CESABIM – momentum grows for industry database

CESA’s BIM initiative is attracting the industry’s top names

CESABIM, the catering industry library of BIM models developed by CESA, is growing at a rapid rate as manufacturers and first importers sign up.  Electrolux is the most recent member, joining over twenty of the industry’s leading brands.

In Europe and the UK, from 2016, it will be an essential requirement for all public sector projects to be modelled in BIM. “While this is a key driver for the move to BIM, it shouldn’t be forgotten that Building Information Modelling is a huge opportunity for the industry,” says Nick Oryino, chair of CESA.  “For suppliers, it means their products and data can be compared on a like-for-like basis, including elements such as energy consumption.  For designers and operators, it will reduce construction costs and allow effective planning and control.”

CESABIM is a non-commercial library of BIM models and data for the catering equipment industry. The initiative has been developed by CESA in partnership with BIM specialist, Schematic Ltd. It makes the specification and design of kitchens easier, by using BIM models prepared to a standardised format structure and level of detail. Models for CESABIM are prepared in IFC (industry foundation class) format, which can be used on all proprietary software systems such as Autoscheme, ArchiCAD, Revit etc. There are over 150 BIM programs that support IFC files.

Every CESA, CEDA and FCSI full member can receive a free software license from Schematic that will allow them to download BIM compliant models.

So far the following companies have their compatible BIM models hosted on CESABIM:

Adande

Classeq

Die-Pat

Electrolux

Falcon

Foster

FRIMA

Induced Energy

Manitowoc (including Cleveland, Convotherm, Delfield, Electro Calorique, Enodis, Frymaster / Dean, Garland, Lincoln, Merrychef and Moorwood Vulcan)

Wexiodisk

Williams

Winterhalter

The Catering Equipment Suppliers Association (CESA)is the authoritative voice of the catering equipment industry, representing over 170 companies who supply, service and maintain all types of commercial catering equipment – from utensils to full kitchen schemes.  For more information on CESA visit www.cesa.org.uk