Optimising load take down and structural FEM software approaches

Date & Time

19 November 2026
09:00 - 10:00 GMT

Location

Online

Price

Free
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Optimising load take down and structural FEM software approaches

Webinar

Date & Time

19 November 2026
09:00 - 10:00 GMT

Location

Online

Price

Free

This sponsored webinar explores and compares load take down and FEM approaches, to understand the best practices of establishing how vertical loads accumulate and travel down through a building to its foundations.

Every structural design ultimately answers a deceptively simple question: how much load arrives at each column, each wall and each footing? Getting that answer right governs member sizing, foundation design and, increasingly, the cost and carbon of a project. Yet as buildings become taller and more irregular, the load path from the roof to the ground becomes less obvious.

Discover how new load take down analysis functionality in SCIA Engineer can remove manual bookkeeping while preserving the transparency that makes a take-down trustworthy.

Topics covered

  • Tributary area vs FEM load paths

  • Load paths and transfer structures

  • One way vs two-way load distribution

  • Common pitfalls

  • Load take down in SCIA Engineer

Reasons to attend

  • Explore best practice load take down guidelines

  • Understand when a simple tributary area approach is sufficient

  • Learn when a full finite element approach is required

  • See how load take down analysis in SCIA Engineer bridges both approaches

Intended for

  • Structural engineers and designers

  • Engineering firms interested in structural workflow optimisation

  • Current SCIA Engineer users who want to optimise their workflows

Please note this is a sponsored event and any views expressed are those of the sponsor, not the Institution. Bookings are made via the sponsor’s external website, and your registration data will be collected to facilitate follow up communications about the webinar before and after the event.

Speaker

Keith Wan

Sales Engineer, ALLPLAN
Keith is a Sales Engineer at ALLPLAN, providing training and technical support on SCIA Engineer. Before joining ALLPLAN, he worked in consultancy for 10 years in the United Kingdom, typically designing building and civil structures of various sizes and uses.

Contact

Email - [email protected]

Sponsored by

ALLPLAN

ALLPLAN innovates the design to build workflow, for architects, engineers, and construction professionals to deliver projects more productively, safely and eco-consciously, providing a powerful interdisciplinary BIM platform.

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