Aveva has announced that InSteel Engineers has selected Aveva Bocad to replace a competitive software product, estimating an improvement in productivity of up to 30 per cent.

Aveva Bocad will be used on the company’s structural steel design, detailing, BIM and fabrication projects, including major capital engineering and AEC projects. The design capabilities of Aveva Bocad enable InSteel to reduce production and onsite rework and manual work due to inconsistencies. The result for InSteel is impressive productivity gains and more accurate project deliverables, the company said in a release.

“Aveva Bocad offers tremendous potential for InSteel and our customers,” said RP Jagtap, managing director, InSteel. “Aveva PDMS is the standard software used by most EPCs and the ability to deliver a seamless structural steel model within a larger PDMS project adds to our efficiency and credibility. We are confident Aveva Bocad will improve the overall competitiveness of our business, especially when working with Aveva’s dedicated customer support and local development team. Aveva Bocad is helping us to provide more productive and economic solutions to our customers.”

“InSteel Engineers had been using a competitor product, and were looking at options to optimise productivity and quality,” said Navtej Garewal, senior vice president – India, Aveva. “They made the decision to move to Aveva Bocad after they saw the productivity gains that could be achieved and a rapid return on investment. Combined with the unique integration and interoperability with other Aveva software and fabrication management systems, Aveva Bocad optimises lean operations to significantly improve design quality which saves time and money.”

Aveva and InSteel signed the deal at the Aveva Technology Day, an event attended by over 200 EPCs and owner operators, in Mumbai.

According to the company, Aveva Bocad is a best-in-class, 3D structural detailing and fabrication solution offering all disciplines an ideal platform for the creation of a multi-material construction model for the most complex structures.