Did you know that Commonwealth has an internal Virtual Design Construction (VDC) department? VDC is currently located within the Central Engineering office in Omaha, NE, with two remote locations in Des Moines, IA, and Phoenix, AZ. The group has a dedicated VDC Prefab Manager who oversees the process of taking modeled components and building them out in Commonwealth’s prefabrication locations.

VDC is the process of utilizing technology to make the construction process more efficient. It enables companies to use highly accurate 3D models to create a digital twin of a project in advance, allowing the verification of constructability throughout the building process.

Many in the industry have heard of the term Building Information Modeling (BIM) and have used this term interchangeably with VDC. However, BIM is just a sub-process of the overarching VDC workflow; VDC also encompasses “old-school” processes of planning and coordinating.

VDC has worked on many types of projects throughout the company, including electrical construction, mission critical, industrial, government, institutional, and health industries.