Nordec doubled structural design productivity with Sorvimo as their partner
Collaboration in demanding structural engineering - with safety and sustainability at the core
Nordec is a leading Nordic supplier of structural frames, facades, and steel bridges, delivering demanding projects, ranging from public buildings to shopping centers and infrastructure. Safety and sustainability are the foundation of Nordec's operations, with structural engineering expertise being crucial to their implementation.
By making optimal design choices, Nordec ensures efficient and sustainable use of materials while maintaining safety, durability, and ease of installation. Accurate structural analyses are also essential when developing new products and solutions. Sorvimo has supported Nordec in achieving these objectives by delivering software that streamlines the design process and by providing advanced calculations, such as FEM analyses, to accelerate research and development.
“Sorvimo has been of great help for Nordec’s product and software development. It's hard to believe we could have found a traditional software company capable of developing a design tool tailored to our needs. Sorvimo combines high-level expertise in both software development and structural engineering, which has made it possible to develop our tools together, without heavy supervision or extensive specification.”
– Dan Pada, Technology Manager at Nordec
Gårda Vesta in Gothenburg rising with Nordec's steel frame. Image: Nordec
Nordec Easy Design – software that doubled engineering productivity
Among the results of Sorvimo and Nordec's collaboration is the Nordec Easy Design software, developed to enable efficient dimensioning of Nordec's product family of slim-floor beams. Previously, Excel-based tools were used alongside an old desktop application, but as requirements increased, keeping all tools updated became increasingly challenging.
“With the new software, engineers now complete the structural analysis in half the time, doubling productivity. All product types can be calculated simultaneously, in one software, making comparisons effortless. The software is also better suited to the growing variety of solutions and evolving requirements. The business benefits have been substantial, as the old software would not have enabled us to achieve similar results in expanding the use of composite beams or progressing in product development.”
– Dan Pada, Technology Manager at Nordec
Designed with engineers in mind, the modern interface enables efficient structural design.
Alongside its user-friendliness and flexibility, the new software offers enhanced information security through centralized access management and by safeguarding the underlying logic more robustly than traditional Excel-based solutions. As a browser-based tool, it is superior to desktop applications in keeping information up to date and supporting real-time collaboration with other users.
Sorvimo offers Nordec specialized expertise with flexibility
Engaging an external consultant can be a rational solution when resource needs fluctuate and specialized expertise in a particular area of structural engineering is required. Nordec’s own design resources are primarily allocated to project work, but at times, product development also requires advanced engineering expertise. In such cases, Nordec turns to Sorvimo for expertise in sophisticated calculations like FEM analyses.
Nonlinear FEM analyses unlock critical insights into structural behavior that is essential for reliable product development.
“It's an advantage that Sorvimo's experts are constantly working with topics central to us, so their expertise is continuously developing, and they can easily join Nordec's R&D-projects when needed. We have had excellent experiences with both their structural engineering consulting and software development services; cooperation has been seamless and our trust in them is well established.”
– Dan Pada, Technology Manager at Nordec
Key benefits of the collaboration:
- Renewed software that doubled engineering productivity
- Flexible resourcing with advanced structural engineering expertise
- Accelerating product development and driving technology adaption
Learn more about Nordec.
Nordec is a leading provider of steel frame structures in the Nordic region, specializing in the design, fabrication, and installation of steel frames, envelopes, and bridges. With over 40 years of experience, Nordec delivers high-quality, safe, and sustainable construction solutions for a wide range of building types and infrastructure projects.
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