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HOME - BDC is an established Consulting Engineering practice working throughout the UK for clients located nationwide

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ABOUT - About BDC

BDC is a well established structural and civil engineering consultancy supplying a complete range of services for clients nationwide. We specialise in the application of cutting edge 3D modelling (More info)

DESIGN - Design

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Structural Design - Structural Design It is our policy to provide our design engineers with state of the art software for the production of structural calculations in all common building materials, with particular expertise in structural (More info)

Finite Element Analysis (FEA) - Finite Element Analysis (FEA) We have facilities for the production of FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS (FEA) calculations in all materials. Our software has plate and shell elements and auto-meshing facilities allowing us to analyse the (More info)

Specialist Flat Slab FEA Design - Specialist Flat Slab FEA Design BDC's long term links with European associates lead to our adoption of SCIA's advanced concrete flat slab design software several years ago. Through value engineering exercises we have helped (More info)

Civil Engineering Design - Civil Engineering Design Our software will import survey data directly from the site surveyor's instrumentation. From this point we will use the 3D model created to optimise the site levels to minimise cut and fill and (More info)

Low Rise Structures & Load Bearing Masonry - Low Rise Structures & Load Bearing Masonry SCIA ENGINEER gives the design engineer a great degree of control in the restraints that can be applied to structural elements. Even for low rise load bearing masonry structures, we can therefore (More info)

DRAFTING - Drafting

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Reinforced Concrete Detailing (RCD) - Reinforced Concrete Detailing (RCD) Reinforcement detailing is a core activity within our business. We have developed a level of expertise and software portfolio which places us amongst the quickest  and most cost effective RC (More info)

3D RC detailing - 3D RC detailing BDC are one of the first Consultants in the UK to be able to offer 3D RC detailing services to our clients. Although concrete detailing has traditionally been completed as a 2D exercise we have (More info)

Carpet (Roll) Reinforcement - Carpet (Roll) Reinforcement Our Engineers and Detailers are some of the most experienced designers of roll reinforcement systems in the UK, with over 10 years experience in design and detailing of carpet (More info)

Steel Fabrication Detailing - Steel Fabrication Detailing BDC offer a fast and efficient Steel Fabrication Drawing & Design service to a wide range of customers including Steel Fabricators and  Structural Engineers. Utilising latest 3D modelling (More info)

TEKLA Structures - TEKLA Structures TEKLA Structures is one of Europe’s leading 3D BIM software packages for structural steel.All steel frame projects will be modeled within our office from Architectural drawings or models (More info)

Using 3D PDF Viewer - Using 3D PDF Viewer As part of Building Design Consult's first rate design & detailing services, we provide our clients with 3D pdf models alongside the traditional drawings and calculations which allows a (More info)

Revit Model Import/Export - Revit Model Import/Export All our 3D modeling software will import and export file formats which are compatible with the IFC 2x3 standard which is also used by REVIT as the standard file format for data transfer. Where there (More info)

ALLPLAN - ALLPLAN

Allplan from Nemetschek AG based in Munich, is Europe’s leading 3D BIM software. All projects are modeled within our office from Architectural/Engineering drawings or 3D models received. (More info)

BDC are the UK selling agents for Nemetschek Allplan software - BDC are the UK selling agents for Nemetschek Allplan software As the only company with experience on real UK construction projects using Allplan Engineering for 3D reinforcement detailing, we are happy to share our experience and good fortune with like-minded (More info)

SCIA ENGINEER - SCIA ENGINEER SCIA Engineer is a Finite element structural Analysis Package which is part of the Nemetschek Group.  SCIA ENGINEER is fully integrated with Nemetschek Allplan, producing engineering "Round (More info)

BIM - BIM

All drawings produced at BDC will be created via a 3D BIM model and exported as a slice through the 3D model at the required location. A free 3D BIM model will be made available to accompany all (More info)

BDC commitment to BIM recognised - BDC commitment to BIM recognised Greg Johnson & Barry Peniston, both directors with BDC, were recently invited to speak at a seminar at Salford University looking to demonstrate "What can BIM do for Contractors". Greg (More info)

PROJECTS - Projects

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Paddington Crossrail Station - Paddington Crossrail Station BDC have just started work on the new £150m Paddington crossrail station providing the RC detailing for all concrete elements and supporting the Concrete contractor in providing the (More info)

London School of Economics - new student centre - London School of Economics - new student centre BDC were appointed by the concrete frame Contractor to complete all reinforcement detailing on this Award winning Building which is due for completion by summer 2013.The NSC has won (More info)

