Tahoe, USA
Revolutionize your structural engineering workflow and cut hours off your modeling process timeline with these tips and tools from Zachary Engineering.
Rendering of a three-story house designed by architect Nick Sonder.
Zachary Engineering (ZE), a premier structural engineering firm renowned for its expertise in complex, high-end residential projects across the West Coast and Hawai’i, made a groundbreaking shift in 2009. The ZE team revolutionized their workflow by transitioning from traditional two-dimensional AutoCAD files to the dynamic, immersive world of three-dimensional modeling with SketchUp. This bold move catapulted their project efficiency and transformed their approach to proactive problem-solving.
“Drafting can be tedious, but having a tool and process to do it efficiently saves a ton of time. Because, one, it’s accurate, and two, that's where your biggest time-saving margins can be made.”Jesse Brown, Project Engineer
For Zachary Engineering, that's precisely why they've invested the time into creating a process they've nearly perfected and are eager to share with engineering and architectural teams everywhere. Jesse Brown, Project Engineer, sat down with us to share a high-level overview of their workflow.
“We put out 40-50 projects per year, all with SketchUp — start to finish, plan sets, details, the whole nine yards. The idea is to save contractors a bunch of time, save clients a lot of money, and put great projects out there.”
