This week started with us receiving a lovely thank you from our much valued customer Severfield NI, who have completed their fifth annual fisher cycling challenge and in doing so raised an amazing £25,000 for charity.

Once again Severfield urged people to get on their bikes, get fit and help raise some much needed funds for charity. On Saturday the 9^th of July cyclists embarked on a journey around Fermanagh on either a 17, 45 or 75 mile leisure cycle, starting and finishing at Severfield (NI) in Ballinamallard.

As a result of the challenge £25,000 was raised for charities such as Action Mental Health, Edges Earlier Intervention, RNLI and the Severfield Foundation.

For more information on the Fisher Cycle Challenge you can visit their website http://www.fishercyclechallenge.co.uk/

Following the crisis of prices in the international market falling coupled with increased costs at home the UK steel industry is now set to see a time of growth and a general positive outlook as these issues subside.

The global abundance of steel production seen in recent years continues, however this is beginning to ease due to several key factors which all lead to a positive future for UK steel.

• The global economy is growing
• China have cut production by closing inefficient mills

According to the head of the mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Union, China has already cut steel capacity by over 115 million tons since 2016 and eliminated an additional 140 million tons of substandard steel capacity.

UK steel companies have become more competitive with the global industry, in part due to the lower sterling exchange rate following the EU referendum. Also UK steel producers are now much leaner, having cut costs in recent years.

A recent government report identified “enormous potential” for the UK steel industry if it can meet growing domestic demand. The study predicts that UK demand for steel is set to rise to 11m tonnes a year by 2030, presenting the industry with a £3.8bn a year growth opportunity.

The above is compounded by the fact that the HM Government released Construction 2025 in 2013 which outlines the need to lower construction costs by 33% and reduce project completion time by 50%. It is heavily suggested that this can be achieved through the usage of BIM (Building Information Modelling) and MRP (Material Resource Planning) software solutions. This is because of the time and cost savings they can provide via a multitude of features.

For example STRUMIS material nesting can create a 2% saving on steel expenditure, or more. A company fabricating 50 tonnes of steel per week could have a saving of £36,400 each year.

All of the above would suggest that now is the time to invest in more efficient and effective methods of working in order to benefit from the predicted market growth.

For further information on the many time and cost saving benefits BIM and MRP software solutions provide please visit www.strumis.com

We are currently seeking a developer with C# .Net skills and experience with modern testing practices/frameworks to join our dedicated growing software team. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the existing software team, where you will be involved in developing new features and enhancements in the current system and its plugins for third party systems. The role would be suitable for a developer who has strong problem solving skills or a software tester willing to make the leap into software development.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/724591177/

We had a great time catching up with everyone at the BCSA meeting in Kilkenny and are delighted to have presented “efficient steel fabrication by STRUMIS”. It is always a pleasure to showcase the benefits that STRUMIS products can bring to the steel fabrication industry to a room of professionals. STRUMIS connects, streamlines and simplifies all of your steel fabrication projects and resources reducing errors and increasing efficiency by providing complete project traceability; to save you time and money. For more information visit www.strumis.com

We are pleased to announce that Triangle Ltd have chosen STRUMIS as their MRP software solution and have implemented it into their business.

Triangle Ltd are expert steel fabricators with years of experience in the trade. Offering full design and consultation services, as well as the manufacturing and installation of quality steel products which are bespoke to their customers’ requirements. Which conform to CE and CHAS standards.

The STRUMIS training was conducted at our headquarters in Derby where Jerry and Zane were taken through the STRUMIS system with our training engineers. The training was so effective that by the last afternoon of training Jerry and Zane actually produced a fully finished proposal and presented it to a potential customer.

The key element to our success in the training program are the training engineers themselves, all our trainers have worked in the steel industry and have also used STRUMIS in real-life business scenarios. Ensuring our trainers can share their experience with our new STRUMIS customers and guide them through the system to benefit from a quick return on investment.

To see all of the benefits that STRUMIS can bring to your company visit www.strumis.com

STRUMIS welcomes SISCOL India on board the STRUMIS wagon of world class steel fabricators using STRUMIS Management Information Software for Steel Fabrication Management.

Having implemented SAP B1 as the Enterprise Resource Planning Software for the group, SISCOL have decided to integrate it with STRUMIS for better material management, effective utilisation of scrap and remnants and tracking their material through bar coding. Here is a brief introduction about SISCOL India:

India’s construction sector, at present, is witnessing a major change as it is progressively opting for steel structure based construction solutions in lieu of RCC system – much the same way as major developed countries like the US, Japan, Korea, China and Europe have done during their years of major infrastructure growth.

Steel based construction, apart from offering higher strength solution, enable completion in a much shorter time and also give technical flexibility for complex construction. A substantial part of these structures are factory manufactured and assembled at ground level to enable rapid installation at site. The manpower, as well as area required at site, required for steel based structure is also considerably less compared to RCC construction.

