01Live
Input review
AI reads drawing sets, specifications and models to list systems, missing information and conflicts before modelling starts — so the query list exists on day one, not week three.
Read → Extract → Flag gaps
MEP design and BIM services for building projects
MEP engineering design, Revit modelling, coordination, documentation and quantity takeoff, defined by what is produced and issued rather than by which software is opened.
Service architecture
Design, model, coordinate, hand over
MEP engineering design by our qualified engineers, Revit modelling of the four MEP disciplines, the coordination and documentation that sit across them, and the quantities and handover information that come out of the model. Design responsibility is always written into the appointment.
CATEGORY 01
MEP BIM disciplines
Revit modelling of the four core building-services disciplines, from consultant design information.
- Plumbing BIM Live
- HVAC BIM Live
- Fire protection BIM Live
- Electrical BIM Live
- Risers and schematics Live
- Equipment schedules Live
- Plant and equipment rooms Live
- Calculations, where scoped Live
CATEGORY 02
Coordination & documentation
Federated models, clash detection and the drawings derived from the coordinated result.
- BIM coordination Live
- Clash detection Live
- Clash reports and issue logs Live
- Model QA / QC Live
- MEP shop drawings Live
- Builders' work drawings Live
- Revit modelling Live
- IFC and model exchange Live
CATEGORY 03
Quantities & handover
Model-based quantities for cost teams and record information for building owners.
- Quantity takeoff Live
- BOQ preparation Live
- Revision comparison Live
- Asset registers Live
- As-built BIM Live
- Existing-building models Live
- Scan-to-BIM Roadmap
- 4D sequencing Roadmap
Scope detail
What is actually produced and issued
Every service line below lists its main deliverables and links to its full scope. Any of them can be appointed on their own or combined.
Service 00MEP Engineering DesignLive
HVAC, plumbing, electrical and fire protection design by our qualified engineers — calculations, schematics and coordinated design drawings — within the design responsibility written into the appointment (catalogue package PKG-05).
- Heating and cooling loads
- Ventilation and smoke design input
- Water demand and drainage sizing
- Electrical load assessment and SLDs
- Lighting design
- Sprinkler hydraulic calculations
- Design basis reports
- Tender and construction support
Service 01Plumbing BIMLive
Water supply, drainage and plumbing plant modelled in Revit from your design information, with true falls, risers, schedules and shop drawings.
- Cold and hot water supply
- Soil, waste and vent
- Stormwater and rainwater
- Rainwater harvesting and greywater
- Pump rooms, tanks and sumps
- Riser diagrams
- Fixture and equipment schedules
- Plumbing quantities and BOQs
Service 02HVAC BIMLive
Air and water-side HVAC systems and the plant that serves them, organised for ceiling-zone coordination and installation drawings.
- Ductwork and air distribution
- Fresh air, exhaust and car-park ventilation
- Smoke extraction ductwork
- Chilled and condenser water
- VRF/VRV and split systems
- AHU, FCU and FAHU equipment
- Chiller and plant rooms
- HVAC quantities and BOQs
Service 03Fire Protection BIMLive
Fire suppression systems coordinated within ceiling zones. Fire alarm and detection are a separate electrical/ELV scope.
- Sprinkler systems
- Fire hydrant networks
- Wet risers and standpipes
- Hose reels and breeching inlets
- Fire pump rooms and tanks
- Clean-agent and kitchen hood
- Valve and equipment schedules
- Fire protection BOQs
Service 04Electrical BIMLive
Lighting, power and containment modelled with panel rooms, risers and the schedules derived from them.
- Lighting and emergency lighting
- Small power layouts
- Cable tray and containment
- Panels and switch rooms
- Single-line documentation
- Earthing and lightning protection
- ELV, fire alarm and security (separate scope)
- Electrical quantities and BOQs
Service 05BIM Coordination & Clash DetectionLive
Architectural, structural and MEP models federated and checked, with clashes reported, tracked and closed. Clash reports identify issues; they do not authorise design changes.
- Model federation
- Hard clash detection
- Soft clash and clearance checks
- Clash matrix and reports
- Navisworks NWC/NWD
- Issue tracking and BCF
- Clash resolution and revision
- Model QA/QC and audits
Service 06MEP Shop Drawings & DocumentationLive
Drawings derived from the coordinated model and issued under revision control.
- General arrangement drawings
- MEP floor plans
- Installation layouts and details
- Sections and risers
- Plant-room drawings
- Builders' work and openings
- Shop drawing packages
- Drawing registers and DWG/IFC exports
Service 07Quantity Takeoff & BOQLive
Model-based quantities with stated measurement rules. A takeoff is not a priced BOQ unless pricing is agreed.
