Discover the 2023 new edition of the Advance Design Award
Submit your project for a chance to win an award!
Join SIMULATE community of worldwide structural engineers.
What is Advance Design Award?
The GRAITEC ADVANCE DESIGN AWARD 2023 is an international contest organized by GRAITEC and dedicated to structural engineers and design offices.
The award is for the best practical use of Advance Design in Steel / Timber / Concrete design projects. This contest is open to customers and students who want to showcase their experience and technical knowledge through a project executed in Advance Design software.
The projects will be judged by a professional jury. The final nominees and the winning projects will be made public to a wide audience through extensive marketing including social media. Would you like to gain international attention and recognition for your company and your projects? Then register for the contest today!
Why participate?
Participation in the Graitec Advance Design Award 2023 contest has many benefits:
Win an award and a prize
Exclusive prizes awarding professional and technical skills for contest participants
Walk the red carpet for structural engineers
Tell the world about you, your company and your projects
Compete with the best
Get to discover other top engineers’ projects and see how your project compete with them
Grab International attention
GRAITEC marketing and its subsidiaries will advertise your projects worldwide!
Be part of the SIMULATE community
You will then have the opportunity to discover new versions of Advance Design and special promotions
Get the latest market trends
Discover the latest design trends, innovative solutions and out-of-the-box thinking
You will then receive the guidelines to create and submit your project before the deadline of September 15.
See what winners of Advance Design Award 2022 say about the event
How to participate
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STEP 1: REGISTERFill in the registration form available here. |
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STEP 2: SEND INFO & ASSETSWe will provide an easy-to-use word template Project Form. |
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STEP 3: GET YOUR SUBMISSION APPROVALA confirmation email will be sent confirming submission. |
Prizes
In each category (customers and students), the jury will nominate 5 projects to be evaluated in the final round and select the winners.
II. PLACE
€ 2500 (customers)
I. PLACE
€ 5000 (customers)
€ 1000 (students)
III. PLACE
€ 1000 (customers)
Special Jury Prize
The jury will also award a special prize of 2000€ for the best use of Advance Design in a BIM Workflow. Using Advance Design in combination with other products will be an advantage during the evaluation as the jury will evaluate the story behind the project and the use of multiple programs.
Calendar
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You will then receive the guidelines to create and submit your project before the deadline of September 15.
Contest criteria
Jury assessment process
The independent contest jury will gather in October 2023 to evaluate the projects. The judging will be done under the guidance of a dedicated Graitec Group representative. The representative is in charge of the contest. The jury will evaluate the projects taking the following criteria into consideration:
| 1 | Technical level of the design, detailing and/or calculations. |
| 2 | Originality and prestige of the project. |
| 3 | Attractiveness, detail and presentation of the project. |
| 4 | Optimal use of software’s functionality. |
| 5 | The “story” behind the project – difficulties overcome, innovative approaches, benefits gained, etc. |
Meet the members of our jury
An independent and international jury composed of academics and professionals in the field will judge the submitted entries.
Jury Chairman
Francis Guillemard
GRAITEC
President of the Group and Chairman of the board
Jury Member
Joseph Pais
GRAITEC Innovation
Chief Product Officer
Jury Member
Rawad Assaf
GRAITEC Innovation
SIMULATE Technical Director
Jury Member
Issam Geha
Structural consultant
General Manager BIG-BEG (Lebanon)
Jury Member
Rodrigue Coyere
Head of EC STRUCTURE
EIFFAGE CONSTRUCTION Structural design office
Jury Member
Olivier Chappat
Directeur adjoint
Bureau d’études BSI
Jury Member
Przemysław Kasza
President of the Board
BIM Technology Design Sp. z o.o.
Categories
This contest is divided into two categories.
The jury will evaluate these two categories using different criteria.
CUSTOMERS
Any customer with a commercial license can submit a maximum of 3 projects.
STUDENTS
Any student who wants to participate must be enrolled at an official university or engineering school. Students who want to apply for the contest must download and use the official Educational version of Advance Design.
You will then receive the guidelines to create and submit your project before the deadline of September 15.
GRAITEC in numbers
30,000
Customers worldwide
100,000+
Projects worldwide
550+
Staff ready to help you succeed
50,000+
Projects done with Advance Design
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