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BIM Coordination Services

Our BIM Coordination services provide clash-free coordinated 3D BIM models by resolving clashes among disciplines/trades – MEP systems, architectural and structural – leading to minimal design changes/modifications.

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Deliver Clash-free, Accurate and Coordinated Construction Model through our BIM Coordination Services and BIM Process

We strongly believe in “Prevention is better than cure”, and that’s the guiding principle we follow in our BIM Coordination services during key stages of building design – schematic design, design documents, and construction documents.

During the entire BIM coordination process, we run multiple clash detection tests to reduce hard and soft clashes thus leading to a clash-free coordinated construction model.

We believe in “Collaborating Together Coordinating Better” so we work closely with the entire team of subcontractors (mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire system), general contractors, architects, structural engineers, etc. Our consultative approach during the entire BIM coordination process helps team members to take collective decisions for the design changes or modifications.

VDC & BIM Coordination Services

Clash Report Generation

Provide a clash report dashboard covering soft & hard clashes and showing progress made over the time for a gatekeeper meeting – MEP engineers, architects, general contractors, designers, and building owners.

Soft & Hard Clash Detection

Identify and resolve soft & hard clashes within each discipline/trade that were unidentified during the individual design of each discipline– architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing.

Coordination Ownership

Accompany you for the on-site gatekeeper meetings/visits or be a part of coordination meetings, facilitating the entire building design coordination phase from schematic design to construction documents.

Design Modification

Iteratively implement the required design changes, discussed during the coordination meetings, into the MEP system model, and eventually deliver a coordinated construction model.

Trades for MEP-FP Coordination

Mechanical System –HVAC Equipment and distribution such as Cooling tower, AHU, Ducting, etc.
Electrical System –Panels, switchboards, elevators, transformer, cable trays, etc.
Plumbing and Sanitary System –Pumps, water holding tanks, pool filtration equipment, Sump, sewage pit, grease and sand traps, etc
Fire Safety System – Fire sprinkler pumps, sprinkler tanks fire shutter, smoke curtains, piping system, etc.
Outside of Building – External works, rooftop, and external face of a building, etc.

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Why Choose Our BIM Coordination Services?

We use BIM Execution Plan and BIM workflow for BIM coordination services (Autodesk’s Navisworks widely used). Our BIM coordination approach provides multidisciplinary clash detection among Architectural, Structural, and MEPFP systems. As a BIM coordinator, we coordinate and communicate with each stakeholder of the design and construction team to solve all the clashes, ensuring that there is harmony between the Architectural design, Structural design, and MEPFS design. We eliminate conflicts at an early stage of design which surely provide a positive outcome on the project.

We accompany you in the entire VDC Coordination process from the very first coordination meeting to the final sign-off meeting. We run the clash detection process in Navisworks and provide a dashboard showing the clash reports of possible collisions amongst Architectural, Structural, MEPFP, and other components. Our clash reports help the design team to make a collaborative decision over the required design changes/modification.

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Our VDC & BIM Coordination Process

Load BIM Template

Load BIM template based on the client’s standards for each of the listed trades: architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing & sanitary, and fire protection.

Verify Architectural and Structural Model

Verify/Check the coordinate of the Architectural model and Structural model with MEP models by using “Origin to Origin” positioning approach before linking them.

Prepare the MEP Model

Prepare the MEPFP model for each of the individual disciplines and include all elements for coordination within the central file.

Run the Clash-detection

In Navisworks any two models are coordinated together and by clicking on “Run Test”, it shows the “Clash Report ” that occurred between the coordinated model.

Review and Resolve

After resolving clashes, we reload the cache in the Navisworks and make sure resolved clashes are in yellow, and check if any new clashes which will show up in red.

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Benefits of VDC & BIM Coordination Services

With the help of Autodesk Revit and Navisworks, we help AEC professionals at every stage of design-to-construction workflow with our clash detection and BIM coordination services. With the successful experience of varied projects, we aim to facilitate this critical design process in BIM.

Identify the design interference before the construction process.
Clash detection report helps in better team collaboration between architects, structure engineers, MEP engineers, contractors and building owners.
It reduces the risk of human errors- thus reducing the amount of changes during construction process.
Achieving accurate design before the construction process can save a lot of money, time and resources.