Course Overview

Domain
Engineering
Format
Modular Certification Course
Duration
3+ months

Effective from AY2025/26 Trimester 2 (January 2026), the Postgraduate Certificate in Civil Engineering will be transiting to Graduate Certificate in Civil Engineering. For more details, please refer to the full notice here.

This module will emphasise on design and construction of structural steel members, safety issues, member stability, plastic analysis and overall frame stability.

This module will also provide students with fundamental approaches in designing steel-concrete composite buildings in accordance with EC4. Students will acquire knowledge and skills to perform structural design for composite beams, slabs, columns and joints.

Who Should Attend

  • Civil Engineers, Site Engineers, Field Engineers, Project Engineers
  • Construction Managers
Prerequisites
  • Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

What You Will Learn

Stability and Plastic Analysis

  • Perform stability analysis for compression members, plastic analysis for beams and frames, and buckling analysis for beams and beam-columns

Composite Structures

  • Understand the fundamental design philosophies for steel-concrete composite structures

Steel Design

  • Know and be aware of the requirements of modern design codes for structural steel

Composite Design

  • Produce acceptable design for steel-concrete composite components under serviceability and ultimate limit states

Teaching Team

Chiew Sing Ping
Chiew Sing Ping

Professor/Prog Leader, Engineering, Singapore Institute of Technology

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Schedule

Course Run Dates Time
January – April 2024 Run  8 January – 14 April 2024 (Every Monday*) 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

 

*Subject to change

Week Topic
Week 1 – 2 Steel Compression Members Design        
Week 3 – 4 Plastic Analysis of Beams and Frames
Week 5 – 6 Lateral Buckling of Beams
Week 7 Break
Week 8 – 9 Composite Beams Design
Week 10 – 11 Composite Slabs Design
Week 12 – 13 Composite Columns Design

Certificate and Assessment

A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who:

  • Attend at least 75% of the module; and
  • Undertake non-credit bearing assessment during the course

A Certificate of Attainment for each module will be issued to participants who:

  • Attend at least 75% of the module; and
  • Undertake and pass credit bearing assessment during the course

Fee Structure

The full fee for this course is S$3,606.88.

Note: Fees above include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.

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Learning Pathway

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Frequently Asked Questions

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    What is the prerequisite knowledge for the course?

    Students should be familiar with basic design rules from Eurocodes.

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    Is any software required for the software?

    Any analysis software used will be provided as part of the course.