Leading radiator
manufacturer Stelrad Radiators has embraced BIM since 2014 and has continually
been adding to the number of its radiator products on BIMStore ready for
architects, engineers and contractors to integrate into future projects.
As 2019 begins, that
investment has continued with further additions to the portfolio of BIM
products, with the new Concord range of radiators being added.
Since 2016 all
public government building projects have had to comply with a mandatory
regulation enforcing the use of collaborative 3D electronic models for all
projects. BIM has been developed to support architects to ensure all future
developments comply with the regulations.
Stelrad has invested
in a wide number of its radiator ranges designed in the format for BIM with the
aim of becoming shared knowledge resources for architects, contractors,
designers and engineers to support decision-making about a facility from the
earliest conceptual stages, through design and construction, through its
operational life and eventual demolition.
As a result of the
BIM activity Stelrad has put in place, specifying Stelrad radiators has never
been easier. Architects and building designers simply select the product they
want to use from BIMStore, ‘drag it’ into their design document and ‘drop it’ in
place. It allows those planning a project to visualise and utilise real
components at the planning stage. The components can remain in the project
workflow throughout its lifetime, from planning to design and into construction
and operations.
Stelrad’s radiator
products will be hosted at www.bimstore.co.uk
and www.stelrad.com and are available for
subscribers to download and utilise in projects.
“We’re stepping up
our BIM involvement and broadening the range of products available,” says
Stelrad’s Head of Marketing, Manager Chris Harvey.
“Architects have
been providing CGIs for years to give an impression of how buildings will look
but to be able to utilise accurate 3D images of real products that provide an
extremely accurate rendering of how that building will really appear, offers
huge benefits to them and to the building’s owners and funders. It’s now
possible to visualise a building, that hasn’t moved off the ‘drawing board’, in
its final state - and to switch finishes in real time, to include specified
products that are on the system.
"We feel this
is an exciting move for us as a business and we look forward to expanding the
range of options available still further in the months ahead.”