Woolwich Crossrail station - Woolwich Crossrail station BDC produced all 3D RC details, drawings & models for the prefabricated Diaphragm wall cages at the new £100m Woolwich crossrail station project.The main contractor decided very early (More info)

Greenwich Wharf - Greenwich Wharf BDC have recently completed the RC detailing package for Phase one of the £40m Greenwich Wharf development on the banks of the river ThamesAll reinforcement for the foundations, columns, walls, (More info)

Woodlane Studios - Woodlane Studios Wood Lane Studios forms the first phase of Imperial West, the regeneration of the former Woodlands site at 80 Wood Lane, W12 and will provide high quality postgraduate studio accommodation and key (More info)

Wood lane studios case study - Wood lane studios case study Case Study - Project     -     Wood lane Studios - Imperial College - London Contractor   -    ISG South Ltd Concrete Frame BIM (More info)

Castle House, London - Castle House, London BDC detailed over 1000 tonnes of steel in the 43 storey building as part of the regeneration of the Elephant and Castle area of London. This included all foundations, basement and superstructure (More info)

The Pinnacle, London - The Pinnacle, London RC detailing of the foundation package supporting a 60 storey tower structure, including a 25x25x5m deep central pilecap which required 450 tonnes of reinforcement. A total of 725 tonnes detailed in (More info)

Crown House, London - Crown House, London A 9 storey reinforced concrete frame erected on Kingsway in central London. BDC detailed over 300 tonnes of reinforcement, completing drawings for all foundations, columns, walls and beams with (More info)

St Helens & Whiston Hospitals - St Helens & Whiston Hospitals Over 2900 tonnes of reinforcement detailed by BDC, including pilecaps, pits, in-situ slabs, retaining walls, beams and columns. For the detailing of the slip formed cores we liaised closely with (More info)

Acute Hospital, Peterborough - Acute Hospital, Peterborough New build facility, multistorey steel frame construction. BDC detailed reinforcement for slim deck slabs within superstructure. Ancillary pits, Linac Bunker and equipment support structures included (More info)

St. Botolph's, London - St. Botolph's, London Commercial office development. Basement raft foundation with over 500 tonnes of reinforcement, split between prefabricated carpet reinforcement and cut and bent loose bar reinforcement. BDC also (More info)

Makerfield Way, Wigan - Makerfield Way, Wigan BDC completed all Civil & Structural Engineering Design for two phases of an industrial development consisting of a total of nearly 6000m2 of unit space. Main structures of portal frame (More info)

Alpha Hospitals, Sheffield - Alpha Hospitals, Sheffield 35 bed medium secure unit in Sheffield. Project made feasible by the design of a basement retaining structure up to 8m deep in parts excavated into the hillside. Project complete with load bearing (More info)

Alpha Hospitals, Bury - Alpha Hospitals, Bury BDC completed the Civil & Structural Engineering design packages for the first 46 bed medium secure & 48 bed low secure units. A significant feature of this project was the extensive new (More info)

Skerne Road, London - Skerne Road, London A residential 11 storey development, constructed using a braced reinforced concrete frame. Significant reduction in the reinforcement needed in all floor slabs and columns, due to our methods & (More info)

Lattitude, Birmingham - Lattitude, Birmingham £34 million apartment scheme. 8 storey mixed use development with 189 designer apartments over 7 floors and 12000 sq ft of commercial space across the ground floor. (More info)

Barrhead Centre, Glasgow - Barrhead Centre, Glasgow Completed for developer Murphy Young, BDC completed all Civil & Structural Design work for £5million, 2 storey commercial office/warehouse building. BDC's full service included fabrication (More info)

OTHER SERVICES - Other Services

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Planning Applications - Planning Applications In conjunction with our Engineering services, where a single professional appointment is more suited to a client's budget/requirements, we are happy to extend our services to the provision of (More info)

Building Regulation Applications - Building Regulation Applications Once structural and civil designs are completed, we will work closely with the approving body to ensure that building regulation approval is achieved in a timely manner such that all calculations and (More info)

Structural Surveys - Structural Surveys We are happy to complete structural surveys for mortgage applications, or other personal requirements. We can generally complete the survey and submit the report within a week. All reports will be (More info)

NEWS - News

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BDC & Nemetschek re-seller agreemen - BDC & Nemetschek re-seller agreement After many years successfully using the Nemetschek Allplan Engineering 3D Reinforced concrete detailing software, BDC have recently signed a re-seller agreement to represent the software on behalf of (More info)

BDC has moved - BDC has moved To facilitate continuing steady growth of the company , we have almost doubled our available office space with our re-location to the Meadows Building at Ruskin Drive St Helens. Our move to The (More info)

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