The Design of Steel Structures to Eurocode EN 1993-1-1:2019 course aims to give participants an understanding of the physical and mechanical behaviour of steel structural elements. The course also teaches methods used for the limit-state design of structural steelwork in accordance with the 2019 update to Eurocode 3 (EN 1993-1-1:2019).  

In addition to providing a refresher for design methodologies of Eurocode 3, the course also shows participants where efficiencies in design can be made when applying structural design software. 

The course is suitable for professionals or graduates with an engineering (BEng) degree or similar. 

Design of Steel Structures to Eurocode EN 1993-1-1:2019 is aimed at civil and structural engineering professionals and recent engineering graduates who are seeking to update and refine their understanding of steel structural design. 

Design of Steel Structures to Eurocode EN 1993-1-1:2019 is organised as four three-hour sessions over two days and is delivered via a combination of seminars and workshop exercises to apply the methods in practice.
Session one provides an introduction to limit state design. It covers background to Eurocode 3 and limit state design. It also covers global stability of frames, design of members loaded in tension and provides a design example for tension members, plus a workshop. 
Session two covers beams, including local buckling and section classification, design of laterally restrained beams, design of laterally unrestrained beams. It also provides a design example for beams and a workshop. 
Session three addresses compression members. It covers axially loaded members, effective length, slenderness ratio, design of members subjected to axial loads and moments, interaction diagrams and equations, a design example for columns and a workshop.
Session four deals with connections, including design of bolted connections, design of welded connections, design of moment connections, a design example for connections and a workshop.

On completing Design of Steel Structures to Eurocode EN 1993-1-1:2019 participants will have gained 12 hours of continued professional development (CPD), confirmed by a certificate. 
Participants will be able to identify common failure modes in structural steel elements and understand how to design against these in accordance with Eurocode 3 as well as understand and be able to apply procedures described in the most recent update to Eurocode 3 to the design of beams, columns, beam-columns, trusses and connections in simple frameworks.

Design of Steel Structures to Eurocode EN 1993-1-1:2019 is taught by Dr Finian McCann, a Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering in the School of the Built Environment and Architecture at LSBU. Finian’s research background is in steel structures, glass-polymer structural composites and structural fire safety. He also has several years’ experience of working in the subsea engineering industry and as a structural engineering consultant with a London design house.

Design of Steel Structures to Eurocode EN 1993-1-1:2019 will be taught via live seminars, interactive sessions to work through challenges and workshop sessions to apply the methods in practice. 

The 2-day course totals approximately 12-hours, and comprises a 3-hour morning, and 3-hour afternoon session each day.

There is no formal assessment for this course. Participants are expected to attend all sessions and contribute towards workshop sessions. There is no specific grading system, in line with typical engineering CPD courses. 

The course provides tutelage in the EN 1993-1-1:2019 Eurocode structural standard and thus ensures code compliance in structural engineering training. 

The course content expands upon undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at LSBU, which has been accredited with commendation by the Joint Board of Moderators of which the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers are constituent bodies.

Additionally to this, participants will have gained 12 hours of continued professional development (CPD), confirmed by a certificate. 

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