5D-BIM

5D-BIM Server Integrates Design, Estimating, Scheduling, Progress, and Finance

The 5D-BIM Server provides dynamic “Oneness” integration between design, estimating, scheduling, progress, and finance resulting in 100% project visibility, increased profits, decreased costs, faster cash flow and earned value reporting.

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1000% Project Cost ROI

“Contractors reported achieving up to 1,000% ROI using BIM and should experience even greater returns when 4D and 5D capabilities are utilized.”

- McGraw-Hill Construction’s SmartMarket Report on BIM

Hard Dollar's 5D-BIM Server represents an evolution from traditional 2D CAD design through the dynamic 3D model built around a database of a project’s physical and functional characteristics, adding 4D (scheduling integration) and 5D (cost/productivity and resource loaded estimating) capabilities to complete the project cycle, creating synergy between existing systems.

To date the advantage of using BIM in building projects has been for visualization and clash detection. Hard Dollar’s latest 5D-BIM Server delivers added 4D (scheduling) and 5D (cost) capabilities to drive rapid adoption by Contractors, Construction Managers and Owners.

Connectivity Through Design, Estimating, Scheduling, Project Controls and Accounting

The 5D-BIM server provides a standard for data exchange throughout the construction project lifecycle, creating an integration layer that enables dynamic access to any 3rd party data across and throughout the project from design to completion. Hard Dollar’s Project Cost Management integrated suite of modules provides estimating, scheduling, project controls and analytical reporting.

Design Integration

The 5D-BIM Server incorporates BIM integration to handle data requirements from leading industry products. Integration is available to support CAD and construction modeling solutions from Bentley Systems, AVEVA, Intergraph and Autodesk.

Connect to Estimating and Cost Libraries

Leverage dynamic integration with Microsoft Excel and estimating data from competitive 3rd party products including HCSS, Bid2Win, US Cost, Timberline, MC2-Ice and WinEst. Integration to competitive estimating systems provides Contractors with the ability to gain the advantages of 5D-BIM and advanced project controls without reinvesting in a new estimating software.

Live Scheduling Integration

5D-BIM interoperability provides robust, dynamic real-time, bi-directional integration to leading scheduling systems from Oracle®, Primavera®, and Microsoft® Project. “Oneness” integration to scheduling completes the cycle of converting CAD design data into a production based cost and resource loaded schedule. 5D-BIM eliminates 99% of the labor and time requirements previously required to generate and keep in-sync a cost and resource loaded construction schedule. Bi-directional integration between the cost estimate and schedule provides dynamic cash flow and spend modeling, what-if analysis and multi-year cost escalation modeling. The integration between the estimate, the schedule and Project Controls provides highly accurate, real-time Earned Value Reporting.

Connect to Progress: Field Data Collection, and Timesheets

Collect and store timesheet data from jobsites, while sharing data electronically with accounting systems to eliminate double entry, utilizing standards to collect data from multiple sources. Maintain timesheet standards with labor classifications, and other user defined tags. Import timesheet data from third-party systems or to any accounting system. Record notes for each cost item including assumptions, jobsite observations, and more. Increase communication for issues that include staging and additional information to the field operators. Provides crew based timesheets with pre-defined data streamlining foreman or supervisor completion.

Connect to Finance

Utilize over 35+ financial and ERP systems including Timberline, Viewpoint, JD Edwards, Dexter + Chaney, Computer Guidance Corporation, Oracle®, SAP, and other financial systems.

HD API (Application Programming Interface)

Updating HD with data from your other systems is easy when using the HD API. The HD API (Application Programming Interface) provides an automated method for updating HD with data from other systems to create new records, update existing records, or delete records automatically.