Student BIM Awards

Come and join the competition to showcase your Tekla and BIM skills amongst the most outstanding projects in the industry.

Entry criteria

The competition is open globally to full-time enrolled students studying in an educational institute. Projects can be carried out individually or as a team of a maximum of five members. They must also be modeled using Tekla Structures educational configuration partially or entirely.

Note: If you are entering via a school course and would like to help your professor receive a Tekla Structures grant for the school’s lab computers, please include the name of your school, course, and the name of your professor on the entry form.

Examples of appropriate usage of Tekla software include:

The foundation was modeled/detailed using Tekla Structures
The frame was modeled/detailed using Tekla Structures
The façade was modeled/detailed using Tekla Structures
The drawings were created using Tekla Structures
Bills of material were created using Tekla Structures
Import/export functionalities were used in Tekla Structures

Steps for entering

You can enter your project to the competition either via a local competition or global qualification. This year there are two local competitions for students: Construsoft Tekla BIM Awards in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Belgium, Poland, Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain, and South America and Trimble Education Awards in France. If you are a student from another country, you can submit your project through a global qualification by the end of May 2024.

Follow these steps to enter the competition: Prepare the project material package and fill in the entry form.

The project material package should include:

The .DB1 file and profile database file of the Tekla model (model folder).
Model snapshots. At least three image files with a minimum 1000 pixels in width/height, e.g. PNG format, featuring the whole model and relevant details are recommended to be snapped).
Drawings of the projects (2-3 PDF files, at least one general layout drawing, and one detailed shop drawing).
Images. At least one image file with a minimum of 1000 pixels in width/height demonstrating the artist's/architect's impressions of the project. Remember that good images strongly impact your success in the competition.
IF you have done any system modifications, please submit also:
- Profile database (profdb.BIN)
- Material database (matdb.BIN)
- Bolt database (screwdb.DB)
- Bolt assembly database (assdb.DB)
- Rebar database (rebar_database.INP)
- Parametric profiles (profitab.INP)

We recommend archiving all the files mentioned above to a .zip file when submitting your project.

Be sure to include the following information for submission:

Project members’ personal information, such as their name and email address.
Information about your educational institution.
Project presentation showing your project ideas, background, project statistics, what you have learned in the project, etc.
Project material package sharing link. You can choose any cloud or file-sharing service.
Your motivation for participating in the competition.

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