72 Category 1: Buildings 1 Limmat Tower, Baufeld E - Dietikon, Switzerland AP Owner Halter Entwicklungen Architect hbf huggenbergerfries, Architekten AG ETH SIA BSA General Contractor Priora Generalunternehmer AG Engineering Office SYNAXIS AG Zürich Construction Period 2013 - 2019 The valley of the river Limmat (Limmattal) has a new skyscraper. By the end of January 2015 the Limmat Tower reached its final height of 80 m, ready to become the focal landmark of Dietikon or even the whole area. The Limmat Tower is a massive skeleton construction. The bearing structure was built out of concrete columns placed along the facade and in the centre. The inner core and the flat slabs are also made of concrete. The 28 storey building stands on combined pile cap foundation. Two things were very unusual in this project: no perpendicular corners and very challenging details, with couplers in the core walls. After modelling the whole building, the detail drawings were derived very efficiently, one storey after the other, in accordance with office and Swiss drawing standards. The model was further used in collaboration with the architect (3D PDF) and to extract quantities for tendering. The 3D reinforcement was drawn as easily as sketching it in 2D and the bending schedules were derived automatically. Karl-Heinz Hamel was the leading designer on the projects and concludes: “We can’t imagine working without 3D on our projects. We model even simple projects in 3D because it definitely saves time.” Contact Thomas Lüthi, Carlo Bianci (CEO, PM) Address Thurgauerstrasse 56 8050 Zürich, Switzerland Website www.synaxis.ch “Synaxis” is Greek and means: connecting/combining. This is the central aspect of our daily planning and detailing work with and for our customers and partners. Our company’s history dates back to 1928 and after various name and owner changes, three partner offices were established in 1998, in Zürich, Altdorf and Lausanne. In 2007 the group-name ‘Synaxis’ was established. We provide planning, detailing and management services for erecting buildings and infrastructure constructions and expert knowledge in how to maintain them. Synaxis AG Zürich
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