Earthquake Resistant Structural Design Course

Learn earthquake-resistant design using seismic hazard, dynamics, lateral systems, ductility, capacity design, detailing and performance analysis.

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Training Locations

This Earthquake Resistant Structural Design Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Istanbul

Turkey

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Outlines

Introduction

Earthquake-resistant design seeks controlled structural performance under uncertain and cyclic demands, not the elimination of movement. Reliable design depends on clear load paths, regular configuration, ductility, capacity-protected mechanisms and detailing that preserves intended behaviour.

This five-day course equips structural and civil engineers to interpret seismic demand and design lateral-force-resisting systems. Participants will apply dynamic and response-spectrum concepts, evaluate irregularity, design ductile reinforced-concrete and steel systems, and use nonlinear analysis for performance assessment. Technical exercises culminate in an integrated seismic design review.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Interpret seismic hazard and ground motion.
Apply structural-dynamics principles.
Select appropriate lateral systems.
Evaluate torsion and structural irregularity.
Apply ductility and capacity design.
Detail seismic concrete and steel systems.
Assess nonlinear structural performance.
Complete a seismic design review.

Course Content

Day 1: Seismic Hazard and Structural Response

Earthquake sources and ground motion
Site effects and soil response
Hazard spectra and design parameters
Mass, stiffness and damping
Single-degree response
Seismic-demand workshop

Day 2: Analysis and Structural Configuration

Equivalent-static analysis
Modal response-spectrum analysis
Diaphragms and load paths
Plan and vertical irregularity
Torsional response and accidental eccentricity
Seismic-model laboratory

Day 3: Ductility and Capacity Design

Inelastic response and energy dissipation
Behaviour and response-modification factors
Capacity-design philosophy
Weak-storey and soft-storey mechanisms
P-Delta and stability effects
Mechanism-control exercise

Day 4: Seismic System Design and Detailing

Moment-resisting frames
Braced frames and structural walls
Concrete confinement and joint detailing
Steel connection ductility
Foundations and nonstructural components
Detailing-review workshop

Day 5: Performance Evaluation

Nonlinear static analysis
Nonlinear time-history concepts
Performance objectives and acceptance
Existing-building vulnerabilities
Retrofit strategy selection
Capstone seismic-design review

Training Schedule

Below is the table of cities along with the respective dates for the upcoming training sessions of Earthquake Resistant Structural Design Course. Please review the schedule to find the most convenient option for you. You can also use the below search bar to type the city name and filter the results.