The Gold View Apartment, owned by TNR Holdings Vietnam, is located at Ben Van Don Street, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City. This is the most beautiful road in District 4. It connects arterial roads within area and takes only five-minute drive to downtown. In area where vacant land is extremely scarce, the Gold View with 2 blocks of 27 & 33 storeys and full of serviced facilities for purposes ranging from eating, resting, relaxing to healthcare is of a different level from other apartments in the region. In particular, the project has an impressive view of the Saigon River right across. Started in April 2015, this project is expected to be completed after 28 months. As a Design & Build Contractor of Gold View, this was the first project COTECCONS has used Tekla solutions for after going through a six-month training at HSD Vietnam, a Tekla solutions reseller in Vietnam.
Although the process of creating a BIM model for the first time was time-consuming (Coteccons modeled from 2D drawings to 3D, coordinated and revised their 3D model weekly), using BIM software had helped their designers overcome obstacles resulting from traditional methods. Encouraging their partners to implement design with BIM model in the beginning phase was the best way to reduce time in remodeling, change management and communication management. Moreover, they recommended to their partners to concentrate effort in using Tekla 3D Field (Trimble Connect) and expanded in all system to improve the collaboration among the project teams. This project being their first to apply a BIM model on, most time was spent on improving communications to prepare the site engineers who would eventually inherit truly constructible models. Regular updates on project status and quantity from the site back to BIM models were necessary. Having communicated with site engineers and good preparations such as ready templates, modeling guidelines and communication agreements among project stakeholders were the points of success to enhance collaboration and, ultimately, benefit all project stakeholders.
Coteccons has realized that BIM is the better way of information modeling that helps manage project information, communication and more - and they have proved it better than traditional methods, especially when they could identify and reduce uncertain risks before going to the site.
Company Description
COTECCONS JSC – is one of the top domestic contractors in Viet Nam, established in 2005, company is continuously developing sustainable like its slogan “our experience drives us forward“. Besides the main business in construction building and infrastructure, in these years, COTECCONS develops the Design & Build project and getting good achievements in construction market.Â
Coteccons is proud of a team of experienced, elite and creative engineers, architects and expatriate experts. All the staff participates fully in training, created for the purpose of self-improvement and perfection. Furthermore, technology is also main concerned of the Management Board especially in Design & Build process, so BIM (Building Information Modeling) Â is implemented since 2015 in Design & Build project in Coteccons to get the goals in: better quality of design, innovated communication among the organization, and quantity take off in model.
