TOP CIVIL ENGINEERING SOFTWARES

FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 

 When we start any type of construction project either building construction, highway, or bridge construction, first of all we define role and responsibility. We divided project according working area in several parts, so that planning and construction is easily execute.

•  1 Survey
• 2 Soil – Geo-technical
•  3 Drafting
•  4 Designing
•  5 Modelling
•   6 Planning – planning and management.

 SURVEYING –

Construction surveying / building surveying is the process to stake out reference points and markers which does not disturbed by excavation or other activities, that will guide the construction of new buildings. so that these are not set at the actual construction point, but usually on some short of offset.

Site surveys might include:

• Existing buildings (including valuation, measured surveys, structural surveys, structural investigations, condition surveys, and demolition surveys).
• Geological and geotechnical.
• Topographical surveys, perhaps including laser scanning, Lidar or photogrammetry.
• Archaeological (see Archaeology), Traffic and transport, Local climate, Flood risk, Air quality, Photographic, Historic use(soil), Boundary surveys, Structural surveys (including retained structures, underground structures and obstructions), Fire hydrants, Electrical, sewers and drainage, water supply, Soil survey.

surveying software – “ARC GIS – ESRI”

GIS —- GRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM

GEOTECHNICAL

Geotechnical engineers are responsible for evaluating subsurface and soil conditions and materials, using the principles of soil and rock mechanics. They examine the soil data and check their bearing capacity, which type strata (soft/hard), history of soil etc. They are commonly appointed as consultant on construction projects. Geological engineers also check the surrounding environmental conditions such as flood in plains and ground water tables, seismic zone.

Geo5 is a powerful software used for solving geotechnical problems. Individual programs verify the definite geotechnical structure type. GEO5 is designed to solve most geotechnical task, from the basic ones (verification of foundations, walls, slope stability), up to highly specialised programs (analysis of tunnels. Building damage due to tunnelling, rock stability). BIM support, supporting Many Standards, comprehensive outputs, training Materials.

PLAXIS is a powerful and user-friendly finite element package intended for 2D & 3D to analysis of deformation and stability in geotechnical engineering. PLAXIS is used worldwide by engineering companies and institutions in the civil and geotechnical engineering. Plaxis is used for all geo-technical construction purpose such as excavations, embankment and foundations, tunnelling, mining and reservoir operations.

• OPTUMG2 is a comprehensive finite element program for geotechnical stability and deformation analysis

DRAFTING  

Drafting is essentially technical drawing a picture, whether in 2D or 3D, and providing dimensions and details. A drafter may do some selecting parts such as bearings, seals, plinth etc. from a reference, but drafters do not use any truly advanced mathematics.

Software that used for drafting and drawing of plan. It is also called engineering drawing, graphical representation of structures, machines, and their component parts that communicates the engineering intent of a technical design to the craftsman or worker who makes the product.

Autodesk AutoCAD is a computer aided design and drafting software which is most common and important software for all engineers such as mechanical, civil, electrical and architectures. It is used for design and drafting of any type of drawing and modelling. The basic model of any product is design in AutoCAD. AutoCAD is provide is digital platform to easily draw your imagination on visual and precise with dimensions.

In architectural view, uses of this software for draw a “Plan, Section and Elevation” of project, and also draw 3D modelling. Also re-design your buildings to renovate and also prepare the report for presentation easily and quickly. Create documents and drawings using elements with real-world behavior and construction.

Autodesk provide AutoCAD in 3 version

1. AutoCAD LT (limited use)
2. AutoCAD 360(Moblie version for veiwing and editing)
3. AutoCAD student Version / Licensed version for commercial use(but feature are totally same).

DESIGN & ANALYSIS – To analyse and design these software

Most commonly software for designing and analysis of steel design or concrete design of a building construction either low rise or high, bridge designing, multi-storey building (Load on column, Beam Design, Truss, Slab etc.). It supports over steel, concrete, timber, aluminium.

These are some features that are used in staad.pro – Analytical modelling, Physical modelling, STAAD Building Planner, steel Auto Drafter, STAAD Beava, Advanced concrete design, Advanced slab design, Earthquake design.

