BIM & VDC Consulting
Concrete Bureau gives you direct access to experienced specialists who solve technical issues and guide your BIM growth. Build a strategy, audit your models and optimise your workflows for greater efficiency — without hiring a full in-house BIM department.
What is BIM/VDC consulting?
BIM consulting is hands-on guidance for teams adopting or scaling Virtual Design and Construction. It covers the practical questions — which tools, which standards, which workflows — as well as the technical ones, like why a model misbehaves or how to structure a BIM Execution Plan.
We work as an extension of your team: auditing models against standards, recommending software and cloud solutions, and solving real problems in Revit, Navisworks, ACC and IFC.
Who it is for
- Studios implementing or maturing their BIM workflow
- Teams stuck on a specific technical problem or model issue
- Owners and managers who need a BIM Execution Plan (BEP)
Typical consulting engagements
Consulting work with us usually falls into one of a few patterns:
- A single technical question — why a model behaves unexpectedly, or how to structure a specific workflow
- A one-time model or standards audit before a major milestone
- Writing or updating a BIM Execution Plan (BEP) for a new project or client requirement
- An ongoing retainer for teams that want an expert on call without a full-time hire
What you get
- Extended consultations and online meetings with a BIM expert
- BIM implementation strategy: recommendations and step-by-step roadmaps
- Technical support in Revit, Navisworks, ACC, IFC and more
- Verification of models against baseline standards
- Software and cloud-solution recommendations
- Preparation and support of a BIM Execution Plan (BEP)
- In-depth model audits with recommendations and template development
What a model or standards audit actually checks
- Shared coordinates and survey point consistency across linked models
- Worksets, naming conventions and family/parameter hygiene
- View templates, filters and sheet organisation against your own standard
- Model size and performance — bloated families, unused CAD links, excess detail
- Compliance with the project's BIM Execution Plan, where one exists
Why bring in outside expertise
Growing BIM capability in-house takes time most teams don't have between deadlines. An outside specialist has already solved the modelling quirks, software conflicts and standards questions you're likely facing — so instead of learning by trial and error, you get a working answer and move on to the next deliverable.
A BEP and a set of standards written once, correctly, by someone who has already seen the failure modes is worth more than one that evolves ad hoc from project to project — that's what actually saves time and prevents rework later. And it leaves a documented system behind, so the next person you hire inherits a working process instead of tribal knowledge.
Our process
Discovery
We understand your goals, tools and current workflow and where it breaks.
Audit & strategy
Model and standards audit, with a clear, prioritised set of recommendations.
Implementation support
Hands-on help with tooling, templates, the BEP and ongoing technical questions.
Follow-up
We stay available for questions as your team puts the recommendations into practice.
FAQ
- Do you offer one-off sessions or ongoing support?
- Both. We run extended consultations and online sessions, or work as an ongoing technical partner.
- Which software can you help with?
- Revit, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), IFC workflows and related tools.
- Can you help us write a BIM Execution Plan?
- Yes. We prepare and support a BIM Execution Plan (BEP) tailored to your projects and standards.
- Do you work with our team remotely?
- Yes — consulting is delivered remotely through calls, screen-shares and async review, so we can support teams in any location or time zone.
- Do you charge by the hour or by project?
- Both models are available — hourly for ad hoc technical support, or a fixed scope for audits and BIM Execution Plans.