Albion Valves has been in the industrial heating and valve market for over 40 years and is considered one of the UK’s leading valve suppliers. Sanwal Amjed is their Quality Manager, and his role is to ensure the quality of the products that are sold into the market meet the required specification.
The Challenge
Over time, Albion experienced a shift in demand for their products into the building services market. The customers in that sector started requesting BIM files of Albion’s products so that designers and consultants were able to incorporate their products into digital designs. At that time, the company did not have the resource to be able to create BIM files of their products.
The Solution
The team at Albion had conversations with a number of contacts, who informed them that they had experienced these difficulties too and had engaged with Bimstore as a means of satisfying the need of getting high quality BIM files created and hosted on a platform that made them easily available to potential specifiers. Bimstore created the first set of BIM files for Albion’s core building services range, as well as provided hosting for them on the Bimstore platform, which gave them access to hundreds of thousands of potential specifiers around the world.
The Progress
The team at Albion use the analytics provided on Bimstore platform to guide them on which products are in demand. They have also vastly expanded the range of BIM files available, both for their longstanding products and also new ones that were released to the market.
"Introducing BIM components not only improved our project support offering to the industry, but also ensured we were not excluded from large projects where a digital build was mandatory." - Sanwal Amjed, Quality Manager, Albion Valves
Albion’s customers have commented favourably on the level of technical information that is publicly available for all of their products, and the addition of BIM files is something the company believes really elevates their offering.
The Results
Since working with Bimstore, Albion has seen an increase in both product views and downloads. From 2023 to 2024, they saw an increase of 74.6% in views of their products, and an increase of 27.1% in file downloads. One of their most popular products, the ART 640HW Gate Valve, has been viewed over 13.500 times and downloaded by people in 123 countries!
“I would advise someone who is yet to start off with BIM to sit down with Bimstore and understand what they are currently doing in your market sector and what potentially they could add if you were to engage with them. You’d be surprised at what they can offer, the value they can add to your business and their level of expertise.”
The Future
As Albion’s range grows, the team will look to create more and more BIM files for their products in conjunction with the demand for more and more designs to have a digital model before the construction phase. Albion are also in the process of creating a new website and, as it is on their existing website, BIM will be prominent, easily recognisable, and accessible.
To find out about how Bimstore works with manufacturers to maximise the benefits they get from their BIM content, take a look at this page. More information on Albion Valves can be found on their manufacturer profile on Bimstore.
