Bab Al Qasr, Abu Dhabi close to completion
Posted on July 24, 2015Windtech Consultants is proud to have undertaken the wind engineering services for this impressive $350m project by Emirates-Morocco Trading & General Investment. Windtech worked closely with Singapore based Surbana International Consultants who were the lead consultants together with Meinhardt engineering consultants back in 2008. Windtech Director, Tony Rofail says “It is certainly good to see […]
Read MoreWind-Induced Dynamic Response of a Pedestrian Bridge in Riyadh
Posted on June 10, 2015Windtech Consultants recently completed a wind tunnel study for a pedestrian bridge in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Testing was carried out using both a dynamic and a static test rig. It is sufficient for this type of bridge to perform a test on a typical section model, incorporating the relative stiffness in both torsion and lift […]
Read MoreShiva Statue
Posted on March 23, 2015Windtech Consultants has demonstrated its advanced modelling capability once more with the completion of the wind tunnel study of the extreme wind loads on the 107m (305ft) tall Shiva Statue structure as well as the measurement of the cladding pressures. The structural loads study was carried out using both the pressure integration and force balance […]
Read MoreSwaying Skyscrapers
Posted on February 25, 2015Tony Rofail, director at Windtech has contributed to a magazine article on Swaying Skyscrapers.
Read MoreNews Article on Melbourne Project
Posted on January 20, 2015Windtech Consultants were featured in a recent article by www.sourceable.net on the role of wind tunnel testing for pedestrian comfort.
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