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КVladislav Vasiliev, CEO of Ferro-Building, part of Evraz Group, made a presentation at the Metal-Expo exhibition held as part of the Association for the Development of Metal Construction (ARSS) round table in Moscow. In his presentation he talked about how the company works with metal construction customers and what automation solutions it offers to contractors, investors, designers and steel construction factories.

Ferro-Building works with investors, general contractors, designers, fabricators, builders and other participants in metalwork projects. For each partnership format, Ferro-Building experts have developed individual solutions that automate interaction and product preparation for all project participants. This is what Vladislav Vasiliev, general director of the company, spoke about in his report “Design automation of typical solutions on the example of building coverings for logistics, production, shopping malls as a way to simplify the process of steel structure production planning”.

Particularly for investors Ferro-Building is creating a one-stop-shop service to complete an object from the beginning of the design to the end of the building’s box. And all stages of project implementation can be monitored online.

For technical partners – general contractors, designers, and metalwork factories – Ferro-Building has created a number of information services to automate work with project documentation and online control over project implementation. In fact, the investor, manufacturer, completion supplier and contractor are all included in the project’s single digital ecosystem.

Let me explain how this works in practice with a specific example,” said Vladislav Vasiliev. – For example, we have implemented the control of production (metal structures) using RFID tags. RFID – Radio Frequency Identification allows by means of radio signals to read or write data stored in the so-called transponders or RFID tags. Such tags are placed on all elements of the future steelwork building and record the progress of the production of one or another part of the building. The readiness of the element is color-coded; for example, a part that is ready to be assembled is painted red, while constructions that have not yet been built are painted gray. As a result, project participants can see in real time the future frame of the building and the current level of readiness of all its elements.

In addition, Ferro-Building provides access to its technical solution libraries and plug-ins for design software, as well as to the order list for partner ZMKs (steelworks) and suppliers. It also allows you to accelerate your project work and synchronize the interaction of all project participants.