Building Information Modeling (BIM) with Cold-Formed Steel

Build Information Modeling Services

Our structural team has extensive experience with Building Information Modeling (BIM) using Autodesk’s Revit® software on a variety of project types. By implementing BIM on your project, we can provide you with a working 3D data-rich cold-formed steel framing model using reference model(s) you provide us — or we can create one from scratch. Our team has experience detailing cold-formed steel in Revit at all BIM Level of Development (LOD) stages including 100, 200, 300, 350, 400, and 500. We’re also well versed in coordination reviews in Navisworks Manage.

What Is BIM?

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a digital representation of a building’s physical and functional characteristics, integrating a wide range of information, including 3D models, spatial relationships, cost data, and more, into a single, collaborative platform. This technology enables us to create a comprehensive and dynamic model that not only encompasses the architectural and structural components of a project but also factors in the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other systems.

Here are some key aspects of how BIM benefits our structural engineering services at McClure:

Prefabrication Model & Drawings – Prefabrication of wall, floor and ceiling systems in a construction project enables a contractor to assemble those parts in a controlled environment and snap it together on-site. This approach not only accelerates installation, enhancing both speed and safety, but also facilitates a level of quality control that surpasses what traditional on-site construction can achieve. Building information models that are developed for prefabrication purposes are created at a higher level of detail (LOD 400+). This level of detail optimizes the clash avoidance process by ensuring all components are accounted for, but can also provide complete material cut lists and machine-ready data that can be fed directly into your CNC or rolling machines.

Clash Avoidance – With many trades vying for the same space in a corridor ceiling, one may believe that a duct running through a door jamb was inevitable. We’re here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be. The process of coordinating a 3D building model including multiple trades, each crafting their designs using their preferred software, is no small feat yet it yields remarkable outcomes. Our team excels at convening in a collaborative environment with other trade partners to review this work and working through challenges before they become your challenge on-site.

Design Assist – Our team can help break down complicated design issues in a collaborative environment by assisting design teams during the early stages of design development. BIM enables our team to work together with the construction team to solve complex challenges presented on projects in a way that is both cost-effective and constructable, before you order your materials.

Existing Conditions – Whether you’re working on a renovation of an existing facility and need to locate all existing structural elements or are required in your contract to provide an as-built model with installed framing updated to real-life locations, BIM enables you to meet these challenges with confidence. Technologies such as laser scanning, photogrammetry, LiDAR, drones, etc. provide the means to capture the project’s current state with remarkable precision. This data can then be seamlessly integrated into, or compared against, a building information model, ensuring there are no surprises when you get on-site.

Building Information Modeling (BIM) with Cold-Formed Steel

Build Information Modeling Services

Our structural team has extensive experience with Building Information Modeling (BIM) using Autodesk’s Revit® software on a variety of project types. By implementing BIM on your project, we can provide you with a working 3D data-rich cold-formed steel framing model using reference model(s) you provide us — or we can create one from scratch. Our team has experience detailing cold-formed steel in Revit at all BIM Level of Development (LOD) stages including 100, 200, 300, 350, 400, and 500. We’re also well versed in coordination reviews in Navisworks Manage.

What Is BIM?

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a digital representation of a building’s physical and functional characteristics, integrating a wide range of information, including 3D models, spatial relationships, cost data, and more, into a single, collaborative platform. This technology enables us to create a comprehensive and dynamic model that not only encompasses the architectural and structural components of a project but also factors in the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and other systems.

Here are some key aspects of how BIM benefits our structural engineering services at McClure:

Prefabrication Model & Drawings – Prefabrication of wall, floor and ceiling systems in a construction project enables a contractor to assemble those parts in a controlled environment and snap it together on-site. This approach not only accelerates installation, enhancing both speed and safety, but also facilitates a level of quality control that surpasses what traditional on-site construction can achieve. Building information models that are developed for prefabrication purposes are created at a higher level of detail (LOD 400+). This level of detail optimizes the clash avoidance process by ensuring all components are accounted for, but can also provide complete material cut lists and machine-ready data that can be fed directly into your CNC or rolling machines.

Clash Avoidance – With many trades vying for the same space in a corridor ceiling, one may believe that a duct running through a door jamb was inevitable. We’re here to tell you that it doesn’t have to be. The process of coordinating a 3D building model including multiple trades, each crafting their designs using their preferred software, is no small feat yet it yields remarkable outcomes. Our team excels at convening in a collaborative environment with other trade partners to review this work and working through challenges before they become your challenge on-site.

Design Assist – Our team can help break down complicated design issues in a collaborative environment by assisting design teams during the early stages of design development. BIM enables our team to work together with the construction team to solve complex challenges presented on projects in a way that is both cost-effective and constructable, before you order your materials.

Existing Conditions – Whether you’re working on a renovation of an existing facility and need to locate all existing structural elements or are required in your contract to provide an as-built model with installed framing updated to real-life locations, BIM enables you to meet these challenges with confidence. Technologies such as laser scanning, photogrammetry, LiDAR, drones, etc. provide the means to capture the project’s current state with remarkable precision. This data can then be seamlessly integrated into, or compared against, a building information model, ensuring there are no surprises when you get on-site.