What we do

Our Services

From the first take-off to the last patch list, BMS covers every step between the contract drawings and the steel on site.

Rebar Detailing & Placing Drawings

Drawings your placers can read at a glance.

Our engineers prepare complete placing drawings to ACI 315 and the CRSI Manual of Standard Practice, or to your company's own standards. Every package is built to cut field questions, speed up fabrication and avoid costly rework.

One sheet, everything needed. Each sheet carries its own bending schedule, so crews never hunt between drawings.
Congested areas made clear. Extra sections and enlarged details wherever bars crowd together.
Shop-friendly bar marks. Similar bars are grouped to keep bar marks low and fabrication simple.
Bar optimisation. We reduce scrap and save steel without departing from the contract drawings.
Approval-ready. Approval drawings are planned to reach you 6–8 weeks before steel is needed on site.
Delivered your way. PDF and DWG, with field-use sets ready once engineering comments are back.

Structures we detail: high-rise and mid-rise buildings, hospitals, schools, hotels, mixed-use and residential, parking structures, warehouses and distribution centres, water and wastewater plants, bridges, retaining walls, tanks, foundations and CMU masonry.

Rebar bar tag with mark, size, length, bending shape and release

Bar Listing

Bar lists that load straight into your shop.

We deliver accurate, fabrication-ready bar lists in the format your shop software already reads, timed to your production schedule.

Formats: aSa, Soule (SLE), Pinnacle (PIN), Romac (ROM), Canada Wide (WID), ARMA+ (CSF), Shear 97, RMS (CDI), TSV, RDX and Excel.
On time: lists released 7–10 days before the delivery date, or earlier if your fabricator needs it.
Shipping-sequence releases: material split by pour and load sequence, so the right bars arrive at the right time.
Full-truck planning: releases grouped to fill trucks and avoid light-load charges.
Fast patch lists: field changes, RFIs and addenda are turned around quickly, in coordination with your fabricator and placing crew.

Rebar Estimation

Bid with numbers you can trust.

Our estimators prepare detailed reinforcing take-offs that help you price work accurately and win more bids.

By element and bar size, with clear scope notes and exclusions.
To CRSI standard practice and the contract documents; ACI, EC2 and BS on request.
Quick turnaround to meet bid deadlines.
Strictly confidential: your estimates are shared only with you.

Concrete BIM & 3D Rebar Modelling

See every bar before it is built.

Complex geometry such as ring beams, curved walls, congested joints and pile caps is modelled bar by bar in 3D. Clashes and cover problems are solved before drawings are issued, and quantities come from the same model.

3D rebar models for coordination with the design team and trades.
Clash and congestion checks at joints, openings and embeds.
Element-wise concrete volumes and embed take-offs from the model.
Cross-sections at any cut, shared as images or model files.

Project Management & Communication

One point of contact. No chasing.

Every project gets a dedicated project manager with 10+ years in rebar detailing.

Scope review first: drawings are studied and questions are raised before detailing starts.
Organised RFIs: grouped by who must answer — architect, structural engineer, contractor, fabricator or placer.
Schedule-led planning: team size and submittal dates are set from your construction schedule.
Quick responses: questions answered by email, phone or video call, in your working hours.
Field support: we work with your placing crew and, when needed, visit the site.

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Steel, precast & dimensional drawings

Steel Detailing

Shop and erection drawings, anchor bolt and embed plans, and NC/DXF/IFC files from a Tekla model, to AISC.

Precast Detailing

Reinforcement and shop drawings for tilt-up panels, girders and precast elements.

Dimensional Drawings

Clear dimension and layout drawings for forming and site setting-out.

How we work & quality

From contract drawings to steel on site — six clear steps

Receive & review

We study the drawings, specs and schedule, confirm scope and send early questions.

Plan & RFI

Your project manager sets the submittal plan from your construction dates and logs RFIs by who must answer.

Detail

Our detailers prepare placing drawings and bending schedules to your standards.

Check three times

Every sheet passes the three-level quality check: detailer self-check, independent QC and project manager review.

Submit for approval

Drawings go out on schedule; comments are turned around quickly.

Release & support

Field sets and bar lists are released by shipping sequence, with patch lists and site support until the last pour.

Three-level quality check

Level 1

Detailer self-check

The detailer reviews every bar against the contract drawings.

Level 2

Independent QC

A senior checker who did not draw the sheet reviews it line by line.

Level 3

Project manager review

A final look from a fabrication and placing point of view before release.

No sheet leaves BMS until three people have signed it off.

Codes, software & deliverables

Your standards. Your formats. No conversion headaches.

Detailing standards: ACI 318 / ACI 315, CRSI Manual of Standard Practice, RSIC (Canada), ASTM A615 / A706, AASHTO (bridges); BS 8666 and EC2 on request
Detailing software: RebarCAD, AutoCAD, Revit, CADS RC, Tekla Structures, ZWCAD, RGS CAD
Estimating: aSa and in-house take-off tools
Drawing formats: PDF, DWG, DWF
Bar list formats: aSa, SLE, PIN, ROM, WID, CSF, Shear 97, CDI, TSV, XLS & RDX
File sharing: Client-specific secure FTP, SharePoint, OneDrive, Dropbox or your own portal
Communication: Email, phone, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, WhatsApp — whatever your team prefers