April 23, 2021

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BIM support from ASSA ABLOY helps Tel Aviv university meet security & safety requirements

With building information modelling (BIM) an increasingly important part of construction projects, we find out how the ASSA ABLOY team supported Zarhy Architects maintain the flow of information for a complex, evolving project to meet safety and security requirements.

ASSAABLOY-BimTelAviv-21Collaboration was key to successful design and building specification for the Broadcom R&D Center at Tel Aviv University. The experienced ASSA ABLOY BIM consultancy team helped create a fast start-up curve for the Zarhy Architects, who were new to the multidisciplinary BIM process.

For specifying the Broadcom building, ASSA ABLOY provided a comprehensive BIM Objects library. This set of downloadable files incorporates complete door, frame and hardware specifications for ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions’ range of door solutions. File packages include geometry, safety data, environmental product declarations (EPDs) and links to other relevant information. These BIM Objects files open directly inside Zarhy’s design software, Autodesk Revit, saving the architects’ time and enabling rapid product visualisation.

Supplementing this specification partnership, ASSA ABLOY brought independent security and safety expertise to the project’s BIM team and coordinated knowledge transfer between all the project’s stakeholders through planning and construction phases. By enhancing existing workflows ASSA ABLOY’s BIM consultancy helped Zarhy to deliver on schedule.

According to the architect in charge of the project, Nimrod Schenkelbach, ASSA ABLOY’s “deep understanding of complex safety and security requirements” helped them identify and deliver creative solutions to their clients. Alongside specialist input from the BIM consultants, software also played a critical role in the collaboration: “Openings Studio software introduced us to a whole new way of thinking and efficiency,” adds Nimrod.

The resulting 450-door, mixed-use university building now houses both student classrooms and offices for faculty professors and Broadcom semiconductor engineers. From the ASSA ABLOY product range, Abloy electromechanical locks, TESA panic bars and U-shaped handles, and Rockwood plates and handles were all specified.

ASSA ABLOY BIM consultants fully integrated with the project from the beginning. They were available throughout — including via direct communication channels within Openings Studio software — to help ensure required specifications for the project were all met. Openings Studio software delivered detailed specifications directly to Zarhy’s Revit files.

This integrated design and specification phase, mediated by Openings Studio, was said to streamline the process, minimise errors and save architects’ time. “A direct channel between requirements and supplied solutions was very important,” adds Daniel Zarhy, partner. “The software allowed us to manage all the data efficiently and keep it up to date.”

Over the lifetime of a project and building, Openings Studio remains current and accessible. Everyone working on the new R&D centre through its life-cycle can always find the information they need, fast.

Find out more about Openings Studio. 

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