Insights | DBM Vircon

Why Using a High Quality Steel Detailer Helps to Guarantee Margins

High quality, accurate steel detailing boosts efficiency and productivity by ensuring that steelwork can be fabricated and erected quickly and easily. Labour and material costs are slashed, waste is minimised, and schedule overruns are eradicated.

What the Tech?! What Software is Used in Steel Detailing and Why?

Both Tekla Structures and Autodesk Advance Steel enable DBM Vircon to create 3D building information models. These highly accurate 3D models then allow DBM Vircon to produce 2D drawings and other deliverables, like CNC files for plate cutting and drilling.

How Visualizations and 3D Animations Simplify Complexities and Improve Safety Outcomes for Mining, Oil and Gas Projects

Industrial visualizations offer a major step-change in how mining and oil and gas assets can be operated and maintained. They deliver real-time, realistic and technically accurate representations of complex assets, resulting in increased levels of communication, clarity and engagement for all stakeholders.

De-risk Major Transport and Infrastructure Project Delivery Through Meaningful Visualization

Industrial visualizations offer a major step-change in how infrastructure assets can be built, operated and maintained. They deliver real-time, realistic and technically accurate representations of complex assets, resulting in increased levels of communication, clarity and engagement for all stakeholders.

Alastair Brook announced as Global General Manager – Digital Engineering

Alastair has over 15 years’ experience working in construction management, design & construct, strategic estimating, drafting & building design, Digital Engineering, BIM and project management.

Announcing our new CEO Mark Campbell

In a year that has brought significant change to all corners of the world, DBM Vircon is no exception. We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Campbell as DBM Vircon’s new CEO.

Who We Work With: Our Partners in the Construction Lifecycle

DBM Vircon collaborates with fabricators, engineers, architects & asset owners for solutions throughout the construction lifecycle.

The Difference Between Design Drawings and Shop Drawings

Design drawings are used in the early stage of design development as a means to communicate design ideas and proposals. In comparison, shop drawings provide the details needed by a fabricator during fabrication, assembly, installation and erection, such as the specified material, weld types and connections.

Where Do Steel Detailers Fit into the Construction Cycle?

Traditionally, a steel detailer occupied quite a narrow role within the construction cycle, wedged between the engineer and the fabricator. However, with rapid advancements in technology and construction methodology, steel detailers have adopted a ‘whole of life’ service delivery approach.

The Benefits 3D Steel Detailing versus the Traditional 2D Process

Traditionally, steel detailers, fabricators and erectors used 2D drawings during the planning and construction phases of a project. The transition towards 3D steel detailing offers engineers, fabricators and asset owners many benefits.

DBM Vircon – Rebrand of PDC Group, BDS Vircon & CandraftVSI

We are pleased to announce the rebranding of PDC Group, BDS Vircon, and CandraftVSI to be now known as one brand - DBM Vircon.

Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Demonstrates the Power of BIM

The development encompasses 50 new bars, cafes and restaurants; 2,000 apartments across three residential towers; and more than 1,000 premium hotel rooms operating under four hotel brands, one with a casino.