A building-system manufacturer is judged on how easily a project team can move from a performance requirement to a specified, supported solution.
Our building systems website design work sets out systems, applications, tested performance, technical files, BIM objects and installation knowledge with the clarity architects, consultants, contractors and distributors expect. Each of those roles enters the project at a different point and needs different evidence from the same product range.
Architects look for design intent, detailing and compliance evidence. Building services engineers need performance data they can put into a calculation. Contractors need buildability, lead time and installation confidence. Installers need fixing details and training. Distributors need a clean product structure and stock information. A building-system platform has to address each role without duplicating the same content across several disconnected sections that gradually fall out of step.
We organise content around applications, project conditions, regulatory requirements and performance criteria as well as product ranges. A specifier searching for a partition that meets a fire rating and an acoustic target is not looking for a product name yet. Letting them enter through the performance requirement and arrive at qualifying system build-ups establishes relevance before anyone has to work through component-level detail.
Performance in this sector is a property of the assembly rather than any single item. A tested build-up with its layers, fixings, substrate conditions and test evidence is what a specifier can rely on, and changing one component can invalidate the result. We model systems as assemblies with their components attached, so a project team can see exactly which configuration was tested and which alternatives are covered by the same evidence.
Technical drawings, declarations of performance, CE or UKCA documentation, environmental product declarations, test reports, BIM and CAD objects, installation guides and certificates all need governance and findability. We create a structure that lets your technical team maintain the current asset in one place while users find it in the project context where it is needed, with revision dates and applicable market clearly visible on the file itself.
For many practices the model is where specification decisions are recorded, so an object that is accurate, correctly classified and properly sized carries commercial weight. We treat the object library as part of the product model rather than an afterthought: linked to the system it represents, versioned alongside the technical file, and served without a registration wall so heavy that specifiers use a competitor’s object instead.
Specification is only the first half. A contractor wants to know who can install the system in their region and what comparable projects look like. An installer locator, approved-installer status, training records and a project reference library with the systems used, the performance achieved and the conditions on site turn a specification into an order. These also give the site content that earns links and search visibility on its own.
Code Industrial is the industrial B2B practice of Code Barcelona, an agency building corporate websites and digital platforms since 2015. The same strategy, design and engineering team works on every industrial project, from the first scoping session through to life after launch.
Specification, documentation and installation support pull a platform in different directions. These are the components a building systems website most often needs.
Questions that come up when specification, technical documentation and installer support all have to live on one platform.
By connecting applications, performance criteria, system build-ups and technical assets along a route that mirrors the early project conversation. A specifier working to a fire rating and an acoustic target should be able to reach the qualifying assemblies, see the evidence behind the figures and download what they need for the specification in the same visit. That is more useful than a conventional corporate catalogue organised around product families.
Yes. We define ownership, classification, naming, file formats and access routes for BIM and CAD objects, then attach them to the systems they represent and version them alongside the technical file. The practical decisions are how much registration to require before download and how object revisions are communicated to practices that already placed an earlier version in a model.
As structured records attached to the system rather than files in a general download area. Each document carries its type, the standard it relates to, the market it applies to, the revision date and the systems it covers, so the site serves the version valid where the visitor is building. Where approvals differ between markets, the product record stays single and the approval status varies by region rather than requiring a separate page per country.
Yes. We design a scalable information model for language, regional standards, local contacts, available ranges and approval status, so teams do not rebuild the website country by country. Local teams get editorial control of the fields they own while shared technical data stays governed centrally, and search targeting is configured so market versions do not compete with each other for the same query.
Yes. An installer or distributor locator can present coverage by region, approval or certification level, and the systems each partner is authorised to install. Where you run a training scheme, certification status can be maintained by your technical team so the listing reflects current approvals. This is often the fastest route from a specification made months earlier to an order placed on site.
As structured records rather than a photo gallery. A reference is most persuasive when it names the application, the systems used, the performance achieved, the building type and the conditions the project had to work with, so a reader can judge whether it resembles their own scheme. Presented that way the library also supports application and sector searches, which makes it one of the stronger sources of organic visibility on a building products site.
Most expect open access to declarations of performance, data sheets and basic drawings, and will accept registration for BIM objects or detailed design support. A registration wall placed too early tends to send a specifier to a competitor’s file instead, so the sensible approach is to gate a small number of high-value assets and keep compliance documentation open, then measure whether the gated assets are producing usable enquiries.
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Tell us how your systems are specified, sold and installed, and which technical files each role asks for. We will identify the digital structure that helps every project role move forward.