INDUSTRY NEWS
AVAILABILITY OF ‘PRACTICAL FOUNDATION DESIGN
WITH STAAD FOUNDATION ADVANCED’ Bentley Ins tute Press, publisher of textbooks and professional reference works for the advancement of the engineering, architectural, construc on, opera ons, geospa al, and other sectors, has released ‘Prac cal Founda on Design with STAAD Founda on Advanced’. Vinayak Trivedi, Vice President and Global Head for Bentley Ins tute, said, “We are pleased to offer this long-awaited tle from Bentley Ins tute Press, authored by Apurba Tribedi whose vision was instrumental in the development of Bentley Systems’ STAAD Founda on so ware. Like all tles in the Bentley Ins tute Press portfolio, this publica on aims to deliver con nuous learning to help both students and prac oners in infrastructure professions to upgrade their technical skills and support their going digital ini a ves”.
Prac cal Founda on Design with STAAD Founda on Advanced follows a tutorial-based approach to help readers understand the fundamentals of founda on design steps and processes. To help readers learn STAAD Founda on Advanced quickly, the book provides detailed descripons of all inputs and explana ons of outputs. Founda on design is a crucial aspect of all structural design projects. However, founda on design calcula ons and reviews are typically manual and paper-based. Bentley Systems’ STAAD Founda on Advanced strives to radically streamline founda on design calcula ons by integra ng structural analysis data with all possible founda on configura ons. For reviewers, the so ware generates preliminary drawings and a very extensive step-by-step calcula on sheet which includes all relevant design clauses and equa ons.
THE SINGAPORE ENGINEER January 2019
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