In any construction project, meticulous recording and management of door hardware is critical —although often prone to human error. What if there was a way to harness digital technology to fulfil this crucial requirement in a dependable, efficient, agile way?
Located in several cities around India, Edifice Consultants Pvt Ltd. specialises in designing climate-responsive architectural structures that harmonise with their surroundings.
Complex standards and regulations
Each project undertaken reflects Edifice’s collaborative ethos and dedication to enhance the immediate environment, while fostering the well-being of building users, local residents, and the landscape.
Edifice’s work across commercial, residential, industrial and public service sectors has received multiple prestigious awards. Designing buildings for so many segments and industries requires broad and deep knowledge of complex standards and regulations. The experience and expertise of ASSA ABLOY have proved invaluable.
Specification with Openings Studio™
ASSA ABLOY has provided Edifice with solutions for more than 750 fire-rated and non-fire doors
To streamline door specification, Edifice requires digital software that can cut manual mistakes and maintain the process’s accuracy, which is essential to efficient building design. Their chosen solution — Openings Studio™ — takes a rigorous approach, speeding up specification iterations to condense the revision cycle, improve time management and help hit Edifice’s ambitious project timelines.
To date, ASSA ABLOY has provided Edifice with solutions for more than 750 fire-rated and non-fire doors, via the Openings Studio plugin for Autodesk® Revit®. These include doors and door hardware suited to data centre deployment, among them mechanical mortise locks, exit devices, door closers and master-keying solutions from ASSA ABLOYs portfolio of trusted brands such as Yale and Sargent.
Collaborating for transparency and project efficiency
An industry-leading specification software tool and BIM plugin, Openings Studio integrates with design software to create and visualise openings for complete door, frame and hardware schedules and specifications. Its flexibility — and availability on multiple types of devices — means all specification changes are incorporated quickly and transparently, helping project delivery dates to remain on target.
The Openings Studio environment also simplifies collaboration and data sharing among all project stakeholders. It helps manage openings over the full project lifecycle, from planning and estimation to installation and beyond.
Door solution specifications
Openings Studio maintains a unified digital thread that connects all project partners to eliminate confusion For these reasons, Openings Studio is deployed all over the world as a specification and ordering tool for building projects. It can deliver detailed door solution specifications directly to popular packages such as Revit® and ARCHICAD®, drawing on a detailed database with colour, size, thickness and certifications for every product; as well as installation and compliance information, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and more.
With ongoing use throughout a building’s lifetime, Openings Studio maintains a unified digital thread that connects all project partners to eliminate the confusion that comes with stakeholders having to juggle multiple versions of documents.
Management of door hardware
“Openings Studio has always been helpful in projects,” explains Gaurav Nirmalkar, Designer at Edifice. “Personally, I have used it in three of the data centres and it never disappoints. The simple and crisp interface is a plus point.”
“Recording and management of door hardware is the most important thing in the construction industry. Openings Studio is a good choice for it.”
