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ADAPT is continuously conducting educational seminars on concrete and post-tensioning design on a global scale. Please use the links below to view our latest schedule of Building and Bridge seminars.
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ADAPT will Exhibit at IBRACON in Brazil Nov 1 - 4
ADAPT Presents at PTI Technical Conference
    Florian Aalami, President of ADAPT, presented two technical sessions at the Post-Tensioning Institute’s Technical Conference that was held in Kansas City on May 3, 2011.

    The first session covered the design of concrete floor systems for vibration. In his presentation, Florian reviewed the steps required to determine the vibration response of a concrete floor system and a methodology to evaluate vibration serviceability criteria. The presentation also highlighted the new integrated vibration analysis capabilities of Floor Pro and how it can be used to assess the vibration response of concrete floor systems much faster and more accurately than traditional methods.

    The second session elaborated on the unique features that have made Floor Pro the most complete and reliable software for the modeling, analysis and design of post-tensioned floor system. Click here link to download a copy of the presentation.

AECCafe Press Release: ADAPT Delivers Integrated Vibration Analysis for Concrete Floor Systems
    ADAPT-Builder/Floor Pro 2010 offers streamlined process for vibration analysis and design of concrete floor systems

    Redwood City, California – January 5, 2011 – ADAPT Corporation, the leader in structural concrete analysis and design software, announced today that its ADAPT-Builder/Floor Pro 2010 software can now be used by structural engineers to evaluate and design the vibration response of concrete floor systems with much less effort and time than with previously available methods. Typically, structural engineers use specialized software to model concrete floor systems and determine the natural frequencies of a floor system or hire specialized consultants to carry out independent analyses. This process requires the re-modeling of the structure, adds additional cost, is time intensive, and results in lengthy turnaround times between detailed design decisions and the assessment of a floor system’s vibration response.

    ADAPT-Builder/Floor Pro 2010, however, includes integrated modal vibration analysis that provides immediate feedback resulting from detailed design decisions and how these impact the vibration response of a concrete floor system. Unlike traditional approaches, that create challenges in maintaining the same level of detail between the models used to carry out structural analysis and design and the one(s) used for vibration analysis, ADAPT’s approach streamlines this process by using the same model.

    Special capabilities of ADAPT-Builder/Floor Pro’s vibration analysis include:
    • Modal vibration analysis of entire floor system
    • Isolate any portion of floor system, excluding noise from non critical areas
    • Ability to include the impact of non-structural members
    • Specification of mass participation of a floor and its attachments along each of the global axes
    • Considers pre- and post-tensioning
    • Allowance for impact of cracking due to in-service and user defined load cases
    • Optional recognition of presence of each reinforcing bar modeled by user

    “We are very excited about these new modeling and analysis capabilities offered in the latest version of ADAPT-Builder,” said Florian Aalami, President of ADAPT Corporation. “For years our clients have complained about why their design of concrete floor systems for vibration has to be so much more inefficient of a process than what they can already do with existing steel design packages that offer integrated vibration analysis. ADAPT-Builder/Floor Pro 2010’s integrated vibration analysis is just another step in our vision to deliver a complete solution for the design and detailing of concrete floor systems.”

    This streamlined and integrated approach will be of great benefit to structural engineers engaged in the design or retrofit of sensitive structures requiring a predictable vibration response. All ADAPT-Builder offers bi-directional integration with Autodesk® Revit Structure 2011, further streamlining the overall modeling, design and detailing process.

    For more information about ADAPT-Floor pro 2010, go to www.adaptsoft.com/specs-pro.php.

    About ADAPT Corporation

    ADAPT Corporation is the leading provider of structural concrete design software. Its suite of building software provides innovative and efficient solutions for the analysis and design of concrete foundation and floor systems. These software products include ADAPT-PT, RC, Floor Pro, MAT and SOG. For bridge analysis, ADAPT-ABI is a practical solution for the modeling and analysis of any segmentally constructed bridge, considering construction staging and time-dependent material behavior. With multiple offices in the US and India, ADAPT delivers exceptional software and engineering support services to its global client base.

    Read original press release at www.aeccafe.com.
ADAPT Expands Presence in China
    ADAPT is increasing market presence in China with new Channel Associate REI Engineering Software Co Ltd. This new distribution partnership coincides with the release of ADAPT-PT, RC and Builder 2010, all of which include the Chinese concrete design codes. REI Engineering Software is a leading developer and distributor of structural engineering software and offers complete sales and support services.

