Case Study: TS Raulston achieves accurate, first-time material ordering and rapid prefab with Trimble

TS Raulston, Inc. has existed for over seven decades, but you wouldn’t know it based on its technology

TS Raulston is a Chattanooga-based mechanical contractor founded in 1947 that specializes in plumbing, HVAC and piping and runs 8–15 projects concurrently. The company struggled with outdated, paper-based revision control and disorganized material ordering and tracking, which led to wrong or overpriced parts, fabrication delays, poor visibility between office and field, and wasted time on rework.

To solve this, TS Raulston adopted VDC Pro+ with SysQue, Supplier Xchange and Connect2Fab to drive a model-to-procurement and model-to-fabrication workflow. The result: accurate, first-time material orders and exact bids within an hour; prefab work that once took one to two weeks in the field was completed in two days in the shop (about eight working days saved); clash detection and coordination now happen before arriving on site; and the subscription paid for itself quickly while boosting the company’s competitiveness.

TS Raulston

Jake Raulston

VDC Manager/BIM Manager