Structural Engineering for Non-structural Engineers

If you need a better understanding of the design and construction of concrete, steel, wood or masonry building structures, you will find this course particularly helpful.

Course Outline

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Apply the structural analysis methods and structural behaviour of beams, trusses, slabs, columns, walls, frames, arches,
   domes, cable structure, footings, and pile foundations
• Comment on the design of reinforced concrete and structural steel members with the comprehensive understanding gained from
   this course                                                                                                
• Solve common structural engineering problems
• Use the design procedures for wood and masonry

Description

Non-structural engineers and architects need an understanding of the basic concepts rather than rigorous mathematical derivations. If you need a better understanding of the design and construction of concrete, steel, wood or masonry building structures, you will find this course particularly helpful. Course participants are expected to have some elementary knowledge about structural design and analysis of simple structures.

Objective

To present basic methods of structural design of buildings, introduce participants to the codes that govern structural design, and familiarize them with available design aids.

Who Should Attend

Architects, non-structural engineers (civil, mechanical, electrical, mining, chemical and agricultural engineers), plant engineers, fabricators and manufacturers of structural systems, general contractors, property managers, directors of physical plants, municipal building officials, building inspectors, field review personnel, project engineers and others who would like to know more about structural systems.

Special Features
This course is not designed to make you a structural engineer, but you will leave the course with a basic understanding of building structures.  Participants should have some elementary knowledge of structural analysis and design in order to gain maximum benefit from this course.

Lectures followed by simple hands-on exercises during the problem solving sessions will facilitate learning. You will receive an extensive set of notes that will minimize note taking so you can enhance your learning experience.

Participants should bring a hand-held, battery-operated calculator to this seminar for the exercises at the end of each day.

In order to gain the maximum benefit from this seminar, participants are encouraged to read in advance the following:
- Part 4 of the 2005 National Building Code of Canada
- Structural Commentaries (Part 4) of 2005 National Building Code of Canada

Program Outline

Day I

Registration and Coffee

Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method

Structural Loads and Procedures
   • NBC section 4.1 and supplement
   • Specified loads
   • Limit states design
   • “Part 9” buildings

Structural Analysis
   • Applied loads
   • Equilibrium and free body diagrams
   • Determinant and indeterminant structures
   • Axial load, shear and bending

Member Properties
   • Cross sectional area
   • Moment of inertia
   • Section modulus
   • Composite construction
   • Strength
   • Stiffness

Structural Behaviour
   • Slabs, beams and trusses
   • Walls and columns
   • Frames
   • Arches and domes
   • Cable structures
   • Basement walls
   • Footings
   • Retaining walls
   • Pile foundations

Adjournment

Day II

Reinforced Concrete Design
   • Products, properties and failure modes
   • Design standards
   • Slabs
   • Beams
   • Columns
   • Shear walls
   • Basement walls
   • Slabs on ground
   • Footings
   • Retaining walls
   • Concrete piles (caissons)
   • Prestressed concrete design
   • Precast concrete
   • Corrosion protection
   • Fire resistance
   • Concrete repairs

Adjournment

Day III

Structural Steel Design
   • Products, properties and failure modes
   • Design standards
   • Beams
   • Columns
   • Tension members
   • Steel joists and trusses
   • Bracing
   • Connections
   • Composite design
   • Steel deck
   • Steel piles
   • Corrosion protection
   • Fire protection

Adjournment

Day IV

Wood Design
   • Products, properties and failure modes
   • CSA 086.1 design standard
   • “Part 9” design method
   • Beams and joists
   • Columns and studs
   • Trusses
   • Panels
   • Connections
   • Wood frame construction
   • Decay protection
   • Fire protection

Masonry Design
   • Products, properties and failure modes
   • Design standards
   • Walls and columns
   • Beams and lintels
   • Shear walls
   • Common problems and solutions

Building Design Sample

Questions and Answers - Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes

Concluding Remarks and Final Adjournment

Daily Schedule:
8:00   Registration and Coffee (Day I only)
8:30   Session begins                                                                                                                     
12:00 Lunch
4:30   Adjournment

There will be a one-hour lunch break in addition to a refreshment and networking break during each morning and afternoon session. Lunches and refreshments are provided.

Faculty

Peter Chan
Peter Chan, M.Sc., P.Eng., CBCO has been working as a Building Engineer with the City of Toronto since 1987. Prior to that, he has over 10 years experience with structural consultants in both Ontario and British Columbia designing buildings, bridges and communication towers. He has been serving as a member of the Standing Committee on Structural Design, National Research Council of Canada since 1996. Peter has taught this course for EPIC over a dozen times.

Additional Details

Pre-Requisites

Certificates offered

24 CEU / 24 PDH

Cancellation Policy

To withdraw from a course, you must send a request, in writing, with the official receipt to our office. Fifteen or more business days in advance: full refund less $50.00 administration charge. Five to fifteen business days in advance: non-refundable credit of equal value for any future EPIC seminar within one year. Credits are transferable within your organization. In case of an unexpected event occurring after this time, you may send someone else to take your place without any additional cost.

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Would have liked more interactive problem solving.

Reviewed by Allen A. 2011