    ADAPT and REI Engineering Software intend to expend their partnership to include the eventual co-development of customized ADAPT structural concrete design software for the Chinese market. ADAPT’s market development initiatives in China are led by ADAPT International Private Ltd in Kolkata, India.

New Distribution Partner in Spain Drives Growth
    ADAPT entered into an exclusive software distribution agreement with Madrid based CivilSoft, s.l. Leveraging CivilSoft’s expertise in selling and supporting Robot Structural Analysis software for over 10 years, CivilSoft is perfectly positioned to offer ADAPT’s structural concrete design solutions as a complimentary solution to Robot for the design of pre-stressed and RC concrete floor systems. CivilSoft sales engineers will be trained to provide full technical support for ADAPT software in Spain.

ADAPT will Exhibit at 2010 fib Congress in Washington DC
    fib Congress and Exhibition ADAPT will exhibit at the upcoming Third International fib Congress being held in conjunction with the PCI Annual Convention and National Bridge Conference from May 29 - June 1, 2010. ADAPT will exhibit its leading concrete bridge design software, ADAPT-ABI. ABI is versatile, easy-to-use, and can be used to analyze and design all types of concrete bridges including precast, cast-in-place, pre- and post-tensioned, box girder, spliced girder, and cable stayed. Easily handles modeling of time-dependent material properties and construction sequencing.

ADAPT Launches Interactive Technical Support Blog
    ADAPT is excited to announce the latest development in Client Relations and Technical Support Services. Beginning February 1, 2010 clients can visit our new ADAPT Technical Support Blog at www.adaptsolutions.wordpress.com. The purpose of the blog is to make ADAPT’s technical knowledge base of post-tensioned and conventionally reinforced structural concrete more accessible to existing clients and those interested in exploring the software solutions ADAPT offers.

    Clients now have a bi-directional portal of communication to access important information related to the software. This includes Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s), Technical Notes, Product Documentation, Product Videos, Known Bugs and Limitations and Example Models and Tutorials. Our technical support experts will continuously update and maintain these segments with new information to enhance the use, efficiency and application of ADAPT products.

ADAPT Completes Latin America Seminar Tour and Broadens Market Reach
    ADAPT Latin America completed its 7-country seminar tour in Sao Paolo, Brazil on November 9, 2009. The seminar series included concrete building design seminars in Panama, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. In addition to reaching out to hundreds of local structural engineers, ADAPT successfully setup software partnerships with several renowned universities throughout the region. ADAPT building design software is being used for conventional beam and slab projects as well as the growing demand for post-tensioned, high-performance slabs.

ADAPT Becomes Premier Autodesk Partner
    Autodesk Premier Partner ADAPT Corporation became a Premier member of the Autodesk Structural Engineering Partner Program. As a partner, we’re able to deliver high-quality structural engineering and analysis solutions that are integrated and more flexible. In fact, the collaboration between Autodesk and ADAPT helps provide a stronger foundation for designing, building and analyzing structures virtually in 3D. By building and engineering virtually, the promise of Building Informational Modeling (BIM) is extended—enhancing collaboration with architects and fostering greater innovation.

    As a Premier Partner, ADAPT will continue to offer seamless bi-directional integration between the ADAPT-Builder suite of programs and Revit® Structure.

    As an authorized Autodesk Independent Software Vendor (ISV), ADAPT sells and supports the following software bundled with its integration links:
    • Revit® Structure
    • Robot™ Structural Analysis

AEC Systems Becomes Authorized Distributor in Australia and New Zealand
    AEC Systems, one of Australasia's largest Autodesk Authorized resellers, has entered into a distribution agreement with ADAPT Corporation. AEC Systems will sell and service ADAPT’s building and bridge design software in Australia and New Zealand.

    Enabling structural engineers to become more efficient using BIM-based design processes and integrated software is core to ADAPT & AEC System’s market development strategy. To this end, both companies are committed to delivering a fully integrated and BIM-based structural analysis solution consisting of Revit Structure, Robot Structural Analysis and ADAPT-Builder.

