Oracle’s business is information: managing it, storing it, networking it and doing anything else with it you can imagine. In the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) space, this means taking the large swaths of data associated with massive construction projects and making them manageable and meaningful for project teams.
Assemble’s technology integrated into Primavera P6 Enterprise. (Image courtesy of Assemble Systems.)
Now, the tech giant is working with Assemble Systems, a GoldLevel member of its Oracle Partner Network, to bring building information modeling (BIM) to Oracle’s Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management solution. ENGINEERING.com spoke to Mark Jenkins, director of product strategy at Oracle Construction and Engineering GBU, to learn how Assemble Systems fits into the larger vision that Oracle has for AEC.
Fast, Cloud-Based BIM
Assemble Systems is known for its cloud solutions for BIM, drawings and point clouds, which make it possible for project team members to share and use data across the web. Jenkins pointed out that one of the most unique features of Assemble’s technology is its speed.
“Assemble Systems has a very, very robust web-based BIM viewer,” Jenkins said. “It is incredibly fast. It can bring in models from various sources and information from different modeling tools and combine them all into the company’s cloud service for BIM viewing. The one thing that really sets the viewer apart is speed….