Does your BIM software adapt to local requirements?

Do you want to be more productive and efficient when designing? Then you should have a BIM tool that is adapted to Finnish standards and drawing methodology in the construction and real estate industry.

Do you struggle with confusing processes in your everyday design? Do you feel overwhelmed by ever-increasing demands for BIM? Then you should read on. But first a little bit about BIM – Building Information Modeling.

BIM is a process of creating and managing information about a building during its whole life cycle. The process can be divided into four phases: Planning and predesign phase, design phase, building / construction phase and operational phase. It is no longer a choice not to use BIM.

Key players in the construction and real estate sector – including public authorities and contractors – expect projects to be submitted as BIM projects. So if you want to remain competitive as a designer, you need to use BIM and choose the right BIM software. But! It does not help to have a BIM tool, if you are not able to use it in an efficient and smart way.

The three most important requirements you should request when choosing BIM software

1. It should be intuitive and user-friendly
2. Comprehensive training should be part of the delivery
3. The tool should be adapted to Finnish conditions

The first two points are somewhat self-explanatory, so let's have a little closer look at number 3: Finnish adaptions. At Nordic BIM Group, we repeatedly see that a lack of structure is the main problem in the most complex construction and real estate projects. You are dependent on getting the right drawings and the correct documentation and following up the industry's BIM requirements, but your data lacks the necessary structure. If you are an educated architect or engineer, you know the regulations, but how do you get this organized correctly in a drawing or a BIM model? 

Get the necessary structure integrated in the tool

If you have a tool that is completely adapted to Finnish standards and approach, you get much of the necessary structure without lifting a finger. We deliver a BIM tool that has a design template adapted to Finnish standards integrated at no extra cost. This gives you the control you want – instantly. Increased structure provides control, and thus more successful and efficient design. 

The Finnish design template gives you a solid foundation whether you are an architect or a civil engineer, but it can even be tailored to your role in the project. Other BIM tools may have this as a possible additional option, but we have our Finnish add-on integrated. If both architects and engineers are allowed to use their own tailor-made tools, the process will be far more efficient. The consequence is increased quality throughout the whole project. The prerequisite is, of course, that the tools can communicate using open standards and have good support. 

You do not have to start with a blank paper

It is easy to create your own custom layouts based on the Finnish design template. You do not have to start from scratch. You get a well-thought-out starting point developed by our experts. This allows you to concentrate on the creative work, but still be confident of getting a structured BIM project in the end. You have a solid foundation you can build on. 

A well-functioning BIM tool is very important in the interaction between the disciplines in the various phases of a project – and not least in the interaction and communication with clients and customers. The Finnish design template puts everything you expect from a project into the system. You get a design tool that covers all needs from the idea and concept phase, in addition to a very effective tool that creates documentation directly from the BIM tool. 

We take user friendliness and training seriously

It can be scary to replace established BIM tools and working methods with new ones, but Archicad is very intuitive and user-friendly. As written in the introduction, opting out of BIM will be synonymous with opting out of being competitive. But we understand that it can be a big step to replace something that you feel works well with something unknown. 

Therefore, thorough training and courses in how to use the tool are of very high priority. We are proud that our customers get started quickly with their first BIM projects. It does not help to have the world's best tool, if you do not know how to use it. That is why we are building a solid foundation together. I often hear from our customers that changing tools was much easier than they thought. We are a partner from A to Z, not just a software supplier.