
Solutions for successful precast projects
ALLPLAN has developed a smart, all-in-one solution for the successful design and implementation of precast projects. Planbar and Tim are powerful tools that make your daily work much easier and more efficient.
SOFTWARE FOR PREFABRICATION
Increased efficiency and quality for your precast projects

Industry challenges
Increasing time and cost pressure
The accuracy of time and cost forecasts is a key issue in the construction industry. According to McKinsey, 20% of conventional construction projects exceed the planned construction time and 80% exceed the planned costs. The growing demand for affordable housing and rapidly rising commodity prices are further increasing the pressure on the industry to build even more cheaply and quickly. In addition, the complexity and number of construction projects continue to increase. This requires highly precise data as well as seamless interaction between all project participants. Another challenge for the construction industry is the shortage of qualified specialists. This affects all key areas of the company – from the design department to work preparation and production.

Solution approach
Increased efficiency through prefabricated construction
The industrial prefabrication of building components is the key to increasing productivity in the construction industry. When prefabricated parts are used, building components are prefabricated to the millimeter in production halls and then transported to the construction site as they’re needed. There, a crane takes over assembly and lifts the precast parts into place. Through digitalization and automated processes, industrialized construction enables greater efficiency, shorter lead times, and higher precision. A key advantage is also the extraordinarily precise cost and schedule predictions that result from meticulous production planning. The production conditions also play a decisive role – factories can ensure high quality precast concrete elements consistently, regardless of the weather. Overall, precast processes differ so significantly from conventional construction projects that special software is required for prefabrication.

Solution with ALLPLAN
What ALLPLAN offers the precast industry
With ALLPLAN’s innovative solutions, design offices and precast concrete plants can significantly increase the efficiency of their workflows. The powerful tools are specifically tailored to the requirements of the precast industry and optimally support precast concrete plants and design offices across all project phases: from the impressive 3D tendering model and the high-precision 3D precast model, to the complete sequence and production planning, as well as clear 3D stacking and seamless billing data. Automated workflows thus enable enormous efficiency gains.

Benefits
Advantages for design offices
The use of solutions specifically for precast construction results in a wide range of added value: automated workflows enable an increase in productivity. This is also the basis for reliable time and cost planning. Well thought-out quality assurance mechanisms ensure maximum precision and help to avoid planning errors. Finally, everyone involved benefits from seamless data exchange through openBIM. With the innovative complete solution for precast construction from ALLPLAN ...
- Accelerate the design and implementation of your precast projects
- Reliably meet your deadlines and budget requirements
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Increase transparency, communication, and coordination through open data exchange and BIM

Products
Planbar and Tim - the professional BIM solutions for precast construction
ALLPLAN offers openBIM solutions for the successful design and implementation of precast projects. Planbar is one of the world’s leading BIM solutions for industrialized construction and takes your precast design to a new level of efficiency and precision. Tim provides precast plants with clear work planning in 3D, direct access to all relevant project information, and sophisticated quality assurance.
Increase the efficiency of your precast projects:
- Powerful complete solution for prefabrication
- User-friendly working in 2D or 3D
- openBIM workflows for seamless collaboration with other disciplines and products
Advantages of Planbar at a glance

Create shop drawings automatically
Create shop drawings including reinforcement, fixtures, and dimensions with just one click thanks to intelligent templates. For each precast element type, Planbar automatically creates an individual plan layout.

Precise design of precast elements
Planbar allows you to efficiently model all types of precast elements. Design walls, slabs, or structural precast elements such as stairs or columns quicker and easier than ever before.

Flexible design in 2D or 3D
Our unique shop drawing technology combines the clarity of the 3D model with the simplicity of the 2D plan. Technically speaking, the plans are views of the model, so that the plan, model, and all views are 100% consistent every second. This allows you to make necessary changes quickly and easily either in the model or in the plan.
The Allplan solution portfolio for Precast fabrication

Allplan is the ultimate BIM solution to meet the challenges of the construction industry and benefit from the digital transformation. BIM software and ALLPLAN's industry-leading collaboration and integration tools form the ideal combination.
Tim|work
Leading precast manufacturers rely on Tim|work for work preparation and BIM management. Each work preparation step can be easily and clearly scheduled and planned in 3D to ensure on-time and high-quality delivery of all precast parts.

Allplan Bimplus is the ultimate open BIM platform for all disciplines to collaborate efficiently in building projects. BIM model data, information, documents and tasks are managed centrally over the complete building life cycle.
Tim|flow
Precast factories that want to take their work preparation to a new level of efficiency rely on Tim|flow. The data hub automates the information flows between the IT systems involved in the precast process, ensuring fast, secure and mobile workflows.
Planbar
Planbar is the world's leading CAD software for industrialized construction. Automated workflows specifically developed for precast designers ensure maximum efficiency and precision. The 1-click reinforcement and the automated creation of shop drawings make this openBIM solution unique.
Customer Excellence
The Customer Excellence team accompanies you on your way to success in precast projects. With many years of know-how, the experts support you in digitizing your processes and fully exploiting the productivity benefits of your software tools.