BIM for Subcontractors & Fabricators

Buildings have become increasingly complex. They are one-of-a-kind products requiring multidisciplinary design and fabrication skills. Specialization of the construction trades and economies of prefabrication contribute to increasingly larger proportions of buildings’ components and systems being pre-assembled or fabricated offsite. Unlike the mass production of off-the-shelf parts, however, complex buildings require customized design and fabrication of “engineered to order” (ETO) components, including: structural steel, precast concrete structures and architectural façades, curtain walls of various types, mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems, timber roof trusses, and reinforced concrete tilt-up panels.

Building components demand sophisticated engineering and careful collaboration between designers to ensure that pieces fi t within the building properly without interfering with other building systems and interface correctly with other systems. Design and coordination with 2D CAD systems is error-prone, labor-intensive, and relies on long cycle times. BIM addresses these problems in that it allows for the “virtual construction” of components and coordination among all building systems prior to producing each piece. The benefits of BIM for subcontractors and fabricators include enhanced marketing and rendering through visual images and automated estimating, reduced cycle times for detailed design and production, elimination of almost all design coordination errors, lower engineering and detailing costs, data to drive automated manufacturing technologies, and improved preassembly and prefabrication. For subcontractors and fabricators, BIM supports the whole collaborative process of design development, detailing, and integration.

Benefits for Subcontractors and Fabricators:

• Enhanced marketing and rendering through visual images and automated estimating.

• Reduced cycle times for detailed design and production.

• Elimination of almost all design coordination errors.

• Lower engineering and detailing costs.

• Data to drive automated manufacturing technologies.

• Improved preassembly and prefabrication

Our BIM Consulting Services Include:

• BIM Implementation

• Coordination among trades

• Clash detection & resolution

• 3D Visualization

• BIM Execution Planning (BEP)

• Material take-off/ Quantity Estimation

• Schedule simulation (4D)

• BIM Model Auditing

• BIM Content creation

• COBie & faciality management

• Shop drawing Services