US Architectural Firm Cuts Drafting Time by 50% on a 50-Story Mixed-Use Tower
Client Overview: A mid-sized architectural firm based in Chicago won its largest project to date: a complex 50-story mixed-use high-rise. Their lean in-house team was skilled in design but lacked the production capacity and advanced BIM coordination expertise to deliver the project within the aggressive 18-month design phase.
The Challenge
- Lack of in-house manpower to produce hundreds of construction documents.
- Limited experience in running a multi-disciplinary BIM coordination process at this scale.
- High cost and long timeline to hire and train qualified local Revit technicians.
- Need to ensure all MEP systems were perfectly integrated with the complex structural and architectural designs.
The Solution
LiveHelpIndia deployed a dedicated, managed team of six certified MEP BIM specialists within two weeks. The solution was a multi-pronged approach: The team acted as an extension of the client's design group, taking over all MEP modeling and drafting in Revit. We established and managed a rigorous BIM coordination workflow, running weekly clash detection sessions using Navisworks. Our team developed a library of custom Revit families based on the project's specified equipment, ensuring model consistency. Finally, we operated on an overlapping schedule, providing daily updates and turning around revisions overnight, effectively creating a 24-hour work cycle.
Key Outcomes
- Construction document drafting time was reduced by 50%, allowing senior architects to focus on design.
- Over 2,500 major clashes were identified and resolved in the digital model, resulting in an estimated $1.2M in rework cost avoidance.
- The project was delivered 2 months ahead of the design schedule, enhancing the client's reputation and leading to two more large-scale project wins.
"LiveHelpIndia didn't just give us drafters; they gave us a strategic advantage. We delivered a highly coordinated BIM model ahead of schedule and under budget. The clash detection process alone saved us what I estimate to be over a million dollars in potential on-site changes. They are now our go-to partner for all large-scale projects." — Thomas Lamb, Principal Architect, Vantage Point Architects












