Tekla publishes civil engineering software Tekla Xstreet overseas
Tekla One of Tekla’s best known projects is the main stadium of the Peijing Olympics. Here the modeling of the stadium’s roof construction.– Our goal is to introduce a new and efficient, model-based system for civil engineering design and construction support to the international markets. One of the things we have worked very hard for is the ability to better support the integration between civil engineering and the construction industry, says Erkki Mäkinen, Director for the Civil Engineering and Water segment at Tekla.
Tekla is known on the international markets primarily for its Building Information Modeling software, Tekla Structures.
– Tekla Structures is globally used software for building information modelling. Now we can offer a model-based system to be used globally by the civil engineering sector as well, says Mäkinen.
Tekla Xstreet system provides various tools for planning and designing all kinds of routes from streets to highways and railways, water and sewage networks, street areas and all related equipment. Tekla Xstreet also supports machine control-based construction process and the quality assurance of the construction.
Tekla is an international software company whose model-based software products make customers' core processes more effective in building and construction, energy distribution and infrastructure management. The company has customers in almost 100 countries. Tekla Group's net sales for 2009 were 50 million euros and operating result nearly 7 million euros. International operations accounted for over 80 percent of the company’s net sales.
Tekla has offices in 14 countries. The Group employs over 460 people, of whom nearly 200 outside Finland. Established in 1966, Tekla is one of the longest operating software companies in Finland.
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