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Capital Ballpark Benefits from Earlier Experience - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction

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Two years ago, Burns’ colleagues in the Washington, D.C., office of Thornton- Tomasetti started using a newer version of XSteel, Tekla Structures, on the D.C. Major League Baseball Park. It has been a completely different ball game as the designbuild contractor embraced the model. “The market has completely changed,” says Burns, a managing principal in TT’s Chicago office. “There’s more acceptance,” not just in the contracting community but in the design and development communities. Software is now more user-friendly and interoperable with other modeling programs.

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