Accessible via the company’s Extranet, the BIM system provides fully compatible models of Reynaers systems for integration into building designs, plans and simulation.

Customers, architects and specifiers will be able to view all of the products on the Franke Sissons website.

Staying in line with guideline requirements means that technology must be able to create computer visuals, collate project related data and make it available to project partners and government bodies.

The BIM Objects allow for Ancon products to be incorporated into a 3D building model and its component data base.

Causeway Executive Vice President Paul Madeira said: “We look forward to working with Q Serve to ensure they gain the maximum benefit from their investment in Causeway.”

A government initiative has been set up aiming to incorporate level 2, 3D BIM on all public funded building projects over £5 million by 2016.

Zehnder BIM components are available for a range of radiators, radiant heating, cooling panels and trench heaters.

The government construction strategy has introduced a new scheme demanding all government projects to comply with BIM Level 2 by 2016, enabling costly and time consuming issues to be dealt with before construction begins.

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