The Year in Infrastructure 2008 - (Page 36) InnovatIon In CommerCIal or resIdentIal BuIldIng Dimension Modeling Kelderhof Cape Town, South Africa As city and town borders expand to accommodate housing demand in South Africa, local government and the public are acutely aware of the visual and socioeconomic impact of development on what were formerly agricultural estates and green areas. Gateway Property Developments approached Dimension Modeling to provide material that would assist in the layout, approval, and eventual marketing of the Kelderhof Estate, a middle- to upper-income development located in Somerset West, Cape Town. Instead of demolishing an attractive wine estate, Kelderhof was designed to integrate upscale housing with the vineyards so that residents can participate in the tradition of making their own wine. Dimension Modeling assisted in visualizing five home design variations within the estate with enough variation to suit individual needs, tastes, and budgets. ALSO NOMINATED IN SpEcIAL cATEgOry: cOMMuNIcATINg ThrOugh VISuALIzATION (FINALIST) SpEc EcIAL cATE u uNIc ugh V uALIz ALIzATION (FINALIST) INALIST DP Architects Pte Ltd DP Architects ProjectWise Distributed Design Management Singapore DP Architects has offices in Malaysia, indonesia, india, china, thailand, and United Arab Emirates. Once ProjectWise was in place, the architects in Singapore were able to farm out production work to regional offices that had spare manpower resources and were able to check on the progress of production work in real time. Better control over the quality of work in regional offices could be exerted from the head office, and design data and best practices could be shared. The reduction in travel costs for one project amounted to more than $50,000. The total savings for the firm for projects that used the system amount to around $500,000 each year. 2008 bE AwARdS oF ExCEllENCE ALSO NOMINATED IN SpEcIAL cATEgOry: cONNEcTINg prOjEcT TEAMS SpEc EcIAL cATE cONNE p OjE TEAMS jEc 36
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