Advanced Concrete Structural Analysis & Design Using
ETABS & SAFE
Master end-to-end concrete structural analysis and design with ETABS and SAFE.
A project-driven professional programme focused on modelling, analysis, design, detailing and drawing production for reinforced concrete buildings — using industry-standard ETABS for superstructure and SAFE for foundations and slabs.
- 8 weeks · Weekend batches · Online & classroom
- Toolset: ETABS, SAFE (plus CAD for drawing output where required)
- Capstone project + portfolio files & certificate
About The Course
Advanced Concrete Structural Analysis & Design (ETABS & SAFE) is a project-driven professional programme that teaches you how to model, analyse and design reinforced-concrete buildings using industry-standard ETABS for superstructure and SAFE for slabs and foundations. Through hands-on labs, code-based load and dynamic analysis, practical member and foundation design exercises, and a final capstone project, you’ll produce portfolio-ready model files, calculation reports and construction drawings. Ideal for early-career engineers and practising designers, the course focuses on real-world workflows, result interpretation, and documentation best practices so you can confidently deliver code-compliant designs and present work to employers.
Why This Course Stands Out
Detailed Curriculum
•Design principles & manual methods
•Load types (dead/live/lateral) per ACI/BS
•Load combinations & assumptions
•Load path concepts & support types
•Manual validation of ETABS forces using the influence area method
•Load mechanism and reaction understanding
•Storey shear extraction
•Critical force envelope understanding
•P-Delta analysis
•Period analysis
•Dynamic vs. static comparison
•Time period check
•Seismic drift check
•Wind-induced displacement check
•Torsional irregularity check
•Lateral stability considerations
•Column design as per ACI
•Beam design as per ACI
•Flexural reinforcement check
•Wall design as per ACI
•Flat slab design
•Long term deflection check
•Punching shear check in slabs
•Load transfer from ETABS
•Load combinations
•Subgrade modulus interpretation
•Punching shear checks in foundation
•Foundation settlement (short/long-term)
•Soil pressure distribution check
•Slab deflection over soil
•Modulus of rupture review
•Pile with pile cap design
•Reinforcement placement in foundations
•Crack control and serviceability
•Design result summary extraction
•Compliance verification
•Structural integrity assessment
•Preparation of design documentation
Learning Outcomes
- Model complex reinforced concrete buildings in ETABS and transfer reactions to SAFE.
- Run static, P-Delta and dynamic analyses (modal & response spectrum) and correctly interpret results.
- Design beams, slabs, columns and foundations to relevant code requirements and produce reinforcement detailing.
- Perform punching shear checks, raft and footing design in SAFE and prepare construction-ready drawings.
- Prepare a professional project portfolio (models, calculation sheets, drawings) and present project outcomes to employers.
Who Should Enrol
- Civil / structural engineers who want to specialise in concrete building design.
- Fresh graduates seeking hands-on ETABS & SAFE experience for employer-ready portfolios.
- Site and design engineers transitioning into structural analysis roles.
- BIM/Detailing engineers who need stronger analysis & design foundations.
Tools & Software Taught
Hands-on training with industry-standard ETABS for modelling, analysis, and member design, and SAFE for slab and foundation design (including punching shear and raft workflows).
Student Reviews
Dynamic & P Delta checks sounded scary, but live sessions made them understandable; I feel more confident in seismic design now.
Loved how we modeled superstructure in ETABS, then passed loads into SAFE and checked everything from slab deflections to foundation reinforcements.
The load verification & force distribution module made me question errors I’d been ignoring in earlier projects now I’m more precise.
Before this course, I struggled to transfer ETABS reactions correctly into SAFE for foundation design, it’s smooth, and I can explain it confidently on job sites.
Frequently Asked Questions
A: 8 weeks. Weekend and weekday professional batches are available; contact us for the next batch timing.
A: ETABS, SAFE, Basic CAD
A: Yes — certificate on successful project submission and evaluation.
A: Yes — each student completes a capstone project and receives the model files and calculation PDFs suitable for a professional portfolio.
A: The course assumes basic structural engineering knowledge. Fresh graduates with fundamentals of structural analysis can join; we provide recommended pre-reading.