Design anything from bolts and welds to base plates, moment frames, steel-to-concrete anchoring and shear transfer. Enjoy:
- Predefined templates for simple connections, grouping and bulk-checking similar connections
- Visual modeling for moderate and complex connections, plus parametric design
- Comprehensive code-checked reports ready for approval in 3 clicks
- Connection Library with 1M+ real-world joints to adapt and reuse
See real structural behavior of your concrete designs and ensure safety across every detail:
- Design concrete walls and D-regions of any shape and load, including openings and dapped ends
- Optimize reinforcement layout
- Get all serviceability checks in one report
IDEA StatiCa automatically integrates with the world's most used construction software tools to let you export and synchronize data.
This minimizes errors and repetitive work and lets you focus on more crucial tasks like the proper analysis, design and code-check of connections, cross-sections, members, and details.
Real-life projects with IDEA StatiCa
Life Science Research building in Philadelphia
This project is a 17-story tower characterized by its unique teardrop-shaped footprint with six curved sides. Designed to house a variety of functions, the building includes parking facilities, spacious lobby areas, a lecture hall, conference rooms, and last but not least, wet bench research laboratories.
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport drive-through canopy
At the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, a drive-thru plane canopy is designed with resistance to wind up to 155 mph.
Seismic Design of a Base Plate
Learn how IMEG used IDEA StatiCa to design seismic base plate connections at the Nestle storage rack building in Wheeler Ridge, California.
HSS Steel Tree Sculpture
Stability Engineering, a leading structural engineering firm in Georgia, USA, used IDEA StatiCa to design a steel tree-like structure of HSS connections that were outside the code's applicability limits.
Natural Gas Plant
The interoperability between structural engineering tools plays a key role in the success of infrastructure projects. In the following case, IDEA StatiCa and Checkbot helped CSF Consulting to save 900-man hours. Checkbot worked as a translator to communicate between STAAD.Pro and IDEA StatiCa connection, transferring hundreds of nodes and thousands of load combinations, avoiding any load input errors. The structural design process started in STAAD.Pro, where the global structure was analyzed and designed. Using the Checkbot app within STAAD, the entire structure can be imported into Checkbot. Finally, IDEA StatiCa will open every node with the geometry and load combinations where the connection can be modeled and designed. The following article shows how CSF Consulting took advantage of the interoperability in a Natural Gas plant structural design.
Photovoltaic canopy steel structure, California
By leveraging IDEA StatiCa, KPFF Consulting Engineers successfully designed a photovoltaic canopy structure for the Napa Valley Transit Authority that not only met their sustainability goals but also adhered to rigorous engineering standards, ensuring safety and durability for years to come. This project stands as a testament to the effectiveness of integrating advanced engineering software with innovative design solutions in achieving sustainable infrastructure development.
26-Story Office Tower Transformation Project
The Continental Center Building conversion required extensive modifications to floor beams for new mechanical systems, with web openings that fell outside standard AISC design guidelines. IMEG's engineering team turned to advanced computational analysis to solve this complex structural puzzle, employing IDEA StatiCa's detailed stress modeling to develop precise reinforcement strategies for beam penetrations that fell outside traditional prescriptive methods.
The Queen's Wharf Skydeck
The Queen's Wharf Skydeck was designed to become the must-see destination for those seeking spectacular views of Brisbane. Perched 100 meters above the Brisbane River, upon completion, the Skydeck will provide an open-air observation deck and public realm between the towers of the Queen's Wharf Development, offering panoramas of the river, South Bank Parklands and city skyline.
Walking Columns on the Laurel Rittenhouse Square Project
Walking columns present significant engineering challenges with no established ACI 318 methodology to guide their design. IMEG has mastered this specialized field through projects like The Laurel Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia, where walking columns gradually transition loads over four floors to preserve a historic building while supporting 40+ stories above.
Family home in Massachusetts
CRAFT Engineering Studio worked closely with Selldorf Architects on this single-family residence. The project consists of three different buildings – the main house, garage, and pool house. With an open architectural design and unpropped balcony, the two-story building of the main house sits on a steep bluff overlooking the ocean, exposing it to high winds and introducing numerous challenges in terms of the structural design of the vertical and lateral load resisting systems. Originally conceived in steel, both the client and architect wished to move to a predominantly wood solution.
MassDOT Solar Carports, Plymouth
By integrating IDEA StatiCa into the design process, the KPFF Consulting Engineers project for Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Solar Carports not only achieved its structural goals but also set a new standard for precision and efficiency in engineering design. The software’s advanced capabilities allowed for a more thorough understanding of complex behaviors, resulting in a robust and reliable photovoltaic (PV) canopy structure. This project stands as a testament to the effectiveness of modern engineering tools in overcoming challenging design scenarios and delivering high-quality, sustainable infrastructure solutions.
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