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Trimble and Tekla share a common vision - to transform the building lifecycle through advanced, accessible and intuitive technologies, and to drive increased collaboration across the industry. With an open approach to BIM, the name change reflects the combined companies' strong commitment to customers, providing the opportunity to tightly connect Tekla software to Trimble's broad portfolio of design-build-operate (DBO) solutions.

Speaking about the transition, Risto Räty, general manager for the Trimble Buildings Structures Division said: "Trimble's expertise, technologies and investment in research and development enables us to bring solutions to market that transform the construction workflow. The brand name is an important indicator of who we are and what we stand for. Together, we can serve the construction industry better as we tightly connect Tekla software to Trimble's broad portfolio of DBO solutions."

BIM is a process that is being rapidly adopted by the world's construction, engineering and architectural communities to produce, communicate and analyse building models. The tighter integration of Tekla's BIM software solutions with Trimble's building construction estimating, project management and BIM-to-field solutions will enable a compelling set of productivity solutions for contractors around the world. Clients can benefit from dedicated workflows and productivity solutions that are unmatched in the construction industry.

THE TRIMBLE LINE-UP
Visiting Trimble's website is a bit of an eye-opener, as it lists the range of construction and other activities it is engaged in. Those that we are usually concerned with - architectural, structural and civil engineering and site construction, surveying and geospatial - are accompanied by a number of applications for the farming industry, including water management and, interestingly, marine construction - although sugar cane crop management might eclipse that in the surprise factor stakes.

Trimble Structures incorporates the traditional structural engineering and design solutions that we are all familiar with - Tekla Structures, Tekla Structural Designer and Tedds.

Tekla Structures is BIM software that enables the creation and management of accurately detailed, highly constructible 3D structural models regardless of material or structural complexity. The models can cover the entire building process from conceptual design to fabrication, erection and construction management.

Tekla Structural Designer provides an innovative approach to modeling by combining analysis and design into a single, seamless process. Sophisticated loading and analysis functionality, fully automated design, high-quality documentation, and seamless BIM collaboration allow engineers to more efficiently and cost effectively analyse and design multi-material buildings.

Tedds is a powerful software solution for automating repetitive structural and civil calculations. Users can choose from one or more of its regularly updated calculation libraries or they can write their own, creating professional documentation every time. You can also combine your structural calculations with 2D frame analysis, all within Tedds.

Trimble Structures also includes Tekla BIMsight and SketchUp Pro, which has blossomed considerably since it was bought from Google by Trimble.

Tekla BIMsight is BIM software for model-based project collaboration. You know exactly what is being proposed in the project in detail. You can communicate your ideas and access structural, MEP and all relevant information. It's available as a free download, enabling users to evolve design ideas and document modeling work in both 3D and 2D formats.

SketchUp Pro provides 3D modeling, layout, visualisation and communication tools all professionals involved in building construction programs. It's included in Trimble Structures because Structural engineers, fabricators and detailers use SketchUp Pro to communicate complex structures visually, streamlining collaboration with other project stakeholders

SketchUp Pro is also included in the architectural line-up, providing building professionals around the world with a powerful tool for putting together building concepts, visualisation, communication, and planning. SketchUp Pro is powerful because its intuitive and simple interface allows architects to quickly put together ideas and then incorporate them within standard applications for further development.

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