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Easing\u00a0the workload for architects and contractors\u00a0<\/strong>across the country with our latest innovation.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Media surrounding the construction industry is constantly buzzing with information and news on Building Information Modelling or BIM, as most of us know it. We are all familiar with how important it is and understand at this point that it is the future of how buildings are going to be planned, designed, built, and managed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In 2016 we realised that our traditional hardware catalogue was in need of updating, as there had been so many product additions and enhancements since the last publication. Given the constant changes in the construction industry, we\u00a0understood that the world was a very different place since the last publication. Steve Young, our project development director said \u201cWe knew that producing a new and updated product binder simply wasn\u2019t good enough. Put simply, we could see four major factors had changed the landscape as we knew it, and we had to adapt our business to meet these requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n

The changes Steve was referring to are not actually specific to KCC, but relevant to the entire construction industry. One such requirement was CE Marking. In 2011, CE Marking became mandatory for construction products covered by harmonised European Standards (hENs). It became a necessity for manufacturers like ourselves\u00a0to make a Declaration of Performance (DoP) for the product and where appropriate affix the CE Mark..<\/p>\n

The second factor that had a huge impact on the construction industry, was the introduction of Irish Amended Building Regulations 2014 (BC(A)R). With a stringent inspection and certification process, the possibility of \u2018passing the buck\u2019 or slacking on quality adherence or best practice simply wasn\u2019t possible. This presented the need for comprehensive product performance statements and test evidence to allow buildings to be certified and occupied.<\/p>\n

BIM, quite obviously, became another major factor. The UK Government mandate that came into effect in 2016, insists that all public government projects must be BIM Level 2 compliant by the end of 2016. The growing need to have products available as 3D objects, complete with performance data to use in a 3D Model, became a necessity for us\u00a0to respond to our clients\u00a0needs.<\/p>\n

Steve saw\u00a0the company survive the recession and says \u201cWe have emerged from the economic recession and we see the construction industry is very different to what existed in 2008. We all have less time, less resources and less patience. As a company we already offer a \u2018one stop shop\u2019 solution to our customers and clients by taking away the need to deal with several suppliers. We wanted to take this one step further and develop a system that would save our clients time, energy and effort \u2013 so we developed Datastore.\u201d<\/p>\n

We\u00a0built Datastore in response to our\u00a0clients needs and a notable gap in the marketplace. To put it mildly, Datastore is an architect or building contractors dream! An enormous piece of work, in the guise of a vast database of every single component KCC provide, the information is publishable as concise yet comprehensive individual datasheets at the click of a button.<\/p>\n

We weren’t happy to\u00a0stop there however \u2013 The Datastore system also delivers project specific catalogues (aka \u2018Technical Submittals\u2019) detailing every item\u00a0we are providing to a particular project, and include images, performance characteristics, dimensions, options, finishes, test evidence, and warranty information.<\/p>\n

Steve was heavily involved in the development of Datastore\u00a0and says \u00a0\u201cThese technical submittals link directly to our scheduling systems to allow us create project specific catalogues within minutes and it allows us the flexibility to make revisions quickly where necessary. We weren\u2019t content to stop there however, and we went on to develop the system further to be able to produce submittals with 100{ca8f8aac34a8dde276b0bbcafc476996a6ed29a48b7e8da598c8fa419545b6cb} of our back up evidence – every test certificate, every fire test report. We can provide the submittal in hard or soft copy or for those that are working within BIM models, we can export the data in a variety of formats\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is just the start of our plans as\u00a0we are now building a library of 3D Revit Models. These and other major enhancements will be released later in the year —- Watch this space!!<\/p>\n

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