On any multi-disciplinary project, architectural, structural, and MEP models are developed in parallel by different teams -- often on different schedules, using different assumptions. Without a dedicated coordination process, those models don't meet until they clash on-site, where a conflict costs far more to fix than it would have on a screen.

What BIM coordination actually involves

Coordination is more than running a clash detection report. It means federating every discipline's model into a single shared environment, establishing a common coordinate system and level of detail, and running structured review cycles where issues are assigned, tracked, and resolved before they reach the field.

Where it pays off

The projects that benefit most are the ones with the tightest service zones: hospitals, laboratories, and high-rise cores where structural, mechanical, and electrical systems compete for the same few centimetres of ceiling void. Early coordination turns that competition into a negotiated, documented outcome instead of a change order.

Our approach

Our BIM Coordination Services team runs weekly federated model reviews from the start of detailed design, not after issues have already been built into each team's documentation. That's the difference between finding a clash and preventing one.