SCIA eNews February 2007

February 2007




	SCIA•ESA PT 2007 has been launched. Explore the main changes and amendments. more ...

	Watch our movie about the SCIA Core Values. more ...

	Have a look at our renewed 'Free Downloads' section. more ...

	SCIA values your feedback. Please use this form for sending us your remarks, ideas and suggestions which help us improve our services.



	SCIA User Contest 2007 - International jury goes into a whole lot of projects. more ...

	Please note the following 4-day event in your agenda: 'Robots in Profile', an organisation of Partners-in -Steel International and Kaltenbach. more ...



	Recently the following new software version has been released:
»	Allplan 2006.1_6
»	SCIA•Steel 2006 SP2
	Customers can download these in our protected download section.



	In the following months a lot of trainings are organised in our offices of Herk-de-Stad and Arnhem with, among others, the following topics:

	SCIA•ESA PT
»	Basis course
»	Dynamics
»	Concrete
»	Non-lineair calculation
»	Finite elements
	...

	Allplan
»	Basis course

	Here you find all training dates with a programme overview and you can register online.



	SCIA's customers are invited to add their job vacancies free of charge in our 'SCIA Jobs Network'. Please also check SCIA's Job Openings. Good luck!



	Soccer Grandstand KVS Roeselare (B) - Abicon NV











	SCIA recommends the recently published book by our colleague dr. Jaroslav Navratil: 'Prestressed Concrete Structures'.

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Dear eNews reader,

The season’s holidays are behind us as well as our yearly kick-off meeting on the 12th January, that has been an overwhelming success. At this occasion we released a funny short video in which we presented all core values to which all our employees subscribe for a 100%.
Dare to change for the benefit of our relations and take up challenges doesn’t frighten SCIA.
For 2007 a lot of new projects will be launched, with our eNews we will keep you posted!

We wish you a lot of reading pleasure …

»	Corporate News: MAMMUT GROUP selects SCIA as their preferred supplier for engineering design software
»	Product News: 2007 release of SCIA•ESA PT provides enhanced B.I.M. functionalities
»	The Market: The building sector in France is doing well
»	Customer's Project: 'Groenhove', an ambitious building project by Abicon nv in Waregem (B)
»	Tips & Tricks: Detailed display of results on 2D members in SCIA•ESA PT

MAMMUT GROUP selects SCIA as their preferred supplier for engineering design software

Press release quote

Mammut Group, the U.A.E.–based enterprise of building and construction in the Middle East (Dubai), invests heavily on SCIA’s CAE platform, SCIA•ESA PT (Engineering Structural Applications, Professional Technology).

Mammut Group is adopting the SCIA software in all its analysis & design processes of both precast and pre-engineered buildings (PEB). The implementation has started with trainings & customisation projects.

Mr Behzad Daniel Ferdows, President & CEO of Mammut Group says:
"With SCIA•ESA PT we are implementing the latest design technology wherein a great number of building codes are available, ready for our PEB and precast needs, and it is customisable to adapt to the increased complexity of design work for each project. The modelling facilities and the analysis/design functionalities will help to position Mammut as a recognized market leader in providing optimally designed PEB and precast structures with state of the art software".

Mammut pre-engineered
building

"Mammut Group is our first step into the Middle East market; they are a demanding user, with extensive know-how in designing PEB and precast constructions. We are glad that Mammut selected SCIA to be their technology partner for ... more

2007 release of SCIA•ESA PT provides enhanced B.I.M. functionalities

The interoperability of SCIA•ESA PT is to become an open standard for third party applications.

It allows the construction industry to exchange 3D model data from and towards SCIA•ESA PT to avoid common conversion errors between building partners. Companies that are already using the open SCIA•ESA PT platform will be equipped with new Allplan roundtrip possibilities and an improved IFC2x3 interface. At the same time, it is possible to display pure architectural model elements together with the necessary analysis model in order to check engineering data with structural reality.

In SCIA•ESA PT, the leading engineer can automatically correct geometrical tolerances that appear due to the conversion of a structural file into an analysis model. A new model update tool will keep track of all the changes made in time.

SCIA•ESA PT has an extensive list of standards and functionalities for the design and analysis of 2D and 3D steel structures including steel code check according to a large number of codes, connection and fire resistance design. This broad list is extended in release 2007.00 with the American AISC LRFD 2005 standard for steel and with an upgrade of the latest EN fire resistance code. For the design of scaffoldings, SCIA joined forces with the industry to develop practical tools for users and to extend the EN steel code check with the PrEN checks for scaffolding.

Users of this new release also have the possibility to add openings & cut-outs in steel and concrete members to enable e.g. the static analysis of cellular beams or arbitrary openings on beams & slabs.

For concrete structures the automatic design of reinforcement has been ... more

The building sector in France is doing well

In 2006, construction activities in France, that is the building industry and public works together, have recorded a growth of 5,1% with a total sales turnover of 156 billion euros.

The Management of the Economic International Affairs of the Ministry launched a note regarding the economic situation of the building sector, indicating that the "very strong growth" of 2006 (+5,1%) will continue in 2007, but in a "more moderated" way, between 2,1% and 3,3%, that is to say an estimated sales turnover between 159 and 161 billion euros.

The "new development" sector draws the building activities to the top with a progression of 8,6% between 2005 and 2006. This sector will also make it possible that building activities will make progress in 2007 (between 2,2% and 3,4%). The forecasts for the year 2007 show however that the sector has reached an intermediate stage with an estimated increase between 0,6% and 3%, that is between 439.000 and 449.000 new residences.

The non-residential buildings ... more

Project: ‘Groenhove’, an ambitious building project by Abicon nv in Waregem (B)

In an area of approx. 3000 m², an existing castle is renovated and 2 new blocks of residential flats are set up with a common cellar under both new buildings.

For the first and largest building, Architect Frank Delmulle has chosen for an advanced, modern architecture. The aboveground level exists of '12 towers' with a rather capricious form, they are mutually linked by terraces, bridges, galleries, …

Architecturally every façade has its own characteristic property. The northern façade, facing the existing castle, has a large number of windows of the same size of the ones of the castle. The west and east façade look like large surfaces that fit in each other and which have been shifted apart. The south façade has a very open, light structure with a considerable number of slim columns withthe intention to secure optimal incidence of light.

The building comprises 2 cellar floors (partially subterranean), a first floor and 4 more floors. It covers a total surface of approx. 10.000m², with 40 residential units. The architecture was a real challenge in the stability-technical point of view.

The contractor-building promoter preferred to have carried out all supporting walls in concrete. This offered us the possibility to design the complete building in 1 model with ESA-Prima Win.

The rather complex form of ... more

Tips & Tricks: Detailed display of results on 2D members in SCIA•ESA PT

The 2D contour plots in SCIA•ESA PT give a beautiful overview of the course of results on 2D elements. For specific purposes more detailed results are required and cuts are used to clarify these results throughout the structure.

Starting from the version SCIA•ESA PT 2007 it is possible to combine the advantages of both possibilities in one drawing.

After calculating the project the correct settings need to be made in the properties window. There, the option ... more

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