Form-Scaff is a division of Waco Africa Pty Ltd and is South Africa’s market leader in the supply and design of scaffolding, Formwork and Temporary works. The division is a leading supplier of formwork and scaffolding and Form-Scaff’s solutions have been widely accepted as the benchmark in South Africa. Strict quality standards and continued development ensure their position in the market is secure for the next 50 years.
Using Autodesk Vault Professional, Form-Scaff centrally manages all current and historic Project Data. The new workflow particularly improves transparency and management of large-scale projects, from early tender phases right through to project execution. Further, implementing company-wide design procedure standardisation increases productivity and efficiency, and ultimately, the system overall also improves ISO9001 compliance.
Our main objective during the implementation of Autodesk Vault was to ensure that regardless of the scale of the project we would still maintain a high level of service, quality, and quick turnaround times. We put Autodesk Vault through its paces across the entire South African Region with projects in the mining sector, complex bridges and water retaining structures that will provide clean water to the community. The dynamics between Customer, Project Technician and Engineer naturally pushed Autodesk Vault to the limit.
Each region was operating within their own “standards”. For example, each region had different naming conventions when identifying procedures, this would then confuse people in the downstream process which would in turn waste time as misunderstandings occurred and continuous clarification was needed.
The technical team at Micrographics has consulted with us on specific challenges that we are facing within our business on multiple occasions. Micrographics is called upon for both Autodesk Vault Professional related problems as well as overall best practices for drawing and 3D modelling. A full BPA has not yet been conducted but is most certainly on the cards for the near future.
Our end goal was to standardise workflows, reduce the time required to complete time sensitive projects and to reduce the possibility of error.
We wished to streamline data entry and create uniformity within folder structures, and to maximise efficiencies when working on projects.
Autodesk Vault Professional, which we then customised through Micrographics. The Autodesk Vault Data Standard was customised by enabling drop down selection menus for minimal entry, increasing efficiency and reducing error from the team’s side. This automation alongside several other improvements on our Project Management, Engineering and Design workflows helped improve turnaround times and quality overall.
MGFX, has built an app that bolts onto the Autodesk Vault Professional Software which automates tasks and improves the overall User Experience. Form-Scaff are currently on phase 4 of this ongoing development project. MGFX was able to customise the data standard within the Autodesk Vault software through several phased projects. The workflow and data that is available was standardised throughout the entire company on each completed phase. This assists in driving down the time taken to complete projects and takes the project from Tender to Construction with ease in a reduced time frame. We were also able to automate the issuing of transmittals and reports.
Yes, Autodesk Vault is now a cohesive and easy to use system that gives the team access to expand on their knowledge and see what experienced engineers have designed in the past.
Yes, absolutely, when relevant to their day-to-day work and growth initiatives, we encourage our team to make use of these informative sessions.
Our primary objective was to improve the efficiency and quality of service that we deliver to our customers. Autodesk Vault has helped us achieve this in several different ways. We now have a knowledge database from all our branches across Africa. The team use this data to access historical designs, improve on them or use them as reference and in turn deliver a superior solution to our customers at a fraction of the time whilst maintaining full version history on all the files in the system.
“Micrographics helped us realize the true potential of Autodesk Vault by helping customize the platform to our specific needs. The improvements on the system have made it easier for our team to work together on projects by improving workflows and automating basic tasks. Autodesk Vault also acts as a source of knowledge which gives our teams insight into similar projects and the many ways a project can be designed. MGFX always goes the extra mile to deliver on our requirements and we really appreciate the technical first approach they have had since day one.”
~ S. Boskovic
47 Shirley Street, Newton Park,
Port Elizabeth
Phone: +27 (0)41 365 5701
Email: info.pe@mgfx.co.za
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Johannesburg
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70 Buckingham Tce., Dawncliffe,
Durban, 3629
Phone: +27 (0)31 560 0980
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