ADAPT Teaches Class at Autodesk® University 2008
    ADAPT teaches class on Best Practices for Concrete Slab Design Using Revit® Structure. Intended for structural engineers using Revit Structure (RST), this class will equip you with the skills needed to carry out detailed designs of concrete slab and foundation models using ADAPT® software. This presentation will cover best practices for slab modeling in RST, step-by-step instructions on exchanging model information between RST and ADAPT, review of the reinforcement design process in ADAPT, and instructions on how to automatically generate structural drawings. Attendees will learn how a model-based approach to concrete design using RST and ADAPT can dramatically increase their design efficiency, add flexibility, and improve the quality of their projects.

    Click here to download the class handouts.
ADAPT Expands into China Market
    As a part of its Global Strategic Business Initiative, ADAPT has entered the Chinese market to offer its world class structural concrete design software. This initiative ensures that ADAPT consolidates its position as the leading global structural concrete design software provider. The initiative will be lead by ADAPT's Afro-Asia Pacific Headquarters, located in Kolkata, India. ADAPT has entered into a distribution agreement with Beijing HSoft Technologies, a leading AEC software distributor in China.

    China has over 10,000 design firms and has undertaken various initiatives to enhance its infrastructure. The Beijing Olympics is a clear sign of the vision that the country has of creating world class infrastructure. ADAPT is confident that its specialized design software will be as widely adopted by the local engineering community in China as it has been in the US, India, South East Asia and Europe.

ADAPT Sets up Dedicated Latin America Team
    ADAPT hires and trains dedicated product engineers for its fast growing Latin American market. These native Spanish speaking engineers will provide more in-depth support services to ADAPT's existing client base as well as develop new clients.

    To contact our Latin America Team, e-mail us at ventas@adaptlatin.com.
ADAPT Corporation Becomes Independent Software Vendor Partner to Autodesk
    ADAPT Corporation today announced its relationship with Autodesk as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV). Under this agreement, ADAPT will offer a completely integrated modeling, analysis, design, drafting and documentation solution combining the power of ADAPT-Builder and Revit® Structure.

    ADAPT solutions are designed to enhance the business of Autodesk and ADAPT's mutual customers by allowing them to use the 3D building model created in Revit Structure to do their detailed concrete slab and mat design and analysis in ADAPT-Builder. Full bidirectional integration virtually eliminates the need to re-model slabs, saving hours in redundant data entry and dramatically reducing coordination errors. Click for more...

    view online video showing integration...
Civil Connection News - ADAPT BIM Technology Reinvents RC Design
    Civil Connection Sponsor Update features ADAPT Building Information Modeling (BIM) Technology and its impact on Reinforced Concrete design. Article and online video demonstrate how new 3D rebar technology in ADAPT-Builder suite of programs improves the design of reinforcement in slabs and mat foundations, giving structural engineers more control over rebar layout, calculation of cracked section deflections, and optimization. To access a copy of the News Update, click here...
ADAPT and Robobat become Key Partners
    Structural Engineering software companies agree Distribution of Robobat software in Indian subcontinent and announce additional future technical collaboration for other markets

    GRENOBLE, France and REDWOOD CITY, USA - On April 10, 2007, Robobat SA and ADAPT Corporation announced a series of strategic initiatives aimed at providing enhanced solutions for their clients. These measures include the signing of an exclusive Contract for ADAPT's International office in India to distribute Robobat products to their markets, including the world renowned Robot Millennium structural analysis and design software. The Agreement will also result in the future release of a closely integrated link between Robot Millennium and the ADAPT-Builder structural concrete design suite. Both companies also plan on entering into joint sales and marketing initiatives of their integrated software in selected international markets.

    "Robobat has long admired ADAPT's dominant position worldwide in the field of post tensioned concrete design and looks forward to offering a combined 3D FE solution to the worldwide structural engineering community," said Gary Wyatt, International Sales Director of Robobat. "It is also clear that the ADAPT India team have a proven track record and vast experience in their market at providing an excellent service to the engineering community and we look forward to collaborating to develop our business in this important region of the world."

    "ADAPT looks forward to leveraging our infrastructure in India by offering Robot Millenium, the market leading structural analysis solution. The broad 3D FE analysis capabilities of Robot Millenium perfectly complement our expertise in 3D concrete slab design, allowing us to offer a 'total solution' to our clients now," adds Dr. Florian Aalami, Corporate EVP of ADAPT Corporation. "Further, our companies share a vision of realizing BIM solutions and plan to work closely on developing a joint global strategy."

