On July 30-31, the Siveco team went to Anji for two days trip, Anji is located in Zhejiang Province, China and is famous for bamboo and white tea. On the first day, the sun was shining, we stepped into the journey excitedly. Drifting on the river was very thrilling and, luckily, the weather turned cloudy, so that we didn’t get sunburned.

On July 29th, Siveco China organized a free training for customers under support contract. Customer Service Manager Sunny Wang conducted this session, which five companies attended. The morning class provided an overview of Coswin 8i’s architecture, improvements in user interface and equipment structures, enabling trainees to understand and quickly start using Coswin 8i.

Siveco China held its traditional party to celebrate the French National Day on July 14th at the Siveco Shanghai office. The team enjoyed French Champagne and desserts, while General Manager Bruno led the international choir to sing revolutionary songs. Long live the Sino-French friendship!

On July 12th, Siveco China held its mid-year management meeting at the iconic art-deco building Empire Mansions (淮海大楼) in Huaihai Road in downtown Shanghai. This meeting was the opportunity for our 10-people management team (5 men and 5 women) to review the company performance, to make decisions for the second half of the year and to spend the day together in nice settings!

One year ago, we announced that Siveco was tripling its investment in China. The main purpose of this investment was to strengthen our Maintenance 4.0 solutions for ultra-high buildings and infrastructure projects. BIM is fast becoming mandatory in large buildings and infrastructure projects, but its actual usage for operation and maintenance remains an open question.

Building information modeling (BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of a facility. The resulting building information models become shared knowledge resources to support decision-making about a facility from earliest conceptual stages, through design and construction, through its operational life and eventual demolition.