BIM Coordination — Melbourne

Federated models that stay clash-free from design to site

Multi-discipline model coordination and clash resolution for architects, engineers and builders — including specialist LGS/CFS light-gauge steel framing coordination across townhouse and commercial projects.

Hard & SoftClash detection
Navisworks + ACCFederation platform
LGS/CFSFraming specialty
Clash between a steel beam and framing in a federated model
What we do

Coordination that catches problems before the crew does

Automated clash detection is only the start — every clash gets a professional read on whether it actually matters on site.

01

Model Federation & Version Control

Architectural, structural, MEP and framing models linked into a single federated model, with source revisions tracked so no one is reviewing against a stale file.

02

Clash Detection & Resolution

Structured detection cycles in Navisworks covering hard clashes, soft clearance issues and workflow conflicts, rerun until the model is genuinely clean.

03

Coordination Meetings & Issue Tracking

Running or attending coordination meetings with clear issue logs, viewpoints and owners assigned to each open item.

04

Discipline Coordination

Architectural, structural and MEP coordination, plus dedicated LGS/CFS light-gauge steel framing coordination for townhouse and commercial facade projects.

05

Constructability Review & RFI Reduction

Clashes reviewed for buildability, not just geometry, cutting down the RFIs that would otherwise surface once the crew is on site.

06

Coordination Reporting & Sign-off

Clash reports, coordination logs and a final sign-off package handed over with the model, ready for construction documentation.

What gets checked

Three kinds of clash, one coordinated model

Hard Clashes

Physical overlaps — a duct through a beam, a stud wall through a stormwater line. Caught early, resolved before it reaches the trades.

Soft Clashes

Clearance and access issues — insulation thickness, maintenance space, fire separation — that pass a geometry check but fail on site.

Workflow Clashes

Non-geometric gaps — an access panel missing from the architectural layout, a service with no power connection modelled.

How it runs

A five-stage coordination cycle

1

Model Federation

Discipline models linked into one coordinated environment, with revisions logged.

2

Clash Detection

Automated detection cycles across architectural, structural, MEP and framing models.

3

Coordination Meetings

Issues reviewed with the design team, priorities set, owners assigned.

4

Resolution & Reload

Models updated, clashes rerun, resolved items tracked separately from new ones.

5

Sign-off & Handover

Final coordination report and clean federated model handed over for documentation.

Why VDMBIM

Clash calls made by someone who's built the wall

A clash detection tool flags every intersection — it takes someone who understands construction sequencing to know which ones actually matter. That judgment comes from 22+ years across cabinet making, carpentry, building design and BIM, not from running a report and forwarding it on.

  • Currently BIM Coordinator at CMG Frames, coordinating LGS framing documentation across live townhouse developments and commercial facade projects.
  • Coordination run in Navisworks and Autodesk Construction Cloud, with issues tracked back to a responsible model, not left in a static PDF report.
  • Framing-specific coordination expertise most generalist BIM coordinators don't carry — useful wherever LGS/CFS systems are in the model.
  • Melbourne-based and directly involved in every coordination cycle — the person in the meeting is the person who ran the checks.
Revit Navisworks Autodesk Construction Cloud Autodesk Forma ISO 19650 LGS/CFS Framing
Commercial LGS facade elevation
Project gallery

Recent coordination work

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Ready to get your models talking to each other?

Send through your current model set and disciplines involved — most scopes get a response within one business day.