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For the New Hospital del Salvador and National Institute of Geriatrics project in Chile, DICYP Ingeniería BIM was tasked with designing the electrical infrastructure for one of the country's most ambitious healthcare developments.
DICYP Ingeniería BIM is a company specialized in detailed engineering, driven by a commitment to technical excellence and quality execution. More than 80% of the projects it designs are ultimately built, requiring a high level of accuracy from the earliest design stages. The adoption of BIM methodology naturally aligned with the company’s philosophy, enabling DICYP to further enhance project quality, coordination, and reliability.
Location: Santiago de Chile, Chile
Year: 2021
What were the challenges ?
The electrical design scope included:
The project's scale and complexity demanded seamless coordination among multiple disciplines while ensuring electrical calculations remained accurate and consistent throughout the design process.
According to DICYP Ingeniería BIM, delivering a project of this magnitude within the required timeframe would have been virtually impossible without BIM implementation and specialized electrical design software.
What solutions did they choose ?
After evaluating several BIM-compatible software solutions, DICYP Ingeniería BIM selected Caneco BIM based on two key strengths:
Integrated with Autodesk Revit and BIM 360, Caneco BIM enabled continuous synchronization between the electrical calculations and the digital model, ensuring data consistency throughout the project lifecycle.
To further optimize workflows and meet specific client requirements, DICYP Ingeniería BIM also developed complementary tools using Dynamo, APIs, and Python-based automation
What were the results delivered ?
Using Caneco BIM, DICYP successfully automated the routing of more than 5,000 electrical circuits.
This capability generated approximately 4,000 hours of engineering time savings—equivalent to nearly three years of manual work.
Through BIM 360, teams located in Europe and Latin America collaborated simultaneously on a single digital model.
At peak activity, up to 200 users worked concurrently within the same BIM environment while maintaining real-time updates and data integrity.
The custom automation tools developed by DICYP helped:
By identifying and resolving issues during the design phase, DICYP was able to:
What did the customer think ?
The new Caneco BIM solution enabled us to route more than 5,000 electrical circuits. This represents approximately 4,000 hours of work, equivalent to nearly three years of engineering effort.
Jose Manuel Ballesteros, CTO
Discover how DICYP Ingeniería successfully delivered the electrical design for the New Hospital del Salvador and National Institute of Geriatrics in Chile using Caneco BIM, Autodesk Revit, and BIM 360.
Faced with the challenge of designing the electrical infrastructure for a 170,000 m² healthcare facility—including 9 substations, 500+ electrical panels, and more than 5,000 electrical circuits—DICYP leveraged BIM-based workflows to improve collaboration, automate circuit routing, and ensure calculation accuracy throughout the project.
Learn how Caneco BIM helped the engineering team save approximately 4,000 engineering hours, enhance coordination across international teams, reduce errors, and support the successful delivery of one of Chile's largest healthcare infrastructure projects.
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