Introduction
 
In the current dynamic and ever-changing environment, designers face more and more challenges. Mainly, they need to develop cost-efficient designs, keep their knowledge updated on several codes & regulations, and make sure that their specified solution is installed correctly and safely on the jobsite.
 
Hilti is committed to partner with specifiers to address these needs and provide solutions that bring more productivity, safety and sustainability.
 
With Hilti’s SPEC2site solutions, we help improve key steps in your design workflow and support making your design specifications better. This means design specifications that are higher performing, value engineered, more sustainable and give you more peace of mind.
 
Whether you are working with structural connections, MEP support systems, fire protection or special applications, Hilti’s SPEC2SITE solutions offer 4 elements:
1.    Higher performing hardware paired with advanced design methods,
2.    Innovative design software and services,
3.    Technical resources and educational material available 24/7 in our online Engineering Center and
4.    Onsite and office support from our dedicated sales and engineering teams.
It is the combination of these 4 distinct elements that enable our SPEC2SITE solutions to deliver the most value to you and help you make better specifications.
 
Let’s consider what this looks like in practice.

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Helping you make Better Specifications
 
Specifications that are Higher Performing
 
How can you make your specs higher performing? Hilti offers a vast hardware portfolio that covers a wide range of trades, applications and jobsite conditions.
 
To highlight an example, let’s look at how you can partner with Hilti for a structural baseplate connection using Hilti’s latest stud anchor innovation, HST4:

Baseplate application installed using our innovative stud anchors

HST4 offers higher pullout performance and improved concrete cone resistance, up to cast-in capacity, to bring stud anchor performance to a new level. It allows the use of anchors with a smaller diameter when the tension loads are decisive and enables reduced anchor and edge spacings. HST4, like several of Hilti’s solutions, is also approved for use in a wide variety of jobsite and loading conditions to meet even the most challenging conditions. Integration of our products in PROFIS Engineering, Hilti’s leading design software for structural connections, optimizes the design process to help deliver higher performing specifications.

Specifications that are Value Engineered
 

Nowadays it is not enough to have a solution that only meets the technical requirements. Today, designers must also prioritize value creation to remain competitive and successful, especially on projects with limited profit margins and tight schedules.

At Hilti, we understand the significance of Value Engineering for designers, contractors, and owners, and we are committed to partnering with you throughout the process. We simplify this process to the two equations below, allowing us think through how some of our solutions can help you see tangible savings on the project through more sustainable and safer solutions:


Simplified Value Engineering Equation to show how Hilti can support your design optimization and improve the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for your applications


Simplified Value Engineering Equation to understand how Hilti can support you to improve user safety, building safety and CO2 emissions, resulting in Value for Society in terms of more sustainability and safety
 

If you can lower your material costs and workflow costs, the result is Value for Money and an improved Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). For structural connections, Hilti’s PROFIS Engineering software is the key tool we offer to make Value Engineering and better specifications easy.

You can take your designs to the next level by reviewing the 2nd equation. You can make an impact on your Value to Society by actively considering your options for: 1) user safety in terms of safer installations and worker safety, 2) building safety in terms of meeting resistances needed for different loading requirements, and 3) reducing CO2 emissions through optimized designs, greener materials or rehabilitating a structure instead of demolishing.

If you want more information on Value Engineering with Hilti, please refer to the Hilti Academy Value Engineering Training for Baseplate, which provides additional guidance on how you can lower Total Cost of Ownership by partnering with Hilti and using our PROFIS Engineering Suite.

Specifications that Provide More Peace of Mind

Building Safety is a key target of designers globally and at Hilti we are committed to supporting you. We partner with academia and regulatory bodies to define and extend industry standards and elevate practices through education on design methods. We also develop design methods and software to help you design for safety.

We also understand the need to ensure that your specification gets implemented correctly on the jobsite. By specifying with Hilti installation systems and solutions, you can make jobsite practices faster, simpler, and safer compared to traditional methods. You can also feel more confident about the installation and reduce the need for redesign or rework. Our field team is also available to support you with trainings in your office or on your jobsite to help enable proper installation, turning your specification into reality. This is how we partner with you to create specifications that provide more peace of mind.

 
Specifications that are More Sustainable
 
The construction industry is one of the largest contributors to climate change, producing 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions (1). Working with Hilti, we help you minimize the CO2 footprint of your structural connections thanks to our hardware solutions, code-compliant and innovative design methods and their application-centric integration in our PROFIS Engineering design software.
 
Additionally, Hilti is on the pathway of net zero CO2 emissions and committed to the Science Based Targets (SBT) initiative, that provides companies with a path aligned with the Paris Agreement. Our products and services support you in achieving your sustainable development goals by ensuring high-quality, transparent CO2 data management, followed by efficient CO2 tracking and reporting procedures, and by integrating SBT into supply chains, strategies, and processes.
 
Summary
 

In conclusion, our SPEC2site solutions from Hilti are available to help you make your specifications better. Specifications that are higher performing, value engineered, more sustainable and give you more peace of mind. We understand that as a Structural Engineer, there is a need to make cost-effective, more sustainable and reliable designs. We also understand that it is important to optimize the structural connection design process and to feel confident that your design is installed as specified, enabling Building Safety. We, at Hilti, address these needs with our SPEC2site solutions and our field personnel supporting you on the office and the jobsite.

Let Hilti be your partner for productivity, safety and sustainability.

References 

1.    Leonard, Circul’R 2023/2022 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction – GlobalABC (electronic source)

For further support on how to make Better Specs, please drop us an email at my.engineering@hilti.com