*** Please note that Gemma Design has now closed. Please contact SWJ Consulting on mail@swjconsulting.co.uk*** For over 30 years Gemma Design has been a forward thinking Oxfordshire based Civil and Structural engineering practice with considerable expertise in the design of roads, highways, housing, drainage infrastructure and building structures. At the heart of our philosophy is collaboration; using the latest BIM technology to integrate information and expertise from all parties concerned providing plans that can predict, and therefore avoid, build issues. Our services are most effective when clients consult SWJ Consulting at the very start of a project, this has proven benefits of efficient and successful project management using comprehensive and collaborative plans to provide the best quality information we can for our clients Our ethos is based on nurturing good working relationships with our clients and forming long-term partnerships based on trust and performance, thereby bringing significant benefits to all parties. BIM - co-operation and collaborative working BIM is the biggest change to the way the construction industry works for a vast number of years. Fundamental to this is the movement away from an adversarial culture to one of co-operation and collaborative working. Gemma Design has always embraced new technology as it becomes available. Following the successful implementation of Autodesk Revit Structure, the decision was made in 2012 to invest in AutoCAD Civil 3D, so that we could offer a fully co-ordinated BIM approach to our clients. Software available: Civil Modelling & Drawing Production – AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Map 3D Civil Engineering Design Tools – Micro Drainage, Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis Structural Modelling & Drawing Production – Revit Structure Structural Engineering Design Tools – CSC Fastrak Building Designer, SOFiSTiK Finite Element Analysis Model Reviewer – Navisworks Visualisation and Animation - Autodesk 3ds Max Design For BIM model exchange we can also receive/supply RVT – Revit Files (preferred - Structures) DWG – AutoCAD & Civil 3D Files (preferred – Civils) IFC – Exchange of geometry and non-graphical data NWD – Navisworks file for co-ordination
