BIM Consultant in New Zealand.

Baumass DE provides services as BIM Consultant in New Zealand and Australia.

Our focus is on assisting engineering and construction companies to implement robust and easy-to-use systems that enable their teams to build models and manage workflows related to Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Digital Engineering (DE). Our philosophy is that technology-driven collaboration rewards with efficiency, quality and design flexibility.

Who we are.

Gideon Botes

Main Consultant

With 22+ years in electrical design, drafting, BIM, and digital engineering leadership, I bring an engineering-first perspective to substation and infrastructure projects. This includes 11+ years focused on substation yard design (11–400kV, brownfield/greenfield, renewables HV reticulation), leading drafting/modelling teams, and delivering coordinated models from proposal through to as-builts for clients in Africa and the Middle East. In New Zealand, I spent 5.5 years as BIM Manager and CAD Team Leader across multiple parallel roles in the electrical/transmission sector. Since middle 2025, I've been contracting as independent BIM Consultant in New Zealand, via Baumass DE, multiplying BIM/DE capability for clients in New Zealand and Australia.

My defining value: As a capability multiplier, I help NZ and AU electrical/construction teams build real, confident BIM capability quickly and correctly — turning processes, standards (e.g., ISO 19650), and tools into project advantages, not just producing drawings.

I serve both Australian and New Zealand clients, operating out of Christchurch.

Gideon holds a B Comm (Information & Technology Management). Hands-on experience includes a range of CDE and DMS platforms (Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revizto, Cintoo, Navisworks, Bentley ProjectWise, Accruent Meridian, SharePoint and Redeye) and tools (Revit, Civil 3D, Map 3D, InfraWorks, Recap, Leica, Cloud Collaborate, AutoCAD, Vehicle Tracking, Inventor, Bentley MicroStation, and PV CAD Mega). This includes extensive work both solo or leading CAD Project workgroups, designing substations of various architectures and voltages from 11 up to 400kV, renewable (wind and solar) HV reticulation, overhead lines, cables, brownfields and greenfields.

Ready to build confident BIM capability in your NZ or AU team? Get in touch for a free 30-min capability chat.

Tools

Our experience is not only in platforms but how they work together. Be it authoring tools, or a common data environment, it helps to understand what plug goes in which socket.

Skills

Lacking core BIM proficiencies on your team?
Regardless of whether you're looking at new skills acquisition or upskilling existing teams, we're here to help.

Process

Unsure who does what and when? Let our business analyst have a look at your existing process, help your managers develop a plan to change BIM from a liability to an asset.

Modelling

Already have the infrastructure you need and pressed to deliver without enough hands on deck? Send us your requirements, and speak to us about drafter availability.

How we work.

1 Investigation: At Baumass, we believe communication comes first. Whether you engage us for the procurement of a company-wide CDE solution, advise on how to tweak your existing process, or installing a vital skill for delivery - our process generally starts by interviewing the affected people to best understand your needs or bottlenecks.
2 Report: Following the investigation and dependent on the size of the engagement, we compile a report that summarises the findings of our investigation and outlines a proposed solution, and viable alternatives where relevant, as well as key outcomes for success - giving you maximum visibility on what comes next.
3 Execution: Depending on your requirements, after we have discussed the report with you, we will execute. This will look different based on the type of engagement. After execution, we will typically do an assessment on the success of outcomes based on the report.
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