Digital construction management
Digital construction management is the day-to-day running of the information side of a live project: keeping one coordinated model, resolving clashes on a predictable rhythm, sequencing the build against the programme, and reporting progress against what was planned rather than what was hoped.
A common data environment that people actually use
Most projects already have a CDE. Fewer have one that the whole team trusts enough to use as the source of truth, which is usually a structure problem rather than a software problem. We set up and administer the environment — BIM 360, Trimble Connect or ProjectWise — with a folder structure, permissions and status codes that match how your team actually works.
Once that is in place, model uploads, RFIs and issue tracking stop living in email threads. Everyone works from the current revision because finding it is easier than asking for it.
A weekly rhythm, not a one-off report
We federate the models weekly in Navisworks or Solibri, run clash detection at sensible per-discipline tolerances, and take the results into a coordination meeting with the design team. Issues move through review, assignment and resolution in BIM Track or ACC, so the model can be shown to be genuinely coordinated rather than merely analysed.
Alongside coordination we build the 4D sequence in Synchro or Navisworks Timeliner, which is where clashes between trades in time rather than space tend to appear — two packages needing the same area in the same week.
Reporting that answers the client's question
We report planned against actual in Power BI, capturing site progress and overlaying it on the planned model. The output is a dashboard a project board can read in two minutes: what is ahead, what has drifted, and what is waiting on an unanswered RFI.
End-to-end digital coordination for live construction projects. We act as your extended BIM coordinator — running federation meetings, managing the common data environment, sequencing the build in 4D, and reporting progress against the planned model every week.
What you get
- Common data environment setup (BIM 360, Trimble Connect, ProjectWise)
- Weekly Navisworks / Solibri clash federation
- Synchro 4D / Navisworks Timeliner sequencing
- RFI tracking via BIM Track or ACC
- Power BI progress dashboards (planned vs actual)
Software stack
Frequently asked questions
- Do you replace our BIM manager?
- Bimco usually works as an extension of the existing team rather than a replacement. On projects with no in-house BIM resource we act as the BIM coordinator outright; where a BIM manager is already in post we take on federation, clash resolution and reporting so they can focus on the client relationship.
- How often do you run clash detection?
- Weekly on most live projects. Bimco federates the current models, runs the clash matrix and brings the results to a coordination meeting, so issues are resolved on a predictable rhythm rather than in a single pre-tender batch.
- What clash tolerance should we set?
- It depends on the discipline pair. Running everything at zero tolerance flags every brick-to-mortar interface as critical and produces a report nobody reads; we typically run structure against MEP at around 25mm and tune from there.
- When should digital construction management start?
- Ideally at the end of RIBA stage 3, before the design team has committed to decisions that are expensive to unwind. Starting at stage 4 still works, but more of the coordination findings will have a cost attached by then.
- Which platforms do you work in?
- Bimco works in BIM 360 and Autodesk Construction Cloud, Trimble Connect and ProjectWise for the CDE, Navisworks and Solibri for federation, Synchro for 4D sequencing, and BIM Track for issue management.