Prefab, Modular & Build-to-Rent — one coordinated model, not four
Offsite manufacture lives or dies on documentation: the frame, the steel, the cladding setout and the services have to agree before the module leaves the factory. We do all four — and coordinate them in one model.
Prefab, modular & BTR — at a glance
- Segment: Prefab, modular & BTR.
- What NexGenus provides: Offsite manufacture lives or dies on documentation: the frame, the steel, the cladding setout and the services have to agree before the module leaves the factory. We do all four — and coordinate them in one model.
- Services used by this segment: Light gauge steel detailing; Frame & truss detailing; BIM & coordination; Cladding setout; HVAC duct detailing; Structural steel detailing.
- Delivered by: qualified engineers and experienced detailers in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, trained to Australian standards and working Australian hours.
- Sign-off: every technical deliverable is prepared for, and under the direction of, the client's registered practitioner and reviewed in Melbourne.
- How to start: a fixed-fee pilot, converting to a dedicated seat on the second engagement.
Documentation is the factory's critical path
A prefab or modular manufacturer discovers on the factory floor what a site builder discovers over months: every uncoordinated penetration, every panel that does not match the module, every duct that clashes with a lintel. Documentation for offsite manufacture has to be at LOD 400 and it has to be coordinated across trades that traditionally document separately.
Because we detail timber frame, light gauge steel, cladding setout and ductwork, and model in Revit, we can coordinate them in one federated model rather than reconciling four sets of drawings from four providers.
What you are probably dealing with
- Four providers, four drawing sets. Coordination happening on the factory floor.
- LOD 400 at speed. Production models needed faster than an in-house BIM team can produce them.
- Multi-state compliance. Modules built in one state for projects in another, on different NCC editions.
- Documentation for approvals. Certifiers unfamiliar with offsite documentation.
Services for you
Light gauge steel detailing
Panel drawings and machine files for LGS modules.
ServiceFrame & truss detailing
Timber wall panel and floor cassette detailing for panelised manufacturers.
ServiceBIM & coordination
LOD 400 production models, federation and clash resolution.
ServiceCladding setout
Panel setout and junctions coordinated to the module frame.
ServiceHVAC duct detailing
Services detailed inside the module.
ServiceStructural steel detailing
Chassis and steel frame detailing in Tekla.
ServiceBuilt in one state, installed in another
A module manufactured in Victoria for a project in Queensland is designed to NCC 2025 in one place and assessed to NCC 2022 in the other. We note the edition, the state variations and the applicable registration regime on every set, and keep the certifying act with your registered practitioner in the project's state.
Your questions
Can you coordinate all trades in one model?
Yes. Timber or LGS frame, structural steel, cladding setout and mechanical services federated in Navisworks, with clash reports and resolution tracking, produced by the same team that details each trade.
What LOD do you produce for manufacture?
LOD 400 for production; LOD 300–350 for approvals and design coordination. Agreed in a model element table before we start.
Do you work with our roll-former and panel line?
FRAMECAD, Howick and Scottsdale outputs, and timber panel line outputs from your nail-plate software.
What is the pilot?
One module type: coordinated model, panel drawings and machine files, cladding setout and services, fixed fee, reviewed by your production and BIM managers.
One module, fully coordinated.
Send a module design. We return a fixed fee for a coordinated production set — frame, steel, cladding and services in one model.