Every building type has its own traps. We know where they are.
A hospital ceiling void is not an office ceiling void. A listed facade is not a warehouse wall. We staff each project with modelers who have worked on that building type before.
Twelve sectors where scan to BIM pays for itself
Each card shows the problem we usually get called in to solve.
Commercial Real Estate
Office towers, business parks and mixed use blocks. Owners need accurate leasing areas and fit out teams need to know what is really above the ceiling before they price the work.
- BOMA and IPMS area plans
- Tenant fit out coordination
- Base building record models
Healthcare
Hospitals, clinics and laboratories. Work happens around live wards with dense services, strict infection control and almost no room for site surprises.
- Live ward phasing support
- Dense MEP void modeling
- Medical gas and equipment records
Education
Universities, schools and research buildings. Estates teams manage dozens of buildings with drawings from six different decades and no single record.
- Estate wide record modeling
- Summer window phasing
- Space utilisation data
Hospitality
Hotels, resorts and restaurants. Refurbishment happens floor by floor while guests stay in the building, so the programme cannot slip and the model has to be right first time.
- Room type standardisation
- Phased floor by floor delivery
- Back of house services mapping
Retail
Shopping centres and store rollouts. Brands need consistent survey data across hundreds of units so a national fit out programme runs to one standard.
- Multi site rollout surveys
- Standardised unit templates
- Fast two day turnarounds
Industrial and Manufacturing
Factories, warehouses and process plants. New production lines have to fit around existing services, and a shutdown that runs long costs more than the whole survey.
- Equipment install clearance checks
- Tie in point verification
- Shutdown driven programmes
Data Centers
White space, plant rooms and containment. Capacity planning depends on knowing exactly what space, power and cooling is left, down to the rack.
- Rack level as built records
- Containment and airflow modeling
- Capacity expansion studies
Residential
Apartment blocks, social housing and high end homes. Large residential portfolios need consistent unit data for refurbishment, safety cases and compliance.
- Unit type modeling at scale
- Fire safety and compliance records
- Facade and cladding surveys
Government and Public
Civic buildings, courts, defence estates and public offices. Procurement demands documented standards, audit trails and secure data handling throughout.
- Standards compliant deliverables
- Secure data handling and NDAs
- Estate wide asset registers
Heritage and Culture
Listed buildings, museums, churches and monuments. Nothing is standard, nothing is straight, and the record has to satisfy a conservation officer.
- Custom family development
- Deformation and condition studies
- Consent ready documentation
Transport and Infrastructure
Airports, stations, depots and tunnels. Work happens in short overnight possessions, so the survey data has to be right because there is no second chance.
- Possession window planning
- Clearance and gauge checks
- Large scale registration
Energy and Utilities
Power stations, substations, water treatment and renewables. Assets run continuously and every modification has to be planned around uptime.
- Live asset scanning support
- Process and piping models
- Compliance record keeping
Same service, different priorities
Here is what we adjust depending on the building type you bring us.
| Sector | Usual driver | Typical LOD | Most requested output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial | Leasing accuracy and fit out speed | LOD 300 | Area plans and base building model |
| Healthcare | Working around live clinical areas | LOD 350 | MEP model and clash report |
| Education | Estate wide record consistency | LOD 300 | Record models and space data |
| Industrial | Shutdown windows and tie in accuracy | LOD 400 | Piping model and tie in report |
| Data centers | Capacity and containment planning | LOD 350 | White space model and asset register |
| Heritage | Conservation and consent evidence | LOD 400 | Detailed HBIM and measured drawings |
| Transport | Short possession windows | LOD 350 | Clearance study and coordination model |
Why sector knowledge changes the result
A modeler who has done ten hospitals knows to check the medical gas runs, the isolation room pressure zones and the ceiling access panel positions. A generalist does not.
- Project teams matched to your building type
- Sector specific QA checklists on every job
- Naming and classification your consultants recognise
- Awareness of the compliance evidence your sector needs
They understood our infection control constraints before we explained them. The survey plan came back already phased around our ward closures, which no other supplier offered.
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