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From buildings and bridges to telecom towers and drilling rigs, each SAFI™ program is dedicated to one type of structure and its design codes, trusted by engineers worldwide for precise, efficient and reliable results.
Model, analyze and design steel, concrete, timber, CLT and aluminum in one model, with linear, nonlinear, P-Delta, seismic and dynamic analysis.
Modules Steel · Concrete · Timber · Aluminum
Design codes
Analysis, design and rehabilitation of drilling rigs, masts, derricks, substructures and fixed offshore platforms in one integrated program, with automated API 4F wind and ice loads.
Design codes
Automate the analysis and design of highway overhead sign supports, traffic signal supports and high-mast lighting towers and poles, in steel or aluminum, with ASD or LRFD.
Design codes
Analyze, design and evaluate 3D steel, reinforced concrete, composite, prestressed girder and steel-wood bridges, with standard moving loads and precast girder design.
Design code
Analyze and design self-supporting 3- and 4-sided lattice towers, guyed masts and tapered or stepped monopoles, with wind and ice loading and vortex shedding checks.
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Engineer and fabricate electrical substations and transmission towers, with connection design, clash detection, bills of materials, detail drawings and CNC/IFC export, all in one integrated environment.
Design codes
Code coverage
From buildings to bridges, towers and drilling rigs, SAFI™ software supports the major standards you design to every day, with each standard mapped to the product that supports it.
GSE™ Software: wind and ice climatic loads, seismic design with equivalent static, response spectrum and time-history analysis, live load reduction, and integrated ULS, SLS, fatigue and fire load combinations.
GSE™ Software – Timber Module: sawn lumber, glulam, SCL, engineered joists and CLT panels, light-frame shear walls and diaphragms, with fire, vibration and deflection checks.
GSE™ Software – Steel Module: 40+ standard and parametric shapes, stability and combined resistance checks, composite beams on steel deck, LRFD and ASD with Direct Analysis for AISC 360, and automatic member optimization.
GSE™ Software – Steel Module: channels, Z and hat sections and lipped angles, including distortional buckling, combined with hot-rolled members in one model.
GSE™ Software – Concrete Module: beams, columns and shear walls, two-way and flat-plate slabs with design strips, punching shear, cracked deflections and slab-on-grade.
GSE™ Software – Aluminum Module: 30+ standard and parametric shapes with full member checks, including torsion, warping and reduced strength at welds, in LRFD or ASD.
BSE™ Software: steel, concrete, composite, prestressed and steel-wood bridges, CL-625 and MTQ loads, and CSA S6 Chapter 14 load rating.
HSE® Software: overhead sign supports, traffic signal supports and high-mast lighting poles in steel and aluminum, in ASD or LRFD.
SAFI™ Telecom Software: Self-supporting 3- and 4-sided lattice towers, guyed masts, and tapered or stepped monopoles, with wind and ice loading to TIA-222 or CSA S37 and vortex shedding checks
PSE® Software: onshore and offshore drilling rigs, masts, derricks and substructures, with automated API 4F wind loads and ice loading, and steel checked to AISC 360-16 (Direct Analysis and Effective Length methods), CSA S16
VTS® Software: Engineering and fabrication of electric substations and transmission towers, with connection design, clash detection, bills of materials, detail drawings and CNC/IFC export, all in one integrated environment
| Standard | Standard Title | Product | Additional information |
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ASCE 7 NBCC 2020 |
Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures; National Building Code of Canada | GSE™ Software | Wind and ice climatic load generation, ASCE and NBCC 2020 seismic design requirements with equivalent static, response spectrum and time-history analysis, live load reduction factors (LLRF), and integrated ULS, SLS, fatigue and fire resistance load combinations, shared across all GSE material modules |
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NDS CSA O86 |
National Design Specification for Wood Construction; Engineering design in wood | GSE™ Software - Timber Module | Sawn lumber, glulam, SCL (LVL, PSL, LSL), engineered joists and CLT panels with custom lay-ups, plus light-frame shear walls and diaphragms with hold-downs and continuous rod anchorages, fire resistance, vibration and deflection checks, in the same model as steel, concrete and aluminum |
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AISC 360 CSA S16 Eurocode 3 & 4 IS 800 |
American Institute of Steel Construction; Design of steel structures | GSE™ Software - Steel Module | Standard and parametric sections (40+ shapes, including built-up and asymmetric), section classification, stability and combined resistance checks, web yielding and crippling, composite beams on steel deck with partial composite action and long-term deflection, LRFD and ASD with Direct Analysis and Effective Length methods for AISC 360, and automatic member optimization, in the same model as aluminum, concrete and timber |
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AISI S100 CSA S136 |
North American specification for the design of cold-formed steel structural members | GSE™ Software - Steel Module | Channels, Z and hat sections, with or without lips, and lipped angles, including distortional buckling in compression and bending, combined with hot-rolled members in the same model |
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ACI 318 CSA A23.3 Eurocode 2 ECP-203 |
American Concrete Institute, Design of concrete structures | GSE™ Software - Concrete Module | Beams and columns (bending, shear, torsion and axial), shear walls with automated FEA meshing, two-way and flat-plate slabs with design strips, punching shear at drop panels, cracked deflections, and slab-on-grade on soil springs, in the same model as steel, timber and aluminum |
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AA ADM 2020 CSA S157 |
Aluminum Design Manual; Strength design in aluminum | GSE™ Software - Aluminum Module | Aluminum members from 30+ standard and parametric shapes, including angles and polygonal tubes, with full member checks (including torsion and warping) and reduced strength at end and in-span welds, in LRFD or ASD, in the same model as steel, concrete and timber |
| CSA S6 | Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code | BSE™ Software | Design and evaluation of steel, reinforced concrete, composite, prestressed girder and steel-wood bridges, with CL-625, CL-625-ONT and CL-W trucks, MTQ (Quebec) loads, and automated CSA S6 Chapter 14 load rating of existing bridges |
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AASHTO LTS-13 AASHTO LRFD LTS-15 CSA S6 |
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code | HSE® Software | Automated analysis and design of highway overhead sign supports, traffic signal supports and high-mast lighting towers and poles, in ASD or LRFD, with steel to AISC 360 and aluminum to AA ADM 2020 and CSA S157 |
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ANSI/TIA-222-I CSA S37:24 |
Telecommunications Industry Association; Antennas, towers, and antenna-supporting structures | SAFI™ Telecom Software | Self-supporting 3- and 4-sided lattice towers, guyed masts, and tapered or stepped monopoles, with wind and ice loading to TIA-222 or CSA S37 and vortex shedding checks |
| API 4F, 5th edition | Specification for Drilling and Well Servicing Structures | PSE® Software | Onshore and offshore drilling rigs, masts, derricks and substructures, with automated API 4F wind loads and ice loading, and steel checked to AISC 360-16 (Direct Analysis and Effective Length methods) and CSA S16 |
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ASCE 10 ASCE 48 |
American Society of Civil Engineers | VTS® Software | Engineering and fabrication of electric substations and transmission towers, with connection design, clash detection, bills of materials, detail drawings and CNC/IFC export, all in one integrated environment |
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