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Structural Designing Course

What will I learn?

Learn how to design strong and safe buildings with our Structural Designing Course, made special for engineers in Liberia. You'll learn the most important things like how to keep buildings safe, how to figure out how much weight they can hold, and how to choose the right materials. You'll get good at using computer programs like STAAD.Pro, AutoCAD, and SAP2000. You'll also learn how to make building plans, check if they're steady, and understand what you need to think about when designing big buildings. This course will give you good, useful, and easy-to-understand training to make you an expert.

Apoia's Unique Features

Accessible online course for a lifetime
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support available at all times
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study anytime, no internet required

Develop skills

Enhance your practical skills in the areas listed below.

Learn how to calculate weight loads so your building design strong and safe.

Use STAAD.Pro, AutoCAD, and SAP2000 to make accurate building plans on the computer.

Write down and explain your building designs clearly and correctly.

Design different parts of a building like the floor (slab), the bottom (foundation), the long pieces (beams), and the standing pieces (columns) so they work well.

Check how the building will hold up against strong wind, earthquakes, and people moving around (live loads).

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can modify the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but it offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.