- Pipe, duct and insulation takeoffs
- Cable tray and conduit takeoffs
- Equipment and fixture schedules
- Consolidated MEP workbook
- BOQ from approved design
- Revision comparison
- Change and variation reports
- Quantity validation
Service 08Revit Modelling & Model ManagementLive
Clean, well-structured Revit models — converted from your drawings, built on solid templates and families, and maintained so every team can work in them.
- CAD and PDF to Revit
- Family creation
- Shared parameters
- View templates and sheets
- Worksharing and linked models
- Model audit and cleanup
- IFC export
- Model handover packaging
Service 09As-Built & Additional BIM ServicesLive
Record and existing-building models from verified site information, asset registers and handover. Scan-to-BIM, 4D and COBie are specialist, project-specific scopes.
- As-built BIM models
- Existing-building models
- Existing MEP documentation
- Asset registers
- Handover packages
- Value-engineering coordination
- Change impact reports
- BIM standards support
AI in our workflow
AI at every stage, an engineer at the end of each one
AI is part of how every service above is delivered — not a separate product. It reads, drafts, groups and checks so the team spends its time on engineering judgement. Nothing it produces is issued without a named engineer's review.
02Live
Modelling
AI-assisted routines generate and populate repetitive content inside the agreed template — parameters, tags, schedules, sheets and family data — while modellers focus on routing.
Template → Generate → Populate
03Live
Coordination
AI groups clashes by cause and responsible discipline, ranks them by impact and drafts the issue descriptions a coordinator confirms before they go to the team.
Detect → Group → Prioritise
04Live
QA / QC
AI-assisted checking runs standards, naming, parameter completeness and clearance rules over the whole model before every issue, and clusters failures by root cause.
Check → Cluster → Report
05Live
Quantities
Quantities extracted, classified and reconciled across revisions, with anomalies and unmeasurable elements flagged for review rather than silently counted.
Measure → Reconcile → Compare
06Live
Documentation & handover
Clash reports, issue logs, revision registers, asset registers and handover notes drafted from model data — then checked and signed by a named engineer.
Draft → Review → Sign
Service packages
How service lines are usually grouped into an appointment
From the BIMRACE service catalogue. Engineering design is offered only with qualified resources and explicit design responsibility.
PKG-01MEP BIM ModelingCore
Plumbing, HVAC, fire protection and electrical Revit modeling; families, model updates and model organization.
- Outputs: RVT; agreed PDF/DWG exports; schedules as scoped
- Availability: Core Phase 1
PKG-02MEP Design DocumentationCore
Floor plans, risers, schematics, sections, details, equipment schedules and drawing packages.
- Outputs: PDF; DWG; RVT
- Availability: Core Phase 1
PKG-03BIM CoordinationCore
Federated models, hard/soft clash checks, issue logs, clash reports and coordination revisions.
- Outputs: RVT; NWC/NWD; PDF/XLSX; BCF if supported
- Availability: Core Phase 1
PKG-04Quantity Takeoff & BOQCore
Model-based quantities, material schedules, Excel takeoffs, BOQ from agreed design information and revision comparisons.
- Outputs: XLSX; PDF; Revit schedules
- Availability: Core Phase 1
PKG-05MEP Engineering DesignScoped only
System layouts, sizing, calculations and engineering documentation for explicitly contracted disciplines.
- Outputs: Calculation reports; drawings; schedules; RVT
- Availability: Only with qualified resources and explicit design responsibility
PKG-06As-Built BIM & HandoverCore
Verified existing-condition/as-built models, model auditing, asset schedules and handover documentation.
- Outputs: RVT; IFC; PDF; XLSX
- Availability: Core/supporting; site verification must be defined
Handover checklist
The deliverables a project can receive, and what is agreed up front
Ten handover items from the service catalogue. Which ones apply is set in the proposal; how each one is defined is agreed before work starts.
Deliverable 01Native Revit model
Editable .RVT files for contracted scope.
- Included: Yes, if modeling is in scope
- Agreed at start: Confirm Revit version and worksharing handover
Deliverable 02Federated coordination model
Linked models and Navisworks files where contracted.
- Included: Optional
- Agreed at start: Specify model ownership and source files
Deliverable 03Drawing package
PDF drawings and agreed DWG exports.
- Included: As contracted
- Agreed at start: Define issue status and approval workflow
Deliverable 04Schedules and quantities
Revit schedules and Excel quantity takeoffs.
- Included: As contracted
- Agreed at start: Define quantity rules and exclusions
Deliverable 05Clash report
Clash matrix, issue list, screenshots and viewpoints.
- Included: If coordination is in scope
- Agreed at start: Define tolerances and clash rules
Deliverable 06Design documentation
Risers, schematics, sections and details.
- Included: As contracted
- Agreed at start: Depends on design stage and discipline
Deliverable 07Model QA/QC report
Model checks, unresolved issues and exclusions.
