Besix claimed a top prize at the Tekla ME BIM Awards.
The company was the best BIM category for its work on the international football stadium, the centerpiece of King Abdulla Sport City.
Because of the complete and intricate use of BIM on the 60,000 seat stadium, this model stood out from the rest.
Other areas, like the 45,000 open asphalted car parking spaces, eight kilometres of asphalted road works, two kilometres of pedestrian walkways, swales, culverts, substations and power, and water and sewage utilities also benefitted from the use of BIM.
Eversendai’s incredible work on the Masdar headquarters won the best steel category award.
Masdar headquarters is a seven-storey structural steel frame braced superstructure with a floor to floor height typically 4.2m with the exception of the ground level which stretches to 5.6m.
The best concrete award went to PGESCo for their expertise in getting the Baiji Simple Cycle Power Plant off the ground in Iraq and consists of three modules each consisting of 2x160MW gas combustion units.
The power plant is a reinforced concrete and steel structure of buildings in addition to the storm drainage system as well as road and gantry tower all included in the same model.
Tekla ME BIM Awards received many entries from across the region including UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain. All entries were reviewed by a jury of BIM experts who took into account the extensive use of Tekla Structures and considered the public voting results.
Paul Wallett, area business director, Tekla Middle East, said: “All the projects nominated for the various awards were all exceptional engineering works. The winners were chosen by their peers and that itself is a testament to how unique these projects really are.
“Tekla is committed to delivering on the promise of BIM to dramatically improve project team communication and collaboration by providing the detail needed for building complex structures, while offering process-improving tools.”
