BIM Coordination Services
BIM coordination keeps your project consistent and efficient from concept to handover. Concrete Bureau aligns every discipline model, detects and resolves conflicts early, and maintains full project clarity — so issues are solved on screen instead of on site.
What is BIM coordination?
BIM coordination is the process of bringing architectural, structural and MEP models into a single coordinated environment, running clash detection, and managing the resolution of conflicts between disciplines. The goal is simple: catch and fix interferences before they become expensive rework during construction.
We act as the neutral coordinator between architects, engineers, contractors and clients — collecting up-to-date models, enforcing information-management standards such as ISO 19650 or BS 1192 (or your own BIM Execution Plan where one already exists), and driving conflicts to a documented resolution. We also flag design changes that ripple across disciplines, so every team is working from the same current version instead of an outdated one.
Who it is for
- General contractors and developers managing multi-discipline projects
- Design teams that need an independent coordinator across consultants
- Owners who want fewer RFIs, change orders and on-site clashes
- Project teams adopting or enforcing a BIM execution plan
Common coordination scenarios
BIM coordination pays off across a wide range of project types, including:
- New-build projects where architectural, structural and MEP teams design in parallel
- Renovations and retrofits where new systems must fit around existing structure
- Design-build and fast-track schedules where design and construction overlap
- Multi-contractor sites where mechanical, electrical and plumbing trades need a shared model
- Projects adopting a BIM Execution Plan (BEP) for the first time
What you get
- Collection and organisation of all up-to-date models and coordinates
- Clash detection across drawings and details for every discipline
- Clear strategies and suggestions for resolving each conflict
- Coordination and communication between architects, engineers, contractors and clients
- Ongoing model management — updates, revisions and quality control
- Enforcement of BIM standards, protocols and best practices across the team
- Optional add-ons: advanced modelling, weekly coordination checks and custom reporting
Coordination vs. a single clash-detection pass
Clash detection is a single, focused test: audit the models, run the check, hand over a report. BIM coordination is that same discipline sustained across the length of a project — model versions are tracked as consultants issue updates, standards are enforced as new disciplines join, and every resolved clash feeds back into the next design decision instead of being closed and forgotten.
Most projects use both together: a full clash-detection pass at each design milestone, folded into ongoing coordination that keeps the federated model current in between. If you only need the milestone check, our clash detection service covers that on its own — coordination is for teams that want the same discipline running continuously.
The value of early coordination
Every clash resolved in the model is a clash that never reaches the site. Early BIM coordination cuts requests for information, change orders and rework — the costs that quietly erode a project budget.
On a coordinated project, every stakeholder works from the same federated model instead of a stack of drawings that stopped matching each other weeks ago — architects see the structural grid, MEP sees the ceiling void, and nobody makes a decision on information that's already out of date.
For general contractors specifically, that translates into schedule certainty: subcontractors fabricate and install against a model that has already been checked against every other discipline, instead of discovering a conflict once material is on site and the crew is standing around waiting for a fix.
Our process
Model collection
We gather the latest models and confirm a shared coordinate system and standards.
Clash detection
Automated and manual clash checks across and within disciplines, grouped by priority.
Resolution & meetings
We propose fixes and run coordination meetings to drive each issue to closure.
Tracking & reporting
Issues are tracked with viewpoints and reports until the model is conflict-free.
FAQ
- Which software do you coordinate in?
- We work in the leading BIM coordination tools such as Revit, Navisworks and common data environments, and adapt to your existing stack.
- Can you join our existing project mid-way?
- Yes. We audit the current models, set up coordination standards and integrate into your existing meetings and workflows.
- How are clashes reported?
- Clashes are reported with viewpoints and structured reports, so each issue is traceable from detection to resolution.
- How long does coordination typically take?
- It depends on project size and the number of disciplines involved — a single coordination pass can take a few days, while ongoing coordination through design and construction runs for the length of the project.