Structural design services ensures stability against loads

Structural design is the process of designing effective and innovative structures for any building.

Structural design is an important structural engineering activity wherein a structure’s load

handling capacities are effectively dealt or evaluated by using engineering mechanics. Structure

is developed for resisting all kinds of loads that are thrust upon a building which may include

load from its own components or external loads which can be imposed on it by natural forces

such as earthquake and high speed winds etc. That means load resistance is an important

characteristic of an effective structure and hence when it comes to its design development

structural engineers have to apply strong engineering principles for tackling load related

technicalities.

Structural design services is a process wherein various sub-processes are involved which are

accountable for providing individual engineering solutions to a variety of structural engineering

problems. First of all structural engineer develops a design, which is effectively represented in

papers through structural drafting and detailing process, wherein detailed drawings are

developed. Structural drafting and detailing is carried out by experienced drafters and detailers

who have tremendous knowledge of drafting software. Detailed drawings developed during

structural detailing are used for fabrication of steel components and for assembling the structure.

Fabrication drawings are specially developed by detailers for the utilization of fabricators who

manufacture structural elements (such as columns, beams, trusses and joists etc.) by viewing

details from these drawings. In the absence of fabrication drawings which are also called as

structural shop drawings, fabricators cannot manufacture structural components as no other

document contains such huge details about individual structural components. These drawings are

effectively checked by engineers before their information can be used by fabricators. After

structural drafting and detailing, modeling process begins, wherein the structural design is

developed in 3D, which provides enormous clarity about it. Design pitfalls are effectively

identified by modelers and structural engineers by during structural modeling. After structural

modeling process, clashes are also identified by structural design team by performing clash

detection services. During clash detection structural elements are checked for collisions against

the elements of other disciplines.

Apart from that structural analysis is also performed wherein design capacity in terms of its load

resistance is effectively checked, after which strong structures are successfully developed.