    ETABS offers a single window user interface to perform for modelling of building structure and design and analysis of that structure. In ETABS report / documents are auto generate, even any modification in modelling ato update on report. A new model explorer is available for quick access to objects, properties and forms. ETABS is particularly focused on building structures. ETABS is more user friendly and simple than staad.Pro.

SAP2000 is integrated software for structural analysis and design powered by SAPfire. SAP2000 isbest for analysis of structures like those of complex like varying width bridges, and flyovers and more complex structures. Modelling of 3D structures is very easy compared to that of staad.pro. SAP2000 is mostly use for complicated structures such as curved flyovers varying along with length, seismic analysis.

“But if you are working with building construction company you must go through Staad.pro or ETABs.

MODELLING & RENDERING

    When object created with software to produce an image based on three-dimensional data stored within a computer, It’s look like a real view for human to get idea how the object looks after reality. Our architectural 3D modelling and rendering of any product or project has the highest geometrical symmetry and image quality and other details such as the technical detailing are finely imbedded. Our entire range of architectural 3D modelling services can be tailored to fit your needs.

3DS Max is a professional 3D computer graphics programme for making 3D animations, models, games and images. We can create project presentation videos of 3D modelling of building model, interior designing. It is capable of architectural modelling, and it serves as a tool in product designing and manufacturing collection. It is a massive software that is used in almost every industry for different purposes.

BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING (BIM)

Collaboration between different function related to building constructing industry and architecture engineering is achieved by combining all these data by the help of modelling instruction operation and maintenance. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is the process of creating and managing 3D building data during its development. BIM is a complex multiphase process that gathers input from team members to model the components for these “REVIT(AutoDesk)” is best option.

Revit is building information modelling software for architecture, structural engineers, mechanical, electrical, landscape architects and plumbing engineer, designers and contractors. Autodesk Revit software allows a wide feature set of tools to architects, engineers and contractors that allows users to easily co-ordinate even the most complex of construction projects, produce high quality construction and engineering documentation and quickly assess and deliver construction and engineering project changes under budget and ahead of schedule.

 It is latest Software of AutoDesk for infrastructure design and estimation. Civil 3D allows is used to create 3D models of land, water, or transportation features while maintaining dynamic relationships to source data such as grading objects, breaklines, contours. As an industry-leading BIM solution, Civil 3D is well known in the civil engineering community and widely used on a variety of infrastructure projects both large and small.

PLANNING & MANAGEMENT 

Planning of any project is most important  part. Planning is primary concern of management. Management of human resource, cost management, time management, scheduling. Planning is necessary part of any project because it’s allow, Planning provide Direction, Planning reduces risk uncertainty, Planning Reduces Overlapping and Wasteful Activities, Establishes Standards for Controlling.

Project management collaboration and control capabilities and integrates with other enterprise software (Smartsheet, FinalCAD, Microsoft Project). Primavera software offers Prosight, Contract Manager, Cost Manager, Pertmaster, SureTrak, Evolve and Inspire. primavera is an integrated PPM (project portfolio management) solution that provides a real-time view of portfolio performance.

It designed to assist a project manager in developing a schedule, assigning resources to task, tracking progress, managing the budget and analysis workloads.

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation construction project procedure is also same as building construction.

        Following software’s are used as their requirement.

MATHEMATICAL CALULATION & ANALYSIS 

        Durability of any project depends on feasibility, design/planning, construction, handover/defects liability period.

Languages like – “MATLAB & PYTHON”

MATHCAD – Mathcad can be solve complex mathematics. Mathcad doesn’t simply work like a piece of calculator software. We actually define your variables and just write formulas on software. You actually write sentences using numeric, algebraic and calculus symbols. In mathCAD, there’s no programming equations in programming languages or inserting functions into spreadsheet cells. You just write equations in a by simple typing.

Microsoft excel are versatile software, are used for almost all application & subdiscipline for engineering and construction so MS- Office most important application installs in every device. allows users to organize, format and calculate data with formulas using a spreadsheet system

• Uses of Microsoft Excel:

1. Analysing and storing data
2. Excel tools make your work easier
3. Data recovery and spreadsheets
4. Add sophistication to data presentations
5. Helps businessmen in developing future strategy
6. Manage expenses
7. Keeps data combined at one location
8. Mathematical formulas of MS Excel make things easier
9. Conditional Formatting
10. INDEX-MATCH.