Mount Lighting is a leading manufacturer of customisable architectural, commercial, and emergency lighting, focusing specifically on the workplace. The company is family-owned, Made in Britain accredited, and has been operating for more than 25 years. Miles Cantley is Innovation Director for the company.
The Challenge
Miles and the team at Mount Lighting want to make the lighting design process as easy as possible for interior designers. A few years ago, the company identified that introducing BIM models was going to be an excellent way of providing designers digital versions of Mount Lighting’s products to work with. That would also enable the company to get their products embedded into the design process from a very early stage.
The Solution
Mount Lighting was researching BIM file creation and discovered Bimstore during that process. As they began to think that working with an expert partner was a preferred route for the company, they started engaging with Bimstore. During those conversations, Miles picked out some of the key differentiators as being important factors for them:
“Bimstore is different in the sense that it’s a community platform, which is important for us at Mount Lighting. Being able to share our innovative ideas across different design scenarios and also sharing case studies and news content makes it great for us getting our message out to the marketplace.” - Miles Cantley, Innovation Director, Mount Lighting
The Progress
Bimstore assigned Mount Lighting a Customer Success Manager and Content Creation Specialist. Once the BIM files are completed, the team at Bimstore upload the files to the platform and share them with the company, so they have their own copies to hold on file and share with their customers as requested.
“Working with Bimstore is a very simple, easy process. It allows us to fit in with the more forward-thinking design companies who are already using BIM files in their project creation plans. By fitting in with them, we can ensure our products are built into their process at an early stage, which helps our specification strategy overall.”
The Results
The impact on their brand awareness and product visibility has been significant. Last year, the company saw an increase of 85% for views on their products and a 20% increase in downloads. Their most viewed product is the Halo, in both surface and suspended versions, which has been viewed nearly 16,000 times.
The Future
The team at Mount Lighting will continue to explore how they can utilise their BIM content in other ways to maximise brand awareness with potential specifiers and get their products included in projects at an early stage. They are also looking at ways BIM can be used by other teams within the business.
To find out about how Bimstore works with manufacturers to maximise the benefits they get from their BIM content, take a look at this page. More information on Mount Lighting can be found on their manufacturer profile on Bimstore.
