BIM Technologies & Wates Residential (Wales): Cardiff Regeneration Project Showcase

BIM Technologies is proud to continue its partnership with Wates Residential (Wales) on a series of regeneration projects across Cardiff. Our role as BIM Coordinator is fully aligned with Wates’ Designing the Promise programme, a proactive initiative aimed at getting design right from the outset to deliver projects that meet customer aspirations, on time, on budget, and with uncompromising safety and quality. 

Through this collaboration, BIM Technologies plays a central role in helping Wates achieve the two core objectives of Designing the Promise: 

• Identifying and mitigating design risks, including using BIM for early-stage clash detection and cross-disciplinary coordination, thereby enabling issues to be resolved virtually before reaching site. 
• Creating value in the design process, by contributing structured data, procurement-aligned workshops, and digital workflows that support decision-making and lifecycle performance. 

Waungron Road Development 

The Waungron Road project will deliver 44 new homes as part of Cardiff’s broader vision for high-quality, sustainable housing. BIM is being used as a vehicle to align design intent with construction feasibility from the earliest stages ensuring risk is proactively mitigated and value maximised. 

Our BIM workshops at this stage ensure design quality is fully coordinated before procurement, mirroring Wates’ commitment to a safe and efficient build process. Clash detection efforts have already identified key MEP/structural coordination challenges addressed collaboratively within the design model. 

Channel View Regeneration – Blocks A & B 

At Channel View in Grangetown, around 126 (Block A 102 Units / Block B 24 Units) energy-efficient homes are being developed to transform a legacy estate into a vibrant, low-carbon neighborhood. 

This project exemplifies Designing the Promise in action: BIM supports the identification and resolution of spatial risks, including those associated with the communal and rooftop terrace spaces in Blocks A and B. The model-centric process has allowed for early value engineering, an essential part of Wates’ value-creation objective. 

Our advanced BIM workflows ensure coordinated design outputs, improved sequencing, and alignment with fire safety regulations, all while maintaining design excellence. 

Maelfa Regeneration – Llanedeyrn 

Wates is involved in a residential development called ‘Maelfa Independent Living’, part of the wider regeneration of the Maelfa neighbourhood in Cardiff. This project is being developed for Cardiff Council and aims to provide a modern and well-designed scheme for older people to help them live independently within their own homes.  

The Maelfa project comprises 41 fully accessible one and two bedroom homes in which BIM Technologies support the delivery of this through disciplined data management and risk visibility, which are at the heart of Designing the Promise. 

We are contributing directly to Wates’ mission by: 

• Running model-based reviews to identify and eliminate coordination risks. 
• Generating fire stopping schedules linked to procurement timing. 
• Ensuring safe design principles are embedded and validated digitally before site commencement. 

BIM Technologies' Contributions 

• Clash Detection & BIM Coordination: We conduct rigorous clash detection to surface and resolve design issues early, facilitating Wates’ first key objective: designing out risk. 
• Program & Procurement Alignment: Our BIM workshops are scheduled to fit into the broader project programme and procurement pathways, enabling smarter, value-led decision-making. 
• Fire Stopping Scheduling: We’ve developed a robust, data-driven fire stopping schedule to support real-time monitoring and traceability, ensuring safety compliance and timely procurement of key packages. 

By embedding digital coordination practices that align with Wates’ Designing the Promise, BIM Technologies is helping to transform Cardiff’s built environment while delivering projects that are safe, efficient, and future-ready. Our shared ambition is to ensure each project not only meets expectations, but consistently exceeds them, from design through to delivery and beyond.