3D-VISIONARIES
CUSTOMER
FLOMARK
INDUSTRY
Residential/Commercial Architecture, Design, and Construction
CHALLENGES
Multitask in graphic-intense, client-facing workflows
SOLUTION
The Dell Precision 3650 workstation with AMD Radeon™ Pro W5700 graphics
RESULTS
Supports the application needs of a hybrid workforce as they take on projects for numerous high-profile residential and commercial design requirements.
AMD TECHNOLOGY AT A GLANCE
AMD Radeon PRO W5700 graphics
TECHNOLOGY PARTNER
Changing the course of an already successful small business can be both an exciting opportunity and a significant challenge.
As remote work became the norm in recent years, Stacey Paliombay, the Owner of Flomark Design, Inc., boldly sensed the moment was right and undertook an impressive transformation for the company. Her objective was to transform Flomark from a respected construction management company into a full-service boutique design firm capable of supporting any highresidential or commercial project from first inspiration through completion. In the space of just a couple of short years, Paliombay is well along the road toward achieving her vision.
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Paliombay credits Flomark's successful evolution to a combination of its talented staff, a clear vision, and the judicious acquisition of critical new technology.
Paliombay points to their decision to acquire a Dell Precision 3650 workstation featuring the AMD Radeon PRO W5700 graphics processor capable of supporting the very different workflow requirements of Flomark's new design/build projects as critical.
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Change starts with a solid hardware foundation
"The software applications we used in construction management were not as memory-intensive as what we do today." explains Paliombay. "In general, we were fine using gaming laptops whose CPUs were sufficient for logical operations such as developing budgets and schedules in Microsoft® Excel or viewing blueprints in
Adobe (Acrobat?]."
Once Flomark began focusing heavily on new, visually-oriented workflows, things changed dramatically. Paliombay continues, "Today, we have a much more demanding and varied processing environment. I work on Autodesk® AutoCAD® developing architectural details or space planning. Increasingly I'd encounter fatal blue screens while trying to use multiple Autodesk applications simultaneously.
At the same time, our interior designers might use Mydoma™ for project management along with Canva™ for design. And, of course, our 3D guys are in the Building Information Modeling (BIM)/3D world, using tools such as Matterport™ cameras for 3D] scans that we bring into Autodesk® Revit® to evaluate the 'as-built' conditions of a space."
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It quickly became clear to Paliombay and the Flomark team that, at the very least, having the right combination of CPU, GPU, and RAM would be critical to supporting their new visual workflows. Paliombay says, "Flomark is ultimately about realistic content creation that makes our clients feel the wow factor as we bring their new home or office to life. To get where we want to be, we need to have the right people, processes, and tools in place to execute our services. The relationship with Dell and, by extension, AMD has already propelled us to be far more efficient."
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The power to drive the right tools
for any job
The full capability of the Dell Precision 3650 workstation is used almost every day of every project. Flomark staff is constantly toggling between, for example, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, and 3ds Max® to ensure accuracy and consistency across all applications.
"... the Dell Precision 3650 workstation with AMD Radeon PRO graphics provides an ideal foundation that gives us the confidence to move forward with our vision."
Stacey Paliombay, Owner, Flomark Design
