Housing
System coordination and management of BIM models for residential complexes, apartment buildings, multi-section residential buildings and multifunctional residential projects.
Discuss the housing projectRepeatability and transitions
Iterative solutions allow you to scale accuracy—but also scale each unsolved error.
Learn more about our approachThe residential complex consists of a large number of repeated elements: apartments, bathrooms, kitchens, risers, shafts and typical floors. This creates both an advantage and a risk.
If the typical node is properly coordinated before it is repeated, the agreed solution can be used on subsequent floors. If there is a problem left in it, it can also repeat itself many times during construction.
A separate difficulty arises where the vertical logic of the building changes: at the level of the parking lot, technical floor, lobby, commercial part, roof, or when the floor plan is changed. Such transitions require special attention.
Critical zones
One mistake can be repeated on many floors.
Standard solutions need to be agreed upon before they are scaled to the whole house.
Is there enough space for all systems along the entire height of the building?
We check the dimensions of pipes and ducts, insulation, distances, connections, penetrations through ceilings and access to equipment. Exits of vertical systems into horizontal routes are especially critical.
A small space with a high concentration of systems.
We coordinate water supply, sewerage with the necessary slopes, ventilation and electricity.
A system that operates on a typical floor does not necessarily run below.
Separately, we work out the transitions of risers in the lobby, commercial premises, technical floors, parking and other constructive grid.
Risers meet trunk systems.
We coordinate ventilation, smoke removal, fire extinguishing, drainage, lighting, cable routes and the height of passageways.
Equipment must fit and remain accessible.
We check connections, fittings, opening panels, service passages and the possibility of replacing equipment.
Completing vertical systems requires coordination.
We coordinate mines, exhaust systems, equipment, tunnels and service areas.
In a large residential complex, the complexity is determined by the height, number of sections and their interaction with the common infrastructure. Individual sections have their own vertical systems, and on the lower levels they are connected to common highways, technical rooms or parking.
A residential complex can combine apartments with commercial premises, public areas and parking. Boundaries between functional zones, where heights, layout, constructive grid and density of systems change, become the most complex.
Project systems
For a multi-story building, it is important not only to eliminate individual collisions, but to coordinate horizontal and vertical systems along the entire height and in the transitions between functional levels.
A practical example
The sewer riser may be consistent on typical floors, but at the lower level the layout changes, with lobbies or parking underneath, and vertical continuation becomes impossible.
The horizontal route has at the same time:
Such a riser becomes an interdisciplinary problem of several levels, which is important to solve in the model before installation.
Before the start of construction
Coordination of the relevant zones should be completed before changes become expensive or difficult.
Interdisciplinary BIM coordination makes it possible to identify conflicts between architecture, structures and MEP systems before they appear on site.
FAQ
First of all, it is worth identifying areas where solutions are repeated or many systems interact at the same time: typical floors, shafts, bathrooms, technical rooms, parking lots and transitions between residential and non-residential levels. Priority depends on the stage of the project and the construction schedule.
The same decisions are repeated on many floors. If the problem remains in the default node, it is reproduced in each subsequent iteration. Early negotiation reduces this risk.
Mines have a limited area, but multi-story systems pass through them. We check the mutual location of networks, connections, passage through overlaps and transitions into horizontal trunks.
Main networks, ventilation, smoke removal, fire extinguishing, drainage, electrical systems and section communications are concentrated in the parking lot. At the same time, it is necessary to maintain the standard dimensions of the passageways.
Because of their repetition. Water supply, sewerage, ventilation and other systems are simultaneously located in a small space. An unsolved problem can be repeated in a large number of apartments.
Additional complexity arises at the boundaries of functional zones. Vertical residential systems pass through or connect to commercial premises, public spaces and parking lots with different geometries and requirements.
