Case Study: John Cockerill cuts piping takeoff time by 80-90% with Mirage Metrics

John Cockerill cuts piping takeoff time by 80-90% with Mirage Metrics

John Cockerill, an international industrial engineering group, faced a significant challenge as its teams manually read and measured 2D engineering drawings for piping, boilermaking, and structural steel projects. This process was time-consuming, taking 3-4 days for a commercial estimate and up to a month to create a bill of materials for fabrication, and was prone to errors with no shared source of truth. To address this, they partnered with vendor Mirage Metrics.

Mirage Metrics implemented a tailored AI platform with three purpose-built modules to automate drawing takeoff. The solution automatically extracts quantities and generates separate Material Takeoff (MTO) and Bill of Materials (BOM) outputs in minutes, with a human-in-the-loop validation interface. This resulted in an 80-90% reduction in piping takeoff time and made generating a fabrication BOM ten times faster, transforming a month-long process into one that takes mere clicks and providing a single, traceable source of truth.

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