Structural Design of Industrial Buildings
Fee: $1,995 / Online / Aug 31 - Sep 3, 2026 / Course Code: 17-0520-ONL26
OVERVIEW
Please note, This instructor-led course has specific dates and times:
This course is held online over 4 days on the following schedule (All times in Eastern Time Zone): 10 am to 4:15 pm Eastern Time Book Requirement CISC. Handbook of Steel Construction – Latest Edition. Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Toronto, Canada.
After participating in this course, you will be able to:
- Identify and mitigate serviceability issues that could impact facility productivity.
- Effectively calculate design loads and integrate them with anticipated operational conditions.
- Assess and account for dynamic loading, including crane movements, equipment operations, and seismic activities.
- Select and design economical structural systems tailored for durability and future expansion.
- Apply advanced design techniques to steel I-beams, trusses, and composite systems for optimized structural performance.
Description
Structural design is vital in developing industrial buildings, where stability, safety, and serviceability are paramount. Engineers must be well-versed in various aspects, from understanding complex load combinations to ensuring frame stability. This course addresses these challenges by exploring the fundamentals of structural design, beginning with analyzing loads, load combinations, and the essential principles of different structural systems and framing concepts. By delving into topics such as bracing for stability and the frame stability analysis (P-Δ effect), participants will gain a solid foundation for maintaining the structural integrity of industrial facilities.
Moving beyond the basics, the course provides an in-depth examination of the roof-framing design, focusing on critical components like cladding, purlins, girts, and tie rods, as well as cantilever (Gerber) girders and open-web steel joists. Participants will learn about the detailed design of steel I-beams, composite concrete-steel floor systems, and composite trusses, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of different structural elements. The course also covers the design and analysis of crane girders and brackets, highlighting the importance of proper vibration design for human comfort and safety.
By the end of this course, participants will be equipped with the skills and knowledge necessary to design robust and efficient structural systems for industrial buildings. Whether you're involved in oil and gas, mining, chemical processing, or manufacturing, the insights gained will be invaluable for optimizing your projects for safety, durability, and scalability.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for various professionals, including structural designers, owners, managers, facility owners, architectural engineers, and plant engineers. It particularly benefits building manufacturers, contractors, and procurement personnel in oil and gas, refineries, mining, chemicals processing, aluminum production, and pulp & paper.
Additionally, anyone involved in the design, analysis, or construction of industrial facilities will find this course highly relevant for enhancing their skills and understanding of modern structural design practices.
Special Features & Requirements
Book Requirement
CISC. Handbook of Steel Construction - Latest Edition. Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Toronto, Canada.
Books to accompany the training course
- Packer, J., and Henderson, J. 1997. Hollow Structural Section: Connections and Trusses- A Design Guide. Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Toronto, Canada.
- CISC. 2009. Crane-supporting steel structures: Design Guide. Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Ontario.
- User’s Guide- NBCC (2015): Structural Commentaries Part 4 of Division B. National Building Code of Canada.
- Murray, T., Allen, D., and Ungar, E. 1997. Floor vibrations due to human activities. Steel Design Guide Series 11, American Institute of Steel Construction, Chicago.
SYLLABUS
Introduction
- Design load, load combinations, and Importance factors
- Structural steel framing types and load transfer
- Pass-through/Transfer forces in multi-storey construction with braced frames
- Portal frame versus gable (end) frame
- Calculation of forces in cladding, purlins, girts, and tie rods in framing structure
- Lateral stability bracing to stabilize compression flange of plate girder and trusses
- Fly bracing in framing structure
- Frame stability analysis (P-Δ effect)
Brief summary of steel design
- Types and properties of structural steel
- Failure modes in steel beams
- Failure modes in compression members
Open-web steel joist and Gerber Girder system
- Roof and floor loads on a steel deck and OWSJ
- Joint eccentricities and bearing seat in open-web steel joists
- Analysis, design and deflection criteria of OWSJ.
