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February 2006 |
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SCIA values your feedback. Please use this form for sending us your remarks, ideas and suggestions which help us improve our services. |
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New Service Release:
SCIA.ESA PT 5.2.262 and
ESA-Prima Win 3.70.263 available on our secured download-section |
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On March 23rd, the ‘Betonvereniging’ organises in Meervaart, Amsterdam (NL), a study afternoon in collaboration with STUMICO.
The theme is "3D/4D CAD in practice: from Model to Construction’ ... more |
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SCIA organizes a course 'SCIA.ESA PT, EC3' in
Herk-de-Stad (B) on 16th and 17th February 2006.
Calendar & Subscription ... |
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Basic course: 'Allplan FT' in Arnhem (NL) on 21st and 28th February 2006,
Calendar & Subscription ... |
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On 2nd March 2006, SCIA organizes a course
'non-lineair calculation' in SCIA.ESA PT in Herk-de-Stad (B). Calendar & Subscription |
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SCIA is an innovative company in full expansion. We are constantly searching for new result-oriented co-workers looking for a challenging career. If interested, please fill out our Online Application Form, motivating your interest.
SCIA also highly encourages spontaneous applications. |
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Allplan Architecture used for the Fota Island Resort in Cork, Ireland.
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Dear SCIA eNews reader,
The new year has been well set in. The month of January already lies behind us and it is highest time to present the eNews for February. We gladly want to thank everyone for the numerous New Year wishes and for the various suggestions for new articles we received.
Perhaps you see before very long your own project being published in our newsletter!
This month you can take some relaxation with various news and information from the construction world and about SCIA and its solutions.
Much reading pleasure with the following subjects:
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| SCIA in acceleration |
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Punching Shear Check in SCIA.ESA PT 5.2 |
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 SCIA.ESA PT 5.2 contains modules to perform the punching shear check according to a wide range of national standards (CSN, STN, EC2, ÖNORM, NEN, BS, SIA and DIN).
The program automatically checks the resistance of the plate against punching in critical sections coming from the concentrated loads of columns or from supports perpendicular to the lower surface of the plate. It also calculates the necessary reinforcement areas in the critical sections and determines the shear stress in the critical section.
The analysis is done for circular and rectangular ... more
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| The market: Project portal sites in the construction world |
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 Thanks to project portal sites, the construction sector can evolve from the era of exchange of information to the one of sharing information. The Belgian W.T.C.B (Scientific and Technical Centre for the Construction Industry) recently published a vast report containing the results of a research project that has been carried out in the period 2001-2004.
The design and implementation of a building project require the mediation of several partners and go by means of complex processes, divided in innumerable phases. The last years it can be noticed  thatthe design and implementation periods become continuously shorter. To be able tocope these requirements, it is necessary to optimise ‘management and circulation’ of information between the several construction partners. Thanks to the current functionalities of computer networks, and of the Internet in particular, it is possible to thoroughly modify the communication methods and the exchange of information in building projects. The many possibilities that are offered today in the field of communication could be a motive for the building partners for reinforcing their cooperation in projects and at the construction sites. For that purpose, project portal sites are the ideal solution.
A project portal site is a protected common working space in which the project partners share documents and/or information with each other. Through a computer, which is linked to a network, for example the Internet, a project partner can put documents online for the other project partners or download and consult documents published by the other partners, independently of place and time.
The main purpose of a project portal site is sharing available information and knowledge. Although this collective project memory is the foundation for the communication, it is also the main cooperation factor between the partners.
The WTCB-report, available in Dutch and French, extendedly treats the different aspects of project portal sites. Starting from a clear definition, the following items are treated ... more |
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Ellipsoid council room becomes eye-catcher of the new town hall of Koksijde (B) |
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 SCIA’s customer VK ENGINEERING is a subsidiary company of the VK Group. It offers engineering in special techniques, infrastructure and stability, oriented to the commercial sector. The stability department Ingénieurs Associés, that is a part of VK and as a consequence also a SCIA customer, still reinforces this offer.
The new town hall of Koksijde, designed by the architects’ firm Storme-Van Ranst is already in full progress. The project exists of two office wings with in the middle an atrium of 25 by 25 meters and an inner height of 20 meters. The largest eye catcher will be however the central ‘Council room’ where a pure ellipsoid structure is foreseen.
 This ellipsoid volume rests, at an altitude of 6 meters above the ground, on four slantingly placed support columns. It has a length of 19.50 meters, a width of 14.50 meters and a height of 11.50 meters. From the main gangway, connecting the two office wings, a second gangway gives access to the council room.
The volume contains 3 levels; a technical space which can be converted into an informal meeting space, the council room and a public part.
Structural set-up ... more |
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Tips & Tricks: Resultant Reaction in Nodal Support in SCIA.ESA PT 5.2 |
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 When calculating a structure, the reaction forces can be consulted for the three directions.
The latest version of SCIA.ESA PT has a new option called  which calculates the resultant reaction and the horizontal component of this resultant in a support.
The option can be found in the Results menu under Supports.
This option allows a quick check of the resultant reaction in a support and also gives a clear indication of the slope of the resultant. |
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