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STOAS Architects Deliver Results With Autodesk BIM 360

STOAS Architects Deliver Results With Autodesk BIM 360

Customer challenge

Founded over 30 years ago, STOAS Architects focuses on architectural projects across commercial, distribution, workplace, residential and retail sectors. It manages everything from office refurbishments to warehouse designs, bespoke home developments, and new retail store construction and fit-outs. In addition to its design work, STOAS was looking to branch out into more efficient and effective document management when working on projects. In this instance, it initially migrated to Autodesk BIM 360 Docs. Using this tool allows it to share, view, mark up, and manage its construction drawings, documents, and models as well as getting any time, anywhere access to project information in one place. STOAS has now migrated to Autodesk BIM 360 Design (BIM Collaborate Pro) which takes this focus on bringing project teams close together one step further by supporting real-time Revit cloud work-sharing and collaboration workflows.

Project goals

For STOAS, the collaboration and interoperability between different project stakeholders were one of the main reasons for using Autodesk software in the first place. As Chris Bravington, Director STOAS Architects puts it: "The level of familiarity that architects, consultants, contractors and suppliers all have with Autodesk software solutions helps to build a strong collaborative workflow on any project and supports productivity and project efficiency. This interoperability has been key in helping us to meet our needs. This is also about building a robust cloud collaboration environment."

Solution

In implementing and then working with Autodesk software, STOAS Architects has drawn on the help of its long-term partner, Cadspec. One of the UK’s leading suppliers of Autodesk CAD/CAM software, Cadspec delivers a consultative approach to engagement and has worked hard to understand STOAS’s business in detail since it started working with it. It has also provided STOAS with account management, licence management and training on the Autodesk software.

Business outcome

The STOAS design teams have been able to connect and collaborate over the cloud much easier than if they had been using a virtual private network (VPN), or through traditional means. Chris further commented: "Thanks to BIM 360 Design, we have been able to interact quickly and easily during the pandemic. I don’t think we would have the same confidence in doing that using a simple Internet connection."

Conclusion

The last year has been a difficult one for almost every industry and Bravington is reluctant to make predictions for how the future is likely to pan out, in the short—term at least but he is keen for STOAS to continue to focus on collaborative working over the coming months. Chris commented: "There is a general desire across the business, to move to working with Revit on smaller projects as well and take the transition further in that world. Cadspec has opened our eyes to the power of collaborative design in the cloud and the rich functionality that Autodesk software can deliver to help us to achieve it. We are keen to continue positively down this path in the future."

Project summary

    Duration & delivery

  • 2
  • 2021-02-17

    Autodesk solutions

  • Architecture
  • Engineering & Construction Collection
  • BIM 360 Collaborate Pro
  • Revit

    Services provided

  • Software Asset Management & Usage
  • Cloud Migration
  • Collaboration & Productivity
  • Technical Support

    Customer industry

  • Architecture, Engineering & Construction
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