Project Snapshot
Project type: Commercial warehouse
Location: United Kingdom
Project scale: Medium
Client type: Consultant
Project status: Completed
Software: Tekla Structures, AutoCAD, Ideastatica, Navisworks
Scope of work: Structural steel detailing
The Challenge
- The project required close coordination between structural steel and building services.
- Frequent consultant reviews and comments created a high revision-control workload.
- Any lack of clarity in drawings risked delaying approvals and site mobilization.
- The client needed detailing outputs that would streamline the approval process.
Our Detailing Approach
- We adopted an approval-focused detailing strategy, prioritizing clarity, consistency, and compliance.
- Tekla models were developed to accurately reflect consultant design intent and site constraints.
- GA drawings were coordinated carefully to minimize clashes with services.
- A structured revision-management process ensured consultant comments were addressed quickly and accurately.
- All detailing was delivered in accordance with Eurocodes and UK commercial standards.
Deliverables
- Clear, coordinated shop drawings.
- Well-structured GA drawings suitable for consultant approval.
- Assembly drawings supporting site erection.
- Fabrication files aligned with shop requirements.
Results & Value Delivered
- Faster consultant approvals due to clear and well-coordinated drawings.
- Reduced number of revision cycles.
- Improved confidence in detailing outputs across stakeholders.
- Supported timely fabrication and site progress.
Value to the Client
- Delivered approval-driven steel detailing aligned with consultant workflows.
- Reduced time spent resolving drawing comments.
- Improved programme certainty during pre-construction.
- Demonstrated strong experience in UK commercial steel detailing projects.





