FP McCann is pleased to announce that we have won the Small Projects category at Trimble’s UK Tekla Awards 2016 and will now be entered into the Tekla Global BIM Awards.
The Tekla Awards focuses on projects of all shapes and sizes, which have used Trimble’s Tekla software as part of the process for designing and modelling structures, or where the use of Tekla software has aided collaboration.
Any entries submitted to the Small Projects category had to be a structure not restricted by building type, one that is novel, quirky, innovative or complex.
FP McCann impressed the technical panel with its Development Dock entry, demonstrating an inspiring use of Tekla Structures custom components to improve the speed of the detailing process. The model is a development model for FP McCann, which shows how the tools for the automated detailing of commercial ‘Dock Pits’ will be built.
Commenting on the award win, FP McCann Senior Technician, Colin Mackenzie said: “FP McCann has had Tekla for around two years. Development in earnest however began about 10 months ago. As a result, we have grown from a two-man development team to a team with over half a dozen technicians and an additional person managing the demands from the business. The main benefit of using Tekla for this project was the ability to allow detailers to reduce the time spent on projects from days to hours. It also allows for more accurate costing and data management. Now coming into phase two of the development for the dock tools, detailers will have greater control over the automated manufacturing process we are now beginning to employ here at FP McCann directly from the models, ensuring that the business is moving in the right direction for quality and BIM workflows. Winning this award means a great deal and reassures us that we're going in the right direction. It also helps to differentiate us from our competitors, showing the industry at large that we are innovative and forward thinking.”
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