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MEP BIM Services

Comprehensive mechanical, electrical, and plumbing modeling with clash-free coordination and fabrication-ready documentation.

MEP BIM Services

Modelled So It Installs the Way It Is Drawn

MEP is where coordination is won or lost. We model duct, pipe, conduit and containment with real fittings, real connectors and the clearances a fitter needs, so the model can be used to install from rather than only to produce a clash report.

We work inside your template, your system naming and your BIM Execution Plan as a task team. The engineer of record keeps design authority and sealing; we produce the modelling, the coordination input and the documentation that sits behind it.

MEP Scope

Discipline by discipline, and the rack coordination that has to hold all three together.

Mechanical and ductwork

Air distribution and plant modelled with genuine fittings and connectors, so sizes, takeoffs and the geometry that governs routing survive into the shop drawings.

Supply, return and exhaust ductwork
AHU, FCU and plant equipment
Chilled and heating water pipework
Fittings, dampers and access panels
Insulation modelled as thickness
Equipment maintenance clearances
Mechanical and ductwork

Electrical and containment

Containment routed as a coordinated system rather than a schematic line, with the bend radii, supports and access an installer has to work with on site.

Cable tray, ladder and basket routes
Conduit and busbar runs
Distribution boards and switchgear
Lighting layouts and fixture families
Containment supports and hangers
Panel schedules from model data
Electrical and containment

Plumbing and fire protection

Gravity and pressure systems modelled with real falls, invert levels and sprinkler coverage geometry, so the services that cannot move are fixed before the ones that can.

Domestic water and sanitary drainage
Gravity runs with modelled falls
Rainwater and below-slab drainage
Sprinkler mains, branches and heads
Standpipes and fire pump rooms
Valves, cleanouts and access points
Plumbing and fire protection

Coordinated MEP racks

Multi-service racks and tight ceiling zones resolved as a layout — install sequence, hanger positions and spare capacity — instead of as a list of clashes closed one at a time.

Rack layouts and service order
Trapeze and hanger coordination
Ceiling and riser zone allocation
Sleeve and penetration schedules
Access and maintenance envelopes
Installation sequence review
Coordinated MEP racks

How an MEP package runs

From your EIR, template and system naming through to files issued into your CDE.

Scope and standards intake

We read your EIR or BEP, template, shared parameters and naming convention, then confirm in writing what we will model, at what Level of Development, and every assumption we had to make.

Template and content check

Your template is tested before we rely on it: worksets, view templates, filters, host behaviour and schedule drivers. A fault here multiplies across every sheet, so it is cheapest to find now.

Pilot package

One representative level, zone or system is produced end to end under full production QA, so you judge the real service before committing volume.

Discipline modelling

Architectural, structural, MEP and civil elements built to the agreed LOD in your template, with the geometry and data your downstream uses actually need.

Interdisciplinary check

Models are federated and reviewed against each other as we go, so conflicts surface during production rather than at the coordination milestone.

Documentation and data

Sheets, schedules and parameter data generated from the model, named and structured to your convention.

Three-gate QA

A modeller self-check against the project checklist, an independent reviewer who did not build it, then a lead sign-off against your standards and LOD.

Delivery into your CDE

Native and exchange files issued into ACC, BIM 360 or wherever you work, purged and audited, with the QA record attached.

What you actually get

What an MEP model has to carry before anyone can build from it.

Reviewed by a registered architect

Aercon is architect-led — a registered architect oversees delivery, so your model is questioned on design and constructability, not only geometry. Sealing and professional responsibility stay with your professionals of record.

Your template, not ours

We work inside your template, shared parameters, naming convention and BIM Execution Plan. Nothing comes back needing to be re-mapped to your standard.

Modelled for the use, not the picture

Elements are built to the agreed Level of Development with the data your schedules and downstream trades actually need, so the model survives past the render.

Cross-discipline checks during production

We federate and check as we go rather than waiting for the coordination milestone, so conflicts are found while they are still cheap to fix.

A QA record, not a QA claim

Three gates before anything leaves: modeller self-check, an independent reviewer who did not build it, then lead sign-off. The signed checklist ships with the deliverable.

Your drawings stay yours

NDA before we receive anything, access limited to the named project team, and we never reuse a client's models, families or drawings for anyone else.

Industries We Serve

Delivering BIM excellence across diverse sectors with tailored solutions.

Commercial
Residential
Healthcare
Hospitality
Education
Industrial
Infrastructure
Retail

Frequently Asked Questions

We agree a table against the BIMForum LOD Specification, because MEP rarely sits at one level. LOD 300 carries routed systems at correct sizes, LOD 350 adds supports, hangers and the interfaces coordination depends on, and LOD 400 carries the spool and fabrication data a contractor consumes. Which systems sit at which level is recorded in the BEP before modelling.

Yes, where the BEP calls for it. Insulation is modelled as thickness on the service rather than assumed later, and maintenance envelopes for plant, valves and filter withdrawal are modelled or represented as clearance elements. A model that clashes clean but leaves no room to pull a coil has failed on site rather than on screen.

Revit, with MEP fabrication parts where the contractor works that way, Navisworks or Solibri for federation and checking, and AutoCAD MEP where a package demands it. Exchange runs on IFC to an agreed model view definition, NWC for federation and DWG to your layer standard. Issues move as BCF, so viewpoints and element references travel with them.

Tests run against an agreed clash matrix with per-pair tolerances rather than one all-versus-all pass, which buries the real issues under thousands of results. Findings are triaged, grouped by cause and given an owner, exchanged as BCF, then re-tested each cycle. A zone closes when its issues are resolved or formally accepted, not when the count looks low.

From a coordinated, signed-off area: duct and pipe shop drawings, spools, hanger layouts and penetration schedules to the contractor's standard. We check coordination status before drawing anything, because sheets taken from a model that has not been signed off get built, and then get built again. Design responsibility stays with the engineer of record.

The engineer of record. We model, coordinate and document against their design and specification, and our architect-led review sends routing and constructability questions back to them. Sizing decisions, code compliance and sealing stay on your side. Nothing we issue carries a professional seal or substitutes for an engineer's judgement.

Need MEP modelled and coordinated?

Send the design drawings, the template and one representative zone, and we will scope it.