Architectural BIM Modeling Services: 6 Ways To Improve Layout And Store Designs For Retail
Projects In 2023

The AEC Associates
3 min readApr 28, 2023

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Experienced Architectural BIM Modeling Services firms possess the expertise of integrating BIM across the planning, design, construction, and management stages of retail complexes in the year 2023, and beyond. This helps you come up with striking, unique store chain designs that attract more and more visitors. The main endeavor of the BIM Modeling Services professionals is always to ensure efficiency, genuine user experience, and good aesthetical value, in addition, they specialize in producing easily reproduced prototypes.

Main challenges of retail projects:

Creating retail stores with their own unique identity is always a challenging task for designers. A reputed retail chain would like people to recognize its stores just by looking at the ambiance, and the overall layout. What’s equally important, it’s the responsibility of structural BIM services to make sure guests are safe, comfortable, and happy during their visits to the store. They will come back only if they feel comfortable and happy!

Fundamental design principles:

Exercising your creativity is of course a great way to approach a retail project. However, it’s imperative that Architectural BIM Modeling services also follow some fundamental principles while designing retail stores. This would guarantee that the store looks very special, very different. We list some of these principles here:

The entry into the store and subsequent movement of the visitor should be clearly defined. This will establish the brand and image of the retail chain. It’s essential to highlight in clear terms the knowledge of what is being sold, and to whom.

· Make it a point to keep the space well organized. This makes shopping a pleasant experience for the customer. The space should be intuitive and easy to navigate and use. A clear path to follow with different categories of products sign-posted avoids confusion and arouses buying intentions.

· An optimal customer experience will encourage people to prefer physical shopping to the online experience. Offer a sequential experience with awareness through different channels to inspire visitors to come in and explore the store with enthusiasm and excitement.

· Provide clear, effective visual communication to establish the brand credibility as a customer-friendly outlet. Mediums like signage, branding, and written and graphical information can be employed to make your outlet a unique experience for the customer. Even if the visitors hadn’t thought about purchasing certain items, clearly legible signages can still encourage them to try them.

Let’s have a brief look at types of retail design projects, that’ll be helpful for our discussion.

· Store of the future

· Flagship stores of established brands

· Design for rollout

· SWAS: Store within a store

· Pop-up stores (mostly temporary in nature)

· Beta environments

Ways BIM modeling experts aid layout and store designs for retail projects:

When you work with experienced Architectural BIM Modeling services, you have the services of a team of skilled professionals specializing in different fields: fashion retail shopping, garment shops, retail markets, boutique and clothing stores, shoes, and other accessories, to name just a few. Here is how they help produce top-class layouts and store designs for retail projects.

1. BIM allows you to develop models with the required level of detail, thus enabling you to clearly communicate design intent and take informed decisions quickly.

2. BIM helps you keep everyone on the same page during the design and construction stages through 3D coordinated architectural, structural, and MEP models.

3. You can extract accurate and precise 2D CAD drawings, shopfitting drawings, and construction documentation to provide the team with the required details. Thus, everything is made strictly as per the specifications avoiding wastage of time and money.

4. MEP coordination for early clash detection and risk mitigation. The resolution of the issues helps make the design efficient and turn-around time faster.

5. Structural BIM services work out precise structural steel detailing, rebar detailing, and structural analysis for retail projects. This is vital to ensure safety and determine the scope for future extension/refurbishment projects.

6. BIM facilitates artistic layout designs and retail store CAD blocks for boutiques, clothing stores, racks, and similar projects.

Outsource to top providers of Architectural BIM Modeling services to create unique, well-defined layouts and store designs for retail projects. These designs will help you establish the brand value of the retail outlet chain by providing efficiency and a pleasant shopping experience.

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The AEC Associates
The AEC Associates

Written by The AEC Associates

CAD & BIM Outsourcing, Design Support Services for Architecture, Interiors, Engineering and Construction Industry

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