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Raphaël Mannadiar, Ph.D.
Managing Partner
February 22, 2024
3 mins
Engineering efficiency: RPM Engineering slashes manual workflows with custom automation
RPM Engineering accelerates operations by 97%, transforming a day-long task into a 15-minute process through targeted automation.
Process automation at RPM enables engineers to focus on higher-value tasks
Call for smarter operations
RPM Engineering, a civil engineering consultancy headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, operating across South-East Asia, found itself constrained by a critical bottleneck. Exporting construction drawings from AutoCAD - up to 200 pages at a time - was a fully manual process, consuming up to one full man-day for a single project set. As the company grew, the inefficiency risked compounding, draining valuable engineering time away from higher-value work.
RPM needed a way to reimagine its workflow: faster, smarter, and scalable.
Kuala Lumpur based RPM Engineering partnered with Twine to automate repetitive processes in civil engineering.
A tailored automation solution
Twine partnered with RPM to assess their operational processes and technical infrastructure, with a specific focus on their data extraction and drawing management workflows. After evaluating a range of automation strategies and software solutions, we designed a custom approach tailored precisely to the firm's needs.
Leveraging AutoLISP, a specialized programming language for AutoCAD, Twine built a bespoke add-on program that enabled mass export of construction drawings directly to PDF - fully automated and seamlessly integrated into RPM’s existing systems.
The result: a completely reengineered export process, delivering consistent output at scale with minimal human input.
Automated drawing exports lay the groundwork for smoother project execution on site.
Impact matters
97% time reduction
Cut workflow time from 8 hours to just 15 minutes, dramatically increasing operational efficiency.
More engineering hours
Freed up engineering resources to focus on high-value tasks and client-facing work.
Quality at scale
Improved the quality and uniformity of exported documents across all projects.
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