Ranco & Zamil Concrete Industries Co. Ltd
Corniche to panel connections to precast concrete
This building is a complete precast concrete structure. The owner of this building is Jarir Bookstore, one of the biggest bookstore electronic item chains in Saudi Arabia. The Charity Building project is being donated by Jarir bookstore to the needy people of Saudi Arabia. Ranco & Zamil successfully modeled the Corniche to panel connections. In this project the Tekla model was used for design, detailing, and automatic fabrication.
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Aylesbury Theater & Entertainment Center, UK
pbb Planung + Projektsteuerung GmbH, Germany
Extensive wood structure
The winner of the Tekla Germany Model Competition 2010 is the Aylesbury Theater & Entertainment Center in Aylesbury, UK, modeled by pbb Planung + Projektsteuerung GmbH by order of Finnforest Merk GmbH. Designed by the architects of ARTS Team, London, the construction of the wooden building started in 2008 and was finished in 2010. The extensive and complex building information model of the theater includes all in all 13,800 single parts – a real challenge of structural design. Its building information model shows its curved shape, similar to a pond, consisting of six combined radii. All external columns as well as extensive facade walling, roof and four ceiling structures are wooden constructions.
Automated fabrication of timber parts
The Tekla model was utilized for cooperation between the project parties and detailing the wooden structure. After this successfully finished and innovatively modeled timber construction, pbb GmbH has initiated an external project for development of a data interface between Tekla Structures software and CNC timber construction machines of Finnforest Merk GmbH. This interface enables automated fabrication of timber parts. The project also introduced many new custom components for timber construction.
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Foundation for compressor C3201, Iran
PIDEC
Drawing classifier allowed better presentation
This project (2050 MTPD Ammonia/3250 MTPD Urea) is a table top foundation for a 131 ton centrifugal compressor with 8300 RPM speed. This foundation includes very complicated reinforcement details and opening shape in its top slab. Because of its complexity, the creation of drawings using Tekla was a challenge but at the end PIDEC was able to utilize the drawing classifier for a better drawing presentation. In this project, the Tekla model was used for detailing and individual models were used in the overall plant mode.
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Newcrete Products
Total of 440 precast concrete pieces
This project is a parking structure which services the new Consol Energy Center; home of the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL). The structure is 157,945 sq. ft, a footprint of 335'x 127', with four elevated levels and one on-grade level. It is entirely of precast concrete with the exception of cast-in-place concrete foundations and some steel framing in the stair towers. There are a total of 440 precast pieces, including architectural spandrels, columns, wall panels, double tees, slabs, inverted tee beams, rectangular moment beams, and light walls.
Conflicts rooted out in 3D
All of the precast construction documentation was created using Tekla Structures BIM software. Intricate V-shaped reveal patterns on spandrels presented an interesting challenge. The 3D Tekla building information model helped the precast team root out conflicts that were not detected by other project team members using 2D workflows and design documentation techniques. In this project the Tekla model was used for design, detailing, erection planning and follow-up, as well as project communication.
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New Sports Academy Scunthorpe "The Pods", England
The Drawing Office (Chesterfield) Ltd.
This is one of the first projects in the UK where this type of building technique has been used for a major leisure project. The distinctive, organic and fluid building form that comprises a series of linked timber geodesic domed structures emerge from the landscape and integrate with the landscape in an innovative and gentle manner.
The structure combines glulam timber members and galvanised steel nodes in a novel and complex triangular geodesic organic domed shell structure, each timber member is of a different length and links to the nodes at different angles. A secondary timber triangular structure infills the primary structure.
A timber roof cassette system provides the envelope. The Sports Academy will offer a 25m swimming pool and learner pool with spectator facilities for 150 persons. There will be a six court sports hall, dance studio and 90 station health/fitness facility. It also includes ancillary public areas such as wet and dry changing facilities, café, crèche, function rooms and business operation areas. It has been a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be involved in this iconic project.
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Hurks Delphi Engineering
Complex structure of concrete and steel
This office building is ten-storey with complex precast concrete and steel structures. Hurks Delphi Engineering has used Tekla Structures BIM software for detailing and drawing these elements, creating general assembly drawings and creating reports. During the project, 769 production drawings and 206 general drawings have been made. Four engineers have been working on the model continuously in multi-user mode. Whenever possible, the Tekla Structures Model Reviewer has been used to communicate with other project parties and the company's own production facility to raise understanding about the structure in 3D.
Unique parts modeled in Tekla
The complexity of this project lies in the diversity of elements. Every storey is unique and almost all elements are unique. Many of the connections have been made between two precast concrete units, precast and steel structures, or precast and cast-in-place concrete structures. Every single precast unit has been modeled and drawn with Tekla Structures software, including all embeds and reinforcements. This was of great benefit to Delphi's own production facility, where the information can be imported directly using various reports from Tekla Structures. In the project, the Tekla model was used for detailing, erection planning and follow-up, project communication and utilizing reference models imported from other software.
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