Electrical Contractors Commercial & Domestic 

BIM Drawing Journey 

Although BIM is a relatively new design tool, the concept has been around for several decades.  
The BIM process start for us back in 1995, you clearly see below BIM has significant advance over the years in software and hardware technologies. 
 

Established 1978 

1995 

This is an example of one of the first drawings produced by Ourselves  
in-house where each light was hand drawn onto the building layout. 

2008 

The next step we took was to add circuitry to our drawings. The circuitry helps our electricians to understand the wiring routes & how the contacts manager has designed the job. 

2018 

This example shows that after a couple of years of using ‘Revit’ we learned a lot of new tricks and features to help us develop from the first drawings we produced back in 2016. 
1995 
2022 

2000 

During the 2000’s we then began producing drawings on a program called ‘AutoCAD’ which allowed the architects to send over a layout in which we would add symbols on top for the electrical services. 

2016 

This drawing is one of the first examples of when we first introduced using ‘Revit’ into our in-house drawing team. The attached drawing shows a coordinated ceiling that had been requested to be produced as a 3D model by a regular client of ours called Pellikaan Construction. 

2019 

We then progressed by buying a colour printer. This helped us to develop our drawings by now using colour to separate zones on drawings when required to show anything from fire alarm zoning to distribution zoning or lighting philosophy. 

1995 

This is an example of one of the first drawings produced by Ourselves  
in-house where each light was hand drawn onto the building layout. 

2000 

During the 2000’s we then began producing drawings on a program called ‘AutoCAD’ which allowed the architects to send over a layout in which we would add symbols on top for the electrical services. 

2008 

The next step we took was to add circuitry to our drawings. The circuitry helps our electricians to understand the wiring routes & how the contacts manager has designed the job. 

2016 

This drawing is one of the first examples of when we first introduced using ‘Revit’ into our in-house drawing team. The attached drawing shows a coordinated ceiling that had been requested to be produced as a 3D model by a regular client of ours called Pellikaan Construction. 

2018 

This example shows that after a couple of years of using ‘Revit’ we learned a lot of new tricks and features to help us develop from the first drawings we produced back in 2016. 

2019 

We then progressed by buying a colour printer. This helped us to develop our drawings by now using colour to separate zones on drawings when required to show anything from fire alarm zoning to distribution zoning or lighting philosophy. 

2022 

Types of Drawings we have produced 
We now produce a variety of drawings for each project we complete depending on the requirements. These can be, Containment, Lighting, Power, Fire Alarm, Public Address, Security, Zoning Drawings, Staff calls, builder’s Work Hole, Pneumatic Tubing, Medical Gas, Schematics, Security Camera Field and Vision, coordinated ceiling plan drawings. If you also had any other requests, we would be happy to accommodate them. 
Present Day drawings 
As a company, we are now very experienced in a variety of different drawing software which now means we can create almost any drawing that is requested from the client. This could be in 2D CAD drawings, 3D CAD drawings, or using Revit & IFC files if required. 
Elevation & 3D Drawings 
To assist with our plan view drawings, we now produce elevation drawings showing the electrical items on the walls & also if required we also add a 3D view onto the drawing to help translate what is proposed to the client. An example of this is below for a curved reception desk we have added the view so that the client can see how the power provisions have been located. 

BIM Process 

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Explore BIM Projects

Barrie Beard utilising latest technology 

2D CAD / 3D CAD 
3D Modelling 
Cable Design 
Testing & Inspection