BC Housing - Yale Road

Pixel BIM was engaged by Scott Construction to lead BIM coordination and clash detection on the BC Housing – Yale Road project, a 51,060 sq ft multi-family residential building in Chilliwack, B.C.

We produced a comprehensive coordination report identifying 33 high-priority issues across disciplines, including missing door openings, unaligned columns between architectural and structural models, misplaced plumbing stacks, and missing penetrations and louvers. Each issue was documented with 3D views, drawing overlays, and drawing references to give the project team clear, actionable information.

Our clash detection work zeroed in on the ceiling spaces, where low floor-to-ceiling heights left very little room to route mechanical, plumbing, and fire protection services through corridors and laundry rooms. We flagged congestion points early, giving the team time to resolve routing conflicts before they became problems in the field.

Our coordination review also uncovered scope gaps between disciplines.

In one case, the mechanical drawings showed suite exhaust ducts penetrating the exterior facade, but the architectural drawings had nothing shown on the elevations and no corresponding detail. No hood flashings, no bird screens, and no waterproofing tie-in.

These are the kinds of issues that don’t show up in a traditional clash test because nothing is physically colliding.

Catching them at the IFT stage gives the GC time to close the loop with the design team before it becomes a field coordination problem.