MEP BIM modelling for a plant room.

CASE STUDY – Civil Engineering Design and Drafting Services

MEP BIM Modelling and Clash Detection for Plant Room at College Campus Building Based in Australia

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Case Study Highlights

MEP BIM Modelling and Clash Detection for Plant Room

The Client:

• Industry : BIM Consultants
• Location : Australia

The Objective:

• Create 3D architecture and structure layout in Revit MEP and allocate mechanical equipment with connection for a clash free model.

The Challenges:

• Detailed clash free Revit MEP model for a plant room was created from schematic layout and general arrangement drawings as per client requirement.
  

The Solution:

• A detailed plant room with all the spatial information, equipment and connections had to be developed from general arrangement drawings and a set of pdf files with manufacturing details of the MEP equipment.
• The process henceforth involved clash detection, reporting and resolutions. Finally clash free models, rendered images and shop drawings had to be delivered in a time span of 3 Months.

• MEP designs and general arrangement drawings were thoroughly examined.
• Basic 3D architecture and structure layout was created in Revit MEP.
• Mechanical equipment with detailed connections and well arranged clash free model as per provided inputs was prepared.
• In addition to Revit MEP Plant rooms and shop drawings, sheet setup and 3D rendering as required was also developed and handed over to client

Technology / Software Used:

• Revit
  

Benefits:

• The project was successfully executed and handed over within the specified time frame of 3 months.
• Initially the contract was on project basis. As client was satisfied with the quality produced, he has opted for full time resource business model and a long term partnership was built.

About ASTCAD:

ASTCAD services offers a full range of 2D Drafting, 3D Modelling, Designing to Animation and Walkthrough for Architectural, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical and Electronics engineering modelling, to its global clientele across the AEC industry. Understanding and delivering as per client requirements remains the prime focus, for every project that is undertaken. With a multilayered quality check and flexible time scheduling, quality is maintained and projects are always delivered on time.

Our MEP BIM modelling approach

MEP BIM modelling is where coordination reality lives: the structure rarely moves, the architecture moves reluctantly, and the services must thread through whatever remains. We model mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and fire services in Revit with real fittings and maintenance clearances, coordinate against structure and each other as modelling proceeds, and resolve the congestion zones — plant rooms, risers, corridor ceilings — before they become site problems. Fabrication-level detail is available where contractors want to prefabricate from the model.

Consultants and contractors engage us for full MEP scope, single-discipline modelling inside a wider federated model, or plant room deep-dives where the congestion is beyond 2D methods. Every engagement includes the coordination evidence — clash reports and resolution records — because an MEP model without it is a liability wearing a file extension.

Prefabrication is increasingly where MEP modelling earns its keep: contractors building risers and corridor racks off-site need fabrication-level model accuracy, and the productivity gains of prefab collapse if the model lied. Our plant room and riser modelling is built to that standard by default, which is why contractor clients keep coming back with the next congested building.