Customer Company Size
SME
Region
- Europe
Country
- Switzerland
Product
- Bluebeam Revu
Tech Stack
- PDF data sets
- CAD software
- BIM software
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
- Environmental Impact Reduction
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Construction & Infrastructure
- Railway & Metro
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Digital Twin
- Remote Collaboration
Services
- Software Design & Engineering Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Ribuna AG is a civil engineering and infrastructure company based in Interlaken, Switzerland. The company was established in early 2019 and has since handled a diverse range of projects, demonstrating the success and motivation of its young engineering team. Ribuna AG is committed to end-to-end digital planning and data management, viewing this as an important foundation for its operations. The company has worked with Nemetschek sister brand Allplan Engineering since its establishment and has a history with Bluebeam that goes back nearly as far. Ribuna AG is committed to using Bluebeam Revu in the long term, recognizing the importance of handling projects on a decentralized basis. The company has already had project partners working from home in various locations, and Bluebeam Revu has been instrumental in ensuring reliable planning, minimizing the amount of time spent on the project, and optimizing planning results.
The Challenge
Ribuna AG, a civil engineering and infrastructure company based in Interlaken, Switzerland, needed a solution for end-to-end digital planning and data management. The company had to quickly adapt to a decentralized approach due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which required teams to work from home. This was particularly crucial for the Oberried Station project on Lake Brienz, which started in the midst of the pandemic. The company sought a digital solution that would minimize errors and facilitate structured interaction at every planning and coordination stage. The solution also needed to be sustainable, reducing the use of paper and saving time.
The company identified that internal work processes, particularly with complex construction tasks and intricate project coordination, could waste huge amounts of time. Therefore, Ribuna decided to find digital tools that would make processes more efficient and help to minimize the potential for errors by optimizing and standardizing processes. The company also needed a tool that would optimize both internal processes and interaction with external project partners to create a proven planning and construction process that would be both transparent and reliable.
The Solution
Ribuna AG chose Bluebeam Revu as the solution for its digital planning and data management needs. The company had worked with Nemetschek sister brand Allplan Engineering since its establishment and quickly realized the potential of Bluebeam Revu. The software allows for connectivity between everyone involved in the planning process, enabling the creation of routines for crucial planning approvals from the client or specialist planners, tracking comments, and completing design reviews quickly and faultlessly. This results in a high level of security and transparency for the project coordinator and the team.
Bluebeam Revu also offers extensive functions for handling PDF data sets, which was a crucial factor in Ribuna's choice. The software allows the team to access, correct, and mark up project data and plans in real time, anytime and from anywhere, and return them to project partners. Permissions can also be amended flexibly right from the start of the planning process, ensuring that everyone who needs to receive information at a specific point in the project receives it right on time. The software also offers a range of tools for editing PDF data sets, making changes to plans, adding markups to the document itself, and emailing them to the relevant planning partners or linking them as information on a project platform used by everyone.
Bluebeam Revu also offers extensive functions for handling PDF data sets, which was a crucial factor in Ribuna's choice. The software allows the team to access, correct, and mark up project data and plans in real time, anytime and from anywhere, and return them to project partners. Permissions can also be amended flexibly right from the start of the planning process, ensuring that everyone who needs to receive information at a specific point in the project receives it right on time. The software also offers a range of tools for editing PDF data sets, making changes to plans, adding markups to the document itself, and emailing them to the relevant planning partners or linking them as information on a project platform used by everyone.
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