Author Archives: Filippa Wieselgren

During the summer the Building Safety Bill was published for the public. Anyone who have a special interest in the Building Safety Bill 2021-22 can send in submissions with their view on the Bill. As the Bill enters the Committee stage in the House of Commons, it has now started its passage towards a Royal […]

Today Monday 30th of August we release the latest version of Bimfire Tools, BFT 20/21. This version drops the BETA button for the UK ruleset while also adds a brand new country – Germany. Other things the new version brings: Template Added parameters to the families to match BuildingSMART Simplified templates for always using copy/monitor […]

Say hello to Niklas, Head of Digital Design Niklas Strannefors has 10 years of professional experience of BIM. He has worked for 6 years at a Platinum Autodesk reseller and educated over 400 professionals in Autodesk AEC Suite softwares. Moreover, he has helped implement BIM strategy, content, support and education for a dozen of companies […]

Feeling rusty after the summer? We have put together guides and instructions for you to help you get started. Check the links below! Help Guide Article “Start-up project with BFT” – Here we help you set up a new project step by step. Help Guide Playlist on Youtube – In depth demo videos for specific […]

At the end of May, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government approved a formal definition of the “golden thread”. This definition covers the information, documents and information management processes used to support building safety. The United Kingdom has been discussing the need for a “single point of truth” since the tragedy of Grenfell Tower […]

Bimfire Tools is all about simplicity. We want to make BIM easy for everyone who are working with modelling and fire drawings, no matter if you are a BIM newbie or a 3D savvy. In this blogpost we’ll share three different clever functions that we think can make your workday a little bit easier. Audit […]

In the middle of April Symetri arranged Nordic BIM Summit, a digital BIM event within building and infrastructure. The theme of the event was “New beginnings in a post pandemic era” and focused on unleashing the potential of digitalisation. Bimfire Tools, being partners with Symetri, was there to present. Bimfire hosted two sessions, one on […]

For you who are new to Bimfire Tools or just curious to learn more, we’d like to introduce ourselves. The Bimfire Tools team is a tightly knit group of engineers, digital designers, account- and project managers. We develop Bimfire Tools in order to help digitize the fire safety discipline and we are eager to get […]

A little more than a year ago the Bimfire team partnered up with Symetri for the common goal to speed up the digitalization of the fire safety design field. In practice, this means that Bimfire and Symetri are working together to shine a light on digital fire safety and that Symetri is exclusive resealler of […]