Heatrae Sadia has joined sister company Baxi Commercial to become one of the first heating manufacturers in the UK to invest in BIM (Building Information Modelling).
The company's Megaflo eco unvented hot water cylinders will be the first of many Heatrae Sadia products which will make the transition to BIM.

Available from the Heatrae Sadia website at www.heatraesadia.com, architects and specifiers can simply drag and drop the models into their building designs while also being able to easily access the product information they require.

The Government has identified that by using BIM capital building costs can be reduced by 20% and, in addition, it expects similar levels of carbon reduction.

Heatrae Sadia's head of marketing, Jon Cockburn, said: 'At the moment the focus has majored on construction industry manufacturers with only a relatively small number of BIM objects available, so we believe the investment in our products within the water heating sector will give us a competitive edge. Ultimately, having BIM objects available could soon make a difference to whether a manufacturer's products are specified or not - especially on large projects.'

Separately, Heatrae Sadia has launched the SpecPro water heating sizing software for domestic and commercial applications.

It is available as a CD or as a download via the company's website and includes sizing tools for point of use water heaters, unvented cylinders, solar cylinders, boiling water products, chilled drinking water equipment and hand dryers. In addition, the system features product specification information, images, CAD drawings and case studies.