Let us first take a look at ‘Tata
Consulting Engineers Limited (TCE)’ so that the readers outside India or those
not aware about the Tata’s presence in this sector would understand the
importance of the deal. TCE is one of
India's leading engineering consulting organizations. Established as
Tata-Ebasco Consulting Engineering Services in 1962, the company is now a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Limited. TCE is ranked 188 among top
international design firms for engineering in a ENR survey 2013.
TCE offers a wide range of
multi-disciplinary services in project engineering across several sectors. The
firm has completed more than 7,000 assignments, including the engineering of
several power plants, large urban water supply, and waste water projects, several
chemical, automotive and industrial plants.
Around 4000 highly qualified
professionals work for the TCE. I think 70% out of 4000 are some way or the
other associated with the design. I mean they are using CAD, CAE or FEA tools. TCE’s
offices are located at Mumbai, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and
Jamshedpur, a subsidiary office in Qatar and branch offices in the USA and
South Africa.
Last week, Autodesk and TCE
announced a strategic partnership to deliver Building Information
Modeling (BIM) solutions to customers in plant, infrastructure, construction
and building industry verticals.
Under this deal, Tata Consulting Engineers will leverage BIM
solutions offered by the Autodesk Building Design Suite, Infrastructure Design
Suite and Plant Design Suite to bring business value to its global customers in
power, infrastructure, chemical, process and building sectors serving them in
the key markets of Africa, Asia Pacific, Americas, Europe and India, through
joint business development and engineering consultancy services.
Commenting on the announcement, J.P Haran, Managing
Director, Tata Consulting Engineers said, “This partnership with Autodesk will
help Tata Consulting Engineers add value by implementing BIM solutions in the
building, infrastructure and plant solution space. Providing technology-enabled
solutions also complements our larger strategic goals in spreading our business
in the global markets.”
Pradeep Nair, Managing Director, Autodesk India & SAARC
said, “BIM goes well beyond traditional CAD software that is popular in most
developing countries. India’s 12th Five-Year Plan envisages infrastructure
investments of USD 1 trillion. BIM will help us derive cost and time savings in
such mega-projects, while ensuring sustainability. As the leading provider of
BIM solutions we are delighted to partner with Tata Consulting Engineers to promote
the adoption of BIM in India and other emerging markets.”
The adoption of BIM has seen significant increase worldwide
in areas of building, infrastructure and construction management. According to
2012 McGraw Hill North America BIM SmartMarket Report the percentage of
companies using BIM jumped from 17 percent in 2007 to 71 percent in 2012 in
North America. In UK, BIM is a central theme in the government’s construction
strategy designed to reduce carbon and costs as part of the overall economic
development. In Singapore, BIM is an important component of public housing
projects.
The deal is great step for both the companies; the happiest people with the deal are the design engineers in the TCE. Now, they would use Revit or AutoCAD Civil for their projects! Before, TCE was using MicroStation. Design engineers were finding it very difficult work with the MicroStation. Most engineers are use-to AutoCAD since their student life and thus find difficulties in using other tools. Also, the clients are demanding for the BIM. So, great partnership for Autodesk and TCE, hope they achieve excellence and customer satisfaction!
TCE Website - http://www.tce.co.in
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