Case Study: Legendre Streamlines Complex Open BIM Collaboration with Catenda

Legendre modernizes a €132M plant refurbishment with Catenda

Legendre Group, a major general contractor, faced significant complexity in a €132 million refurbishment of an energy-recovery plant. The project involved numerous subcontractors, multiple software platforms, and simultaneous design and construction. Their challenge was achieving interoperability and collaboration without wasting time and money on model conversions. To address this, they turned to vendor Catenda and its open common data environment (CDE) platform, Catenda Hub.

By implementing Catenda Hub, which is built on open IFC/BCF standards, Legendre created a single source of truth for over 100 users. The solution's ease of use ensured even non-specialists could access models and tools. The key result was that open BIM stopped being a debate, with subcontractors proactively asking for the platform. The project achieved qualitative gains like higher quality work and less on-site tension, alongside concrete efficiencies such as crews pulling point coordinates directly from the model.

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