BIM quality control at Pellikaan: Zoetermeer wellness complex

Pellikaan chose Solibri to bring greater control, structure, and confidence to a complex construction project where quality could not depend on assumptions. The Zoetermeer wellness complex combines a large main building, sixteen pavilions, smaller structures, detailed finishes, multiple installation systems, site logistics, and changing model information. In this environment, the project team needed a way to validate information continuously and make decisions based on reliable, current data. The main reason for using Solibri was to turn BIM quality control into a practical working method. Weekly model updates, structured coordination, and rule-based checking helped the team keep design and construction aligned. Solibri’s Information Takeoff functionality also allowed Pellikaan to compare model versions and immediately understand what had changed. For example, the team could identify added steel, reduced concrete, or modified installations and connect those changes to cost, planning, and execution decisions. This was essential because Pellikaan’s project principle was “quality before time.” The team needed technology that supported deliberate decision-making without slowing the project down. Solibri enabled faster insight, earlier deviation detection, and clearer communication between project stakeholders. It also supported Pellikaan’s wider digitalization approach: practical, understandable, and built around people using the model during daily work, not as a separate reporting exercise.

- Managing a large and complex wellness project across a 2.5-hectare site. - Coordinating a 9,500 m² main building with sixteen pavilions and smaller structures. - Keeping control of hundreds of models and weekly updates. - Identifying deviations early enough to avoid late-stage rework. - Understanding model changes quickly and connecting them to cost and planning. - Preventing one project area from disrupting other zones or subprojects. - Maintaining consistent information across design and construction teams. - Supporting collaboration across teams working with different standards and workflows. - Making BIM practical for people on the project, not only for digital specialists. - Reducing uncertainty in site logistics, earthworks, and execution planning.

Before adopting this structured Solibri-supported workflow, model comparison and change understanding would have relied more heavily on manual review, fragmented coordination, and interpretation across separate drawings, models, schedules, and project updates. Instead of instantly identifying changes between model versions through Information Takeoff, teams would have needed to compare updates manually or discuss differences through coordination meetings without the same level of data-backed clarity. This made it harder to connect model changes directly to cost, planning, site logistics, and construction decisions.

Solibri helped Pellikaan reduce uncertainty, accelerate decision-making, and maintain quality control across a highly complex construction project. The most immediate impact was speed. Through Information Takeoff and model comparison, the team could identify changes between model versions in minutes rather than spending days reviewing updates manually. When quantities changed, such as additional steel or reduced concrete, the project team could immediately understand the effect on cost, planning, and execution. This improved decision-making across the project. Weekly model reviews gave the team a consistent rhythm for checking progress, discussing issues, and resolving deviations before they reached the construction site. That reduced the risk of late-stage correction rounds and helped keep issues small. By dividing the project into sixteen subprojects and ten main-building zones, Pellikaan also created a more predictable delivery structure, where teams could work in parallel without bringing the entire project to a halt. The business value was not limited to time savings. Solibri also supported better collaboration, stronger information reliability, and more predictable quality. Everyone worked from the same model-based information, which reduced interpretation differences and helped the project team make decisions with confidence. For Pellikaan, the Zoetermeer wellness complex demonstrates how digital quality assurance can improve project control while supporting craftsmanship, collaboration, and practical execution. The approach now serves as a blueprint for future projects across Pellikaan’s operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

"Digitalization is not a goal in itself. It’s a way to build better. The real value lies in predictability, collaboration and trust in your information.” Joris van den Braak, Digital Strategy Manager, Pellikaan

https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0wVW910