International Award for Ziraat Towers
Ziraat Towers, built by Kalyon İnşaat within the Istanbul Financial Center, which was developed to position Istanbul as a global financial hub, has added another international award to its achievements.
The Ziraat Towers Project received the “Best Construction Project” award at the Autodesk Design & Make Awards 2024, which recognizes outstanding international projects in architecture, engineering and construction, product design and manufacturing, media and entertainment, and education. The awards ceremony for the competition, which attracted 270 submissions from 35 countries, took place in San Diego with leading representatives of the construction, architecture and real estate industries in attendance. BIM Manager Belgin Kafalı Çalışkan accepted the award on behalf of Kalyon İnşaat.
This prestigious award once again recognized Kalyon İnşaat's pioneering position in digital transformation in its sector and its success in integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM) technologies into construction processes.
One of the key factors behind Kalyon İnşaat's award was the development of all disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, landscaping and façade works, within a 3D information model using a BIM approach from the architectural design stage onwards. Construction models from 60 different stakeholders were combined into a single coordination model on site, allowing clashes between disciplines to be identified and resolved. A visual programming language that optimized the design process for the project, which has a construction area of 430,000 m², was used to create manufacturing models for 9,420 panels of different sizes and 18,840 m² of bespoke curtain walling. A total of 11,500 fabrication drawings were generated automatically from the coordination model. Accessing 25,000 cloud based drawings from mobile devices on site saved tonnes of paper.
The Ziraat Towers Project had previously received the Construction Award of Excellence at the CTBUH 2023 conference organized by The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
