Established in 1987, Bolima Drafting & Design, Inc. (Bolima) is a design technology consulting firm in Seattle, WA, that provides CADD and BIM management, modeling, drafting and support services for engineering, architectural, and construction firms in the Puget Sound area. We are experienced in the CADD standards of various agencies including Sound Transit, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), King County, King County Metro Transit, City of Seattle, Port of Seattle, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), City of Portland, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. We are a Native American-owned firm and MBE/DBE certified in Washington, Oregon, California and Arizona.

Services

Our CADD services span all phases of a project from conceptual to final design through as-builts and archiving of complete project sets. Our services include the following:

• CADD management

• Technical CADD management

• Serving as liaison between project management and engineers

• Meeting with team leads regarding progress, changes and deadlines for the project

• CADD lead services

• AutoCAD to MicroStation translation and coordination during design for all disciplines

• MicroStation to AutoCAD translation and coordination during design for all disciplines

• Providing quality control and assurance:

  • Ensuring drawings are digitally correct

  • Reviewing for content

  • Reviewing for standards

• Maintaining digital drawings through the clients’ file management software

• Providing training in 3D modeling for engineering staff

• Providing monthly progress reports

• Providing budget oversight

• Project set-up (template file creation, standards implementation, plan sheets, etc.)

• Maintenance of drawing index database

• Creating client exhibits during conceptual stage

• Creating and revising design drawings as the design progresses

• Producing 30%, 60% and 90% Issued for Bid and Issued for Construction design packages

• Assembling sets, creating PDFs and plotting drawing sets per client specifications

• Archiving progress sets and submittals

Disciplines

• Civil

• Structural

• Electrical

• Mechanical

• Systems

• Architectural