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.
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.
In order to increase the number of places in the René-Cassin college canteen in Éloyes, the Departmental Council launched major expansion works in 2020. This extension required the reconstruction of a new timber courtyard covering an area of 4,521 ft².
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.
This project represents a major technical challenge for the company Le Bras Frères, of which the new team embodies an internal generational shift highlighted by a significant desire to increase skills and productivity through new investments (acquisition of a size K2i machine, extension of production facilities, and so on).
An innovative research project has been carried out on the company premises of STM Montage GmbH in Lunzenau, Germany: A wind power plant with a lattice tower, where the uppermost segment consists of fiber-reinforced molded timber pipes.
This multi-material tower structure includes mainly timber and steel elements. Only the foundation and attached rigid columns were constructed as reinforced concrete.
The station building is an organic shaped steel structure consisting of three connected parts. The left and right building sections are formed by curved Vierendeel truss beams extruding from the main Vierendeel truss down to the reinforced concrete foundation. These main trusses are supported by a row of columns with additional vertical bracing.
This project was designed using BIM technology. During the documentation process, IFC files were used for the data exchange. The architectural building model was first created in REVIT, then exported to RFEM to apply loads and complete the full structural analysis and design.
The Belin-Béliet (department of Gironde) municipality tennis club, founded in 1976, completed a new tennis hall in July 2019. This project was made possible due to a subsidy provided by the French Tennis Federation along with the support of the municipality.
The Landslide Hotel is located near Rotterdam Airport. The multi-story reinforced concrete structure was designed by the engineering office of Van Numen from Rosmalen, the Netherlands, and the structural analysis was performed utilizing RFEM.
The St. Josef Church in Holzkirchen project comprises the main church and a chapel, which are connected by a common foyer with the sacristy. The foyer area and the sacristy were built as a reinforced concrete building. The main church and chapel are differently sized timber structures and take the form of inclined truncated cones with an elliptical footprint.
SWE-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG, a German family-owned company operating in the area of drive technology, is expanding its plant at Graben-Neudorf until 2019. The existing plant, with a size of 1,184,030 ft², will be almost doubled. The main components of the extension are a factory building, a combined pedestrian and media bridge, and a road bridge.
The theater, built in 1911-1913, has a varied history. The building was destroyed by Allied air attacks in February 1945, reconstructed in the postwar years, and damaged by floods in August 2002. Within an 18‑week break, the Dresden theater was extensively renovated and modernized.
A chipboard factory in Germany was renovated at the beginning of 2014. The main structural elements were made of S235 steel hot‑rolled shapes and the structure was set on a slab foundation.
Cavezzo was one of the towns in the region of Emilia-Romagna damaged by the 2012 earthquake. As a result of this event, many public and private structures were heavily damaged and became uninhabitable. The municipal gym incurred such serious damage that it was necessary to completely demolish the existing reinforced concrete structure. However, the foundation was partially left on site.
Frans Masereel Centrum, founded in 1972, offers residencies and working spaces for 70 graphic designers, artists, and critics who want to expand their knowledge in intaglio, 3D printing, or lithography.
In 2013, the center started the expansion with a new graphics studio, a darkroom, and new exhibition rooms.
The continuous casting plant of the JSW ISPAT steelworks in India was extended by an additional level and completed by new plant components and stair towers. At the same time, the existing structure was reinforced to be able to absorb the additional weight of the new components as well as increased seismic loads.
The Holy Mosque in Mecca is the biggest and most important Islamic mosque in the world. An additional floor has been built in the interior around the main sanctuary of the Kaaba. The project's name is “Mataf Extension”.
The extension of the shopping mall "Centrum Černý Most" in Prague was completed and opened in March 2013. The project was designed by architects from the British company Benoy.
From an architectural point of view, the most impressive structural component of the Černý Most shopping mall is the partially glazed roof above the food court. The featured steel structure was built for this roof.
In December 2013, a hotel with extraordinary architecture opened in Davos, Switzerland. The building has the shape of a “Golden Egg” and is situated on a mountainside. The hotel is elliptical in shape with all the corners rounded. It was constructed using reinforced concrete and its external dimensions are about 344 ft x 131 ft.
The 5-story residential building with an impressive ecological balance was presented at the International Building Exhibition (IBA) in Hamburg, Germany. Being CO2-neutral in both its production and operation, the Woodcube's energy level corresponds approximately to that of a passive house. All material used in the timber cube is completely recyclable and biodegradable.
Isenmann Ingenieure from Haslach, a customer of Dlubal Software, was in charge of the structural planning. The calculation and design of the access core and the pile foundation made of reinforced concrete were performed in RFEM.
In January 2011, the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg in Florida, USA, opened its doors to the public. It contains the largest collection of Dalí’s artwork outside Spain, including oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, graphics, photographs, and sculptures.
The designed object is a heat exchanger to which a chimney was set up, a construction with an overall height of 199.1 ft. The structure consists mainly of sheets that were reinforced by exterior steel cross-sections in the bottom area.
For the construction of a new elementary and high school building in Laupheim, Germany, the city of Laupheim organized an architectural competition, which was won by the Herrmann + Bosch Architekten studio from Stuttgart.
One of the most modern power stations for energy production, based on renewable resources, can be found in Schwendi, Southern Germany. Following the design of Milan architect Matteo Thun, an architecturally sophisticated framework consisting of reinforced concrete, steel, and timber has been created.