- Design of critical web members in compression
- Design of members subjected to combined moment and tensile force
- Bridging for open-web steel joists
- Design of metal deck
Roof Framing with Cantilever (Gerber) Girders
- Roof framing layout and concept of Gerber girder system
- Load transfer from OSWJs to Gerber girders and supporting columns
- Design considerations for the Gerber girder system
- Structural stability considerations for columns
- Transfer of loads to foundation trough columns and bracing system
- Cladding design
- Design example
Steel trusses
- Types of steel trusses
- Transverse bracing of trusses for stability
- Design of critical web members in compression
- Design of truss members under combined moment and tensile force due to monorail loading
- Design example
Web opening in steel I-beams and composite concrete slab-over steel I-beams
- Inclusion of circular openings in steel I-beams
- Steel I-beam with un-reinforced or reinforced web openings
- Steel I-beam with web openings, acting compositely with floor slab or concrete-filled steel deck
- Moment-shear interaction
- Deflection calculations
- Design examples
Prefabricated steel I-beams with corrugated steel webs for cost-effective design
- Design concepts
- Flexural capacity
- Shear capacity
- Web crippling capacity
- Design examples
Composite floors with concrete slab on steel beams for cost-effective design
- Deck slab systems in steel-framed buildings
- Headed shear studs for composite floor member design
- Loading considerations for the shored and unshored composite floor system
- Effective slab width in composite beams
- Ultimate flexural capacity of composite beams at positive and negative moment regions
- Partial- and full-shear interaction
- Ultimate shear design
- Design of shear studs and channel connectors
- Check for deflection in partial- and full-shear interaction
- Deflection due to concrete shrinkage and creep
- Design examples
Composite Trusses for cost-effective design
- Floor layout
- Strength design consideration
- Serviceability design considerations
Composite Stub-Girder floor Construction for cost-effective design
- Stub and beam layout
- Structural modelling of stub-girder for computer analysis
- Stub-girder member flexural strength
- Stud shear connection design
- Shear capacity of stubs and stub stiffener details
- Design of weldments at stub-to-girder interface
- Stub-girder deflection check
- Shoring check for stub girders
- Design example
Crane Runways
- Overview of crane systems and usage
- Forces imparted by cranes
- Load combinations involving cranes
- Design of crane supporting beam and bracket
- Mono-symmetric versus symmetric crane girder in flexural strength
- Types of supporting columns
- K - factors and end restraints of columns
- Column design under combined bending and compressive force
- Design examples
Floor Vibration Due to Human Activities
- Basic vibration terminology
- Floor vibration principles
- Acceptance criteria for human comfort
- Recommended criteria for structural design for walking and rhythmic excitation
- Natural frequencies of steel-framed floor systems
- Check for floor vibration per the National Building Code of Canada
- Special considerations for open web steel joists and girders
- Vibration design criteria for a footbridge or walkway between commercial buildings
- Coupled vibration criteria
- Design examples
INSTRUCTOR
Chair & Professor — Sennah Engineering Inc.
Mississauga, ON
Khaled is a Full Professor of Structural Engineering at Ryerson University. He has over 37 years of research, teaching and industrial experience in structural engineering, with particular emphasis on bridges. He designed and shared in the design of major multimillion-dollar projects in the United States of America, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt.
His core area of expertise includes design, evaluation, retrofit, and rehabilitation of bridge infrastructure on which he published more than 270 publications. Recently, he received the 2013 A.B. Sanderson Award given to ”recognize outstanding contributions by a civil engineer to the development and practice of structural engineering in Canada from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, the 2002 state-of-the-art of Civil Engineering Award, and the 1999 Arthur Wellington Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, and the 2020 and 1997 P. L. Pratley Award from the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, CSCE, for best journal papers on Bridge Engineering.
In recognition of his long-term achievements, he was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) in 2011, a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) in 2016, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) in 2017, and a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM), in recognition for his contribution to “Innovative Solutions in Structural Design and Construction” in 2022.
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