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Civil and structural engineer
The design office and site toolkit: ETABS and SAFE for concrete buildings, STAAD.Pro for frames and steel sheds, quantity surveying from drawings to the final account, site QA/QC for concrete, steel and earthworks, and a programme in Microsoft Project.
One course at a time. The next unlocks when you are halfway through this one.
Step 1Civil engineeringIntermediateETABS and SAFE: Building Analysis and Design
How a structural engineer models, loads, analyses and checks a reinforced concrete building in ETABS and designs its slabs and foundations in SAFE: grids and stories, materials and cracked sections, load patterns and combinations, equivalent static and response spectrum seismic load, modal checks, drift and P-delta, beam, column and shear wall design, then slab strips, punching shear, deflection, soil springs and footings, with every result checked by hand.
- Set up an ETABS model with grids, storeys, concrete and cracked beam and column sections
- Model frames, core walls, slabs and diaphragms and assign base supports and meshes
- Define gravity, wind and equivalent static seismic loads and the ASCE 7 load combinations
Step 2Civil engineeringIntermediateSTAAD.Pro: Structural Analysis and Design
How a structural engineer builds, loads, analyses and checks frames and trusses in STAAD.Pro and runs steel and concrete design: units and the command file, structure wizard and members, sections, supports and releases, dead, live, wind and seismic loads, load combinations, linear, P-delta and modal analysis, then code checks, concrete reinforcement, connections, foundations and the calculation report, with every result checked by hand on an industrial portal-frame shed and a three-storey steel frame.
- Build frame and truss models with the structure wizard and by nodes and members
- Assign steel sections, materials, supports and member releases
- Apply dead, live, wind and equivalent static seismic loads and the code combinations
Step 3Civil engineeringBeginnerQuantity Surveying and Building Estimation
Turn architectural and structural drawings into measured quantities and a priced bill of quantities: the measurement rules by family (RICS NRM, POMI, CESMM4), take-off of substructure, concrete frame, formwork, reinforcement and bar bending schedules, blockwork, finishes, doors, windows and roofing, bill layout and preambles, rate build-up in cost units, tender comparison, cost planning, variations, interim valuations and the final account, all worked on one two-storey clinic.
- Say what a quantity surveyor does at each project stage and name the cost document that belongs to it
- Choose the measurement family for a job: RICS NRM 1 and 2, POMI or CESMM4, with IS 1200 as a regional alternative
- Read drawings, set out a dimension sheet and find a wall girth by the centre-line method
Step 4Civil engineeringBeginnerCivil QA/QC Engineer: Concrete, Steel and Earthworks
How civil site quality works on a building project: the project quality plan, inspection and test plans, method statements, submittals and requests for inspection, then concrete from mix to cube result, reinforcement, formwork, steel erection, earthworks and compaction, blockwork and waterproofing, non-conformance reports, calibration and handover, all worked on one hospital project.
- Explain the QA/QC role and trace an ISO 9001 quality system down to a site inspection
- Draft an inspection and test plan with hold, witness and review points and a method statement
- Run material submittals, requests for inspection and document control
Step 5Project managementBeginnerMicrosoft Project for Planning Engineers
Plan and control a construction, MEP or plant project in Microsoft Project desktop: calendars and WBS, task types and effort-driven scheduling, dependencies, constraints and the critical path, resources and levelling, baselines and progress, earned value in cost units, views, custom fields and reports, and handing a schedule to Primavera P6 users with ProjectLibre as the free option.
- Set up a plan with calendars, a work breakdown structure, summary tasks and milestones
- Choose task types and enter durations, dependencies, lags and leads
- Use constraints and deadlines with care and audit a plan for hidden dates
How the path works
Join the path and its first course is added to your account straight away; the next one is added when you are halfway through, so you never face a pile of unstarted courses. Each has its own progress, notes and final. Take them in the order shown: each assumes the one before. Each course has one assessment: a final of 15 questions drawn from every module, pass mark 60%, with 3 attempts and then a 24 hour wait, so the assessment checks that you followed the lessons rather than testing exam nerves.
Questions
- Is the Civil and structural engineer free?
- Yes. Every course in the path is free in full: lessons, notes, practice tasks and assessments. Joining the path adds all of them to your account in one step. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion for each course.
- In what order should I take the courses?
- In the order listed: each course assumes the one before it. Every course keeps its own progress, final and certificate, so you can also take one on its own.
- Do I get one certificate for the whole path?
- Certificates are per course, issued when you pass that course's final assessment and bought only if you want them. Finishing every course in a path gives you one certificate per course.
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