At a glance

BIM for designers

For architecture and engineering practices, B1P Group acts as an external BIM department: it models the missing disciplines, coordinates the federated model, writes the pre-appointment and post-appointment BIM execution plans for tenders and checks the models before handover. We review contracts and information requirements together with our partner law firm.

Four points of view, one model.

Architecture and engineering

Deliver a coordinated design.

All disciplines in one model, with clashes resolved before delivery.

For designers

The problem, and what changes

Disciplines that don't talk to each other

Coordination, with clashes resolved before delivery

Tenders with strict BIM requirements

Pre- and post-appointment BEPs written with you

Workload peaks on the project

Modelling support that grows with the project

Complex contracts and procurement

Contract support, with our partner law firm

Repetitive work that takes hours away from design

AI automation, checked by an engineer

AI for BIM BIM under your name: B1Partners

From tender to handover

Where we come in

Tender

Pre-appointment BIM execution plan
Contract advice

Design

Advanced modelling
Multidisciplinary coordination
Digital standards for your practice

Construction

Support for the construction design
Managing complex contracts

Handover

Models that meet the requirements
Team training

Items marked legal concern contract support, provided with our partner law firm: the model also helps to write and check what has been signed and, if needed, to enforce it.

At the end

What you receive

BIM execution plan
Federated models by discipline
Clash reports
Practice standards and templates

How we work

How does B1P Group work with a design practice?

We step in where the practice needs capacity or method: at tender stage, with the pre-appointment BIM execution plan written to the structure of the information requirements; during design, with modelling of the disciplines the practice does not have in-house (structure, building services, infrastructure in Civil 3D) and with coordination of the federated model; at handover, with model checking before the client sees the models. We work to your standards or, if there are none, we write them with you: naming conventions, templates, families, modelling rules.

The relationship is ongoing or project by project. In consortia of several practices we act as external BIM coordinator, neutral towards the partners; on public projects we follow the contracting authority's common data environment and respond to its checks. Contract support, with our partner law firm, is needed when the requirements ask for more than the appointment pays for.

Deliverables

What do we deliver, and when?

Deliverables follow the stages of the appointment; the formats are those required by the information requirements.

Phase	Handover	Format
Tender	Pre-appointment BIM execution plan, BIM credentials of the consortium, response to the information requirements	Document, following the structure of the EIR
Design	Discipline models in Revit and Civil 3D, federated model, clash log, coordination reports	RVT, DWG, NWD, IFC
Handover	Model checking against the rules of the information requirements, IFC export, delivery to the common data environment	IFC, BCF, checking reports
Practice	Standards, templates, families, standard BIM execution plan	Practice documents and files

Frequently asked questions

Questions from a design practice

Can you work to our standards and with our templates?

Yes, that is the normal case: we work in your template, with your naming conventions and families. If they are missing, we write them with you and they stay with your practice.

Do you only model, or do you also coordinate?

Both. We model the disciplines you lack and coordinate the federated model, with meetings and a clash log; in consortia we act as external BIM coordinator.

How do you handle a tender with exchange information requirements?

We read the EIR, write the pre-appointment BIM execution plan following its structure and, after the award, the post-appointment plan. If the EIR asks for more than the appointment covers, we say so before the bid.

Do you work remotely or at our offices?

Remotely, through the common data environment, with coordination meetings by video call; in the office, at company and partner premises, when the project requires it.

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