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            Nemetschek Structural User Contest 2013 - Category 1: Buildings
          
        
        
          
            Category 1: Buildings
          
        
        
          
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            Stavros Niarchos Cultural Centre
          
        
        
          The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre (SNFCC) is a project that includes the construction
        
        
          and complete outfitting of new premises for the National Library of Greece (NLG) and the Greek
        
        
          National Opera (GNO), as well as the development of the 170,000 m² educational and cultural Stavros
        
        
          Niarchos Park. The project has a budget of €566 million.
        
        
          Penelis Consulting Engineers SA has been appointed by the general contractor, the Joint Venture
        
        
          of Impregilo-Terna, to execute the design structural verification of the two main buildings, the GNO
        
        
          and NLG.
        
        
          All the structural and seismic analyses and checks have been executed using Scia Engineer
        
        
          and ECtools.
        
        
          
            Penelis Consulting Engineers sa
          
        
        
          Contact
        
        
          Grigorios Penelis
        
        
          Address
        
        
          Hagias Sofias 48
        
        
          54622 Thessaloniki, Greece
        
        
          Phone
        
        
          +30 2310332032
        
        
          Email
        
        
        
          Website
        
        
        
          Penelis Consulting Engineers sa was founded in 2002 and provides the following services:
        
        
          • Technical advice for the development of buildings
        
        
          • Technical advice for the restoration-upgrading of existing buildings and monuments
        
        
          • Structural design of new buildings
        
        
          • Structural design and assessment of existing buildings and monuments
        
        
          • Structural design of technical works and bridges
        
        
          • Supervision of civil engineering works
        
        
          • Project Management and Construction Management
        
        
          • Software Development
        
        
          In 2006 a subsidiary called “3pi- Penelis Software Ltd” was founded in order to separate the software
        
        
          development, with ECtools as its main product. The company has projects in Greece, Bulgaria,
        
        
          Romania, Croatia, Serbia and Egypt.
        
        
          Project information
        
        
          Owner
        
        
          Stavros Niarchos Foundation
        
        
          Architect
        
        
          Renzo Piano Building Workshop & Betaplan
        
        
          General Contractor
        
        
          Joint Venture Impregilo SPA- Terna SA
        
        
          Engineering Office
        
        
          Expedition & Omete/ Penelis Consulting Engineers Sa
        
        
          Location
        
        
          Athens, Greece
        
        
          Construction Period
        
        
          09/2012 to 10/2016