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Elite Built Homes Uses MiTek’s BuilderMT PlanServices™ For Lightning Fast Turns on Architectural Plan Drafting
With PlanServices™, Elite Built Homes Moves From Taking a Week+ to Process a Lot-Specific Plan Set to One Day Turnaround, Saving 1,050 Days Each Year in Architectural Drafting Services
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Elite Built Homes is a classic growth success story. Just five years ago, Elite
Built Homes started just 40 homes. The Kentucky-based builder then entered a
growth spurt.
In 2017, the company started 150 homes, and in 2018 they expect 175 homes to come
out of the ground. “We are now building in 10 communities,” said Geoff Scholl, Elite
Built Homes’ Director of Purchasing. “To run our operations, we have 50 employees,
and sub out much of our work. As we have grown, we have made constant strides to
modernize and streamline our operations. And that includes our drafting services”.
“In our plan library, we have ten base models. However, like any competitive home
builder today, we offer hundreds of options. When you calculate the options, options-
on-options, and the options rules, you can quickly escalate into a complicated data
management challenge to track all these options and generate lot-specific plan sets,”
Scholl said. “We recently started taking a hard look at our in-house architecture, plan
drafting processes and personnel, where we had five total people, including two
in-house and three outsiders.”
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Even with a team of five in architectural services, Elite Built Homes was taking a week (and sometimes weeks) to process a plan set to create a lot-specific permit set.
This slow turn-around time delayed construction, which pushed out closings
Elite Built Homes brought in MiTek’s BuilderMT PlanServices™ and is saving 1,050 days each year in architectural drafting services, while phasing out in-house personnel and outsource contract labor, totaling five FTEs.
PlanServices™ is an outsource provider of drafting; BIM services, estimating services and red lines.
PlanServices™ now turns plans around in one day that used to take us a week or more to process as lot-specifics.
| ELITE BUILT HOMES: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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ELITE BUILT HOMES HAS 50 EMPLOYEES
LIBRARY OF TEN BASE MODELS WITH HUNDREDS OF CUSTOM OPTIONS
ELITE ALSO SUBS OUT WORK TO CONRACTORS
HOUSING START 2013 - 40 HOMES
CURRENTLY BUILDING IN 10 COMMUNITIES
KENTUCKY BASED BUILDER
HOUSING START 2018 - 175 HOMES
| ELITE BUILT HOMES: BY THE NUMBERS
“We typically create a lot-specific plan set for every one of our starts. In 2018, that means
175 plans sets have to be created,” Scholl explained. “Of course, we work from our base plan
library, but with the options that buyers have access to, every single home is different, and
each base plan has to be modified. As the house is optioned and gets closer to breaking
ground, there is the potential for red lines, which need to be incorporated into the plan sets
that get distributed to our trades and crews.”
“Plan processing that used to take a week (and sometimes weeks) now can take as little as a day.” GEOFF SCHOLL, DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING AT ELITE BUILT HOMES
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| BUILDERMT PLANSERVICES™ TO THE RESCUE
“To bring faster turn-around to our drafting process, we brought in MiTek’s BuilderMT
PlanServices™ to service as an outsource provider of architectural and plan drafting
services. This is for two reasons: One, they would be faster in turning plans around,
and two, we would save money,” Scholl said.
Elite Built Homes already uses other MiTek solutions, including BuilderMT WMS
for workflow management, and Sales Simplicity for sales process automation, so that
addition of PlanServices™ was a natural extension of already existing MiTek solutions.
In a nutshell, PlanServices™ is an outsource provider of a full range of home building
estimating, architectural, and plan-drafting services. With turnaround times measured
sometimes in hours, BuilderMT PlanServices™ accesses hundreds of MiTek drafters to
offer a) Drafting, both 2D and 3D; b) BIM services, including creation of master models
and lot-specific plan sets; c) Estimating services and d) Red lines, for accommodating
customers’ last-minute changes.
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“With BuilderMT PlanServices™, we saw an immediate reduction in the turnaround time of our plan drafting and processing, and now we have no employees or other contractors working on our plans.”
| FAST TURNS
“With BuilderMT PlanServices™, we saw an immediate reduction in the turnaround
time of our plan drafting and processing, and now we have no employees or other
contractors working on our plans,” Scholl said. “Plan processing that used to take a
week (and sometimes weeks) now can take as little as a day. We communicate the
options for the as-sold house, extracted out of BuilderMT and Sales Simplicity, and
communicate that to PlanServices’ Justin Matthews and his team. We get the lot-
specifics turned around in a flash. Think of it this way, we are essentially saving the costs
of five employees, and six processing days for each plan set. Plus, we have saved 30% on
our architectural and plan drafting services cost with BuilderMT PlanServices™.”
THE ROI? ACROSS 175 STARTS, ELITE BUILT HOMES IS SAVING UP TO 1,050 DAYS OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES PROCESSING TIME.
“Redlines are down significantly, and lot specifics are turned around in a few hours,
not weeks that we had before,” Scholl added. “I couldn’t be more pleased with the work of
Justin Matthews and the PlanServices™ team on our plans.”
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| ABOUT BUILDERMT PLANSERVICES™
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DRAFTING
BIM SERVICES
ESTIMATING SERVICES
RED LINES
BuilderMT PlanServices™ offers both 2D and 3D drafting. With access to hundreds of drafters, the BuilderMT PlanServices™ team can immedi-ately step in to assist in production of plan sets for permitting or customer sign-off, relieving home builders of the drafting work-loads from their in-house teams.
BuilderMT PlanServices™ can help manage plan libraries, creation of master models, or lot-specific plan sets using the top BIM design tools in the home building market. BuilderMT PlanServices™ can also help organize model libraries.
If you need accurate takeoffs/estimates, BuilderMT PlanServices™ now offers highly accurate takeoffs/estimates as an outsource, turn-key service that BuilderMT provides.
BuilderMT PlanServices™ offers fast turnaround on “red lines” so customers’ last-minute changes to lot-specific plans can be accommodated.
With turnaround times measured in hours, not days or weeks, BuilderMT PlanServices™ offers a range of offerings for home builders of any size:
To learn more, or to get pricing, visit BuilderMT.com/plans. Contact Richard Boothman, Richard.Boothman@BuilderMT.com.
| ABOUT ELITE BUILT HOMES
For over 40 years, Elite Homes’ commitment to excellence is our commitment to you.
We understand that we’re not just building a house. We’re building your home, your
sanctuary, a place for family gatherings and celebrations. We understand that each
person has unique tastes and needs, so we listen to your desires and work tirelessly to
make your dream home a reality. Every year, we build luxury homes in some of the
Greater Louisville area’s most coveted subdivisions. Each Elite built home showcases an
intimate attention to detail, quality craftsmanship, and unparalleled value.
Since Elite’s founding in 1976, the company has flourished into Kentucky’s preeminent
builder. Known for constructing timeless homes in thoughtfully planned neighborhoods,
Elite has garnered a reputation for providing excellent service to homebuyers while
building a stronger community.
With countless community service awards, industry accolades, and philanthropic
endeavors, our team is committed to providing the best to those who call Louisville home.
Don’t settle on your next house. Build your dream home with Elite Homes.
Learn more: https://EliteBuiltHomes.com
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ABOUT MITEK INDUSTRIES
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engineered products, services, and equipment to the residential,
commercial, and industrial, construction sectors. MiTek Industries’
passion for our associates’ well-being and for our customers’
success through continuous process improvement is the
company’s hallmark. A Berkshire Hathaway company since 2001,
the Company has operations in more than 40 countries on six
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