Nemetschek AG Announces International User Contest Winners
 MUNICH,
Germany, May 4, 2009 - The Nemetschek AG, Europe’s largest vendor of
software for architects, engineers and the building industry with headquarters
in Munich, Germany, has revealed the winners of the Nemetschek Engineering User
Contest 2009. The sixth edition is more international than ever; it was open to
all users of software from the Nemetschek engineering companies i.e. Scia
Engineer, Allplan Engineering, Allplan Precast, Frilo statics and Glaser - isb
cad -.
Contest Categories and Participants Since all customers of the complete
Nemetschek Engineering Group could take part, this edition was extended to 7
categories. For CAE the categories are: ‘Constructive elements’, ‘Housing
and buildings’, ‘Civil works’, ‘Industrial buildings and plants’ and finally
‘Special projects’, for CAD two categories were presented: ‘Engineering and
buildings’ and ‘Engineering works and special structures’. In total 122
projects were accepted coming from 16 countries (from all over Europe, South
Korea and the Middle East).
Dr. ir. Jean-Pierre Rammant, CEO of Nemetschek Scia and head of the
Nemetschek Engineering Group, explains: “Many of the participating projects
illustrate how building information modeling (BIM) and other data exchange
possibilities between engineering design and CAD modelling are working in
practice.”
The Jury and the Winners An international jury was constituted out of
representatives of the academic and industrial world; they were extremely
impressed with the high quality, the diversity and the inventiveness. All
projects were evaluated on originality, level of complexity, technical expertise
and correct application of the used software.
The winners are:
Cat.1:
CSM nv
(BE) with “Vörösmarty
Tér 1 Multifunctional Building”
in Budapest (HU)
Cat.2:
Ney & Partners
(BE) with “Office
Building Facelift Umicore”
in Hoboken (BE)
Cat.3:
Mott MacDonald
(CZ) with “Bridge
over Vltava River”
in Prague-Troja (CZ)
Cat.4:
Iv-Consult
(NL) with “Hard-coal
Power Station”
in Karlsruhe, Rheinhafen (DE)
Cat.5:
BG Ingénieurs Conseils
(CH) with “Shells
of the Rolex Learning Centre”
in Lausanne (CH)
Cat.6:
Vahanen Consulting Engineers
(FI) with “Helsinki
Music Hall”
in Helsinki (FI)
Cat.7:
Tauw
(NL) with “Extension
and Renovation of Katwijk pumping station”,
in Katwijk (NL)
Special
prize of the jury:
BESIX
(UAE) with “The
Tornado Building”
in Doha (Qatar).
For more detail, see
introduction to winners (pdf)
The Projects and Contest Book
All 122 participating projects are bundled in a colorful book of nearly 300
pages, explaining in detail the technical challenges and how the users solved
these with the help of Nemetschek Engineering Group software. This book offers
all participating companies a unique opportunity to show their know-how and
professionalism to the outside world. As many as 13,000 copies are printed for
free distribution.
About the Nemetschek Engineering Group
Innovation coupled with creativity and decades of experience - that is what
the Nemetschek Engineering Group stands for. With over 20,000 customers the
group is the largest vendor of structural engineering software in Europe. The
group offers solutions for all areas of structural engineering including CAD,
structural analysis & design, fabrication modeling, logistics and production
steering.
The group companies - Allplan, Nemetschek Engineering, Scia, Frilo and Glaser
- rely both on standard software and specific solutions that are tailored to
specific market segments. In addition, the synergies in the group are harnessed
when it comes to developing innovative technologies with high user value.
The Nemetschek Engineering Group focuses exactly on the issues that are
causing a stir in the structural engineering sector: interoperability and open
interfaces to software products outside the group, the use of standard exchange
formats, the synchronization of data between CAD and structural analysis
software - in short: Round-Trip Engineering - and Building Information
Modeling.
The group is active all over Europe, in the Middle East and in some regions
of Asia and America. The common goal is international expansion with products
that are perfectly adapted to the requirements of the particular markets.
For more information, visit
http://www.nemetschek.com.
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