1 Foreword The SCIA User Contest Book 2007 passed into your hands. It is the reproduction of the 5th contest between SCIA users; in the 2002 edition, 40 projects appeared; the previous edition in 2005 resulted in 85 projects. This edition covers 99 projects, as you will see all projects of very high quality. For this contest five categories were defined: for architectural CAD 14 projects are presented; for engineering CAD 12 projects are represented. For engineering design (CAE) there are 3 categories i.e. civil works (19 projects), buildings (40 projects) and special structures (14 projects). Clients from 11 countries in Europe have participated in this edition. The book gives a reflection in 6 languages, with a short résumé in English, of the architectural & engineering work. The reader will also gain a good insight of how interesting projects are conceived and designed with modern software tools. The SCIA clients prove – once again – that creativity and effort give rise to excellent results. The projects illustrate the variety of structures that are subject to design with SCIA software. Many bridges, high-rise buildings, steel structures, industrial equipments, towers, stage-installations, hotels, library buildings, tunnels, quays … are nicely represented in full colours. Beyond the functionality of the software, the quality of the presented projects has surprised the members of the jury. Their congratulations go to the five winners, the nominated candidates and all project participants. The effort by the SCIA users to submit illustrated projects is well appreciated by the architectural and engineering community. We wish you a lot of reading pleasure and we invite you to join the SCIA user group and to submit already your project(s) for the next book, which will become a recognized future bestseller! Jean-Pierre Rammant CEO of SCIA Group International
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