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GRAEFaccelerāte
Reinventing Structural Engineering
GRAEFaccelerāte® is a set of integrated BIM workflows using Autodesk® Revit® and Autodesk® Advance Steel®, which allow structural designs to be produced concurrently with construction documents saving projects weeks if not months in total construction time.
The GRAEFaccelerāte® process brings formerly separate structural-engineering processes, performed by different subcontractors that each required a separate model, under one roof and a single model.
GRAEF performs all of these roles in-house. Our structural engineers create a single model that the engineer, detailer, and connection designer all work on at the same time. The resulting design process is much faster, saving a couple of weeks to three months depending on the scale of the project.
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Mike Vogel
Save Time
GRAEFaccelerāte® saves valuable time by streamlining early design decisions so you can start smart and even get steel months earlier than a traditional process allows. It drives clarity up front, reducing rework and keeping construction moving.
Save Money
GRAEFaccelerāte® saves money by reducing primary steel tonnage with zero-drop ABMs, cutting sub-material and bolt quantities through optimized connection design, and detailing smarter by embedding experts directly into the design process, all driving meaningful cost efficiencies without compromising performance.
Reduce Risk
GRAEFaccelerāte® reduces risk by eliminating structural steel RFIs and facilitating early VDC coordination that further minimizes project questions and conflicts, creating a smoother, more predictable construction process.
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Testimonials & Success Stories
Rise of the Super Engineers
"GRAEF is used to being at the forefront of innovation. Over a decade ago, this Wisconsin-based full-service firm was one of the first structural engineering companies in the US to adopt BIM."
Accelerated Construction Ethos
"The contractor couldn't move forward because it couldn't get the steel to the site quickly enough. The project manager came to us and said, 'We should be able to fix this process."