Tekla announced the winners of the 2013 Tekla North America BIM Awards. The model competition is held annually and recognizes companies for exemplary use of BIM and Tekla Structures across four categories: best use of BIM overall, engineering, steel and concrete.
The winners were selected from a jury of leading BIM experts as well as popular vote. This year marks the 11th annual competition and this year's winners in each category are:
BIM:
M3 Engineering and Technology Inc. for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST), Hawaii
Engineering:
Buro Happold and Computer Detailing, Inc. for the Pinnacle Bank Arena (Haymarket Arena), Nebraska
Steel:
ADF Group for the Saint Patrick's Bridge, Canada
Concrete:
Wayne Brothers for the BB&T Ballpark, Home of the Charlotte Knights, North Carolina
Honorable Mention/Special Recognition:
Norcal Structural Inc. for the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Cantilever Truss Demolition project, California
"The entries for this year's BIM awards were outstanding," said Hans Ehrnrooth, President of Tekla, Inc. "Among them were examples of very complex modeling and a great deal of collaboration, all of which were made possible by taking advantage of BIM and Tekla."
