OD3BIM Group

About

One group, the whole thread.

OD3 Group is a Northern Ireland engineering and digital-construction company. We capture as-built reality, model it in BIM, design the structure, plan the build and verify it on site — closing the thread most firms leave open.

Our story

OD3 started in 2012 with a single workstation and a simple conviction: a constructible model beats a drawing. The practice has since grown into a team of structural engineers, detailers and surveyors running seven Tekla stations, with contracts delivered across the UK, Ireland and Australia — most of it repeat work from the same fabricators and contractors.

Bringing connection design in-house, with IDEA StatiCa, ended our clients' dependence on third-party calculations — one roof for design and detailing means faster approvals and fewer hand-offs. Adding the Trimble X7 scanner and robotic total station setout closed the loop in the other direction: we now capture the as-built reality we model against, and set out on site what we design.

Our approach

We bring reality capture, BIM, structural engineering and site setout under one roof, so data moves cleanly from the point cloud to the fabricated, verified structure — without the gaps and hand-offs that cost time and accuracy.

Accreditations

  • Steel Construction Institute (SCI)
  • Irish Association of Steel Fabricators (IASF)
  • Constructionline
  • £2m professional indemnity insurance
  • NSSS (5th Edition, CE Marking) working practice
  • Connections to Eurocode 3 — SCI Green Book
Tekla Authorized Partner
The OD3 studio — engineers at multi-monitor Tekla workstations beneath the OD3 logo
The studio — seven Tekla stations running the thread

How we work

Fabricator in focus

Every model is built to be fabricated and fitted. We understand workshop technique and value engineering, and we review with the fabricator weekly — daily when the programme demands it.

Direct lines

Every engineer and technician on a project can be reached directly. Design queries get answered by the person doing the work, not a front desk.

Accuracy as standard

From a ±2mm as-built scan to a checked connection calculation, the tolerance is stated and the deliverable is verified against it.

Keep improving

Quarterly advanced training and certified toolchains — we invest in the people and software the deliverables depend on.

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Let's build better.

Partner with OD3 Group to deliver smarter, faster and more connected construction projects — tell us where your project is and we'll take it from there.