From its early days, Building Information Modeling (BIM) has incorporated the idea of a materials database talking to a design, detailing and construction database. Using both BuildSite's and Tekla's open api's, Tekla has integrated its BIM solution, Tekla Structures, with the BuildSite database.

Through the integration, Tekla's community of structural engineers, steel detailers, steel fabricators, concrete detailers, pre-cast manufacturers, and many leading ENR400 contractors can associate admixes, curing compounds, form hardware, inserts, adhesives, and many other products with 3D elements in the design model. The integration accomplishes an important goal of BIM, a design model fully integrated with a materials database, and moves the industry further toward fully integrated project delivery (IPD).

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BuildSite and Tekla Corporation would like to acknowledge the help of Professor Iris Tommelein of the Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL - p2sl.berkeley.edu) at UC Berkeley for helping to conceptualize the integration.