    About Robobat
    Robobat writes and distributes market leading analysis, design and drafting software solutions for structural engineers that help clients to integrate the various facets of the structural engineering process, thereby improving accuracy, efficiency and profitability. More than 10000 licenses of Robobat software are in use in over 100 countries around the world. Founded in 1988, Robobat employs in excess of 160 staff and is an ISO 9001 accredited company and is headquartered in Grenoble, France, with subsidiaries and resellers around the world. www.robobat.com
Seminars & Training Workshops in Singapore and Malaysia
    1-Day educational and practical seminar
    POST-TENSIONING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
    September 18, 2006
    Singapore
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Click for invitation brochure >>
    Full day hands-on training workshop on
    DESIGN OF POST-TENSIONED FLOOR SYSTEMS
    with emphasis on ADAPT Software
    September 19, 2006
    Singapore
    9:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Click for invitation brochure >>
    Half-day seminar highlighting ADAPT concrete design suite
    Covers concrete building and bridge design
    September 21, 2006
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    9:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Click for invitation brochure >>
ADAPT Corporation opens Asian - African Division: ADAPT International
    Headquartered at Kolkata, India, ADAPT International, will address the growing needs of the Asian and African engineering communities by providing building and bridge design software, training and engineering support services. The creation of ADAPT International builds on 25 years of providing software solutions and engineering services to a global client base.

    As CEO of ADAPT International, Mr. S. Bhanja will expand our software and services offering in South East Asia, China and the African continent. Mr. Bhanja is a highly respected and successful executive with over 20 years of international experience in the prestressing industry and structural engineering software. Mr. Bhanja and his team of experience engineers will deliver the same world-class service and support ADAPT has provided from its corporate head quarters in California since 1981.

    To contact ADAPT International, e-mail us at intl@adaptsoft.com.
ASCE Adds 3 More Seminar Dates for 2005 Seminar Series
    To meet the overwhelming response for its 2-day Seminar Series "Post-Tensioning Design and Construction," ASCE has added three more dates for 2005. Dr. Bijan Aalami, CEO of ADAPT Corporation, will continue to lecture at these new sessions.

    April 21-22, 2005, Miami, FL, USA
    September 8-9, 2005, Orange County, CA, USA
    September 29-30, 2005, Chicago, IL, USA

    Click for more information >>
Imperial College London invites ADAPT back for 2nd PT Seminar April 2005
    In response to the success of the seminar "Post-tensioning Design and Construction - A two-day educational and practical seminar", that was jointly held by ADAPT and Imperial College London end of September, Imperial College has invited ADAPT back for a second seminar in 2005. The seminar, attended by over 65 delegates from 6 countries, covered technical and practical aspects of post-tensioning.

    Review of TR 43 added
    The new seminar, to be held in London on April 5th and 6th, will be expanded to cover the Concrete Society's new publication TR 43 "POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE FLOORS -DESIGN MANUAL." This new publication is expected to be released in 2005. No other than the society's Working Party Chairman, Robin Whittle of Arup will present a review of this new document.

    Addition of hands on computer session
    Due to popular demand, ADAPT has also added a one-day hands on computer lab session as an optional 3rd day extension to the seminar. This hands on session will cover real project design examples using ADAPT's industry leading post-tensioning design software.

    To find out more or to pre-register, please contact ADAPT.

    Click to view seminar brochure and registration form (pdf 396k) >>
Announcement - ACI Contest Winners and New Detailing Functionality
    ADAPT was extremely pleased by the response it received to it's recent unveiling of ADAPT's New Rebar and P/T Layout Functionality for ADAPT-Floor Pro at the ACI Annual Convention in San Francisco, CA Oct. 24- 27, 2004.

    These new capabilities advance ADAPT-Floor Pro, already the industry-leading 3D FEM software for the design and analysis of concrete floor systems, to deliver even greater levels of design project productivity. Unlike other solutions, ADAPT-Floor Pro enables design engineers to rapidly translate their design data into usable structural drawings, ready for submission.
    Click here for more detailed info...

