Steel Detailing | Precast Detailing | Estimation

Month: April 2026

  • Precast Blogs

    Precast Blogs

    • Chalet 1 – White Horse Village

      We are proud to showcase our contribution to Chalet 1 – White Horse Village, a unique and technically demanding project located in a mountainous region. This development presented several engineering and detailing challenges, and our team was honoured to be part of the solution — delivering precision, coordination, and innovation from start to finish. Technical…

    • PREFABRICATED CONCRETE ELEMENTS

      (Temporary Fixing Inserts for As-Cast Element Tolerances) INTRODUCTION: To ensure proper alignment and structural efficiency in the handling and installation of prefabricated concrete elements by placing temporary fixing inserts within the allowable as-cast dimensional tolerances as specified in Australian Standard AS 3850.2:2015. Inserts for the temporary attaching of prefabricated concrete elements shall be placed within…

    • STAGGERED FERRULES PLACEMENT ON PRECAST PANEL

      The design drawings for one of our Precast Project we were working on suggests ferrules must be placed staggered as noted below. The Problem: However, these casting components, such as ferrules cannot be placed on both sides of a precast panel with a thickness of less than 250mm. This mainly causes ferrules to clash along…

  • Mount Alvernia College

    Mount Alvernia College

    Trimble Connect Model
    Steel Esto,atopm
    Expert Take Off Service from Tek1

    Mount Alvernia College

    Expert MTO. Fast. Low Cost call us on.

    Expert Material Takeoff and Steel Estimation Services

    Competitve pricing

    Tel: 0425791837

  • Esplanade Brighton canopy

    Esplanade Brighton canopy

    TEK1 completed a canopy project for a prominent organization in Australia. The goal was to provide detailed support for steelwork canopies.

  • Navigate a million Changes?

    Navigate a million Changes?

    Trimble Connect Model

    Meticulous Care – Expertise alone not sufficent

    Meticulous Care – Expertise alone not sufficent With many many changes, Mulitple site meaures, point cloud data, unless the processes are good and the care is meticulous, the knowledge and expertise will not count Street Address ATL Station State NSW Country Australia Modeler Ganesh Kumar

    When it comes to shop drawings and steel detailing, expertise, knowledge of software alone will not make it

    With many many changes, Mulitple site meaures, point cloud data, unless the processes are good and the care is meticulous, the knowledge and expertise will not count

    Street AddressATL Station
    StateNSW
    CountryAustralia
    ModelerGanesh Kumar
  • Handling Complex Geometry – Ribbon

    Handling Complex Geometry – Ribbon

    Recently, we were awarded a project to detail a curved section on the bridge for a reputed organization in Australia. The geometry involved presented some unique challenges.

    From the elevation, the structure followed a non-linear zig-zag curvature, creating a dynamic and aesthetically driven form.

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  • .Net | Python Ruby on Rails

    • Dont Lose time with missing dimensions

      Do you loose time with missing dimensions Have you ever used the wrong revision? Here is what is cooking at Tek1. If you would lik to to know more Here is a solution where you can scan the QR code and bring up the assembly model. know the revision number of the drawing which you…

    • Precast Panels with Tekla Structures

      This is probably first precast project we have attempted with tekla structures as the tool. We have done a few with Revit, and lot with Autocad. There is raging argument with no one really know (unless one has walked in the weeds) which is a better tool I believe no tool as out of the…

    • Why aren’t the user defined attributes being defined – in Tekla’s “Open” API

      If you want to waste time on a poorly documented API (which doesn’t make any sense) I would highly recommend getting on Tekla. I’m documenting this so some poor soul doesn’t waste a day trying to debug this: Do you see the problem? First insert the beam, and then apply the UDA and it should…

    • How to check if you have a legitimate Tekla Profile using the Tekla Open API

      Our use case? How can we check? Voila! Now it’s hard to make a mistake. If you want to get all materials – it’s very similar to the above. Use the CatalogHandler.GetMaterialItems() method along with the materialItem.MaterialName property. The code to actually do that – I will leave as an exercise to the reader.

    • How to Get Tekla Model Objects if selected by Users (Tekla API)

      A user has pre-selected a set of model objects. We need to retrieve them via the API. How do we do it? All of our code is extracted from our production apps.

  • Batch Edit a Part in Tekla Structures

    Batch Edit a Part in Tekla Structures

    TeklaStructures has a batch editing utility for Assemblies.

    However, if we have to batch edit parts there is nothing.

    Expert Steel Detailers demand Utilities

    Our detailers have demanded that we develop a utility to do batch editing of parts.

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  • Steel Stairs | Melbourne | Sydney | WA

    Steel Stairs | Melbourne | Sydney | WA

  • SHED | DARETON NSW

    SHED | DARETON NSW

    Trimble Connect Model
    Darenton-NSW
    Darenton-NSW

    Project Location: Daren Town

    State: NSW