● The first-ever Hybrid Tekla User Days held in
Chennai
● Digital construction and the value of truly
constructible workflows explained at Trimble’s Tekla Users Day 2023
Global construction
technology leader Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) hosted its flagship annual event for
its Indian customers, Tekla Users Days (TUD) 2023 India on October 18 and 19,
2023 in Chennai. Trimble hosted its first ever “Hybrid” version of this mega
summit where software users, company executives and senior industry leaders
came together to discuss the latest insights and trends in construction
software technology solutions.
While the ‘Hybrid’ event
was held in person at Chennai, it was beamed live to audiences across India and
South Asia. Tekla User Day (TUD) is an annual flagship event that celebrates
the community of Trimble's Tekla users, experts, innovators, customers, and
industry leaders and experts.
Mr.
Rajan Aiyer, Vice President and Managing Director, Trimble, South Asia Region
said, “We are extremely happy to have successfully hosted
the Tekla Users Day TUD 2023 which
brought together industry leaders to put forward their disruptive thoughts and
trends from the industry in a hybrid format. Every year, the Tekla Users Day
offers a great platform to facilitate innovations in digital construction. Not
only does this give the partners an opportunity to learn but also coordinate
and collaborate for greater outcomes”
Hosted every year, the
event offers an environment for furthering the understanding of sophisticated
structural design, Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions and the latest
technology trends in the industry. The two-day conference featured a number of
innovative trends and ideas thanks to its many categories and sessions, which
included lectures, live Q&As, chats, surveys, and other brainstorming
sessions.
The highlight of this
year’s Tekla User Days India was Digital Construction: The value of Truly
Constructible & Connected Digital Construction workflows. A Keynote Address
from Mr. Rahul Sharma, Chief Information
Officer (CIO), TATA Projects brought into context how India is driving
infrastructure growth through digital transformation and the vast opportunity
ahead. Later in the day, an insightful fireside chat between Mr. Mahesh A Chikodi, Group Chief Digital
Officer, Larsen & Toubro and Mr. Harsh Pareek, Regional Sales Director,
Trimble Solutions, highlighted how L&T is charting India’s
infrastructure growth by optimally using digital construction technologies.
Further we had, Mr. Arjun Raju, Senior Project Manager,
Sanria Engineering, Industry Experts: Mr. Gautam Das, Deputy General Manager -
BIM, Pinnacle Infotech Solutions, Mr. Ravikanth Mididhodi,, CTO J&F India
and Mr. Vasudev Rao, Director Engineering, Zamil Steel Buildings India, who
joined the event as speakers and shared their expertise with the audiences. Mr.
Rajan Aiyer, Trimble’s VP & MD for India and South Asia, delivered a
keynote on Day 2, and showcased how Trimble is transforming the way
infrastructure is being developed with Trimble technologies in India.
This year, Trimble also
revealed the winners of its Tekla BIM Awards 2023 at TUD, which honoured major
construction projects and industry figures of India. The winners included
L&T Construction HCI for Infrastructure projects, Sanria Engineering for
Commercial projects, Arteras Engineering for Public projects, Chennai Institute
of Technology for Student projects and others winners in different categories.
At the heart of TUD 2023 lies the theme of #Connectedworkflows which has been recognized by industry leaders as a disruptive trend which offers significant opportunities to drive unprecedented efficiencies in project completion and delivery. Trimble, a leading player in the construction field, has been at the forefront as they have already begun reshaping the construction landscape.
