Recently, there has been a very real rise of digital information management systems within the structural steel fabrication sector, with out-dated paper-based processes being brought into the digital age. One company that has been reaping the rewards from incorporating Trimble’s Tekla PowerFab is Steel Fab (Wales) Ltd.
Following the introduction of Trimble’s steel fabrication management software suite into its workflow, Steel Fab (Wales) Ltd has had numerous efficiency benefits, with the software enabling them to provide an even greater service to their clients – key in a competitive market. Designed specifically for steel fabricators, Tekla PowerFab can be tailored to suit the user’s individual requirements and business setup, with different capabilities for each stage of the fabrication workflow, from estimation through to fabrication and order traceability.
Having previously been reliant on manual spreadsheets for the estimation and bidding stage of projects, Steel Fab (Wales) Ltd made the decision to introduce Tekla PowerFab to the business back in 2019.
Speaking about the decision, Gareth Davies, Managing Director, said: "While we’d used spreadsheets for estimates for many years, this approach was prone to error. Also, as the business grew, it became clear that this wasn’t always suitable for the larger projects we were wanting to bid for. It was around this time that Trimble launched Tekla PowerFab; we had a demonstration of the software and really liked it."
"Today, we use PowerFab for every job estimate that we do. We’ve seen real, tangible results, with our ability to produce more estimates each week leading to more work. It’s a logical outcome: the more bids and estimates you can generate, the more work you’re going to win. In fact, we now have a full year of orders on the system – an achievement that is in part thanks to Tekla PowerFab."
