Bob,
Thank you so much for your reply. This has been incredibly helpful to gage the workflow and suggestions. I just completed my first test using the trial period on previously completed core and shell project and was pleasantly surprised at how easy to move through the modelling process.
Fortunately, for the LBC certification, we are able to exclude MEP, site, and FFE. We will be tasked with reducing embodied carbon for Structure (including foundation) and Enclosure by 20%. I can see our current BIM standards already addresses many of the workflow pains that Tally users might experience. But I also see where they can use improvement and more rigor from our staff.
I imagine with the need to compare and reduce embodied carbon, our research and modelling effort could easily reach your estimate. I think we will do smaller component comparisons for DD and then for our final report comparing baseline and proposed at the end of CD.
Thanks so much for your time and I’m sure I will be back with more questions.
Kristel