Category: Structural design

Next Generation: Apartment of the Future Concept Design

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The design of the apartments have evolved in the last few years, and will continue developing with technology advancements. The apartment of the future is a complete new concept, it pervades and enhances as the architects and designers adopt new styles and feats.

Below listed are a few technologies that are comprises to define apartment of the future:

Delivery Drones

These drones can drop off packets and other utilities into another apartment safely and securely. This technology will lower down the use of elevator system as it will help people in delivering things to another resident’s apartment with the help of drone.

Robotic Parking

It will become an essential feature within the apartments as the site size will decrease, and automatic parking will make systematic sequencing of cars while saving valuable space and time. As a part of robotic parking, drone landing pads will be also used so that cars can be transported vertically outside the building to the right parking location. The car drivers will then be able to instruct parking with the touch of a smartphone app.

Self-Driving Cars

Within the few years, the roads are going to experience autonomous cars dominating the urban areas. There will be special parking for those vehicles that can automatically park themselves while for human-driven cars, the apartments will accommodate robotic parking system as listed above.

Smart Exteriors

In the process of creating apartments for the future, designers will propose only the lightweight and incredible strong carbon fibre. Such kinetic façade exterior will out bring energy and movement combined with energy efficient LED lighting that will assist in growth of vegetation. Therefore, the apartment of the future will produce solar as well as wind energy as a feature of smart exteriors.

Luxury Amenities

Residents in the apartments of the future are going to enjoy the on-the-go lifestyle which includes one feature as smart phone enabled entry. The residents can provide limited access time to enter and also reset the time as per the requirement. There will be bigger and functional closet spaces into rooms and also huge balconies. The residents will also experience gas cook tops and recycled glass counter tops in the kitchens.

New Techniques in Civil Engineering

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Civil Engineering is evolving every day with the changing technology. Civil Engineers are now using innovations such as suspension systems to build bridges and using the GPS to plot new roads. As the technology brings new techniques, the civil engineering field continues to incorporate creative ways. Here, are four new techniques that are likely to change the construction process:

  • Self- Healing Concrete

Cracks in the concrete is a common phenomenon. The cracks impair the durability of the concrete as they provide an easy path for the liquid and gas containing harmful substances to enter. To avoid this situation, researchers at the Bath University are working on a self-healing concrete that will contain micro-organisms inside microcapsules. According to the researchers, these micro-organisms will release limestone as water enters these splits to prevent the materials from breakage.

  • Warm Bridging

Insulation material has become prominent in the construction industry. For this, Nasa developed material, Aerogel for cryogenic insulation. This material is considered as one of the most effective thermal insulation material. The technology is used to insulate studs, which can reportedly increase the overall wall R-value which is an industry measure of thermal resistance by more than 40 percent.

  • Active Footfall

Researchers are now working out ways that can produce energy from footsteps. The technology used is known as Pavegen Floors. These are rubber tiles that have a spring-like action that generates energy when stepped on. This is a brilliant concept to harness the human energy power. The Pavegen tiles can benefit the most when installed in busy city areas to generate energy.

  • Photovoltaic Glazing

Building structures that have the Building incorporated photovoltaic (BIPV) coating that is capable of producing their own power. The technology transforms the entire building envelope into a sun-powered board. An organization, known as Polysolar is providing photovoltaic glasses as the building materials. These Photovoltaic Glasses also do not cost much over the customary glass.

Apart from these, other technologies are also set to change the civil engineering practices such as Kinetic Roads, Cloud Collaboration, and Asset Mapping.

ProSteel, a User Friendly 3D Application for Steel Detailing and Fabrication

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mar_14_aBentley’s ProSteel is a 3D modeling environment for structural steel and metal work supporting your construction and planning tasks. Working on the AutoCAD and Microstation platform, you get an intuitive and integrated multi-material modeler perfectly suited to layout complex structures, produce shop drawings, assemble all your connections, and manage your bill of materials.