    ADAPT is happy to announce the following winners to their special Promotional Contest held at the same event which saw over $17,000 in software prizes been given away.
GRAND PRIZE
ADAPT-Builder Package (for non-prestressed concrete)
Includes:
ADAPT-RC Plus
ADAPT-Modeler
ADAPT-Floor Pro
ADAPT-MAT
Plus
1 Year of Platinum Support

Winner: Carin Roberts-Wollmann, Virginia Tech

Second Prize
ADAPT-Floor Pro
ADAPT-MAT

Winner: Pawan Gupta, Thornton Tomasetti Engineers

Third Prize
ADAPT-RC Plus

Winner: Nigel Thompson, The Walter Fedy Partnership
    A select group of companies are currently beta testing ADAPT-Floor Pro's new detailing capabilities. If you are interested in also becoming a beta customer, please contact ADAPT.
ADAPT Expands Management Team
    ADAPT is delighted to announce the addition of GERARD J. MCGUIRE as Executive Vice-President of Business Development to the ADAPT team. The former Executive Director of the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), will be based out of our Redwood City, CA headquarters. "We are very excited to have Gerry join our organization and are confident he will contribute significantly to our continued expansion of becoming the market leader in providing software solutions to the structural concrete industry" said Dr. Bijan Aalami, ADAPT CEO.

    With more than 20 years experience in the prestressed concrete industry, Mr. McGuire brings a wealth of professional knowledge, experience, and insight that will bring tremendous benefits to our clients, and help us better serve their needs.

    Mr. McGuire will work with engineering firms in ADAPT's key markets including the US, Canada, Europe, the Far East, and Middle East, to identify and offer design and construction software solutions to meet all their concrete design project needs.

    Mr. McGuire began his career as a field engineer with Trow Associates, Inc., Toronto, Canada. He then served as a sales engineer with Westeed-Rosco, Ltd, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in their highway product department. In 1980, he joined ITTUP Hollowcore, in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, as a sales engineer for their precast hollowcore product line. In 1981, he joined Can-force Structures Ltd, in Vancouver, as a project developer engineer in their precast division, and later joined their post-tensioning division, heading up their sales office in Toronto. In 1987, he became the Canadian Precast Concrete Institute (CPCI) Post-Tensioning Technical Director, and in 1991, became the Executive Director of PTI, based in Phoenix, AZ.

    Gerard graduated with honors from University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, with a Bachelor's degree in civil engineering and has been a member of the British Columbia and Ontario Professional Engineer Associates.
ADAPT CEO Teaches Graduate Course on Prestressed Concrete Design
    As part of ADAPT's long-standing commitment to the development of the prestressed industry, Dr. Bijan Aalami, CEO and Founder of ADAPT, is teaching the graduate course on Prestress Concrete Design at San Jose State University, California. Dr. Aalami is Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering at San Francisco State University where he taught a wide range of structural engineering courses during his tenure.
Dr. Aalami authors Guidelines for the Design of Post-Tensioned Floors
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    ABSTRACT: This article presents a set of guidelines intended to assist designers in routine post-tensioning design, beginning with a discussion of the initial decisions that must be made to design post-tensioned floor members. We then provide a set of recommendations, derived from industry practice, which have yielded economical designs with good in-service performance. Where applicable, we based the guidelines on ACI 318-02 and IBC 2000.

    Title: Guidelines for the Design of Post-Tensioned Floors
    Author(s): Bijan O. Aalami and Jennifer D. Jurgens
    Publication: Concrete International
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 3
    Date: March 1, 2003
ADAPT used to design first Post-Tensioned structures in three countries
    Using the ADAPT software system, structural engineer Louis Mathot of Gamaco (Belgium), in collaboration with Freyssinet, designed the first post-tensioned structures in three major capital cities. Each prominent project, using unbonded post-tensioning system, was designed using ADAPT software, and was the first post-tensioning building project in its country. These projects are:
    • Parking structure in Moscow, Russia, approximately 540,000 sq ft (50,000 sq m)
    • Parking structure in Istanbul, Turkey, approximately 1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 sq m)
    • Parking structure in Bucharest, Romania, approximately 214,000 sq ft (20,000 sq m)

    Mr. Mathot also designed one of the buildings of the Brussels, Belgium International Airport, which has an approximate floor area of 1,600,000 sq ft (150,000 sq m), using the ADAPT software system and unbonded post-tensioning.
ADAPT consulting highlights
    ADAPT is currently retained as a specialty consultant by prime structural engineers in the design of a number of notable structures, such as:
    • Post-tensioned dome of Fumerole at Roden Crater Art Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, a creation of the artist James Turrell, designed to remain crack- and maintenance-free for centuries
    • Post-tensioned floor of KIM-KAE Agricultural Center 56,000m2 (approx. 560,000ft2) in Pusan, South Korea, with unusually high live load
    • Using temporary stays, segmentally constructed Arch Bridge (NH21) across the Beas River in Himchal Pradesh, India





 
  

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