„In just a few months, we have built the EB environment and released it for productive use, which was impressive!“
Sauter Building Control Schweiz AG (SBC) is one of the world‘s leading technological companies in the field of building automation and system integration. The subsidiary of Sauter AG develops, produces and sells energy-efficient solutions for building management and pro vides comprehensive services to the building operation, regardless of whether an industrial laboratory or school, hospital, airport, or leisure facility is involved. The focus here is also on the responsibility for the environments of future generations. Around 1800 people are working for the more than 100 year old company today.
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When it was necessary for SBC to replace the existing CAE system in 2009, the company did not simply look for a substitute, but a system that would increase the efficiency of the design process at the same time. It was required to standardise the documents of all offices and in tegrate well in the „CASE Builder“ used throug hout the company (configurator for predefining the object structure, data points, and field de vices). After intensive evaluation, SBC opted for Engineering Base (EB) from AUCOTEC, sup ported by its Swiss partner ROTRING DATA.
In addition to the predefined criteria, EB sco red with high flexibility during its installation in multiple sites, ease of use and ability to easily read the legacy data from the old CAE system as graphic drawing data. Even the workflow between CASE Builder and EB, which was able to be optimized simply by an add-on, was a ma jor plus. The information recorded in the confi gurator can be used directly by EB. This avoids duplicate entries and transmission errors.
„Impressive in its rapid productivity“
„With EB, we were able to build a modular sys tem tailored to the CASE Builder from typicals.
Thus designs can be generated automatically, rather than drawing them in a time-consuming manner“, explains André Brand, project mana ger for the introduction of EB at SBC. „In just a few months, we have built the EB environment and released it for productive use, which was impressive! ROTRING DATA has optimally sup ported us in the process.“
Meanwhile, around 20 employees have already implemented well over 2000 projects.
„Through the consistent use of EB‘s options, especially of function-oriented design, we have achieved a significant increase in efficiency in design and documentation“, enthuses the en gineering expert. „Thanks to EB, we believe that we are well prepared for the increasingly tough demands of the future“, concludes André Brand.