Travis Perkins has launched a BIM-style design and costing platform, WholeHouse, for SME housebuilders.
Based on the BIM process, WholeHouse is specifically designed for housebuilders building up to 250 units a year. Using the platform, housebuilders can visualise in 3D their designs of plots and developments. These can be adapted, personalised and tailored to customer requirements.
WholeHouse generates designs, material schedules, detailed construction and marketing materials needed to plan, cost and build projects at the click of a button, according to Travis Perkins. Taking something of a smart library or platform approach, WholeHouse allows housebuilders to create a house type from over half a billion fully coordinated, tried-and-tested designs.
Information is embedded in the models, down to details like the colour of brickwork, different roof types, verge types, windows, door frames, porches, and gutters. Furthermore, component prices update in real-time as different components are added to the design, so informed costing decisions can be made. Designs are also checked and reviewed by an “industry-leading and expert supplier panel and fully compliant with industry standards and latest regulations”, Travis Perkins claims.
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