{"id":58309,"date":"2025-09-08T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/?p=58309"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:37:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T20:37:44","slug":"baudet-and-bouygues-innovate-modular-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2025\/09\/baudet-and-bouygues-innovate-modular-construction.html","title":{"rendered":"BAUDET and BOUYGUES Innovate Modular Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAUDET<\/a> has specialized in manufacturing and delivering prefabricated, fully finished, ready-to-install bathroom units to sites across Europe for over three decades. To keep pace with today\u2019s sustainability-driven building environment, BAUDET turned to SOLIDWORKS and the 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE platform to enable it to push the boundaries of modular construction.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, this prefab bathroom solution allows us to deliver a fully finished factory product to a work site,\u201d says BAUDET Executive Vice President Laurent Rou\u00e9. BAUDET builds 6,000 prefab bathrooms per year off-site in a controlled factory environment, which enables better quality control, faster installs, and less disruption on job sites. Prefab bathrooms typically save time, cut costs, and simplify the entire construction process.<\/p>\n

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BAUDET\u2019s roots are in polyester construction, but the company is always seeking innovations and opportunities. \u201cAbout 10 years ago, we developed a second concept, a metal-framed bathroom, which allows us to size bathrooms according to the needs of the site and adapt the finishes according to the requirements of project developers and architects,\u201d adds Rou\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The Power of the Digital Thread<\/strong><\/p>\n

To meet the growing complexity of these modular projects, BAUDET partnered with Dassault Syst\u00e8mes to integrate SOLIDWORKS<\/a> and the 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE into their workflows. The result is a connected ecosystem that unites design, manufacturing, and on-site construction through a shared digital thread, a connected process that links every stage of a product\u2019s life cycle, keeping everyone on the same page with real-time data.<\/p>\n

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Vincent Carton, Chief Project Manager at BRIC Construction (BAUDET\u2019s construction partner), explains: \u201cTo do this, we use a digital twin of the construction, where we input [into] a common data environment.\u201d For BRIC, this digital collaboration is one way to reduce carbon impact while increasing productivity.<\/p>\n

Carton describes how this looks in practice: \u201cThe collaborative project with BAUDET allowed us to integrate these bathroom models into the digital twin and retrieve their exact geometry and the interface points with the cable chase and the kitchenette.\u201d That level of accuracy made it possible to prebuild cable chases. (Interface points are where different parts of a building must fit and integrate, such as where a bathroom connects to a structure\u2019s pipes or where a kitchen connects to a building\u2019s wires.)<\/p>\n

The ability to resolve interface challenges before hitting a job site has proven transformational. \u201cProject workers began to resolve these interfaces right from the design stage by modifying the connection points with the bathrooms or the pathways in the cable chase,\u201d says Carton. \u201cFor example, being able to anticipate the interfaces allowed our teams to create the 235 cable chases in a micro factory at the base of a work site and to install them before major construction began.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Integration Matters<\/strong><\/p>\n

SOLIDWORKS plays an equally critical role inside BAUDET. \u201cSOLIDWORKS software allows us to be very proactive in terms of design and development and sharing information about our bathrooms with our various stakeholders,\u201d notes project manager Emmanuel Philippe. The team also uses SOLIDWORKS Simulation to test structural resistance, which helps to accelerate prototyping and shorten production cycles. \u201cSo, we can be more responsive during testing, prototyping, and production runs,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

The seamless link between Dassault Syst\u00e8mes SOLIDWORKS and 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE means fewer surprises and more synergy on complex, multi-contractor projects. \u201cThere are a lot of contract lots [scopes of work] associated with our bathroom module,\u201d Philippe continues. \u201cSo, this allows us to use 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE to place our bathroom module and integrate it with the building\u2019s digital model.\u201d<\/p>\n

BAUDET\u2019s internal workflows now mesh more effortlessly with those of global contractors like Bouygues and other major firms. Rou\u00e9 sums up the value of the partnership: \u201cThe advantage of 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE is that it has a collaborative platform that lets us speak the same language.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mass Customization<\/strong><\/p>\n

With roughly 20 pod models already developed or underway, BRIC Construction and BAUDET are proving how standardization and customization can work hand-in-hand. \u201cOur goal is for the interfaces with these pods to already be resolved based on what we\u2019ve learned about the building site,\u201d emphasizes Carton.<\/p>\n

Whether adapting design tools to the construction sector or closing the gap between offsite manufacturing and onsite assembly, BAUDET\u2019s journey is proof that digital transformation in construction is both practical and a bottom-line reality. Philippe concludes, \u201cWe are working more efficiently with SOLIDWORKS tools and all the related modules linked to SOLIDWORKS.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you would like to learn more about how SOLIDWORKS and 3D<\/strong>EXPERIENCE can help you work more effectively and efficiently, contact your local reseller<\/a>. You can read the full case study here: https:\/\/www.solidworks.com\/customer-story\/baudet-and-bouygues-innovate-modular-construction\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BAUDET unifies teams, speeds installs, and simplifies prefab construction without sacrificing flexibility with SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE.<\/p>\n... Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":58317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2933,50,26,826,14,18,63],"tags":[1890,5110,4365,19,2078],"class_list":["post-58309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3dexperience","category-collaboration","category-customer-stories","category-dassault-systmes","category-design","category-solidworks","category-solidworks-simulation","tag-3dexperience","tag-construction","tag-digital-twin","tag-solidworks-2","tag-solidworks-simulation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58309"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58442,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58309\/revisions\/58442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}