Quality over Quantity: The Bimstore Way

BIM content continues to evolve and expand across global markets. The UK was one of the first countries to embrace its potential, utilising it in several large-scale infrastructure projects to enhance designs and accelerate workflows. Now, the rest of the world is following suit.

Around the world, more countries are adopting BIM content at scale, recognising the benefits it brings to design and delivery. In Australia, interest in BIM is growing on the back of high-profile projects such as the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the North West Rail. China’s focus on Prefabrication has resulted in a surge in BIM use, while across Europe, countries such as Germany and Ireland are embracing BIM content through emerging government mandates.

This rise in demand for BIM content is undoubtedly a good thing for specifiers, manufacturers, architects, and designers alike. By improving collaboration across the supply chain and strengthening data management, BIM content plays a crucial role in creating more accurate, efficient, and cost-effective buildings. It helps practices save both time and resources, no matter the scale or ambition of their projects.

The constant expansion of BIM content results in a wider scope of choice, meaning design limitations are now a thing of the past. Yet with greater variety comes greater risk. When BIM content isn’t aligned to consistent standards, it can lead to data breakdowns and coordination challenges.

Image: Kulture Tasca Office Chair by Gresham Office Furniture

Standardisation of BIM content is essential to avoid inconsistencies that can affect the delivery of a project. After all, standardisation sits at the very heart of what BIM was created for; data-rich models designed to be accurate, interoperable, and universally understood across the industry. Without it, the clarity and consistency that make BIM so valuable risk being lost.

The Bimstore Bible helps address this, aligning with the UK’s stringent BIM standards, some of the most rigorous and well-established in the world, to ensure content remains consistent, reliable, and high in quality. Version 17 is now available to download from our website, and any content built in line with the Bimstore Bible meets, and often exceeds, current industry standards.

It’s about the quality of content, rather than quantity. We wish to provide users with quality and trusted content, approved by manufacturers, emphasising the importance of standardisation as a part of the design process. Our categories match those on Revit to guarantee that specifiers can find the content their searching for in one accessible space.

Manufacturers who join Bimstore reaffirm this value of quality over quantity, ensuring that standardisation and reliability are a priority. We are proud to support brands that align with our vision and provide a range of high-quality BIM content for our online catalogue. Global leading manufacturers such as GROHE, Gresham Office Furniture, and Stelrad Radiators have established extensive and trusted BIM catalogues with us, delivering BIM content that is easy to specify and download.

Image: Atrio Concealed Stop Valve by GROHE

At Bimstore, we believe that every home, workplace, and public facility should be a safe space. We recognise that accountability starts with information, shared and interpreted across every phase of a building’s lifecycle.

Standardisation plays a vital role in this, ensuring that the same reliable data is carried from manufacturer to designer to builder, without distortion or loss of meaning. From the accuracy of a manufacturer’s product data to the architect’s design, the builder’s execution, and the end user’s experience, we help connect the virtual dots from the outset to ensure projects are delivered on time and as intended.