Tekla and Meridian to deliver integrated BIM/construction project management solution

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KENNESAW, GA. — Tekla Inc. and Meridian Systems have announced a business partner relationship to integrate Tekla Structures for Construction Management with Prolog Converge software from Meridian Systems.

This integration will facilitate greater collaboration between design teams and the general contractor, key subcontractors and fabricators. The integrated solution will be showcased at the Tekla User Conference August 12-14 in Atlanta.

Tekla Structures is an advanced BIM (Building Information Modeling) software solution that provides an accurate, dynamic, and data-rich 3D environment that can be shared by contractors, structural engineers, steel detailers and fabricators, as well as concrete detailers and manufacturers.

Meridian’s Prolog software is the industry standard for construction project control and transparency and delivers total control by automating day-to-day construction tasks and processes, from project design to close-out. Prolog Converge, which was introduced in 2009, provides a powerful Web services platform to facilitate best–of-breed integrations such as with Tekla Structures.

By integrating these two leading software solutions, project design teams and construction firms can convert a two-way Request for Information (RFI) review process into an intelligent and visual process that can better identify construction issues early on, and reduce data entry.

“The first phase of our integration focuses on RFI management,” said Andy Dickey, business manager for Tekla North America’s Contractor Group. “From within our BIM software, users can now connect to Prolog Converge, create or modify RFI information, and associate those RFIs with model objects.”

With RFIs integrated into the BIM model, collaboration during design and construction can be done visually in 3D. This provides an intuitive and efficient process for identifying and resolving design and field condition issues.

“This integration brings tremendous efficiency gains during the design and construction process,” said Bruno Berti, senior director of product management, Meridian Systems. “By visually integrating a BIM model with the RFI management process in Prolog Converge, issues can be identified and documented earlier in the process and routed for review and resolution.”

For more information about solutions from Tekla, please visit the Tekla Extranet Extension Downloads section: https://extranet.tekla.com/BC/tekla-structures-en/product/extended-applications/Pages/Default.aspx. For more information about Prolog and Prolog Converge software, please visit http://www.meridiansystems.com/prolog-software-overview.asp.