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IT Strategies in the Building Industry
Information Technology in Structural Steel Industry
IT Strategies in the Building Industry
Building structural steel a 12.5 billion dollar industry.
- $5.5B in fabrication business (buildings only, not bridges or process plants)
- $7.2 in erection and assembly business
The average value added, from material input to billings, is an increase of about 51%, (47% for fabrication, 55% for erection).
The structural industry has a national association, called the American Institute of Steel Construction. It has led several IT iniatives for the industry.
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Will improvements be to just compete against others in the same market or grow the whole market?
The in-place concrete market is about the same size or larger; significant gains on concrete could grow the whole market
(difficulty of determining exact amount of concrete sales that is structural in-place concrete)
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Steelreduction to
ingots
Rolling millproducesstructuralshapes
Secondarymill recoverssteel scrap
Steelfabricationshop builds
steel structureassemblies
Assembliesdelivered to
site
Steelassembled on
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High Level Structural Steel Production Process
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Process in a Steel Fabrication Plant
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estimatessteel job
Architect /Engr
producesconceptualsteel design
signs forproject
Does materialtake-off
Rationalizessizes, lengths,
plans
reviewsconnection
assumptionsand plan
connectiontypes
Orders steelstock
plansproduction run
Plan cutoutsrequired for
services
reviewsrevisions with
architect/constractor
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submit bid
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projectaccepted
Reviewcutouts
required forservices w/contractor
Detail Design
Bidding
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Track ordersaccording toproductionschedule
DataFlow16
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Receivedeliveries
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detailproductionschedule
DataFlow21
cut lengthsDataFlow22
Detail piece
DataFlow23
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Createassembly
DataFlow27
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Fabricate
Check andrevise
structuralanalysis
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reviewchanges with
structuralengineer
DataFlow30
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Curved Parts Castellated parts
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In the 1990s, most steel fabrication shops adopted the standard DP tools, for accounting, scheduling, purchase ordering.
They became familiar with the technology, its operation, its requirements for training and upgrade. Some added IT staff.
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Steel industry has a variety of 3D design layout applications:
3D+
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Steel industry has a variety of 3D design layout applications:
Structural Triforma,
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automated welding, drilling, cutting machinery
Has automation of production technologies ready to apply, to reduce labor costs,
improve quality
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Has 3D knowledge-rich shop drawing applications: SDS/2, Xsteel, Strucad
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Joint Detailing is Being Largely Joint Detailing is Being Largely AutomatedAutomated
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•Adopted by AISC in 1998:
•Provides a product data model for integrating all steel shop drawing & fabrication applications:
•Tested and incorporated revisions in Europe (CIS)
•GA Tech Architecture is Technical Advisor (contract w/ AISC)
•First demonstration applications have taken place
CIMsteel 2:
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Structural applicationsGT-STRUDL
SAPETABSRAM
Design applications
Triforma-Structural
3D+Frameworks+
Structural Workbench
9 firms have developed interfaces w/ CIS/2
Shop Drawing
ApplicationsSDS/2Xsteel
BOM & costing
ApplicationsFabtrol
CIS/2 is the First Production Building Model in the U.S.
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Half a dozen building have been built using Half a dozen building have been built using CIS/2CIS/2
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Half a dozen building have been built using Half a dozen building have been built using CIS/2CIS/2
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Steel case study:
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No more design or shop drawings!