Tholen – Tebarex has been intensively working on 3D designs of complete horticultural projects, including water and electrical installations, for three years now. In 2022, this led to the introduction of Next Level Design (NLD). Thanks to this experience, Tebarex now has a good handle on 3D design, says operational manager John Vollebregt. “We no longer do a project without NLD.”
So things are going smoothly on the supplier’s side, but now Tebarex also offers a program that makes the customer understand it all even better: Dalux. “It is a viewer that you can use for a tablet or telephone to view working drawings of all underground pipework and to extract information needed to properly install the work.”
Master plan
The program shows all the pipework: water, electricity, CO2, cables, heating, etc. “Instead of each installer bringing his own drawings, as was previously the case, there is only one master plan that all installers follow. and that the customer can also see. Everything is thought out in advance to minimize the number of discussions in the field. This means that engineering takes a little more time in the beginning, but during implementation you save a lot of time and annoyance.”
No more paper
3D drawings in themselves are not new, but what is new is that you no longer have to take them on paper to the construction site. Because the drawings are available in the Dalux program, everyone – customer, installer, project manager – always has access to the latest version of the master plan on tablet or telephone.
“At the end of each day, the master plan in Dalux is updated from the cloud. In the morning you immediately have the most recent version. And this not only concerns the drawings, but also parts lists, material specifications and item numbers to be included in the digital packing lists to find the goods. So everything you need to get started on site.”
Positive reactions have been received from the field about Dalux, both from customers and supervisors, says John. For example, the program has been successfully applied in the Ely Fenland project that was carried out together with Bom Group.
John Vollebregt from Tebarex (in the middle) with the local team in Mexico for Greennova. The project is now underway and will be completed in June 2024.
“And in Mexico, local parties also work with Dalux, which has suddenly made technicians’ lives a lot more fun. The installers there are also very enthusiastic about Dalux, in which you can also download the files for offline availability.” Installing complex water and electrical installations is no longer easy nowadays and that is why such 3D support is a ‘must-have’.
John thinks that making plans in advance is also useful in indoor and vertical farming, because you are limited in space and therefore have to think well in advance where everything should be located. John and his colleagues are happy to tell visitors to their stand at GreenTech (02.332) more about it.
For more information:
Tebarex 
Tel: 085 4832170
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www.tebarex.com
