MIDAS IT’s products have helped civil engineers take on some of the biggest projects in Australia and beyond. A new office in Sydney demonstrates the company’s commitment to the Oceania region.
Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. London’s King Cross Station. Beijing’s National Stadium. These are iconic structures with global recognition, they also share a less immediately apparent connection.
Each was engineered with support from software made by leading South Korean firm MIDAS IT.
From analysis to impact assessment, MIDAS IT’s leading engineering software solutions are used by 30,000 clients worldwide, bringing efficiency and flexibility to such industries as infrastructure, mining, dams and hydropower, energy, and more.
And as of 2024, MIDAS IT has underlined its commitment to empowering the engineers of the Oceania region by opening an office in Sydney, its eleventh international branch.
“Opening our Sydney office last year marked more than a geographic expansion,” said Edmond Kim, Director of MIDAS IT Australia.
“It was a meaningful, strategic step to support the growing number of engineers across Oceania who recognise the value of MIDAS IT’s solutions. Governments, universities and engineering consultancies in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, as well as nearby countries like Solomon Islands and Fiji, have already adopted our software because of its efficiency and practicality.”
Major influence
MIDAS IT’s influence is readily apparent in many major projects in Oceania that have benefited from the company’s software.
MIDAS IT products like MIDAS CIVIL NX, GTS NX, FEA NX, GEN NX and NFX have supported the structural engineering of Crown Sydney, Melbourne’s West Gate Tunnel, Auckland’s Wēiti River Bridge and more.
MIDAS IT Structural Engineer Pranav Vaishampayan said Crown Sydney was a particularly notable project for MIDAS IT.
“MIDAS GEN NX software was used in that project for column shortening analysis,” he said. “It is the tallest structure in Sydney, which means that kind of analysis is of the utmost importance.”
Kim said that MIDAS IT software is used also in Sydney for a number of projects constructed around heritage buildings.
“A recent client used MIDAS GTS NX to assess the impact of an excavation on a heritage structure,” he said.
“In addition, seismic assessment is needed for all high rises and other important structures. We are at the forefront of seismic analysis, assessment and design.”
And the impact is not confined to Australia. Vaishampayan highlights the contribution MIDAS IT’s bridge design software is making to Auckland’s Wēiti River Bridge project.
“It’s New Zealand’s first extradosed bridge [combining elements of a prestressed box girder bridge and a cable-stayed bridge] and consultancies Aurecon and RoadLab working together to deliver it,” he said.
Kim said MIDAS IT’s tools can play such a significant role in these projects because they provide a comprehensive and sophisticated platform that supports engineers from the beginning of a project through to execution, operation and structural maintenance.
“Our solutions feature advanced capabilities like civil information modelling, simulation of construction stages, real-life loading scenarios, automated drawing generation, BIM integration and much more,” he said.
“Additionally, seamless workflows backed by APIs to automate modelling, analysis and design process save a lot of time. Ultimately, MIDAS offers an all-in-one package for civil, structural and geotechnical engineering that’s powerful, versatile and future ready.”
Local support
For Kim, opening a Sydney office means more than simply introducing a physical MIDAS IT presence in the region. The company has fully committed itself to adapting its solutions to the specific needs of local engineers.
“We understand that engineering in Australia and Oceania presents unique challenges,” he said.
“We provide support for Australia’s standards and regional codes; customisation for local, geotechnical and structural conditions; real-world applications throughout the region; and local technical support and knowledge-sharing.”
MIDAS IT tailors its training and technical assistance to specific local engineering standards — including code compliance and alignment with AS 5100 and the New Zealand Bridge Manual.
“We support engineers not just with the software, but through a complete ecosystem of technical service, education and collaboration,” Kim said.
“Our education platform, MIDAS Academy, offers practical scenario-based training and certifications to help users grow their skills and confidence. Most importantly, our local team works directly with businesses and engineers.”
According to Vaishampayan, this close relationship really pays off when MIDAS IT is able to collaborate with the engineers using its products.
“People in each region of the world follow their own particular practices and have specific methods,” he said.
“We are here to support those practices and allow them to be done more efficiently. We’ve had clients where, because we were able to collaborate, we got weeks of work done in a single day.”
Having developed its Australian presence, MIDAS IT hopes to continue to empower the region’s engineers and consultancies.
“Our mission is to help Australia and Oceania engineers push the boundaries of what is possible in civil structure and geotechnical design,” Kim said.
“We aim to be a technical partner working side by side with Australia’s biggest minds to develop not only design efficiency but engineering innovation.”
To learn more, visit the MIDAS IT global website.