- Included: Recommended
- Agreed at start: Define QA checklist
Deliverable 08Revision register
Drawing/model versions and change records.
- Included: Recommended
- Agreed at start: Define naming and revision rules
Deliverable 09Exchange files
IFC, NWC, NWD or BCF where specified.
- Included: Optional
- Agreed at start: Confirm software compatibility
Deliverable 10Handover note
File index, scope status, assumptions and limitations.
- Included: Recommended
- Agreed at start: Include unresolved issues and exclusions
Appointment models
How engagements are usually structured
01
Package delivery
A defined scope with a fixed deliverable list and programme — a discipline model, a coordination package, a drawing set. Priced against the deliverable.
02
Team extension
Modelling and engineering capacity inside your team and your environment, working to your standards and your BEP, for a defined period.
03
Coordination appointment
Federation, clash resolution and coordination management across contributing disciplines, with the issue history as a deliverable in its own right.
04
Quantities & handover
Model-based quantity takeoffs and BOQs for cost and procurement teams, or record models and asset registers for handover — scoped with measurement rules and verification stated.
Tooling
Deliverables are defined by the information required, not by an application
Where a project mandates a toolchain, we work in it.
AuthoringModel production
Revit · AutoCAD · discipline-specific MEP authoring tools
CoordinationFederation and review
Navisworks · federated model review and clash workflows
AutomationRoutines and checking
Dynamo · scripted routines · custom checking and data tools built
in-house
AIReview, checking and drafting
AI-assisted input review, clash grouping, model QA, quantity
reconciliation and report drafting, run inside our delivery workflow with engineer
review
ExchangeInteroperability
IFC · COBie-style data exports · common data environments
Software names are the property of their respective owners and are listed to describe working practice. No partnership, certification or endorsement is implied.
Service pages
Each capability in detail
Deliverables, sequence, required inputs, where automation applies and what the appointment does not include — set out per service rather than summarised.
MEP engineering design
Mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection designed together, calculated by engineers and drawn straight into a coordinated model — so the design that is approved is the design that fits.
MEP engineering design
HVAC design
Cooling, heating and ventilation designed from the loads up — and drawn into the model at the same time, so the ductwork that is calculated is ductwork that fits.
HVAC design
Plumbing design
Water supply and drainage designed from fixture units and falls — the discipline that cannot be rerouted around a problem, designed first so it never has to be.
Plumbing design
Electrical design
Power and lighting designed from the load assessment up, with distribution, containment and switch rooms sized before they are squeezed into the space that is left.
Electrical design
Fire protection design
Sprinkler and hydrant systems designed to the hazard class and code, hydraulically calculated, and laid out in the model against the real ceiling.
Fire protection design
Plumbing BIM
The only discipline on the project that cannot be rerouted around a problem, because gravity is not negotiable — which makes it the one that should be routed first and almost never is.
Plumbing BIM & engineering
HVAC BIM
The discipline that usually decides how deep the ceiling void has to be — and therefore the one whose routing decisions everything else inherits.
HVAC BIM & engineering
Fire protection BIM
The discipline whose coordination failures are the most consequential and the most geometric — coverage is a spatial test, and a spatial test is something a rule set can actually run.
Fire protection BIM & engineering
Electrical BIM
The discipline with the most flexible routes and the least respected space allocation — which is exactly why its coordination failures surface last and cost most.
Electrical BIM & engineering
BIM coordination & clash detection
Clash detection produces a number. Coordination produces a decision — what actually conflicts, why, whose model has to move, and evidence that it did.
BIM coordination
MEP shop drawings & documentation
Drawings are a view of the coordinated model, not a parallel deliverable — which is the only way a change stays one event instead of two.
BIM documentation & drawings
Quantity takeoff & BOQ
A quantity is only as good as the rule that measured it. Ours state the rule, the source model and its version on every line.
Quantity takeoff, schedules & BOQ
Revit modelling & model management
Most of what goes wrong in a Revit project was decided in the first week, in the template and the parameter schema, by someone who was told to start modelling.
Revit modelling & model management
As-built & existing-building BIM
As-built means what was installed, not what was designed — and a record model is only as trustworthy as the verification behind it.
Additional building BIM services
International delivery
Where these services are delivered
BIMRACE is an India-based practice working remotely. Every market page states the standards basis, the working overlap and — first — that we hold no local office and no local licensure there.
United States
Basis: ASHRAE · ICC · NFPA
United Kingdom
Basis: CIBSE · Building Regs · BS EN
United Arab Emirates
Basis: ASHRAE · NFPA · local authority
Saudi Arabia
Basis: Saudi Building Code
Australia
Basis: NCC · AS/NZS
Canada
Basis: NBC · provincial codes · CSA
Europe
Basis: EN standards · national annexes