BIM Awards US 2010 - Jason Ruffner, Pittsburgh Arena Parking Garage

This project is a parking structures which services the new Consol Energy Center; home of the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL). The structure is 157945 sq. ft., a footprint of 335'x 127', with 4 elevated levels and 1 on-grade level. The structure is entirely precast concrete with the exception of cast-in-place foundations and some steel framing in the stair towers. There are a total of 440 precast pieces including: architectural spandrels, columns, wall panels, double tees, slabs, inverted tee beams, rectangular moment beams, and light walls. All of the precast construction documentation was created using Tekla Structures. Intricate V-shaped reveal patterns on spandrels presented an interesting challenge. The Tekla Structures Building Information Model helped the precast team root out conflicts that were not detected by other project team members using 2D workflows and design documentation techniques.

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