BIM Software for Building and Construction Industry

Building and construction sector play a key role in the local economy with a large number of public and private projects being scheduled for this year. In order to pursue productivity in their workplaces, construction companies turn to Technology which can be used for fast, economical and reliable construction.

To further increase productivity, the construction companies need an accurate and comprehensive 3D tool to streamline their workflow. Tekla Corporation provides an answer to this demand with its innovative software, which is a Building Information Modelling (BIM) tool for the whole construction workflow. Tekla structures is more than design and detailing software for the construction industry. The software is the most accurate and comprehensive parametric 3D BIM tool in the market that streamlines the entire workflow from sales, bidding, cost estimation and conceptual design to detailing, fabrication, erection and follow-up.


Tekla provides the construction industry with material independent software that easily integrates concrete with steel frames or any other structures or building material to promote efficient collaboration and workflow throughout a construction project. Tekla Structures for precast concrete was introduced in 2004 and is currently used by almost 500 client around the world. In February 2011, Tekla launched a new free application for construction project cooperation, Tekla BIM sight software that allows Construction Industry to share their building information with all the other disciplines involved in a project.

Tekla software allows steel as well as concrete designers and fabricators to collaborate with contractors and subcontractors to win more tenders and deliver higher quality products through efficient sharing of building information. With Tekla, Building Information Modelling means wider usage of the structural model, ensuring error free coordination and management of any material in any stage of design, detailing, fabrication and construction.


Apart from getting more tenders, the key benefits of using Tekla for the construction industry includes minimising design, detailing and fabrication errors and enabling easy change management during the project lifecycle, as well as efficient model-based integration with fabrication, erection and site management. Tekla building information models are extremely rich in building geometry, properties, and level of detail. They allow extensive amounts of data to be stored in a visual 3-dimensional environment withvery compact model size.

Tekla BIM sight Tool

Construction processes, are fragmented with different groups of people overseeing different stages such as the sales and tendering, design, detailing, production, delivery and installation.

In a construction value chain, Tekla models can work as the central database of structural and process information for all project participants. Free tools like Tekla BIM sight canplay a big role by consolidating project information from all stages, allowing contractors to combine their models and check for clashes. By minimising error, contract or firms save on unnecessary material and labor costs and achieve significant improvements in productivity and quality. BIM in the recent years, has become an important trend in the construction industry.

Tekla BIM

Giving a 3D Effect Tekla’s software streamlines the entire workflow from sales, bidding, cost estimation, erection and follow-up.Detailed and data-rich 3D BIM software environment thatcan be shared by contractors, structural engineers, steeldetailers and fabricators, as well as concrete detailersand manufacturers. Tekla BIM software solutions work like model-based encyclopaedia of your project, allowing to include every important detail while managing the construction process as a whole.

The highly detailed as-built structural models created, combined and distributed with Tekla Structures enable the highest level of constructability and production control. Centralizing building information into the model allows for more collaborative and integrated project management and delivery. This translates into increased productivity and elimination of waste, thus making construction and buildings more sustainable.

Tekla Structures is an innovative softwareenvironment that facilitates open integration with, for example,architectural models while supporting the end-to-end construction process. Every year, Tekla investsapproximately 20% of net sales intoproduct research and developmentto continuously provide the most advanced solutions. Thousands of Tekla Structures software users around the world in nearly 100 countries successfully collaborate in BIM-based projects to produce higher-quality deliverables faster to their clients.

Tekla corporationwith its software, Tekla Structures drives the evolutionof digital information models and provides more competitive advantage to the construction, infrastructureand energy industries. The company was established in1966, and today it has customers in over 100 countries,offices in 15 countries and a global partner network.