An Archicad skills assessment for every user, a written report with a tailored training plan, and a follow-up that confirms the new knowledge sticks. We have measured a 20-25% productivity increase across participants after the engagement.
When is it time for a skills assessment?
By our own estimate, an architect spends around 70% of the working day inside the BIM tool. At that exposure, small knowledge gaps compound into real cost. Three signs it is time.
Experience is not showing up as productivity
Your most experienced people learned Archicad years ago and have plateaued while the software kept evolving. Sometimes a new hire works faster than a veteran. That gap is knowledge, not talent.
Everyone works their own way
Each person models differently, so colleagues struggle to support each other, and picking up someone else's project takes longer than it should. There is no shared best practice to lean on.
You are planning training but lack the facts
The budget and the intent exist, but nobody has a factual picture of who needs what. Guessing buys courses that miss. An assessment replaces the guesswork with a map.
What the Competence Accelerator includes.
A defined engagement with defined deliverables, run by Nordic BIM Group specialists who have spent decades inside Archicad. We agree your goals first, assess every user against them, and hand you a plan you can act on. The final scope is set after the assessment, so you only buy the uplift you need.
We meet each user in a structured interview where they show how they work in Archicad, practically and theoretically. Spot checks confirm the fundamentals are in place, and the broader review shows how far beyond them each person reaches.
Your goals come first. Cleaner IFC communication, more efficient template files, better Teamwork on BIMcloud, or faster navigation in large projects. Our point system scores each user against the level you want to reach, not an abstract standard.
You get a report that shows the knowledge your office has, the knowledge it is missing, and where one person's strength can support another. We walk through it with you and agree what happens next.
Some people need a standard course. Some need a few hours of updating. Some need fully customised training built around your projects. The plan matches each user's gap, drawn from our course catalogue and beyond.
We plan the schedule together around your live projects, because training that ignores deadlines does not happen. After the rollout, a follow-up confirms the new knowledge is in daily use, with targeted top-ups if gaps remain.
How the process works
Three steps with a clear hand-off between them. You see the findings before you commit to the plan, and nothing is scheduled without your project calendar on the table.
Step 1: Assess
We map each user's knowledge against your organisation's goals, in a structured interview with practical and theoretical scoring.
Step 2: Advise
You get a written report with the gaps, the internal mentor matches, and a tailored training plan per person.
Step 3: Anchor
We roll the plan out together around your live projects, then follow up to confirm the new knowledge sticks.
Typical outcomes
Every engagement starts from your goals and your level, so results vary. These four are the pattern across the engagements we have completed.
20-25% more productive, measured
Participants measure a 20-25% productivity increase after our engagements. Our own measured result, not an industry average.
Competence gaps closed
The knowledge your goals require is in place for every user, including fundamentals that years of self-taught habits quietly skipped.
One shared way of working
Models are built the same way across the office, so colleagues can support each other and project handovers stop costing days.
More enjoyment in the tool
People who know their tool well enjoy it more. The hours in Archicad get lighter, and more of them go to actual design.
Who this is for
Built for organisations that run Archicad in production: architectural practices first, plus contractors and house builders with in-house design teams.
Office leads who want one way of working
BIM managers and office leads who see uneven levels across the team. Some people fly, some struggle, and the office pays for the spread. The assessment shows exactly where the spread is, and the plan closes it.
Teams whose training is years behind the tool
Practices where the basic course was years ago, or never happened at all, while Archicad moved on version by version. If you suspect you use a fraction of what you pay for, you are the core case.
Leadership that wants facts before investing
Partners and managers planning competence investment who want a factual basis rather than a feeling. The report shows the level you have, the level you need, and what it takes to close the distance.
Know where your team stands. Then lift it.
The assessment is the entry point, and the final scope is agreed after it. Book one for your team, or talk to an advisor first about your goals and where to start.