The BIM implementation structured by Cadbim helped Resia reduce design cycles, standardize processes, and connect engineering, construction, and industrialization in more than 55 projects.
In 2018, a project in Mangonia Village, Florida, This revealed a common problem in complex projects: the blueprints were complete, but they did not represent the spatial reality of the project.
In 2D, everything seemed to work.
But when the disciplines began to be analyzed together, incompatibilities arose between architecture, structure, and building systems that threatened... project timeline, cost and predictability.
It was in this context that the partnership between began. Cadbim and Resia (formerly AHS Residential).
What started as a compatibility project evolved into something much bigger: BIM implementation as the foundation of the company's corporate engineering.
Who is Resia?
A Resia It is one of the fastest growing companies in the United States in the segment of multifamily housing, aimed at residential rental developments.
Their business model is highly scalable and based on three pillars:
- speed of development;
- standardization of projects;
- large-scale repetitive construction.
This model gained even more traction after... MRV&CO's acquisition of AHS, the largest residential construction company in Latin America.
In this context, the company's competitiveness depends on a constant pipeline of new ventures.
And this requires something fundamental: Reliable, fast, and predictable design processes.
It was precisely in this scenario that the BIM implementation has become strategic for the business..
Beginning of BIM implementation: Mangonia Village
The first project of the partnership was... Mangonia Village, In 2018, the project already had advanced 2D documentation, but it presented critical coordination problems between disciplines.
Among the main challenges were:
- incompatibilities between architecture, structure and MEP;
- lack of standardization between units;
- difficulty in extracting reliable quantities;
- risk of changes in the field and rework.
Cadbim then began to BIM implementation in the project, structuring the complete 3D modeling of the project.
By transforming the drawings into an integrated digital model, hundreds of interferences that were not visible in the 2D model were identified.
This moment marked the first major impact of the methodology for the Resia team.
With the BIM model:
- The inconsistencies were corrected before the work began.;
- Decisions began to be made based on integrated visual information;
- The predictability of the project has increased significantly.
From that point on, BIM implementation ceased to be merely a one-off solution and began to be seen as a strategic path for the company.
The evolution of BIM implementation in Resia's projects.
Following Mangonia Village, Cadbim began to systematically participate in the company's new developments.
Projects like Coral Reef, Banyan Ridge, Pine Groves, Tradition, Miami Gardens, Biscayne and Dallas National They began to incorporate the methodology.
In the early years, BIM implementation evolved rapidly.
The projects now include:
- structured multidisciplinary coordination;
- Standardized documentation templates;
- Master lists of components and systems;
- Organized project review workflows;
- the first BIM Execution Plan (BEP) company official.
Each new venture served as a learning laboratory.
This continuous evolution allowed for the consolidation of a knowledge base that then fueled subsequent projects.
The impact was significant. Projects that previously took about six months to be consolidated they became structured in approximately 60 days.
When BIM implementation goes corporate.
With the company's rapid growth and the increase in the number of projects, it became clear that BIM needed to go beyond simply coordinating designs.
It was necessary to structure a Corporate BIM implementation, capable of supporting the company's expansion.
Cadbim then supported Creating a complete information management environment.
Among the main advances of this phase are:
- Corporate standardization of 3D modeling;
- Integration of construction planning (4D);
- Extraction of quantities and costs (5D);
- implementation of Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC);
- systematic model audit;
- Version control and approval workflows;
- Standardized libraries of building components.
This structure allowed all projects to be centralized in an integrated digital environment, ensuring complete traceability of information.
Resia's engineering team began operating with standardized, predictable, and scalable processes.
From BIM implementation to industrialized construction
With increasingly structured processes, the company began a new phase in its evolution: the industrialization of construction.
Among the initiatives in this phase are:
- studies on the modularization of units;
- development of Bathroom and kitchen PODs;
- Establishing our own factories for the production of modules;
- Rigid standardization of construction systems.
At this point, BIM has ceased to be just a design tool.
It began to function as The digital platform that connects engineering, supply chain, industrial production, and construction..
Cadbim directly supported this transition., structuring basic models and digital logic necessary to enable the repetitive production of the ventures.
Results of BIM implementation at Resia
The BIM implementation, built up over the years, has generated concrete results for the company's operations.
Among the main benefits are:
- reducing the project development cycle from six months to about 60 days;
- Corporate adoption of BIM across all projects;
- significant improvement in the quality of the works;
- Reducing rework in the field;
- Greater predictability of costs and deadlines;
- increased capacity for launching new projects;
- Consistent progress towards industrialized construction.
Today, the company has already surpassed... 55 projects developed with the support of the BIM methodology..
A transformation built over time.
The trajectory between Cadbim and Resia shows that the BIM implementation is an organizational transformation process., and not just the adoption of a new technology.
Over years of collaborative work, the methodology has become integrated into different areas of the company: engineering, procurement, planning, construction, and industrial production.
Project after project, process after process, BIM has become established as... one of the pillars of Resia's growth strategy.
The implementation of BIM helped structure a new way of developing projects, based on reliable information, standardization, and predictability. Contact us Learn more about our BIM consulting and implementation services.