Mark English Architects Boosts Productivity by 25 Percent With Graphisoft ArchiCAD

Virtual Building Model Software Enables Design Firm to Create New Revenue Opportunities and Increase Efficiency

NEWTON, Mass., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphisoft US, originator of the Virtual Building(TM) concept and the world leader in Building Information Modeling, today announced that design firm Mark English Architects has realized a 25 percent increase in productivity as a result of using Graphisoft ArchiCAD. In addition to architectural design, the San Francisco-based firm has used ArchiCAD's Building Information Model as a selling point with potential clients and as a means of garnering support from architectural review boards.

"ArchiCAD has very much evolved into a business tool for our firm. It allows us to complete more projects with the same number of employees and, by using the building information model in our presentations to clients, we gain their confidence that the designs will succeed and meet their wants," said Mark English, founder of Mark English Architects. "We've achieved the significant goals of increased productivity and higher profitability using the software."

Mark English Architects also utilizes ArchiCAD in approval cycles with local review boards. The firm imports photos of the surrounding environment into ArchiCAD's building information model, allowing neighborhood committees, design review boards and planning commissioners to see and verify the building design and its correlation to the surrounding environment. Using this method, Mark English Architects was approved to move ahead with a building project on the same site where 10 other plans had been previously turned down over a span of 25 years.

"Architectural firms across the board are seeing building information modeling technology as not only an essential tool for the design team, but as a business instrument to drive continued growth and profitability," said Mark Sawyer, vice president of Graphisoft's Worldwide Field Organization. "ArchiCAD delivers measurable benefits to firms of all sizes, and the innovative team at Mark English Architects understands the full value ArchiCAD can bring to a firm's business practices."

About Graphisoft

Graphisoft(R) is a leading provider of design and management software solutions for the architectural profession and the building industry. Founded in 1982, Graphisoft is ranked today among the largest AEC CAD software developers in the world, with ten offices worldwide in addition to its Budapest headquarters. ArchiCAD(R) and other Graphisoft products are used by more than 100,000 architects, facility managers and building professionals all over the world. Shares of Graphisoft are traded on the Budapest (GRAPHI) Stock Exchange. 

www.graphisoft.com

 

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