This project by Groupe Millet, a leading industrial carpentry company, forms part of an ambitious plan to significantly expand its warehouse near Bressuire, France. The structure of the new building with an area of 1,800 m² (19,375 ft²), called Extension M2, is primarily intended to enhance the company's operating capacities. GH Hervouet designed, manufactured, and assembled the steel frame, as well as the roofing and cladding components.
In a dynamic and constantly evolving market, the installation of a pastry production and storage facility in Montbert represents a strategic opportunity to meet growing consumer demand. The GH-Girard Hervouet company, a customer of Dlubal Software, was responsible for the steel construction, cladding, roofing, and metal work.
A slender, elegant bridge for pedestrians and cyclists connects the old town and the hospital town of the large district town of Eichstätt, Germany. This customer project was awarded with the "Bavarian Engineering Award 2023" and the "Ernst & Sohn Engineering Construction Award 2024" – and rightly so, because it really is something special.
The four-story office building welcomes visitors, members, and employees of the AmperVerband company in its modern premises. The entrance area of the partially glazed facade includes inclined, V‑shaped composite steel columns spanning two floors.
As part of the urban development of Metz, a new gymnasium is under construction, featuring advanced engineering techniques and a commitment to sustainability. The project combines LC spruce GL24h cross-beams, steel columns, and insulated concrete precast walls to ensure the stability of the structure. The timber roof structure serves as a support for the photovoltaic panels. BET Moselle Bois, a customer of Dlubal Software, was responsible for the structural analysis and design.
Engineer Enrique de León, a Guatemalan Dlubal Software customer, presents a beautiful steel pergola project by which a rarely used space has been renovated in the 'L' building of the San Francisco de Borja SJ campus at the Rafael Landívar University in Guatemala City.
The building has a floor area of about 5,812 ft² and is intended for storage. The complex is divided into 10 different units, with common access from the inner courtyard, each equipped with a mezzanine for storing goods or equipment.
The extension in the Bohnau business park is not only sustainable, but also particularly innovative. For the first time in Germany, a connection system for cross-laminated timber floors without any downstand beams, though providing large spans, has been implemented.
This project is about the construction of an elevator shaft to replace the existing staircase and provide access to the underpass. The shaft was made of surface components consisting of reinforced concrete, ensuring its stability and durability with control of cracking at the same time.
A new User Experience Center has been added to the well-known NeoPark in Hefei, China. Like the NIO logo, the structure's upper half symbolizes the sky and the lower half the earth – a really beautiful building.
Quai M, which is the name of the new concert hall, opened in September 2022 and includes two halls for concerts as well as rehearsal and recording rooms. The project replaces the city's old "Fuzz'Yon" concert room, providing a new and modern space for music.
The stand-alone program RWIND allowed Davide Prando (architect) and Marco Rota Nodari (engineer) to optimize the project, highlighting some critical locations on the buildings' surfaces, due to the high positive and negative pressure values encountered.
For many years, VM Architettura Integrata has been involved in the design of rainscreens for buildings of considerable size; in this particular case, the collaboration between Arch. Davide Prando and Eng. Marco Rota Nodari has enabled the further development of wind flow analyses, examining two towers with heights of about 393 ft and 295 ft (120 m and 90 m), respectively, in a digital wind tunnel.
The King Louis Bridge is listed as a heritage building; built in 1852, with a length of about 403 ft, it is an outstanding example of civil engineering in Germany. Since 1986, the former railroad bridge, made of timber and steel, has been used as a pedestrian and cyclist bridge across the more than 98-ft-deep river incision in the Iller River.
With the design of the BSH20 A "Stories" building, Dlubal customer PIRMIN JUNG has taken the classic apartment building to a new level. Due to the innovative use of cross-laminated timber, this customer project has a very special appeal, which fits remarkably yet harmonically into the cityscape of Amsterdam. A really interesting and beautiful building structure.
The Airedale swing bridge is the largest manually operated steel swing bridge in the UK. It provides access to a newly built housing development on the outskirts of Leeds.
The successful general redevelopment of AQUAtherm has been providing year-round swimming pleasure in Straubing since 2021. The structure of the indoor swimming pool is something very special.
The existing Freischütz pedestrian and cyclist bridge was renewed as part of the 4-lane widening of federal highway 236 between Dortmund/Schwerte and the Schwerte motorway junction of the Autobahn 1 highway.
Edelweiss Industrial Park Münchwilen combines modern office space and storage facilities with a production hall. The timber structure, with a timber-concrete composite ceiling, forms an interesting structure that is an excellent example of modern and efficient construction.
In Cologne, a new exhibition greenhouse and an orangery are going to enrich the Flora botanical garden. The exhibition greenhouse consists of three arched building sections that are connected to each other.
The Jewish community center, including a synagogue, is an all-round successful structure, fitting seamlessly into the cityscape of Regensburg, Germany. The connection of a community center in the northern part and a synagogue with a spherical dome in the southern part is something very special.
A developer project of 121 apartments in 2 identical buildings for rent with an area of 53,820 ft² each, designed by CIP ARQUITECTOS SL, was built by the construction company ACR in just 13 months of construction, including earthworks, foundations, and basement, using the industrialized Steel Framing system by AFCA Teccon, a customer of Dlubal Software.
The Museum of Contemporary Art & Planning Exhibition (MOCAPE) in Shenzhen consists of two parts that are independent and organically unified. Two venues are combined in one building: the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), and the Planning Exhibition (PE).
Lokstadt, a new urban district, is under construction in the city of Winterthur, Switzerland. The first building to be completed is called "Crocodile". This residential building, which was BIM planned right from the start, is one of the largest timber structures in Switzerland.
The new sports hall of the Alice Salomon School in Hanover is exceptional from an architectural and structural point of view. The timber structure stands on a reinforced concrete first floor and cantilevers above it at the sides about 18 ft.
A unique and extraordinary spiral staircase has been constructed in the KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, BC, Canada. The staircase consists of a timber-concrete composite system (TCC) and spans a length of approximately 70 ft and a height of approximately 23 ft without intermediate supports.
This esthetically sophisticated commercial construction built in the German town of Dunningen consists of two halls used for production and storage, extending over an area of about 43,056 ft², and includes a two-story solid structure covering 8,611 ft².
ATP architekten ingenieure is an Austrian customer of Dlubal, working in Innsbruck. It has designed a special project for Markus Handl Beteiligung GmbH, a speck producer in Pians, Tyrol, Austria. The new building of the trading company has in-house production, supplying upscale restaurants and hotels. It includes one of the world's largest continuous cross-laminated timber panels, with a total area of about 6,996 square feet.
In order to expand its activity, the breakfast cereal manufacturer Dailycer France has requested the construction of an automated storage building located in Faverolles, in the north of France. This industrial and logistics facility consists mainly of a large reinforced concrete structure standing approximately 114 ft tall. This project was designed by the engineering office SPIC SAS, one of Dlubal Software's customers.