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Crate&Barrel
 Founded in 1962
 Headquartered in Northbrook, IL
 168 Stores in US, Canada, And UAE
 7,000 Employees
 Retailers of Housewares & Furniture
 Emphasis on People, Product and Presentation

Crate&Barrel
 We don’t use prototypes
 Each store is a unique design. No efficiency
 Complex articulation in plan and elevation
 Neo-Modernist approach to design and detailing
 Difficult materials to source
 High sensitivity to delivered facility. Building as
Brand

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Survival Mandate
Reduce Capital Investment 30%-50%
Reduce Facility Opening Cycles 45%
Maintain or Improve the Brand

Survival Strategies
Challenge Design-Bid-Build
Find our Bottlenecks and Constraints
Eliminate Non-Value Added Steps

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Shop Labor per Ton

20.0

18.0

16.0

14.0

12.0
MH / Ton

10.0

8.0

6.0

4.0

2.0

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Labor & Material Cost

$500.00

$450.00

$400.00

$350.00

$300.00
Cost (thousands)

$250.00

$200.00

$150.00

$100.00

$50.00

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Store

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$500.00

$450.00

$400.00

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$150.00

$100.00
Cost per Selling Square Foot

$50.00

Cost per Gross Square Foot

$0.00
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STRATEGIC

OPERATIONAL

TACTICAL

PRE‐FABRICATION &  STRATEGIC 4D/5D ANALYSIS

DESIGN BUILD

CLASH DETECTION OPERATIONAL MATERIAL & 

LABOR TRACKING 

VISUALIZATIONS TACTICAL IMPROVED ACCURACY

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JM9

STRATEGIC

OPERATIONAL

TACTICAL

Where is BIM headed in the next five years ?
Greater Adoption among Architects, Engineers, Contractors, 
Manufacturers, Owners

For Architects
Replacement (but not elimination of) 2D CAD as the main production platform for graphic
Instruments of Service.
For Engineers
Combined graphic, analytical, and modeling capabilities.
For Contractors
Combined 4D and 5D operations within the BIM.
For Sub‐Contractors
Coordinated Layout of Dimension Control from the BIM
For Manufacturers
Completion of Product Catalogs and Specification Interface within BIM
For Owners
At the MINIMUM, understanding the benefits and availability of BIM from the AEC
industry so as to change basic expectations with respect to the STANDARD OF
CARE.

How will BIM software change in five years?
Massive integration and expansion of “out of the box” 
functionality of the two major platforms

Visualization
The majority of project renderings and animations done with the BIM platform instead of
CG software (3D Studio MAX). And anyone can render and animate.
Coordination
Clash detection and coordination done within the platform and automated.
Code Analysis
Standard ICC, ADA, NEC, and ASHREA code conformance checking .. perhaps certification
Sustainability
USGBC (LEED) compliance checking
Communication
BIMs will talk with RFIDs, Bar Codes, Total Stations, Scanners, and GPS
Ease and Speed of Use
Cloud computing will make BIM software faster without the IT infrastructure.

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JM9 hierarchy
overlap
bottom up reinforcing
John Moebes, 2/2/2011