Tekla Structures: Powerful Tool for PEB Industry [Apr 2012]

Tekla Structures is a powerful and flexible 3D modelling and detailing software solution that integrates the entire workflow from sales and estimating to detailing, fabrication and erection, the whole Project Lifecycle. For almost 40 years, Tekla has been providing steel detailers and fabricators with innovative tools to get the job done more efficiently and accurately.
Tekla's flagship product, Tekla Structures has now become a unique tool for pre-engineering building (PEB) systems.
Tekla's technology has been adopted by various small, medium and big size Indian PEB companies like Litmus, Quest, Kirby, TATA Bluescope, ERA, Geodesic, Octamec, PEB steel Lloyd, Mammut, Zamil steel for accurate & faster estimate, improved quality and accuracy. Tekla Structures provides unique system and acts as central system to provide the data/information to all participants of engineering and construction.
Tekla Structures contains wide range of extensive library of all the PEB industry components. Tekla Structures custom component feature provides flexibility to user to create a company specific library of components without any programming knowledge.
 Tekla Structures effectively integrates into any best-of-breed software driven workflow, while maintaining the highest levels of data integrity and accuracy, such collaborative workflows are the cornerstone to minimising errors and maximising efficiency, resulting in high profitability and on-time project completion.
Few references from the PEB industryReva Car Showroom, BangaloreThis is a car showroom building consisting of 90m high and 12.5 m wide frames with a Tonnage of  350 MT spanning 90 M having 13 frames with intermediate span 9M all detailed in Tekla Structures as per PEB Standards. Ski Dubai, UAEA unique mountain-themed attraction, Ski Dubai is the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East. It is located inside the Mall of the Emir.ates and offers a 3,000 square metre indoor snow setting for skiing, snowboarding, and tobogganing – an opportunity to enjoy real snow in the desert all year round. Built like an upside-down letter L, with its highest point towering 85 metres above the main highway, the snow dome has a diameter of more than 200 metres (total area 22,500 square metres, including 25 stories of indoor slopes). A unique mountain-themed attraction, Ski Dubai is the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East. It is located inside the Mall of the Emirates and offers a 3,000 square metre indoor snow setting for skiing, snowboarding, and tobogganing – an opportunity to enjoy real snow in the desert all year round.
Tekla Structures was used for steel detailing to complete the complex and stately snow dome structure with excellent results. Longest run is 400 metres, with a vertical drop of more than 60 metres. The runs have a 60 degrees curve on the way down to make them more challenging. For snowboarders there is a 90-metre quarter pipe and what is claimed to be the largest indoor snow park in the world. The park also features a Swiss-style balconied chalet café. Ski Dubai is said to be the largest freestanding transparent structure in the world with no supporting columns. It is clad with curved sheeting to represent an aircraft-wing shape floating in mid air.
Steel Melt Shop, Middle EastThis is a multi-level factory building consisting of 23.8m high and 54.4m wide frames with laced columns and steep rafters designed and detailed in Tekla Structures as per PEB standards. Apart from frame complications, it also has non-standard roof monitor, crane, walkway, stairs, ladders, and expansion joint.

29