{"id":1676,"date":"2018-02-20T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T07:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/synergyhome.azurewebsites.net\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2022-09-19T16:25:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T06:25:45","slug":"the-solo-structural-engineer-using-technology-to-punch-above-his-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/the-solo-structural-engineer-using-technology-to-punch-above-his-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"The solo structural engineer using technology to punch above his weight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"content-row row no-padding-top\" style=\"border-color: #ededed; background-color: #fff;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row-bounds\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single ww \">\n\t\t\t\t<p>To carry out his chosen volunteer work \u2014 helping build Kingdom Halls for the Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"\/customers\/james-turner-j-turner-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Turner<\/a>\u00a0needs a miracle: fitting a month\u2019s work as a consultant structural engineer at his company\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jturnerdesign.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J Turner Design<\/a>\u00a0into just three weeks. To save \u201cseconds, minutes and hours\u201d, he turns to technology.<\/p>\n<p>The 3D specialist has run his own limited company since 2016 but said he could easily be a sole trader. In fact, he prefers to pass on work rather than employ people, so he can keep several months&#8217; cash on-hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch of my jobs are quite small, such as extensions and structural alterations to houses,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n<p>These could be anything from designing single beams for opening up rooms into bigger living spaces or creating extensions, though he has also worked on large distribution centres, office complexes, education facilities and both private and social housing.<\/p>\n<p>Due to his firm\u2019s diminutive size, James said he has quicker response times than multi-layered consultancies with lower overheads and is often able to charge less.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investing in software<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The flexibility and adaptability James has achieved is enabled by investing in technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spend quite a lot on software, including SCIA Engineer, AutoDesk Revit and some other applications which help me design steelwork junctions such as those found in bridges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try to stay close to the cutting edge of tech. If I adopt too late, I\u2019ll struggle to keep up with whatever everyone else is doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also have a very lightweight, high-end laptop and a good mobile plan so I can access the web wherever I am and store and sync all my files in the cloud. I can be flexible and provide services for people passing work my way or people helping me, say with accounting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1682 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-tuner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-social-share.jpg?_t=1533712207\" alt=\"James Turner, director of J Turner Design, uses technology to punch above his weight.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-tuner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-social-share.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-tuner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-social-share-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-tuner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-social-share-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-tuner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-social-share-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-tuner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-social-share-1200x600.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All this allows him to work wherever he is at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout technology, I couldn\u2019t do my job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt helps me punch above my weight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synchronicity for success<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trying to make a decent living in 75 percent of the work month, James quite literally has no time for repetition.<\/p>\n<p>His construction drawings and engineering documents packages are interlinked, so any changes made are automatically updated, translated and flagged up in the other model. That gives him the ability to redo much faster and he doesn\u2019t need to spend as much time checking his work.<\/p>\n<p>He also builds up libraries of construction details and his database, continually adding to templates. For example, he\u2019s created one for remedial ties around new apertures such as doors, which helps his buildings meet the building regulations quicker.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just technology for engineering work which he invests in to shave valuable time off his efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m keen on anything I can use to reduce time on administrative tasks and spend more time on engineering,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went with Synergy for engineering business management because it wrapped everything together. Before, the project accounting side was quite disjointed \u2014 I had a package to do\u00a0<a href=\"\/features\/invoices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invoices<\/a>\u00a0and basic bookkeeping with a tenuous link to my banking system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese were isolated from proposals and shared\u00a0<a href=\"\/features\/documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents<\/a>. All the information was spread out through the various packages and I couldn\u2019t get them to communicate. Now, it\u2019s all in one place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1683 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-turner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-inline-1.jpg?_t=1533712376\" alt=\"James Turner, director of J Turner Design, uses technology to punch above his weight.\" width=\"450\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-turner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-inline-1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-turner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-inline-1-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keeping it together\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James said building-engineering work can be tricky to price up because you never know what you might find when you open up, or strip out, a building \u2014 it\u2019s hard to plan what needs to be done in advance. Looking at\u00a0<a href=\"\/features\/projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">projects<\/a>\u00a0in the software helps him boost project profitability and the accuracy of his budgeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSynergy lets me look at how I am performing across the business,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not enough just to tag the project \u2018residential\u2019, \u2018commercial\u2019, \u2018domestic\u2019 \u2014 I need to drill down and see my actual costs against my budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe a job didn\u2019t take longer than I\u2019d planned because it was residential, but because I was building a retaining wall from scratch rather than repairing. Synergy helps me see a pattern in the scope of my work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also appreciates the facility to reuse data and recycle information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have to login to three different systems, or manually update a spreadsheet, so proposals,\u00a0<a href=\"\/features\/timesheets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">timesheets<\/a>\u00a0and invoices all match from the outset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"\/add-ons\/quickbooks-online-add-on-for-synergy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Synergy integrates with QuickBooks Online<\/a>, which I am migrating to for my accounting. I don\u2019t want to be duplicating work. I can create invoices in one location and send them to the accounting software automatically, then marked paid and send the payments back to Synergy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>There is another aspect to working for domestic clients that James must do battle with to keep on track \u2014 their propensity to lose important emails.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey tend to have one email address for everything, so things can go missing\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, they know it\u2019s in the\u00a0<a href=\"\/features\/project-portal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project portal<\/a>. And because the files and packages of work get bigger, I can just send links rather than huge files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1686 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-turner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-inline-2.jpg?_t=1533712713\" alt=\"James Turner, director of J Turner Design, uses technology to punch above his weight.\" width=\"800\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-turner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-inline-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-turner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-inline-2-300x83.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/j-turner-using-technology-to-punch-above-weight-inline-2-768x211.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Security without over-expansion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>James said he is keen to take on longer-term engineering projects rather than grow in a traditional sense. To do this, he is trying to build relationships with larger companies he has worked with. He is hopeful of striking a deal shortly with a developer-contractor to consult on more of their commercial and larger residential structural engineering works.<\/p>\n<p>Does more investment in technology form part of his plans? He is obviously keen on kit but insists on doing a full cost-benefit analysis before making any big purchases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDrones are too hard to fly due to civil aviation restrictions, laser point cloud scanners are too expensive, and I don\u2019t have room for a 3D printer!\u00a0 Plus, if I overstretch my financial commitments my prices will go up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At this point, he is mostly looking at upgrades and add-ons to packages he\u2019s already got so he can offer more services to clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I do a good job,\u201d he adds, modestly.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structural engineer James Turner sat down to tell us how technology gives him more time to engage in some unique voluntary 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