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BIM in Small Architecture Practices
Our three-year experience of adopting building information modelling in a practice of fewer than thirty people.
Many assume BIM is only for large firms. Our experience suggests otherwise.
Where we started
Instead of converting every project at once, we picked a mid-sized residential scheme and made one person responsible for internal standards. A library of families for Iranian materials and details became our most valuable asset.
Coordination with structural and MEP consultants paid off most: clashes between ducts and beams are found before they reach site.
What is still hard
- Many local contractors still work from 2D drawings
- Software licences weigh heavily on small practices
- Ongoing training takes real time
Even so, every new project of ours now starts in a BIM environment from schematic design.
