ETABS and SAFE: Building Analysis and Design

It is a free-to-learn course that follows one eight-storey reinforced concrete office building through CSI's ETABS and SAFE: grids and storeys, materials and cracked sections, loads and combinations, modal and response spectrum analysis, drift and P-delta checks, beam, column and wall design, then slab strips, punching shear, deflection and foundations on soil springs, with every result checked by hand.

Civil and structural graduates, junior design engineers and draughtspeople who know statics and the basics of reinforced concrete design. No ETABS or SAFE experience is needed. Engineers in design offices in the Gulf and elsewhere use these programs daily, so the course starts from the workflow they follow.

CSI ETABS and CSI SAFE, version 23.3, released on 23 September 2026 and current when the course was checked on 1 November 2026. CSI offers an evaluation trial on request for evaluation use only, and its licences use Cloud Sign-in. You can follow every lesson and do every hand check with only a spreadsheet.

The worked examples use ACI 318-19 with ASCE 7-22, one code family throughout. The steps are the same under Eurocode 2 with EN 1990, EN 1991 and EN 1998, and regional codes such as IS 456, IS 1893 and IS 875 follow the same workflow with different factors.

No. Real structures must be designed and signed by a qualified structural engineer working under local regulations, and software output must always be checked by hand. The course teaches the workflow and the checks, and it is not a licence to practise.

No. The certificate is a verifiable certificate of completion from EDWartens, not a CSI certification or a professional engineering qualification. ETABS and SAFE are trademarks of Computers and Structures, Inc., named only to describe the software taught.

About 14 hours of video and around 21 hours in total with the notes, worked problems and practice, at your own pace. Every module, the notes, the optional verification-pack project and the final assessment are free to learn.

A verifiable certificate of completion, issued when you finish the modules and pass the 15-question final at 60 percent. It has a unique certificate number, a QR code and a public verification page that shows the course, the modules covered and your final score.

Yes. Learning costs ₹0 in India: every module, the written notes, the practice tasks and the final assessment, with no card and no trial period. The only paid item is the optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, ₹599 including GST for this intermediate course, paid in rupees through Razorpay, and only if you want it after passing the final assessment.