The solution to this problem lies in good communication of information. This creates a conflict: how does the engineer know which product is most suitable? Especially because he has no time to personally address, for example, 10 different suppliers of a type of product. However, he no longer has time to study all the product details of so many different brands he simply wants to have a good product for the requested application. Nowadays things are different, the MEP engineer is offered a lot of products from different brands and therefore a wide range of choice. When an engineer had selected a wholesaler, this usually also determined his preference in brand and product.Įrwin van Schooten at the BIM LIVE Experience in Boxtel, the Netherlands 2017 The wholesaler could only sell a limited number of brands. He went to his wholesaler to buy his products. This is still an important market today, but exports now also play an important role.Įrwin van Schooten, Managing Director at Spelsberg, explains how the role of the manufacturer has changed: "In the past, when the world was not yet digitalized, a MEP engineer had limited choice in different brands.
Spelsberg is a German manufacturer of plastic enclosures for the electro technical market and focused originally on German speaking countries. During the BIM LIVE Experience in Boxtel, the Netherlands, Erwin Van Schooten, Managing Director at Spelsberg, explained how the role of the manufacturer has become increasingly important in the BIM process. Spelsberg has been a regular content manufacturer on for a number of years.
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