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Rudi Vanmechelen

Experience day Aluminium Center Belgium

9 August 2011

Nederlands:
Nemetschek Scia heeft reeds enige tijd toepassingen voor alumium-conctructies binnen Scia Engineer geïntegreerd. Dankzij een nauwe samenwerking met industriële partners en studiebureau’s binnen de technische werkgroep van het Aluminium Center België, worden deze oplossingen verder verfijnd om nog beter aan te sluiten bij de concrete en praktische noden van de gebruikers.
Wij nodigen u graag uit [...]

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Most solid building in Japan – Tested by earthquake, tsunami … and a ship

17 May 2011

Through magnitude 9 earthquake, tsunami of 6 meters and bearing a yacht more than 100 tons, it still stays up, this small building is known as ‘the solidest building’ in Japan.
May 10, Japan’s Iwate-ken, SDF (Self-Defense Forces) troops were removing a ship surmounting the roof of a building by cranes, which was brought by [...]

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The MAS : the newest (and biggest) museum in Antwerp is executed with Scia software

13 May 2011

The design of the Mas (Museum Aan de Stroom) was done by the famous Dutch architect Willem-Jan Neutelings, and is the result of an international competition organised by the city of Antwerp.
The project ingerated the surrounding area including a museum tower with a height of 61 metres, a museum square, pavilions and the [...]

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The most expensive home in the world … 1 billion $ !

26 April 2011

Owning a home is maybe one of the most expensive things people will do during their life.
As the 2011 property market throws a curve ball to most average investors, there are properties on the market that continue to blow the budget of most mortgage providers.
The most expensive home is located [...]

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Strategical collaboration with the Belgian Aluminium Centre (AluCB)

20 April 2011

[ Nederlandstalige tekst onderaan ]
The Belgian Aluminium Centre (AluCB) functions as intermediate platform and knowledge centre between various disciplines for the promotion of the durable application and processing of aluminium.
Members are extruders, system suppliers, product development, processing companies, surface treatment, and engineering- or design offices. For several projects, an interdisciplinary collaboration is set up using [...]

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FREE technical info-session "Load generation and Combinations" (Dutch and French only)

23 February 2011

De eerste technische infosessie van Scia Engineer voor het nieuwe jaar over “Staalverbindingen en Brandcontrole” is achter de rug. De interesse was groot (meer dan 100 deelnemers) en de gegeven achtergrond- en gebruiksinformatie werden als zeer nuttig ervaren.
Naast een aantal nieuwe onderwerpen, grijpen we op aanvraag van meerdere gebruikers ook terug naar een aantal [...]

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When Construction Workers Get it Wrong

16 February 2011

I have renovated my house not so long ago, and I still remember the few arguments I had with the workers for few things they did badly.
Then, I saw these photos and realised that, compared to them, my guys did a great job !
Enjoy!
   

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Six (6 !!) new and completely FREE technical sessions for Scia clients in Belgium and Netherlands (contents in Dutch and French only)

25 January 2011

Afgelopen jaar hebben we het initiatief  gestart om exclusief voor onze klanten extra technische input, tips en tricks … aan te leveren over bestaande en nieuwe modules en functionaliteiten binnen Scia Engineer.  Meer dan 300 aanwezigen en de uitermate positieve reacties, bewijzen duidelijk dat deze activiteit past binnen de noden en interesses van elk bedrijf. [...]

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