Comments for The SIMEK Facilities Management (FM) Project Blog http://simek.com.my/blog The Blog for SIMEK Total Infrastructure & Facilities Management (TIFM) projects undertaken by SIMEK (M) Sdn Bhd Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 Comment on Computer Aided Design (CAD) Revisited by Melanie Perry http://simek.com.my/blog/2006/12/15/computer-aided-design-cad-revisited/#comment-1299 Melanie Perry Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:41:28 +0000 http://simek.com.my/blog/2006/12/15/computer-aided-design-cad-revisited/#comment-1299 No doubt that CAD has helped make Facility Manager lives easier. I still have some mylar prints with plenty of eraser smudges where corrections had been made over the years. I do say though that I feel some other software should have been included in your list of popular 3D tools being as this is a Facility Management blog... 3D is not just for manufacturing anymore... Revit Building can export information directly to the tool, FM Desktop, for FAR quicker and more efficient space/lease management/reporting. And, Building Information Models are far more efficient to update with details (schedules and sections updating themselves as you make changes to a floor, etc. Very exciting time to be in our field as software developers are FINALLY getting the point that the construction manager isn't the end user, WE ARE! :-) No doubt that CAD has helped make Facility Manager lives easier. I still have some mylar prints with plenty of eraser smudges where corrections had been made over the years.

I do say though that I feel some other software should have been included in your list of popular 3D tools being as this is a Facility Management blog… 3D is not just for manufacturing anymore… Revit Building can export information directly to the tool, FM Desktop, for FAR quicker and more efficient space/lease management/reporting. And, Building Information Models are far more efficient to update with details (schedules and sections updating themselves as you make changes to a floor, etc.

Very exciting time to be in our field as software developers are FINALLY getting the point that the construction manager isn’t the end user, WE ARE!

:-)

]]> Comment on Migrating Hard Copy Data Into Soft Copy by Melanie http://simek.com.my/blog/2006/10/07/migrating-hard-copy-data-into-soft-copy/#comment-570 Melanie Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:54:08 +0000 http://simek.com.my/blog/2006/10/07/migrating-hard-copy-data-into-soft-copy/#comment-570 So, do you find that most companies don't find it viable to use Raster to Vector software for that sort of thing? (such as Autodesk Raster Design, or Ideals' Scan2CAD, or WinTopo, etc, etc) I realize they are all very time-consuming options. Do you think that most facilities would rather field verify, or just wait until a project renovates and area and use the documentation billed into that project to patchwork their files together? Personally I've got every hardcopy indexed already with graphical indications of project boundaries. We have just gotten a scanner, but, so far are using only raster formats, as vector conversion just isn't in our expertise or budget as of yet, but, I would like it to be at some point. So, do you find that most companies don’t find it viable to use Raster to Vector software for that sort of thing? (such as Autodesk Raster Design, or Ideals’ Scan2CAD, or WinTopo, etc, etc) I realize they are all very time-consuming options. Do you think that most facilities would rather field verify, or just wait until a project renovates and area and use the documentation billed into that project to patchwork their files together?

Personally I’ve got every hardcopy indexed already with graphical indications of project boundaries. We have just gotten a scanner, but, so far are using only raster formats, as vector conversion just isn’t in our expertise or budget as of yet, but, I would like it to be at some point.

]]> Comment on Is Dashboard=Control Panel? by The Dashboard Spy http://simek.com.my/blog/2006/07/24/is-dashboardcontrol-panel/#comment-154 The Dashboard Spy Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:37:58 +0000 http://simek.com.my/blog/2006/07/24/is-dashboardcontrol-panel/#comment-154 Hello. Here are a couple more facility management dashboards: http://dashboardspy.wordpress.com/2006/05/08/construction-project-management-dashboard-screenshot-scheduling-contract-data-building-milestones/ http://dashboardspy.wordpress.com/2006/06/29/pharmaceutical-facility-management-dashboard-screenshot-utilities-usage-kpis/ Hello. Here are a couple more facility management dashboards:

http://dashboardspy.wordpress.com/2006/05/08/construction-project-management-dashboard-screenshot-scheduling-contract-data-building-milestones/

http://dashboardspy.wordpress.com/2006/06/29/pharmaceutical-facility-management-dashboard-screenshot-utilities-usage-kpis/

]]> Comment on Web Based or Windows Based? by Atep Adya Barata and Eddy Suwandi http://simek.com.my/blog/2006/05/03/web-based-or-windows-based/#comment-132 Atep Adya Barata and Eddy Suwandi Mon, 22 May 2006 15:18:33 +0000 http://simek.com.my/blog/2006/05/03/web-based-or-windows-based/#comment-132 Asslmkm Pak Izzadin, Pa Atep and I currently handling Bank Indonesia Asset Management Consultant and keep our finger crossed that we can bring the ARCHIBUS to Indonesia, Wish Us Luck. Asslmkm Pak Izzadin,

Pa Atep and I currently handling Bank Indonesia Asset Management Consultant and keep our finger crossed that we can bring the ARCHIBUS to Indonesia, Wish Us Luck.

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