From initial planning and design to assembly, ProSteel is a comprehensive software built by engineers experienced with steel design. Our many years of experience in the field and the close contact with our users has contributed to ProSteel becoming an internationally recognized and important application for 3D structural steel and metal work.

Based on standard platforms, both MicroStation and AutoCAD, ProSteel easily lets structural engineers, detailers, and fabricators create 3D models for both.

ProSteel provides automatic creation of documentation and details. The open working environment and programming interface supports standardization of the program. The automatic creation of documentation and details increases productivity and therefore profitability. The detailing includes miscellaneous steel such as stairs, handrails, ladders, and circular stairs. The documentation provides 2D drawings from a 3D model, including bills of materials, NC data and PPS data

ProSteel offers integration not only with Bentley products but also with third-party products. This capability eliminates duplication of effort and increases interoperability with other facets of the design chain, including structural analysis and design (such as STAAD and RAM) and plant design (AutoPLANT).

ProSteel provides automatic creation of documentation and details. The open working environment and programming interface supports standardization of the program. The automatic creation of documentation and details increases productivity and therefore profitability. The detailing includes miscellaneous steel such as stairs, handrails, ladders, and circular stairs. The documentation provides 2D drawings from a 3D model, including bills of materials, NC data and PPS data.

ProSteel offers integration not only with Bentley products but also with third-party products. This capability eliminates duplication of effort and increases interoperability with other facets of the design chain, including structural analysis and design (such as STAAD and RAM) and plant design (AutoPLANT).

ProSteel can be easily customized and standardized due to its flexibility and the programming interface. Workflows are optimized due to this open working environment.

ProSteel software is used by structural/civil engineers, plant engineers, fabricators, detailers, architects, and educators. Firms of all types such as structural/civil engineering firms, plant industry, architects, universities, structural consultants, and firms of all sizes, including small to large size companies, are finding the application of ProSteel inevitable.

Technology’s latest at CADD Centre!

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ProSteel

Bentley’s ProSteel is a 3D modeling environment, for structural steel and metal work, supporting construction and planning tasks. ProSteel, works alongside AutoCAD and MicroStation platform to provide a multi-material modeler. Thereby, ProSteel is ideal to layout complex structures, produce shop drawings, assemble connections and manage bill of materials. ProSteel offers integration not only with Bentley products but also with third-party products.

ProSteel, built by engineers experienced with steel design, is comprehensive, aiding initial planning, design and assembly. Based on standard platforms, both MicroStation and AutoCAD, ProSteel easily lets structural engineers, detailers, and fabricators create 3D models for both concrete and steel. ProSteel provides automatic creation of documentation and details. The automatic creation of documentation and details increases productivity and therefore profitability. The detailing includes miscellaneous steel such as stairs, handrails, ladders, and circular stairs. The documentation provides 2D drawings from a 3D model, including bills of materials, NC data and PPS data.

ProSteel is for:

The professionals using ProSteel, to bring about more effective results in their professions, are Structural/civil engineers, Plant engineers, Fabricators, Detailers, Architects, and Educators etc. Various firms in similar sectors have also benefited from this software. Patrons of this software include Maurer + Söhne, Sinclair Knight Merz, Connel Wagner, KBR Kellog Brown & Root, Roche Mining Pty Ltd, PermaSteelisa Europe/Josef Gartner GmbH, Larsen & Toubro Limited, Hatch etc.

ProSteel at CADD Centre:

At CADD Centre, the Masters Diploma in Building Design offers students an opportunity to master ProSteel. This course combines ProSteel with other tools such as Revit Architecture, Design Visualization Pro, STAAD Pro and ANSYS Civil etc. CADD Centre also provides students with the opportunity to acquire ProSteel skills with Project Management tools such as PMP and MSP. This comprehensive combination ensures that students are provided with the skill set required to be experts in the field of building design.

Reference: www.bentley.com