We are excited to announce the launch of our 2023 User Contest “The Art of Structural Design” for all SCIA Engineer users.
Do you want national and international attention and recognition for your company and your projects?
We invite you to send us your projects, realised in SCIA Engineer. Your projects will be appraised by an international jury in 4 categories.
The nominees and winning projects will be made public to a wide audience by extensive press coverage, marketing activities and on social media outlets.
All projects will be published in the "The Art of Structural Design" digital book.
Participating in this SCIA User Contest brings you many advantages...
Time to get the spotlights on your company and get national and international attention
Worldwide press coverage for the winners and nominees by industry outlets
Extensive global publicity for your projects by SCIA, its partners and subsidiaries
Your projects will appear in the "The Art of Structural Design” digital book
More than 150.000 people from the construction industry read the contest book
A chance to win a special bespoke award
Follow the following 3 steps...
First of all, you need to register.
Register now
After registering you will get a confirmation email with instructions on what to do next.
Once you are registered you can start uploading your company information, project files, images and other files. See details...
At every step we provide clear instructions on what to do next.
Once all needed files and materials are uploaded, please send an email to [email protected] so that we can check your entry.
You will be informed if some items are missing or need to be changed.
Subcat A - Building < 6,000 m²
Subcat B - Buildings > 6,000 m²
Bridges, tunnels, locks...
Power Plants, hangars, halls...
Stadiums, scaffolds, mechanical...
For each of the 4 categories one winner and 3 nominees will be selected by the jury. Additionally 1 extra winner and 3 nominees participating with a smaller building will be selected.
From all participating projects a 6th winner will receive the 'Award of the Jury'. Special attention goes to BIM workflows or best practices in sustainability, environmental conditions, advanced ecological and green structures.
All SCIA Software fans will be able to vote on their favourite projects by liking it on SCIA's Facebook page. The project with the most likes will win the 'Award of the Public'.
An international and independent contest jury, composed of academics and professionals, will gather in May 2023 for the evaluation of the submitted projects.
The judging will be done under the guidance of a SCIA representative. This person will see to the correct application of the quotation procedure.
The technical level of the design, detailing and/or the calculations
The uniqueness and originality of the project and the high prestige level
The attractiveness and comprehensiveness of the project and submitted documents
The optimal use of the functionalities of the used software solutions
The use of a proven BIM workflow, sustainability and environmental features
Additional files that are provided, such as movies, vlogs, podcasts, reports, etc.
Here a small collection of projects that participated before...
Discover all winners on our website or our YouTube channel
SCIA Engineer is a powerful tool for our applications, combining sophisticated methods of structural analysis with a very friendly graphical interface – and with a technical support team that we count on.
SCIA Engineer's unique ability to integrate advanced non-linear analysis and multi-material design, with physical structural modeling, and its interoperability with various other software programs, like Revit Structures, makes it simply invaluable.
