Scan-to-BIM · Digital Construction · Chesterfield, UK
High-precision CAD, federated BIM, building physics, and environmental simulation — unified in a CDE to protect capital, streamline collaboration, and eliminate design risk.
Existing Analysis Design
Chapter 00Why it matters
Drawings that don't match the building become change orders, delays and wasted fabrication.
A registered point cloud and an integrity-checked model, shared through one CDE, give every consultant one measurable truth.
Accurate as-built data costs a fraction of one avoided rework cycle — and stays useful for the life of the asset.
Chapter 01Capabilities
From the laser scan to the energy model, every service draws on the same integrity-checked data about the building: Existing + Analysis + Design.
Registered point clouds become coordinated Revit models of heritage, commercial, industrial and infrastructure assets. The cloud records what exists, supports analysis and feeds new design. Every model is checked against the scan before issue, so no bad model reaches the project.
Precise 2D CAD sets and 3D models across architecture, structure and MEP, kept consistent from one discipline to the next. Geometry is clean, parameters are complete and files are ready for coordination.
An ISO 19650 Common Data Environment with real-time collaboration, federated clash detection and BEP and EIR authoring. Models carry on into digital construction and become digital twins with the information facilities teams need.
Whole-building energy models, IES VE compliance workflows, and advanced simulations using EnergyPlus, OpenStudio and Autodesk Insight. Covering daylighting, CIBSE overheating (TM59/TM52), solar-exposure and microclimate studies to test passive and active strategies before design lock.
Custom Dynamo graphs, C# add-ins and AutoLISP routines automate repetitive modelling and drawing tasks and run model-integrity checks. In production, these tools have cut modelling time by up to 30%.
Measured surveys, 2D plans, elevations and sections for homes and commercial property. The Know Your Home booklet records every room dimension and floor area, and real-time walkthroughs in Unreal Engine or Unity show the scheme before it is built.
Chapter 02Selected work
Client work cleared for publication, from earthworks and energy infrastructure to structural steel. Each one is shown from captured data to finished model.
For Lansdowne Surveys Ltd in Gloucestershire, topographic survey data became a triangulated ground surface, set against the proposed formation level. The colour-banded cut and fill map — with slope-direction analysis — let the earthworks be planned and priced before a machine arrived on site.
A live transformer bay is dense with bushings, conservator tank, surge arresters and gantry steel — and dangerous to revisit. Captured once as a laser scan and modelled element by element, it becomes a measurable 3D record with clean isometric drawings and discipline-coloured views.
A tubular steel canopy hidden behind bird netting. Hollow sections, brackets, flanged joints and cladding were modelled straight from the point cloud, and sections cut through the scan confirm every member before the model is issued.
Chapter 03Track record
Prior commissions are delivered under client confidentiality, so they are listed by sector and type only.
| Sector | Project type | Technical highlight |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & education | Teaching & research institution, Central London | Pre- and post-demolition as-built; Arch + Struct + MEP federation |
| Heritage | Grade II*-listed library, North-West England | High-tolerance ceiling-mesh modelling for restoration |
| Urban regeneration | Mixed-use market redevelopment, Yorkshire | Space-frame and tensile-membrane roof systems |
| Industrial | Heavy process plant | Dense pipework and steel for prefabrication |
| Heritage & culture | Listed historic facade restoration | High-accuracy mesh modelling and structural BIM restoration |
| Infrastructure | 30 m-deep underground pumping station | Vertical-shaft pipework BIM for off-site prefabrication |
| Healthcare | Listed heritage hospital, Central London | High-accuracy as-built for phased renovation |
| Public sector | Leisure & aquatics centre | Full Revit federation for refurbishment |
Nima Recotecture Design, Chesterfield. Point-cloud-to-Revit, bespoke Dynamo / LISP tooling, model QA.
UK measured-survey and geospatial consultancy. +30% modelling throughput; CDE rollout; LOD 300–400 as-built models; sub-10 mm on listed facades.
University of Liverpool — Distinction.
Architecture, environmental control and CAD/BIM, Isfahan.
University of Tehran — ranked first in class.
Toolkit
Chapter 04Method
Scope, deliverables, LOD level, timeline and budget. Remote consultation or in person.
On-site terrestrial LiDAR — or straight from your supplied point cloud (E57, RCS, LAS, RCP).
A precise Revit model or 2D CAD set, built to your exact LOD and discipline specification.
Quality-checked, CDE-ready files: RVT, DWG, IFC, PDF, E57 — whatever your workflow requires.
Chapter 05Cost engine
Every input recomputes live. Indicative only, UK 2025 rates. Minimum 1 day (£280+VAT). Formal quote after a free consultation.
Chapter 06Questions
Nima Recotecture Design is a UK Scan-to-BIM and BIM consultancy. Services cover Scan-to-BIM and as-built modelling, high-precision Revit and CAD modelling across architecture, structure and MEP, building performance analysis (energy, daylight, overheating, solar and microclimate), 3D terrain modelling with cut-and-fill analysis, CDE coordination and digital twins, and measured property surveys including the Know Your Home booklet.
Scan-to-BIM is the process of converting 3D laser scan point cloud data into an accurate Building Information Model (BIM), typically in Revit. A terrestrial LiDAR scanner captures millions of precise measurements, and a specialist uses that data to build a coordinated digital model. Nima Recotecture Design delivers LOD 100–400 Scan-to-BIM across the UK.
Costs vary by size, complexity and deliverable. A residential floor plan survey starts from £280+VAT; a full commercial Scan-to-BIM model for a multi-storey building ranges from £2,000 to £15,000+VAT. Use the cost engine on this page for an indicative figure. A formal quote is issued after a free 15-minute consultation.
LOD (Level of Development) defines how much geometric and information detail a model element carries — from LOD 100 (concept massing) to LOD 500 (as-built verified). LOD 300 is construction-level detail for coordination; LOD 400 adds fabrication and assembly information. Nima Recotecture Design delivers LOD 100 through 400 and can define LOI parameters for facility management.
The studio is based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, near the geographic centre of England, and serves clients nationwide. Past projects span Yorkshire, the East Midlands, London, the North West, the South West and Scotland, and modelling from a supplied point cloud can be delivered remotely anywhere in the UK.
Common formats include E57, RCP, RCS, PTS and LAS, alongside other standard scanner exports. Point clouds are registered and converted into 2D CAD drawings or Revit BIM models. If you already have a point cloud, modelling can start directly from your data without on-site scanning, which reduces cost and turnaround.
The required tolerance and level of detail are agreed in the brief, and every model is built directly on the registered point cloud to millimetre-level precision where the scan data supports it. Before issue, a strict QA workflow checks the model against the cloud with section cuts and deviation reviews, so geometry, parameters and file standards are verified and no bad model reaches the project.
A consumer property survey producing a physical booklet and digital file with exact room dimensions, internal elevations and floor areas — for buyers, sellers, landlords and anyone planning renovation works. Surveys start from £280+VAT.
Autodesk Revit for authoring; AutoCAD, Civil 3D and MicroStation for high-precision CAD; RealityScan, ReCap and 3D Reshaper for point clouds and photogrammetry; Navisworks, Solibri and an ISO 19650 CDE for coordination; EnergyPlus and OpenStudio for building performance simulation; Dynamo, C# and AutoLISP for automation; Unreal Engine, Unity and 3ds Max for real-time visualisation.
Final chapterContact
Available UK-wide. Based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Remote and on-site.
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