The best BIM project of the year was the Campus Thales Bordeaux, in France by GA Group who utilized BIM in an advanced way achieving a very smooth workflow. Tekla Global BIM Awards recognizes the projects that are pushing the boundaries of BIM to create the world’s most impressive structural designs.
This year 73 winners of local Tekla BIM Awards from around the world competed for the global prize, demonstrating the advancement of BIM and construction. A jury of industry experts chose seven category winners.
When choosing the winners, the judges focused on qualities such as constructibility, showcased by — for example — level of information, use of several materials and complexity in modeling, innovative use of BIM and collaboration, says Ragnar Wessman, Director of Product Architecture at Trimble and a jury member.
Best BIM Project of 2016 and Best Commercial Project: Campus Thales Bordeaux, France, by GA group
Construction of this 56,000 m2 project took only 18 months thanks to error-free information available at the right time.
Best Public Project: JUST, a new social and healthcare center in Järvenpää, Finland, by the JUST Alliance of nine project parties
In this multi-material project, all design disciplines used BIM for a wide range of activities including procurement inquiries; production, site, schedule and task planning; sectioning; cost estimating and quality assurance.
Best Industrial Project: The Warehouse’s SIDC Extension, outside Christchurch, New Zealand, by Holmes Consulting Group
The distribution center extension added 15,000 m2 to an existing building that had shifted during an earthquake in 2011. To match the structures and ensure structural safety, the team used a point cloud and matched the model structures virtually.
Best Infrastructure Project: Ordsall Chord, in Manchester, UK, by the Northern Hub Alliance
This 300-meter railway line will connect central Manchester railway stations and includes a new viaduct that fits in with a historical bridge from 1830. The team used point cloud data of the existing infrastructure as a basis for modeling. Later they created constructible steel and concrete models with higher LOD (level of development or design) in Tekla Structures.
Best Sports & Recreation Project: Sportcampus Zuiderpark in The Hague, the Netherlands, by Oostingh Staalbouw Katwijk
A team of 15 designers worked on this arena in three different locations, using Tekla Model Sharing. They used the model for estimation, purchasing, production planning and erection. For steel fabrication automation data flowed from the model to machinery.
Best Small Project: Euler canopy in Paris by Viry (Fayat Group)
The canopy’s T-shaped steel profile structure lacks vertical columns, which made the erection phase of the geometrically challenging structure difficult.
Best Student Project: Model of Lodz City Gate, Poland, by students of Lodz University of Technology
The students of civil engineering, architecture and environmental engineering created an alternative version of the current gate: a three-part, glass-covered office building with public space.
