Detailed HBIM model
The full building modeled with bespoke families for every non standard element, at the detail level you specify.
Heritage and Conservation
Heritage BIM that respects what makes the building worth saving
Historic buildings have no straight lines and no standard components. We model every arch, moulding and vault as it exists, at the level of detail conservation officers and structural engineers actually need.
Named project lead
Fixed price, fixed date
Service snapshot
What a typical engagement looks likeTypical LODLOD 300 to LOD 500
TurnaroundQuoted per building
SpecialismMouldings, vaults, tracery, carving
DeliverablesRVT, IFC, mesh, DWG, orthophoto
ExtrasCondition and decay mapping
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Overview
Standard BIM libraries were never built for buildings like these
A twelfth century vault does not exist in any family library. Neither does a hand carved stone window with 300 years of settlement in it. Generic components cannot describe them, and simplifying them destroys the record.
We build bespoke families from the scan geometry itself, keeping the deformation and irregularity that tells conservation teams how the building has moved over time. For listed buildings that also need a standard facility record, this pairs well with our as built BIM modeling service.
- Custom families built from the scanned profile
- Deformation and settlement preserved, not straightened
- Detailed enough for conservation and repair specification
- Suitable for Historic England and equivalent submissions
Why choose us
Heritage detail a generic BIM library was never built to hold
This is what changes when the modelers on your project have actually worked on listed buildings before.
01
30+ custom families typical
Per heritage project, built from measured profiles
Mouldings, tracery and vaulting are modeled from the scan itself, not approximated from a generic library that was never built for buildings like these.
02
Deformation preserved
Settlement and lean kept, not straightened
The irregularity is often the most valuable part of the record. We only idealise geometry if you specifically ask for a comparison.
03
Mesh plus parametric hybrid
Fine carving delivered as accurate mesh
Detail that a family could never hold is captured as mesh geometry inside the same coordinated model.
04
Grant ready documentation
Formatted to heritage body requirements
Deliverables are structured for the funding body or consent authority you are submitting to, confirmed with you at the start.
What you get
What a heritage BIM package includes
A permanent digital record as much as a working model.
Custom family library
Mouldings, columns, capitals, tracery and carved detail built as reusable parametric families.
Mesh for ornate detail
Carvings and sculpture delivered as accurate mesh geometry where parametric modeling would lose the record.
Orthographic imagery
Rectified elevation images from the scan for condition survey mark up and repair scheduling.
Deformation study
Comparison of the built geometry against the ideal, showing lean, bow, settlement and movement.
Measured drawing set
Traditional measured survey drawings produced from the model, in the style conservation teams expect.
Scope of work
What we capture on heritage projects
Scope is agreed element by element because heritage buildings never fit a template.
Included in every project
- Stone and brick facades with real coursing
- Arches, vaults, domes and groin intersections
- Cornices, string courses and decorative mouldings
- Window tracery, mullions and leaded glazing
- Timber roof structure, trusses and rafters
- Columns, capitals, bases and pilasters
- Staircases, balustrades and ironwork
- Floor levels, settlement and structural lean
- Crypts, undercrofts and basement structure
- Condition notes and decay mapping where required
| Scope item | What we deliver | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Record model | Accurate geometry with limited ornament detail | Archive and planning records |
| Conservation model | Full detail with mouldings and profiles modeled | Repair specification and grant funding |
| Deformation study | Measured comparison against idealised geometry | Structural monitoring and safety cases |
| Hybrid mesh model | Parametric shell with mesh for carved detail | Sculpture and fine ornament recording |
Grant applications and listed building consents usually require evidence of accurate recording. Tell us which body you are submitting to and we will format the deliverables to suit their requirements from the start.
How it works
How we approach a heritage building
Slower, more careful, and documented at every step.
Significance briefing
We talk to your conservation architect about which elements carry the significance and need the highest detail.
Capture review
Scan coverage is checked against the detail required, including high level and awkward access areas.
Family development
Bespoke profiles and families are built from measured section cuts through the cloud.
Model assembly
The building is assembled with real irregularity retained, not idealised into straight lines.
Record and issue
Drawings, orthophotos and deformation studies are produced and issued with a methodology statement.
Why clients pick us for this
Conservation literate
We work with conservation architects regularly.
Detail preserved
Irregularity kept, because that is the record.
Submission ready
Formatted for heritage body requirements.
Case study
Recording a listed church for a stone repair grant application
Heritage · Bath
The challenge
A parish council needed accurate measured documentation of a Grade II listed church to support a heritage grant application for stone repair, including the vaulted ceiling and window tracery that no existing drawing captured.
What we did
We modeled the building with bespoke families for the stone tracery and vaulting, kept the historic settlement in the walls rather than straightening it, and produced rectified elevation images with condition notes mapped directly onto them.
The result
34 custom families built
For tracery, mouldings and vaulting unique to the building
Grant evidence accepted
Documentation approved without a single query from the funding body
11 weeks delivery
From first scan to the final measured drawing set
"The deformation survey gave our conservation architect evidence nobody has had for this building before. It changed how the repair was specified."
AWRev. A. WhitfieldParish Council, Heritage Committee
Questions
Heritage BIM questions we hear most
Straight answers so you can scope your project with confidence.
Yes. For fine carving we deliver mesh geometry from the scan, which holds detail that parametric modeling would smooth away. The mesh sits inside the Revit model so you get one coordinated file.
No, unless you ask us to. The lean is often the most important information in the whole survey. We model it as measured and can supply an idealised comparison alongside it.
In most jurisdictions an accurate measured record supports consent applications well. We format deliverables to the requirements of your heritage authority and include a methodology statement.
It depends on ornament density. A plain Georgian townhouse is close to standard rates. A gothic church with extensive tracery takes considerably longer, and we price it after reviewing the scan data.
Yes. We map cracking, spalling, erosion and damp staining onto rectified elevation images so the repair schedule links directly to the survey.
Related services
Often ordered with this service
Most clients bundle two or three of these to keep one team accountable for the whole scope.
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