Package 2 of the Hail and Ghasha development project, a major oil and gas field in Abu Dhabi, focuses on building the Ghasha offshore and onshore gas processing plant. The EUR 100 million project is an integral part of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s 2030 Smart Growth Master Plan, which focuses on extracting maximum value from the country’s gas reserves. The project required 5,000 resource hours, which involved seven structural engineers working full time. BK Strutture was tasked with developing bids for civil and structural engineering activities and required an easy-to-use application that would maintain a high rate of efficiency.

Already familiar with Bentley applications, they turned to STAAD.Pro to modify the loads and confirm the modifications. The application helped design the complex structure with multiple floors and account for heavy dynamic loads in a four-month timeframe. Additionally, the software’s ability to interact with a third-party application significantly saved modeling time and enabled them to meet the schedule.