BIM Integrity and Collision Checking Service

The advantage of a BIM is interoperability which allows stakeholders or specialist consultant to use the model for other purposes such as cost calculations, building services design, energy & environmental analysis etc. Because the BIM will be used by several stakeholders there is a need to ensure 100% accuracy if subsequent analysis is not to fail or become compromised. In response to this we reccomend Solibri.

CHECKING MODELS FOR INTEGRITY

Traditionally this is a painstaking manual process that is undertaken by CAD engineers who use the CAD application to review each part of the model for accuracy, correctness and integrity. Mistakes during the model building process are easy to make, difficult to spot and time consuming to correct later on. This process can now be automated by using high-end software from Solibri.


SOLIBRI MODEL CHECKER

The Solibri Model Checker www.solibri.com performs an automated check on the model to:

1. Automatically check and analyse the building design
2. Highlight potential design issues in the 3D model
3. Classify design issues into three groups based on severity
4. Run client defined customised model checking rules
5. Run automated space & zone analysis checks
6. Generate quantity takeoff for for cost estimation systems
7. Run sophisticated algorithms for checking escape routes
8. Run intelligent clash checking; discipline, type & severity
9. Check against planning codes and regulations
10. Compare different model versions - managing change
11. Check conformity - Architectural & Structural models

MODEL CHECKING SERVICE

At its simplest level Solibri will check, locate and report any mistakes made during the model creation process. Such mistakes can be a wall within a wall, duplicated items such as columns, beams and windows in the same space, slabs not meeting walls and mistakes with floor definitions etc. A full report is delivered by way of a Solibri Free Viewer and in PDF format so the errors may be repaired and tracked.

TRY BEFORE YOU BUY

We can report back to you within 48 hours of receiving your model (it would take a CAD checker over a week to perform the same check manually) Once we have demonstrated the power of Solibri, we are sure our clients will want to purchase a license. We are so confident with the quality of Solibri that we will not charge you a fee for your first model check if no errors are found. Your organisations reputation is as good as the models you produce. If having a correct BIM that you can confidently rely on is important to you - then why not check it with us. Our no error no fee policy means you have nothing to loose! But once we have proved the value of Solibri we hope you will buy the software.


Clash Detection

Finding and resolving any physical clashes between disciplines is essential to the project. By employing coordination techniques these clashes can be detected and flagged at an early stage and before work starts on-site. In addition to physical clashes, collision detection can encompass rule sets for accessibility and is also used to locate penetration and transit details where services run through walls etc.

Our models are clash checked prior to delivery as a matter of course. We use NavisWorks Clash Detective or the Solibri Model Checker, depending on the brief and the type of 'design review software' being used by the project (if any). We also provide service for companies who have built or commissioned 3D models from different design contractors, wish to check them against each other, but have not yet invested in the software.

DELIVERABLES

We run clash detection in either NavisWorks or Solibri and when collisions have been detected provide a report to the client showing where the problems are occurring. When the solution is obvious we provide suggestions that the client may decide to implement. Then, after consultation and upon instruction from the client we make the changes necessary and re-run the interference check. Finally we provide notification of the change to all interested parties.