Pharmaceutical Cleanroom Building, Copenhagen Area

Architectural and structural Revit model and milestone drawing sets for a new single-storey cleanroom building for a pharmaceutical client in the Copenhagen area, delivered through our Danish partner…

Architectural and structural Revit model and milestone drawing sets for a new single-storey cleanroom building for a pharmaceutical client in the Copenhagen area, delivered through our Danish partner Rosenberg Advisors. Around eleven milestone issues in three months, including a full replacement of the steel structure along the way.

The brief

In early 2024 our Danish partner Rosenberg Advisors brought us in on a new single-storey cleanroom building for a pharmaceutical client near Copenhagen. We were asked to build the architectural and structural Revit model and deliver the milestone drawing sets, while integrating the steel, rack and chimney IFC models supplied by other parties.

What made it hard

A tight milestone schedule, and an input that kept moving. Halfway through, the complete steel structure was replaced, foundations were added and the floor falls changed.

How we worked

We expected change from day one and built the model for it. Steel, foundations and the architectural elements sat in separate worksets, so a structural revision could be swapped in without touching the rest. Between February and May 2024 we issued around eleven rounds: site, floor and roof plans, elevations, sections, principal details, structural plans and sections, a pipe layout, foundation piles and chimney drawings, plus IFC and Revit packages. Clashes against the electrical and electronic equipment were worked through as each new steel model came in.

What we delivered

By 20 May 2024 the client had a coordinated model and a complete drawing set with 3D overviews of architecture and structure. The work continued in a follow-up assignment for the same partner.

What we took from it

The model always has to change. The question is whether it was set up to. In the end the steel replacement was smaller than it looked on paper, and because the worksets were already separated we adapted in days rather than rebuilding.