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WBK staff is back in office

Several of our USA precast parking garage projects were recently completed and handed over.

We are happy to announce that our team is working on three new projects with architectural precast concrete cladding.

Our precast detailing team has started using Autodesk Revit software to create 3D models of precast houses for one of our clients based in the Netherlands.

Again the Bauma Conexpo India was organised in Gurgaon from 11th to 14th of December 2018. The Bauma is the International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Mining Machines and Construction Vehicles in India. WBK management attended this event and interacted with representatives of precast equipment and machinery suppliers from all over the world.

National Geographic Channel India launched their documentary about precast building technology in India.

Earlier this year our company started with the design and detailing work on several precast housing projects for a new client. Most of these precast housing projects are following a BIM process during the design and execution phases. Below an example is given of one the projects where we are integrating a variety of building components in the precast structure BIM model.

We have recently started the structural design for the Magic Breeze project located in Hyderabad, India.

Our engineering team participated in the Refresher Course on “Design of Tall Buildings” organized by Indian Association of Structural Engineers.

A glimpse of some of our ongoing international precast detailing projects.

More than 150 real estate developers mainly from the state of Maharashtra visited the Bharat City construction site and precast plant.

We attended this two-day workshop organised by the Indian association of Structural Engineers together with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) about the recently revised NBC 2016 and Indian seismic codes.

New Building Materials & Construction World magazine India published an article written by WBK director Mr. Bob van Gils about Affordable housing in India with Precast Construction.

A national level conference called PEPSCON 2017 was held at Hotel Taj Vivanta, Dwarka, in New Delhi, India on February 21st and 22nd 2017 on behalf of the Pre Engineered Structures Society of India.

On 4th February 2017 we presented a technical lecture on precast technology in the Ambuja Knowledge Centre at Nagpur, India.

WBK representatives attended the Bauma Conexpo India held in the city of Gurgaon on 12th to 16th December 2016.

WBK management team attended the seminar on Modern Digitized BIM Technology in Construction organised by Trimble.

BCC Infrastructures has completed the first precast tower of the Bharat City project in Ghaziabad.

The first buildings of the Hogekwartier project have been completed.

Construction World magazine India published an article about the status of precast construction in the country.

Bharat City Phase II is being constructed using Precast technology is featured in NDTV Prime Property It’s Hot on 25th July, 2015.

Our client Supertech Ltd. has completed the construction of the precast villas at Upcountry project site on the Yamuna express way.

Training Programme: Seismic design of Multi-storey Buildings: IS 1893 vs. Eurocode 8

Article about design of precast concrete structures published in the Masterbuilder magazine.

2nd Annual Conference Hotel Build India 2014. Establishing emerging, innovative and cost-effective construction, architecture and design techniques that will propel the build of hotels across all segments to commercial success.

Symposium on precast concrete held in Jaipur on 14th March 2014.

During the Tekla India user meet WBK director Mr. Bob van Gils presented about the utilisation of Tekla software for precast project delivery.

Chief Minister Narendra Modi has promised to build nearly 50 lakh houses for the neo-middle, middle-class and slum dwellers in Gujarat. Inaugurating a slew of city projects on Monday 5th February 2014, which included a draw of lots for homes for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) and Low Income Groups (LIG).

Van Boxsel Engineering BV Netherlands wins the Tekla BIM award 2013 for best-precast building BIM project of the Benelux.

From 21st to 23rd August the conference Innovations in Concrete took place in the Westin Hotel in Mumbai.

Built Expressions Magazine India published an interview with WBK director Mr. Bob van Gils.

National Level Conference on “Pre-Engineered and Pre Cast Concrete Structures (PEPSCON 2013)” was organized in Hyderabad, India on March 8th and 9th 2013.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nVenue: Hotel Taj Deccan, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.

Supertech Precast hollow core factory in Greater Noida has started the production of prestressed hollow-core slabs. This is the first hollow-core production facility operational in Northern India.

A one day workshop on precast concrete buildings in India was held at the ICSR auditorium in IIT Chennai on 6th of August 2011.