to data-driven management processes. However, traditional methods of project information management, collaboration, and decision-making were proving insufficient. These methods were time-consuming, labor-intensive, and error-prone, with unstructured data housed in multiple locations, leading to dispersed and duplicated information. Sweco needed a solution that would encourage collaboration and manage their information in a centralized, up-to-date data model, ensuring adherence to BIM standards and best-practice workflows. Read More
About Customer	Sweco is one of Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancies with a presence in over 14 countries and projects in over 70 countries. They have a workforce of 17,500 employees and are committed to shaping tomorrow’s sustainable cities and societies. They believe that infrastructure will be an essential foundation for the coming years and are dedicated to transitioning to more sustainable, digital methods of work. They focus on long-term improvements as they plan and design communities and cities, pushing the boundaries of collaboration and digitalization in their global projects. Read More
Solution	Sweco turned to Bentley's ProjectWise to establish an open, connected data environment that supported cooperation across many countries and disciplines. ProjectWise enabled them to create digital twins, serving as a single source of information for any given project and allowing them to collect, manage, and disseminate all relevant project documents for multidiscipline teams in managed processes. This solution was essential for Sweco, with its thousands of employees throughout northern Europe and several annual projects around the world. Since deploying ProjectWise in October 2019, Sweco has used it as the single source of information for 16 major projects across 14 organizations globally. They are delivering 10 projects within their data model, with an estimated cost of over GBP 750 million from 16 offices and with over 300 project members, allowing clients, designers, contractors, and stakeholders to work together in one large collaborative team. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Sensors - Temperature Sensors

Applicable Industries

Cement

Construction & Infrastructure

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Smart Campus

Challenge

Sweco, one of Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancies, was facing challenges in advancing their project delivery. With offices in over 14 countries and projects in over 70 countries, they were looking to transition to digital workflows to improve their infrastructure. They aimed to implement a connected, digitalized approach across their global projects, enforce consistent standards and workflows, and shift to data-driven management processes. However, traditional methods of project information management, collaboration, and decision-making were proving insufficient. These methods were time-consuming, labor-intensive, and error-prone, with unstructured data housed in multiple locations, leading to dispersed and duplicated information. Sweco needed a solution that would encourage collaboration and manage their information in a centralized, up-to-date data model, ensuring adherence to BIM standards and best-practice workflows.

About Customer

Sweco is one of Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancies with a presence in over 14 countries and projects in over 70 countries. They have a workforce of 17,500 employees and are committed to shaping tomorrow’s sustainable cities and societies. They believe that infrastructure will be an essential foundation for the coming years and are dedicated to transitioning to more sustainable, digital methods of work. They focus on long-term improvements as they plan and design communities and cities, pushing the boundaries of collaboration and digitalization in their global projects.

Solution

Sweco turned to Bentley's ProjectWise to establish an open, connected data environment that supported cooperation across many countries and disciplines. ProjectWise enabled them to create digital twins, serving as a single source of information for any given project and allowing them to collect, manage, and disseminate all relevant project documents for multidiscipline teams in managed processes. This solution was essential for Sweco, with its thousands of employees throughout northern Europe and several annual projects around the world. Since deploying ProjectWise in October 2019, Sweco has used it as the single source of information for 16 major projects across 14 organizations globally. They are delivering 10 projects within their data model, with an estimated cost of over GBP 750 million from 16 offices and with over 300 project members, allowing clients, designers, contractors, and stakeholders to work together in one large collaborative team.

Impact #1	The implementation of ProjectWise has brought significant operational benefits to Sweco. The connected approach has enabled multidiscipline teams to collaborate faster and easier, leveraging industry-proven BIM workflows in a live, connected data environment. They have been able to integrate multiple sources of data, connect global teams, and apply information to actionable project insights. The centralized data model has helped them gain efficiencies and mitigate risk by ensuring that their projects adhere to BIM standards and best-practice workflows. Project managers now have access to automated project insights to identify and circumvent potential bottlenecks and issues ahead of time. This has resulted in a more streamlined, efficient, and collaborative work environment across their global projects.

Impact #1

The implementation of ProjectWise has brought significant operational benefits to Sweco. The connected approach has enabled multidiscipline teams to collaborate faster and easier, leveraging industry-proven BIM workflows in a live, connected data environment. They have been able to integrate multiple sources of data, connect global teams, and apply information to actionable project insights. The centralized data model has helped them gain efficiencies and mitigate risk by ensuring that their projects adhere to BIM standards and best-practice workflows. Project managers now have access to automated project insights to identify and circumvent potential bottlenecks and issues ahead of time. This has resulted in a more streamlined, efficient, and collaborative work environment across their global projects.

Benefit #1	Sweco deployed an asset-centric ISO 19650 data model within four weeks, which previously required in-house customization and six months.
Benefit #2	Sweco’s ProjectWise data model manages 16 major projects, allowing 14 organizations and more than 300 members to work with information in real time.
Benefit #3	By embracing a live decision-making process to digitally approve design deliverables, Sweco has seen 10% efficiency savings on project programs.

Benefit #1

Sweco deployed an asset-centric ISO 19650 data model within four weeks, which previously required in-house customization and six months.

Benefit #2

Sweco’s ProjectWise data model manages 16 major projects, allowing 14 organizations and more than 300 members to work with information in real time.

Benefit #3

By embracing a live decision-making process to digitally approve design deliverables, Sweco has seen 10% efficiency savings on project programs.

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Sweco's Global Project Efficiency Boosted by 10% through Digitalized Approach with ProjectWise

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