Handover seamlessly with SketchUp

Even when the design proposal or built asset is right on vision, it’s not only what you deliver – it’s the way you deliver it. Here’s how SketchUp helps you complete complex projects on schedule and with costs under control.

Deliver on time and on budget

Extending into and across all project phases, SketchUp helps your teams handle today’s design and build challenges. Stay on top of both budget and schedule with SketchUp’ streamlined workflows.

Create accurate construction documents and models

More accurate modelling means more accurate estimating. Use SketchUp to guide the estimation process via area and volume calculations and quantity take-offs – and visually validate proposed designs.

Save time collecting data

Use SketchUp’s geolocated 3D modeling environment to collect and import site conditions fast. import, view and interact with point cloud data in the SketchUp modeling environment using Scan Essentials.

Keep the project moving

Use PreDesign in SketchUp to gather climate information to maximize site opportunities. Proactively steer toward the right design solutions — optimum orientation, glazing ratios, and shading types —well before interactions with consultants.

Work faster with easy interoperability

Move back and forth between platforms easily and at speed. Go from concepts to schematics in SketchUp, export into Revit to detail then bring back into SketchUp to create options, refine design details or generate compelling renderings.

Meeting challenges with SketchUp

Find out how firms like yours are using SketchUp to deliver on deadlines and within agreed budgets.

“SketchUp is integral to fueling my creativity. I can generate conceptual work rapidly and get immediate input on my design to progress the work forward.”

Omar Calderon
Design Principal, Perkins Eastman

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“Now, our modeling efficiency saves us a full week and the speed of rendering our SketchUp models in Enscape saves us another week which we can dedicate to fine-tuning the actual design.”

Henning Hagen Kolås and Daniel Lund Godbolt
Lund+Slatto Architects

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“We use SketchUp because it’s quick and easy. We created groups and components, so changing one component could easily be reelected across the entire design.”

Rich Naish
Design Director, RTA Studio

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Deliver on your promises

No matter how fast teams work to resolve challenges in the design phase, the clock is still ticking on the handover date. Use SketchUp workflows to save time and money, keep your promises, and deliver to the deadline.

Get teams up to speed – fast

Bring your whole team into the 3D environment with easy-to-learn tools and workflows. Stay connected and get your team up to speed faster with a minimal learning curve. SketchUp helps different teams and disciplines coordinate more effectively, and avoid costly rework.

Tell a clear story on costs

Use SketchUp to guide estimators so they can better understand the impact on the design due to budget changes, and the financial impact of design changes. Solve challenges in 3D first, by visualizing site conditions and structural connections.

Create money-saving mockups

Save time and money with 3D digital mockups and project walkthroughs that show work from all disciplines before you go on site. Create multiple virtual mockups rapidly in SketchUp, and accurately show trades how building systems come together.

Resolve issues fast

React faster to RFIs and provide clarification on plans, drawings and specifications with 3D graphics. Use them to communicate clearly to teams and prevent delays.

Meet more challenges with SketchUp

How leading construction firms are using SketchUp to meet their deadlines.

“The ability SketchUp gives us to pre-plan in great detail using construction tolerance modeling has helped us eliminate waste while increasing production, quality, safety, and customer satisfaction.”

Renzo di Furia
VDC Manager, Turner Construction Company

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“I’m pleasantly surprised to find such excellent benefits, not only financially, but also sustainably, as digital models make it possible for Crosslam to work with very little paper.”

Jose Alberto
Crosslam Brasil

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“The 3D environment is great for understanding how the new building or space will look, function, and feel when the project is complete.”

Alan Todd (AIA, LEED BD+C)
Senior Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Manager , Barton Malow Company

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By the numbers

Numbers don’t lie. Take a look at the stats from real-world customers delivering real-world projects with SketchUp.

Time savings of over 35%

Using SketchUp and HOVER, KNA Architects cut the time spent on their 3D modeling process and field survey measurement.

47% shorter construction cycle

For the Chengdu Hotel project in China, construction time was cut by 15 months – almost half the typical timeframe – achieved via a life cycle BIM workflow in SketchUp.

20x faster energy modeling

Architecture firm, JLG used Sefaira to cut setup time and establish Energy Use Intensity (EUI) targets from 100-200 hours to 2-8 hours.

5% less rework

Less rework means less time and profits wasted. One of the many benefits McGraw Hill Construction experienced after using 3D modeling to reduce errors in their projects.

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Time saving case study | Shorter construction cycle | Faster energy modeling | A report by McGraw Hill Construction found that clash detection through BIM can reduce the number of RFIs (Requests for Information) by up to 75%

More applications to help you meet the brief

SketchUp comprises a whole ecosystem of applications to help you deliver the project as agreed, and win repeat business.

PreDesign

Incorporate location-specific climate data and environmental considerations into your design strategies – before you even build your 3D model. Make data-based decisions and validate your narrative and direction at the earliest stage of design.

Scan Essentials

Give yourself a head start. Import 3D point cloud data into SketchUp as a reference to streamline the design process. Increase model accuracy, create design concepts faster, and simplify the process of working with point clouds — view and use point cloud data directly in SketchUp.

Sefaira

See the impact of design decisions on building performance in minutes instead of weeks. Rapidly create annual energy and daylight simulations, powered by industry-accredited analysis engines. Make informed design decisions that prioritize sustainability measures to move projects forward with confidence.

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