Imagine being able to compare different design options at the earliest stages of the design process, easily and quickly. Imagine design teams and clients communicating, interacting and accessing high quality design information through a common interface. Imagine how you could win projects by demonstrating a coherent value engineering strategy. With Deft all this can be a reality.
What Deft does:
Deft enables you to compare different building design options using a structured value engineering process. It brings everyone involved in the project together to compare and contrast a wide range of design parameters, quickly and easily. Deft helps you arrive at the best design option, and brings you a step closer to getting the building right first time.
How Deft works:
Deft Methodology
Deft allows you to define a ‘Base Case’ design scenario, used as a reference against which other scenarios can be compared and contrasted. A range of parameters is used − rather than a single parameter such as capital cost − but you can assign a ‘weighting factor’ to each parameter to reflect its importance to you or to your client. Deft identifies the best option based on this information.
This Value Engineering process can be repeated at any design stage to compare different strategies.
Assessment Parameters
A range of performance indicators is used to differentiate design scenarios:
• Building information (eg. floor area, net lettable area)
• Capital Cost for the model
• Energy consumption, including peak and annual loads
• Electricity and fuel running costs based on energy consumption
• Environmental impact based on energy consumption
• Life cycle cost in terms of Net Present Value
• Any other indicators that you wish to consider.
Commercial Benefits:
Winning Projects - Deft’s unique capabilities help you demonstrate that you can provide coherent value engineering analyses.
Being able to show their skills with Deft has helped companies win projects, including PFI projects.
Concept Design - Deft provides more information than is normally available at any stage of design. But used at the earliest stage, when there is greatest scope for change, Deft can help you move towards getting buildings right first time.
One Team Holistic Design - The range of high quality information generated by Deft results in a more holistic approach to the design process. Deft facilitates greater transparency in communication between design team and client, leading to better-informed decisions and better buildings.
