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March 2006 

 
 
   
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  On March 23rd, the ‘Betonvereniging’ organises in Meervaart, Amsterdam (NL), a study afternoon in collaboration with STUMICO.
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  Basic course: 'SCIA.ESA PT' in Arnhem (NL) on 22nd, 23rd and 24th March 2006.
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  SCIA organizes a course 'Allplan Engineering' in
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Dear SCIA eNews reader,

In this March edition of the SCIA eNews we have some very important news. Since February 14th, SCIA is a member of the large Nemetschek group.

SCIA, together with Nemetschek, are the No. 1 player in the European market for engineering software solutions. This close collaboration will generate important growth with many perspectives and synergies. For all details, please read the corporate news in the following first section.

Have a very nice reading!

Here are the items for this month:

» Corporate News: SCIA reinforces the Nemetschek Engineering Software business internationally
» Product News: KOMO product certificate for SCIA.ESA PT and ESA-Prima Win
» The Market: 2014 OLYMPICS, very large modernisations of Russian candidate city
» Customer's Project: ‘Scheepmakerstoren’ in Rotterdam (NL)
» Tips & Tricks: The SCIA.ESA PT Animation Window
       
   
New majority shareholder for SCIA International - SCIA reinforces the Nemetschek Engineering Software business internationally  
 

Herk-de-Stad, 15th Feb. 2006

Nemetschek AG (Munich) has reached an agreement with a group of shareholders of SCIA, among them LMS International NV and GIMV NV, holding the majority in the company, to take over their shares in SCIA.  A shareholders’ agreement has been signed with the management and employees, keeping minority shares in SCIA.

Nemetschek is a worldwide leader in software solutions for the construction industry. For almost four decades, Nemetschek has been developing user-friendly and seamlessly integrated applications for customers in the fields of building design, construction and management.

Nemetschek has more than 700 employees, of which about 400 work in Germany, 150 in Western Europe, 100 in Eastern Europe and about 80 in the U.S. "Global sourcing" and "global selling" are well-established facts of everyday life in Nemetschek's corporate culture. The company's sales network includes 400 sales partners in more than 140 countries with about 160,000 customers. Nemetschek has a consolidated turnover of nearly 100 million € with an operational profit of more than 13 million € in 2005.  Nemetschek is listed at the stock market in Frankfurt (Germany).

SCIA has 90 employees in W. & E. Europe, a turnover of 7,3 million € with a solid profit in 2005 and a continuous growth since over 5 years. SCIA has an ... more


 
 
   KOMO product certificate for SCIA.ESA PT and ESA-Prima Win  


During the ‘Betondag’ (Concrete day) on 17th November 2005, the KOMO product certificate for ‘Calculation software for concrete constructions’ was presented to SCIA. The modules esacd.01.03 and esas.18 of SCIA.ESA PT as well as the PRC.71.03 and PRS.82 of ESA-Prima Win received the KOMO product certificate.

Value
A ‘KOMO product certificate’ is a document in which is explained by an independent institution that the product satisfies the technical specifications as incorporated in the certificate. It is also required that the quality system of the supplier must be such, that the product continuously keeps on meeting the requirements.
The value of this product certificate is that it gives clarity to the user of the product. The user no longer has to check if the product satisfies all technical specifications.

Test sets
The correct functioning of the software is checked by comparing the results with test sets of which input and results are known.

At this moment test sets are available for ... more

 
   
  2014 OLYMPICS: very large modernisations of Russian candidate city  
 


As it was eliminated during the first round of the ‘election of the host city’ for the Olympics of 2012, Russia decided to have again a try for an olympic candidature. Recently, the Russian government granted the amount of 11,7 billion dollars to develop Sotchi (a balneal resort at the edge of the Black Sea), a candidate city for the Olympic Winter Games of 2014.

The Russian Prime Minister, Mikhail Fradkov, has approved that the ‘Federal Programme for the Development of Sotchi 2006-2014’ is going to “aim at developing Sotchi as a holiday resort of international class and see to the construction, from 2006 on, of all necessary infrastructure to accommodate the Winter Olympics under the best possible conditions”.

The budget of the program is distributed between public funds, amounting to 60% (6,8 billion dollars), and 40% for private companies (5,2 billion dollars). It is spread out over the next eight years. The implementation of the program “will give an impulse to the local economy and will support the creations of jobs”, the official statement adds. In 2007, ... more

 
   
   Customer's Project: ‘Scheepmakerstoren’ in Rotterdam (NL)  
 


Project: ‘Scheepmakerstoren’, Rotterdam
Constructor and SCIA customer: D3BN
Contractor: Midreth bv
Architect: SOL Design + Development bv

D3BN is a specialised engineering office, active in consultancy with regard to new housing projects, large-scale renovations and infrastructure activities. It uses the experience of earlier more complex projects in apparent more simple assignments in order to obtain the most efficient solutions. D3BN’s knowledge of the newest technologies offers more possibilities for design and utilization of spaces.

The ‘Scheepmakerstoren’ is a block of flats in the centre of Rotterdam. In this building, a total of 24 storeys are reserved for private houses. On the 25th storey is located a sauna with changing rooms and on the 26th storey a swimming pool. In the three storey deep basement is room for about 50 cars. The cars are transported in and out of the basement by means of an automated parking system. On the ground floor and on the first floor is room for part storage space for the residents, part shops. At the back side of the building comes a steel construction, in which the stairs and elevators are located.

The most remarkable thing about this building is the high slenderness of the structure. With a height of ... more

 
   
   Tips & Tricks: The SCIA.ESA PT Animation Window  
 
When performing calculations, it is sometimes very useful to see how the structure reaches its final deformation starting from the initial geometry. This gives the engineer more insight into what actually happens with the structure.

When looking at the deformed structure in the Results menu, the Animation Window can be activated trough View >



This tool is especially useful when performing a ... more

 
   
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