International engineering-construction firm Bechtel Corporation has chosen Tekla's Xsteel software product as its central modeling and detailing tool. The new alliance will extend to the Middle East, where Bechtel has been involved in a number of construction initiatives.
These include Jubail Industrial City, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia; Abu Dhabi Onshore Gas Development 2 Project; Jamnagar Refinery Project, Gulf of Kutch, India; and Sidi Krir Powr Plant, Egypt. Tekla's Xsteel has so far been utilized in the construction of the new Grand Hyatt Hotel and Sheikh Zayed Road's The Tower in Dubai, the Abu Dhabi Trade Center, and the Kingdom Trade Center in Saudi Arabia.
In addition to Bechtel, Tekla counts Al Habtoor Construction, Cleveland Bridge, Emirates Building Systems, Headline Engineering, J. Ray McDermott, Hidada, Arabian International Co and Zamil Steel as its partners in the Middle East's construction sector.
Bechtel Corporation provides technical, management, and directly related services to develop, manage, engineer, build and operate installations for their customers worldwide. The company is engaged in 950 projects in 67 countries and currently employs some 50,000 people. Bechtel´s revenues for 2001 amounted to $13.4 billion. Founded in 1898, Bechtel is privately owned and in its fourth generation of Bechtel family leadership.
Tekla Corporation is a supplier of model-based operative software products in the world. Tekla's products are used in energy sales and distribution, building and construction and public infrastructure. Tekla Group's net sales for 2001 reached €39.2 million, increasing by 48 percent compared with the previous year. International operations accounted for 57 percent of net sales. Tekla Middle East is headquartered at the Dubai Internet City. — (menareport.com)
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