What is Future Testing?
Instead of firefighting to deal with problems and fixing them with wasted time and money, forward-thinking companies are adopting a Future Testing Cycle. This method allows them to anticipate and avoid issues by experiencing the build process in a digital, virtual environment before physical progress limits the ability to change.
Unlike traditional processes, companies using Future Testing learn can benefit from both works completed in the virtual environment as well as learning as they carry out physical work on-site. Working in the virtual environment allows them to test, simulate and analyse numerous scenarios – allowing them to make informed decisions and identify the optimal way forward.
Future Testing also allows AEC companies to incorporate downstream feedback on constructability by collaborating on the virtual model with makers to cultivate downstream efficiency. Then, as they gain real-world experience executing the project, they continue to update the models with better ways of working while running simulations to prove them out. This way of working shortens the feedback loop so they can apply new methods to the current project, learning as they go and leaning out the process at every phase.
What are the Benefits of Future Testing?
By adopting Future Testing as a process, companies can begin to modernise their buildings by:
- Quickly developing complete, precise models of the building(s).
- Anticipating issues and innovation opportunities by simulating the construction and build process virtually.
- Creating accurate drawings to enable components to be prefabricated or fabricated directly from digital models to exact tolerance and installed right-first time.
- Learning by doing from both the physical and virtual environments and adapting to improve efficiency as the project progresses.
- Reacting to inevitable changes with agility.
- Developing confidence and trust with stakeholders.
It's time for the AEC industry to embrace change
The time for AEC companies to become “Future Testing Innovators” is here. Those that don’t take advantage of the opportunity will fall behind. On the other hand, those that adopt Future Testing will build confidence and trust with their customers by showing they can anticipate issues and opportunities in advance, yet still adapt to inevitable changes as they occur with speed and precision to realise dreams while eliminating waste.
Tomorrow’s leaders are learning to uncover innovation opportunities and avoid issues by experiencing the build process in a digital, virtual environment before the windows of opportunity close due to limitations of what’s already been constructed. They’re moving beyond the era of firefighting to fix problems with wasted time and money, to anticipating and avoiding them through simulation. In addition, they’re employing a Future Testing Cycle to learn from physical and virtual work to improve and simplify construction processes as they go.
The Right Tools for the Job
- The Future Testing approach demands a platform that integrates:
- The right design tools from concept through fabrication
- Intelligent design automation for speed
- Precise simulation of designs and build processes for anticipating issues and opportunities Collaboration and visualisation to achieve clarity
- The ability to manage knowledge and apply lessons learned from both digital and real environments to improve designs and processes as the project progresses with agility
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform lets companies anticipate through simulated experiences and optimise using visibility into the future as their additional collaborator. With these solutions, the Future Testing approach provides a competitive advantage for those that adopt it, and a significant disadvantage for those that are complacent with current levels of waste and associated budget and schedule overruns. The time to adopt Future Testing is now.
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