Learn structural reliability from engineers who use it in practice
What if you could learn probabilistic design not from a textbook, but from engineers who have applied it on some of the world's most demanding structures?
This two-day CPD course is led by Alessandro Margnelli and Christian Tygoer, both Technical Directors at AKT II, one of the UK's most respected structural engineering practices. Between them, they bring over 40 years of experience delivering complex, internationally recognised projects: from the Vessel in New York and the Kistefos Museum in Norway, to high-rise developments, major educational buildings, and the reuse of existing structures across London and beyond.
Alessandro holds a PhD in probabilistic and performance-based structural design and has integrated reliability-informed analysis into high-level live project delivery. Christian has applied reliability-based principles to the assessment and reuse of existing concrete structures and contributed to national guidance through the BSI Flex 350 advisory group.
This is not a purely academic course. Everything taught here has been tested against the pressures of real projects, real clients, and real codes.
This two-day CPD course provides a structured introduction to structural reliability and risk-informed design, as applied in contemporary engineering practice. The course bridges the gap between traditional code-based design and probabilistic thinking, enabling participants to better understand, quantify, and manage uncertainty in structural performance.
Through a combination of lectures, worked examples, simulation workshops, and real project case studies, participants will explore how reliability concepts underpin modern design codes, safety targets, and robustness requirements. The course places strong emphasis on practical application, showing how probabilistic methods can support better engineering judgement, improve decision-making, and enhance structural safety and resilience in everyday practice.
