The Institution is pleased to announce the return of the popular Digital and Computational Design workshop.
Through live tutorials and workshop sessions led by trusted software partners attendees will build practical experience using computational design software for current modelling challenges. Supporting you to implement digital design strategies that can simplify design work, quickly assess structural options, enhance design communication and slash errors and redesign time.
1: Learn how to optimise connections, automate calculations, and integrate seamlessly with leading computational design tools.
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Understanding how powerful software transforms traditional workflows, enabling engineers to design and verify connections that push the boundaries of innovation while maximising efficiency and safety.
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Introduction to: Advanced connection optimisation, automated structural calculations and seamless integration with computational design tools.
2: Learn how to develop and leverage digital skills for workflow automation and enhanced productivity.
3: Learn about non-linear plastic material models for reinforced concrete in finite element analysis.
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Understanding the theory behind where a non-linear analysis of reinforced concrete can be used through practical examples and typical solutions.
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Introduction to: Multivariable optimisation by using evolutionary solvers and Grasshopper.
4: More information will be announced soon.
The workshops will be hosted by software and training experts from ALLPLAN, IDEAStatiCa, SkyCiv and Strusoft, and by engineers working in the computational design field.
Head of Digital & Innovation, Ramboll
Emily is the Head of Digital & Innovation for Ramboll Buildings UK and a Chartered Structural Engineer. She is passionate about using technology to aid better collaboration and decision making to develop better outcomes for projects.
She has 9+ years experience of utilising her engineering knowledge in combination with digital design skills to create solutions that enable new, more efficient and novel approaches to real life design problems. She brings this together with her commercial knowledge and client centric approach to drive innovative ideas and deliver value to projects, clients and society.
Software Architecture Lead, WSP
James leads a small team as the Software Architecture Lead for UK Structures at WSP, developing bespoke software solutions for civil engineering clients. After starting his career as a Structural Engineer on projects like Birmingham's Mercian Tower, he shifted into software engineering.
James’ career-defining decision was motivated by a long-term, unfulfilled interest to build new technology products, combined with a general dissatisfaction with the state of civil engineering applications at the time.
He holds an MEng in Civil Engineering (University of Birmingham), an MSc in Computing (Open University), and is completing a Diploma in User Experience Design (UX Design Institute).