Indian steel structure industry is still in its infancy but with increasing local availability of rolled and fabricated structures, the industry is set to grow exponentially in the years to come. While several small and medium fabricators already exist, none of them possess complete capability to meet the full customer needs and engage with stakeholders like Developers, Architects and Contractors for achieving optimal solution.

SISCOL pioneered by a group of visionary & experienced veterans of India’s Steel and Construction industry, entered into a “Technical Service Agreement” with iconic Yongnam Engineering and Construction Limited of Singapore to provide state-of-art and complete end-to-end solutions as a part of their value proposition.

We are delighted to announce that Northern Weldarc have purchased and started to implement STRUMIS and BINREVIEW into their business.

Northern Weldarc Ltd needed to leverage new and emerging technologies in order drive their performance in the Fabrication industry.  NWL engaged in a thorough research of all fabrication ERP and BIM technologies, to which STRUMIS and BIMREVIEW provided the best solution for NWL due to the fact that the system’s functionalities are centric to steel production and is customising to different operation environments.  STRUMIS provides NWL with the ability to synergize core operational activities within Engineering & Design, Drafting, Estimating, Supply Chain Management, Production, Accounting, Project Management, Document Management, and HR Management.

Northern Weldarc Ltd have commented “STRUMIS and BIMREVIEW gave us the ability to get a job to the shop floor within a day of the job being given the green light to fabricate.” Which especially helped with their work on the Edmonton Police Station (EPS) Northwest Campus.

This project involved the construction of a new Northwest Campus facility for the Edmonton Police Service (EPS).  The Campus will bring together five key EPS facilities into one synergetic whole. The unique design will establish a presence into the city from the north that will create an urban edge in the surrounding community. The intent of the design is both to provide EPS with the infrastructure it needs to deliver its mission and to express the core values of EPS in built form.

With the implementation of STRUMIS, NWL was able to utilise STRUMIS modules to correlate operational activities from the design and engineering & drafting of the building, materials management, to steel production.

Within BIMREVIEW, NWL was able to load the building model into the system that allowed our engineering & drafting team to efficiently produce drawings required for the building entirely. Drawings that were produced were then loaded into STRUMIS which was then utilised by the procurement and production team to produce Bill of Materials for procurement and create production schedules.

For more information on the benefits of BIMREVIEW visit http://www.bim-review.com/

BIMREVIEW is the tried, tested and trusted 3D model project review tool for steel fabricators, which is free with every STRUMIS licence.

BIMREVIEW is able to provide a multitude of advanced model data providing you with a competitive edge in the planning process. Giving you access to advanced 4D planning tools: delivery schedules, erection plans and maintenance timetables. While also linking plans to real 3D geometry providing greater clarity.

For more information on the benefits of BIMREVIEW visit http://www.bim-review.com/

In need of change: Steve Blurton from StruServices, who specialise in Subcontract 3D steel detailing, tells us of their main problems prior to BIMREVIEW: “Localisation of models in a single environment was a big issue for us. The fact that BIMREVIEW allowed us to bring multiple models together from lots of different authoring systems, especially Revit® and Tekla®, meant that we’d be able to gain the ‘bigger picture’ we were looking for on our larger projects.”

Before BIMREVIEW was implemented, Steve says the team were working with printed drawings, the issues were evident, Steve explains: “Multiple views and details within drawings would need to be generated for referencing. This all added valuable time and increased cost to each project.”

“Along with the multiple file import interfaces, we found the most useful tools to be the clash detect feature, the IFC export and the ability to add our own data to models”, says Steve. BIMREVIEW’s clash detect gave much more control than other systems in the capability to define exact tolerances for clashes and also set up processes for dealing with the individual clashes within the system.

BIMREVIEW helped StruServices enormously when handing over a model to the customer they have found that being able to add their own documents to items within the model is a key benefit that they’ve made lots of practical use of, as Steve explains: “This helped out enormously when handing over a model to the customer for facilities management purposes. We were able to attach things to the model, like maintenance schedules and specification sheets, which previously would have had no association to a 3D model.”

Steve tells us they have several large upcoming projects for which they will be using the features of BIMREVIEW fully. “Being able to collect these different model types in a single environment and then produce a single IFC file from that is a real benefit”, says Steve. StruServices tell us they will also be paying particular interest to upcoming new releases as BIMREVIEW’s features have made a genuine and positive difference to their office and overall business efficiency.

So, would StruServices recommend BIMREVIEW? Steve’s answer is clear…

“Most definitely! Being able to easily collaborate on a project whilst, at the same time, being able to add data to that project is the reason we will be continuing to use BIMREVIEW.”

For more information on the benefits of BIMREVIEW visit http://www.bim-review.com/

BIMREVIEW is the tried, tested and trusted 3D model project review tool for steel fabricators, which is free with every STRUMIS licence.

BIMREVIEW visualises data contained within a model, allowing you to; colour code models to see different categories of data, create labels for selected information, apply realistic material images and create custom fly-through animations. BIMREVIEW even exports models to Google Earth – for advanced environment visualisation. Whatever your visual requirements, BIMREVIEW provides the solution.

For more information on the benefits of BIMREVIEW visit http://www.bim-review.com/