Detailing. No overtime.
Structural BIM services from rebar to connections to pour sequences at LOD 300-400, coordinated against every discipline. One team, one standard, project one to ten.
Detailing capacity that doesn't depend on hiring
Production capacity without hiring
Rebar detailers, steel modellers, and documentation teams from one studio. No hiring cycle. Capacity scales with your programme.
Same standard, every engineer
ACA quality gates on every rebar schedule, connection detail, and pour sequence. ERP-tracked. Same detailing standard across every project.
Single point of accountability
One team from foundation modelling through steel detailing. No handoff gaps between design-stage and construction-stage BIM. One responsibility matrix.
Structure in production
Six views from live structural packages, coordinated frames, rebar detailing, steel connections, pour sequencing, foundation layouts, constructability checks.
Get the structure drawing pack.
Real structural drawings from completed projects: rebar detailing with bending schedules, steel-connection details, GA framing plans and foundation layouts. The drawings we actually issue, not a brochure, so you can judge the standard before you brief anyone.
- Contents
- 4 documents · PDF + Revit / Navisworks samples
- Drawn from
- Completed structural packages, redacted
- Audience
- Structural Engineers · BIM Coordinators · Main Contractors
Grid through handover. One frame
Three phases. Click any to expand the key processes, deliverables, and BIM requirements at that stage.
From structural grid establishment and foundation concept to fully engineered frame models. We develop structural BIM that coordinates grids, levels, frame geometry, and foundation layouts with architecture and MEP from the earliest design stage, so decisions are locked before detailing.
Key processes
Grid and level establishment
Structural grids, floor levels, and datum references set up as the shared coordinate baseline for all disciplines with survey alignment verified.
Foundation design modelling
Pad foundations, strip footings, piled foundations, and raft slabs modelled from geotechnical recommendations with bearing capacity and settlement data referenced.
Frame development and coordination
RC or steel frame geometry modelled with member sizes from structural analysis, connection types defined, and load path continuity verified in 3D coordination.
Deliverables
- Structural grid and level setup model
- Foundation layout and pile cap models
- RC frame model (columns, beams, slabs)
- Steel frame model (if applicable)
- Structural GA plans and typical sections
- Slab edge profiles and openings
BIM requirements
Grid & Analysis Linkage
Grids established as project datum. Model aligned with analytical output. Sizes, grades, and loads traceable at each stage.
Opening Coordination
Openings modelled with SE approval status tagged. Penetration schedule with size, position, and reinforcement trimming.
Material Specification
Concrete grades, steel grades, rebar spec, and cover requirements embedded per element type linked to spec.
Construction-ready structural models with rebar detailing, steel connection details, and erection sequencing. Enabling accurate fabrication, precast production, and in-situ construction coordinated with the full project programme.
Key processes
LOD 400 model development
Rebar modelled bar-by-bar with bar marks, bending shapes, lap lengths, and cover spacers per structural drawing. Steel connections detailed with bolt grades and weld specs.
Rebar scheduling and pour sequencing
Automated bending schedule extraction from model with bar mark, shape code, dimensions, quantity, and weight per pour zone for contractor procurement and fixing.
Temporary works coordination
Tower crane bases, propping layouts, formwork systems, and temporary bracing modelled with design life, load capacity, and removal sequencing per construction phase.
Deliverables
- Construction-issue structural model (LOD 400)
- Rebar detailing models and bending schedules
- Steel connection detail packages
- Pour sequence and construction joint plans
- Temporary works coordination model
- Structural setting-out schedules
BIM requirements
Rebar & Steel Details
Reinforcement to schedule accuracy. Steel connections with bolt grades and welds. Bar marks and lap lengths verified.
Pour Planning
Pour zones defined with max volume, duration, and joint locations. Pour sequence linked to programme.
Temporary Works
Temporary supports modelled with design loads and installation sequence. Removal triggers linked to permanent completion.
As-built structural model verified against constructed conditions, populated with material test data, inspection records, and load capacity information for ongoing building management, future alteration assessments, and structural health monitoring.
Key processes
As-built verification
Structural model updated from contractor as-built records, survey data, and construction photographs to reflect actual member sizes, positions, and connection details as constructed.
Material data population
Concrete cube test results, steel mill certificates, rebar test certificates, and grout strength records linked per structural element with batch traceability maintained.
Load capacity documentation
Design load allowances, future alteration restrictions, and suspended load limitations documented per floor zone and structural bay for FM operational guidance.
Deliverables
- Verified as-built structural model (LOD 500)
- COBie structural asset data sheets
- Material test certificate register
- Structural inspection record log
- Load capacity and allowance register
- Model handover audit report
BIM requirements
Materials & Inspection
Elements linked to test certificates. Hold point inspections and stressing records embedded with audit trail.
Load Capacity Data
Design live load, dead load, and alteration allowance documented per zone. Load limits and restrictions tagged.
Handover Format
Revit + IFC 4.0 + COBie + SHM baseline + material certs per employer asset info requirements.
Lock down sequences before crane arrives
Validate pour schedules, steel erection, and precast installation against the model. Concrete volumes, rebar tonnage, and steel weights linked to cost so you know the budget impact of every change.
4D Scheduling
Link pour schedules, steel erection, and precast installation to the structural model. Sequence is validated before site mobilisation so crane logistics are safe.
5D Cost Modelling
Link concrete volumes, rebar tonnage, and steel weights to cost plans. Track material budget against programme. Cost surprises are eliminated before material procurement.
Constructability Analysis
Validate crane reach, formwork access, and pour logistics against the model before mobilisation. Logistics plans are construction-ready.
Structural work we've coordinated
Concrete, steel and hybrid structural detailing, rebar, formwork, connections, coordinated against architecture and MEP in the federated model.
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Wynn Ras Al Khaima
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Emaar Golf Hillside Tower
Shop drawing release synced to the tower pour cycle on AFE's fast-track golf-fac…
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Al Badia
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Marsa Al Arab
Five disciplines on one hospitality tower, architecture to marine works, federat…
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Dubai Harbour Tower
A beachfront residential high-rise coordinated core-first, with disciplined floo…
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Field notes on structural delivery.
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From LOD 350 to fabrication-ready
Why "coordinated" models still cause site rework, and the handoff that fixes it.
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5 min
The BEP subcontractors actually follow
The difference between a filed document and a working agreement is five sections.
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5 min
Clash detection to zero
Zero hard-clash is table stakes. Here is the tolerance standard we hold a federated model to before sign-off.
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6 min
QTO as the single source of truth for variations
When quantities come straight from the model, variations stop being arguments and become deltas.
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5 min
As-built from day one
Retrofitting an as-built at practical completion is a tax. Updating it weekly is a habit.
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