IA Consulting EngineeringS.r.l. — Rome

Design, consulting and research firm

From the ground
to the structure.

Integrated design of road, railway and metro infrastructure, bridges and structures, and civil buildings. From preliminary design through to as-built, developed in a BIM environment, with an in-house structural analysis, checking and validation unit.

From ground to structure — six-span viaduct 270 m · six spans of 45 m
Ground
Phase 01 Existing conditions — hillside survey
Survey
Phase 02 Laser scanner point cloud, three stations
Geotechnics
Phase 03 Stratigraphy, water table and deep foundations
Sketch
Phase 04 First crossing concept
Analysis
Phase 05 Finite element model, deflected shape and foundations
Model
Phase 06 Information model — coordinated disciplines
Site
Phase 07 Deck launching
Structure
Phase 08 Structure in service
INFORMATION MODELIFC / COORDINATED
Founded2015Rome
Staff10+engineers · architects
Scope360°integrated project
MethodBIMUNI 11337 · ISO 19650
01RoadsRoads · bridges and structures 02RailwaysTrack · stations 03Metro systemsStations · viaducts 04Special projectsBuildings · energy 05Building retrofitPost-earthquake · seismic upgrading 06Digital engineeringBIM · IFC · CDE

Selected projects

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ALIGNMENT / PLAN AND PROFILE
MODEL / FEDERATED
IFC / COORDINATED
IT / RAIL / BIM / 2025

Rome–Pescara Railway · Lot 1

Interporto d’Abruzzo–Manoppello · BIM design

OP.01PHOTODRAWING
SECTION / C-C
STR / ARCH
LOD 350
IT / STATION / 2024–25

Lercara Station

Palermo–Catania · structural and architectural design

OP.03PHOTODRAWING
EXISTING / SURVEY
PIPE / ALIGN.
BIM / CIVIL
IT / WATER / BIM / 2024–25

ASA Interceptor Sewer · Bagnoli-Coroglio

Naples Site of National Interest · BIM design

OP.11PHOTODRAWING
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In-house process

Design.
Check.
Validate.

Every project is developed as a single system. Design, independent checking and validation run through the same technical process, from the coordinated model to the construction drawings.

→ Our method
Phase 1, design: geometric model of a four-storey reinforced concrete frame, 15.20 m high, 6.00 x 6.00 m grid, with a stair and lift core and a raft foundation. LOD 350, in lavorazione. Phase 2, check: the same frame as a finite element model, with meshed slabs and walls, 7.5 kN/m² load, horizontal forces increasing with height, 420 kN base shear, 18.6 mm maximum displacement and 0.82 utilisation ratio. Phase 3, validate: coordinated model with checked connections, technical review passed, drawing validated at revision C and status issued.
Digital engineering

One model.
Several disciplines.
A single coordinated source.

The information model is not a duplicate of the drawings: it is the reference from which drawings, quantities and checks are derived. The disciplines converge into a federated model and continue along a traceable information flow through to as-built.

openBIMIFCCDEISO 19650UNI 11337
Detail A of the openBIM information flow, from design to construction: the architectural, structural and services disciplines converge into the open IFC exchange, then into the federated model for coordination and checking, and finally into the common data environment to ISO 19650.

Contact

ROME / ITALY
Office

Via Pio Foà 55
00152 Rome — Italy

Phone

+39 06 87.93.1680
fax +39 06 87.93.1681

UTC +01 / +02
Email

q.silvestri@iaconseng.it

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR