“With Arcol, our early project workflow became dramatically faster, especially during setup, our workflow is easily 25% more efficient”
Josh Tindall, Associate at HCM, were looking to modernize how they worked.
HCM relied on instinct and experience to keep projects moving. They had a rhythm that worked well for their business - but it was built on spreadsheets, manual modeling, and long hours stitching data together.
Josh and their leadership team recognized holes in their workflow that made life harder than it needed to be. Even with new tools in the mix, tasks like re-creating site context and metrics from scratch bogged the the team down and HCM knew there had to be a better way.
“Before Arcol, we were spending lots of time preparing data and aligning files and less time actually designing.”
- Josh Tindall, Associate, HCM
The Solution
HCM immediately saw the potential in Arcol in how quickly they could move from concept to insight. What used to take hours of setup in legacy tools could now be done in minutes - building a model, layering data, and immediately seeing metrics that guided smarter decisions.
Instead of getting bogged down at the start of a project, Arcol let HCM start simple and add complexity only when it mattered.
HCM uses Arcol for tasks that use to require hunting for data across multiple sources - accurate site context, with parcels and zoning regulations appear within seconds and have been a huge time-saver.
That balance of speed and flexibility became the real turning point for leadership in selecting Arcol: faster modeling that produced better, more actionable data.
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“For us, one of the biggest [wins] was how the speed of modeling translates into better data for decision making”
The Impact
Josh leads with data. He’s the kind of leader who believes every improvement should be measured, not assumed.
After introducing Arcol to the team, he set out to analyze its impact across their first few projects - tracking where time was saved, how collaboration improved, and what that meant for overall project delivery.
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What's Next
As HCM integrates Arcol deeper into their workflows, more team members across the firm are joining in - finding new ways to use Arcol every week. They’re even planning a lunch & learn events with building competitions set up around using Arcol, friendly competition becomes a way to level up the whole studio level up with new technology.
Huge thanks to Josh and the entire HCM team for being such an engaged partner - we love working with you ❤️