Construction 4D and interactive tools
Building it right, before you build it.
I help contractors and project teams win work and plan delivery by rehearsing the build in 4D, and I build bespoke interactive tools in Unreal Engine and Unity. I do the work myself, from the programme to the final frame.
More than ten years in construction technology: BIM, 4D planning with SYNCHRO, and real-time visualisation in Unreal Engine and Unity.
Illustration: a made-up tower and programme, not a client project.
A reply within 2 working days
Then a 30-minute call with the person who will do the work, before anything is priced.
A written proposal within 3 working days of the call
Scope, timeline, price and assumptions, agreed before any work starts.
Where I take 4D work
Projects in the Gulf, continental Europe and North America.
Tools and formats
What I do
4D sequences for tenders and briefings, 4D models your planners can rely on, and interactive tools for bid and site teams. Each project is scoped on a call and priced in a written proposal.
For bid teams, planners and project managers
Your programme linked to your model and played as the build, week by week, so a bid panel, a client or your site team can see how the job goes together.
For projects in the Gulf, continental Europe and North America.
For planning, bid and site teams who work in 4D
A 4D model your planners can rely on: the programme linked to the model in SYNCHRO 4D or Navisworks TimeLiner, checked, and ready for the bid or the site team.
For projects in the Gulf, continental Europe and North America.
For bid, site and design teams who need more than a video
Interactive tools built for your project in Unreal Engine or Unity: 4D viewers and dashboards, VR and AR walkthroughs, site inductions and rehearsals of critical operations.
Tools that play a construction programme or rehearse a sequence of works, such as a heavy lift, are for projects in the Gulf, continental Europe and North America. VR walkthroughs, inductions and design reviews have no regional limit.
4D work is for projects in the Gulf, continental Europe and North America: sequencing and animation, planning and SYNCHRO support, and any application that plays a construction programme. VR walkthroughs, site inductions and design review tools that do not play a programme have no regional limit.
Why it helps
A Gantt chart asks people to imagine the job. A 4D rehearsal shows it to them, week by week, in the order you plan to build it.
Evaluation panels score what they can follow. A 4D sequence shows your method, phasing and logistics in one clip, and gives your bid team something to walk the panel through at interview.
A client board, a neighbour or a new site team can follow the build on screen without reading a Gantt chart, so the whole project works from one picture of the job.
Played in 4D, a slab before its columns, two trades in one zone in the same week, or a laydown area across a delivery route shows up on screen, while it is still a change to the programme and not a delay on site.
Who it is for
Contractors, and the client and project teams who work with them.
Win work
Your method, phasing and logistics as a 4D sequence for the submission and the interview, with stills for the written answers. I plan the work back from your submission date.
Plan delivery
4D models built in SYNCHRO 4D or Navisworks TimeLiner, linked to your programme, checked for gaps, logic and clashes in time, and reviewed with your planners. Extra 4D capacity when a bid or a busy phase stretches the team.
Brief and rehearse
Briefings that a client board, a stakeholder group or a site team can follow without a Gantt chart: progress replays, interactive 4D viewers, VR site inductions and rehearsals of heavy lifts.
How it works
Nothing is priced from a list. The same steps run every project, from a short tender clip to a full 4D model, and nothing starts until you accept the written proposal.
Use the form or email me: what you are building, where, and when the tender or the work is due. A short note is enough.
You and I go through the programme, the model, the deadline and who will see the result, at a time that suits your time zone.
Scope, timeline, price and assumptions, in writing. Nothing starts until you accept it.
I share previews at the points set in the proposal, so you can steer while changes are still cheap.
The final files with short notes on how to use them, and the project files where the proposal includes them.
Best unity developer I ever worked with.
One person, from the first call to handover.
I do the work myself, so the person you brief on the call is the person who links your programme, builds your 4D model or writes your application.
FAQ
Every 4D job and every application is different: the size of the programme and the model, the deadline, and who will watch the result. A 30-minute call lets me understand yours, so the written proposal that follows within 3 working days sets out the scope, timeline, price and assumptions for your job, not a guess from a list. Nothing starts until you accept it.
Often, yes. Put the submission date in your first message and I plan the work back from it, with previews at agreed points. If the date is too close for everything you want to show, I say so on the call and suggest what fits in the time.
Whatever you have: the programme, the model or a sample of it, and the date the work is needed. A short note is enough to arrange the call.
Large files are easiest to share as a link from the service your company already uses, such as OneDrive, Dropbox or WeTransfer, or your common data environment. Paste the link into the form, or email it to joe@digitalrehearsals.com.
4D work is for projects in the Gulf, continental Europe and North America: sequencing and animation, planning and SYNCHRO support, and any application that plays a construction programme.
VR walkthroughs, site inductions and design review tools that do not play a programme have no regional limit.
Yes. I am happy to sign your NDA before you send anything. I do the work myself, your files are used only for your project, and nothing made from them is shown anywhere without your written permission.
I work on UK time: GMT, or BST from late March to late October. I reply to every enquiry within 2 working days and arrange the call at a time that suits your working day.
A short note is enough. I reply within 2 working days to arrange a 30-minute call, and a written proposal follows within 3 working days of the call.