AdSimulo Published in China

China-Elevator - adsimulo

A comprehensive article about AdSimulo has recently been published in a leading Chinese magazine “China Elevator” (vol. 28 no. 14). The editors are aware that Chinese architectural firms lack adequate design tools to carry out lift traffic analysis and to design vertical transportation systems. AdSimulo offers a solution to that problem and opens a completely […]

BCO 2014 Standard now included

BCO 2014 STANDARD NOW INCLUDED

Many users often require their office building design to be compliant with the above standard. The lift traffic profiles for “up peak” and “lunchtime” are very specific as are the average waiting times required to be met. They can be summarised as follows: Up Peak (Morning am): 5-minute Handling Capacity: 12% Traffic Pattern: 85% up, […]

AdSimulo reports extended for BREEAM energy assessment of lifts

breeam stamp - Adsimulo

BREEAM (Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method) is the world’s leading and most widely used environmental assessment method for buildings. It sets the standard for best practice in sustainable design and is used to measure a building’s environmental performance. AdSimulo can now be used not only to define the optimum number of lifts required for […]

Adsimulo BIM capabilities extended to handle more classes of lifts

Elevator Sample Image - Adsimulo

The international standard ISO-4190 defines different classes of lifts, as follows: Class I – lifts designed for transport of persons* Class II – lifts designed mainly for transport of persons but in which goods may be carried (note they differ from Classes I, III and VI lifts essentially by the inner fittings of the car) […]

REVIT 2016 Compatibility

sample drawing of machine - adsimulo

We are pleased to announce that following various upgrades to the Adsimulo application from which building designers and architects can “download” a generic Building Information Model (BIM) for the vertical transportation elements of their building we can confirm that our output BIM files are fully compatible with Autodesk’s REVIT 2016. The “building block” information contained […]

Optimal “Elevatoring” for London’s Tallest Buildings

Movvéo Lift Consultants, having completed the lift designs for many of the iconic buildings now on London’s skyline such as the Shard, HSBC HQ, Heron Bishopsgate Tower and the Broadgate Tower are continuing to apply their expertise and experience to several new towers planned for London. Adrian Godwin, Movvéo’s Chairman, commented “Knowing the value of every […]

3D BIM (Building Information Modelling)

It’s about much more than the technology, it’s about the very way in which we work and interact… Was the headline quote from a seminar entitled; Design Management and Building Information Modelling (BIM) An event convened jointly between the CIOB Innovation and Research Panel, the CIOB Faculty of Architecture and Surveying and the Association of […]