STI Firestop Expands Architectural Design BIM Resources with BIMsmith Partnership
Specified Technologies Inc., an industry leader in developing innovative firestopping systems that help stop the spread of fire, smoke, and hot gases for over 30 years, has partnered with BIMsmith, the leading product research platform for building professionals, to expand its robust offering of Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools to the architecture and engineering community.
The partnership places BIM content for STI Firestop products strategically in front of building design professionals via BIMsmith Market, the leading product research tool for architects and other building professionals around the world. By providing quality, easily accessible BIM content through BIMsmith and the STI website, STI is making it easy and simple for building professionals to incorporate firestop into their complex building designs.
STI is not new to BIM. In 2016, it released its own proprietary FCM (Firestop Clash Management) plugin for Autodesk Revit, which uses clash detection to find locations where penetrants meet fire-rated barriers and automatically selects the appropriate firestop systems.
The BIMsmith partnership aims to further add to the STI portfolio of powerful BIM tools for fire protection, solidifying STI Firestop’s role as an indispensable partner providing firestop solutions to building design professionals.
View the STI Firestop BIM Library and download the Firestop Clash Management Revit plugin at www.stifirestop.com/bim-resources.
About STI Firestop
STI leads the industry in developing innovative fire protection systems that help stop the spread of fire, smoke and hot gases. For over 30 years, our team has worked hand in hand with the construction industry to create simple solutions to complex firestopping problems. Our SpecSeal® and EZ Path® product lines are engineered to deliver powerful performance. Because our system designs are user-driven, they are easier to apply. The result is simply designed, outstanding fire protection systems which often result in lower installed costs. STI products and systems offer innovative firestop solutions for all types of new construction and retrofit applications. Since firestopping is our only business, we concentrate all our resources on providing the highest quality, fully tested, innovative firestopping solutions. Learn more at www.stifirestop.com.
About BIMsmith
BIMsmith, the leading cloud-based building product discovery and selection platform, cultivates global business-to-business relationships between building industry professionals and building product manufacturers. Through direct integration of real product data into the BIM workflow, BIMsmith continues to shape the future of building science technology, placing its clients at the forefront of BIM innovation while addressing the true needs of industry professionals. Learn more about BIMsmith at www.bimsmith.com.