PROJECT SNAPSHOT
A national architecture and engineering practice specializing in large-format sports and entertainment venues, working across structural, architectural, civil and MEP disciplines. With vast drawing packages, intricate multi-discipline coordination and event-driven deadlines, the firm’s onshore team had reached its capacity ceiling as major venue commissions grew.
Away Digital structured a dedicated team around the technical and communication demands of large-scale public projects, contributing to live stadium projects within two weeks.
SERVICES DELIVERED
- BIM production across architectural, structural and MEP packages
- Clash coordination within the firm’s federated model environment, alongside onshore discipline leads
- Construction documentation produced across multiple drawing packages in parallel
KEY DELIVERABLES
- BIM production workflows across architectural, structural and MEP packages established within the first month
- Multiple drawing packages progressed in parallel during peak delivery periods
- Clashes identified and escalated before reaching the construction issue stage
PROJECT CHALLENGES
Documentation packages of significant volume, produced under fixed, event-driven program deadlines
Intricate multi-discipline coordination across structural, architectural and MEP packages
High public visibility, where any delay carries reputational as well as program risk
A skilled onshore team whose capacity was becoming visibly constrained as project volumes climbed
KEY OUTCOMES
- 55-65% cost saving per role compared to an equivalent onshore resource
- Running multiple drawing packages in parallel, rather than sequencing them through a constrained onshore team, became the single greatest operational shift of the first year
- Reduced RFI volume and improved construction documentation quality, visible to both the client and the contractor
- Within 12 months, the team understood the firm’s approach to venue geometry, structural documentation conventions and consultant coordination well enough to operate with significant autonomy on repeat commissions
This engagement showed how a dedicated team can match the pace and complexity of major public venue delivery. By embedding into the firm’s federated model environment from week two and running documentation in parallel with onshore design work, the Away Digital team gave the firm the capacity to meet event-driven deadlines, while developing the project knowledge to work with increasing autonomy on repeat commissions.
