The ENDUROCADD® software complies with the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) Protocol for Structural Software, allowing its outputs to replace signoff by a registered engineer for most one and two-story residential buildings saving time and money.
The ENDUROCADD® software is the first light gauge steel software package to be independently certified to comply with the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) Protocol for Structural Software, and has done so for the last 12 years.
While this has been done for many years by the major timber software packages, the ENDUROCADD® software package remains the only light gauge steel package to comply with this protocol.
Compliance with this protocol means that the software has been independently checked and certified to comply with the National Construction Code (NCC), and its outputs can be used in lieu of signoff by a registered engineer, however there are limitations to this.
To utilize the self-certification function and adhere to the ABCB Protocol for Structural Software, projects must be endorsed by a “Trained Software User” (TSU) who has proven proficiency in operating the software. Additionally, TSUs need to possess a certificate bearing their name and unique number. Our in-house support team for the ENDUROFRAME® building system provides the necessary training and testing to TSUs.
There are limitations on the buildings that can be self-certified by the software: they must be class 1 and 10 buildings as defined by the NCC – basically houses or sheds, and there are limitations on the size of buildings.
The big benefit with this is once your detailer becomes a trained software user they can sign of on the majority of one and two story domestic houses including cyclonic, without the cost or time delays of having a structural engineer sign off the job.
The major advantage of self-certified software used by TSUs is that they can approve the majority of one and two-story residential buildings, including cyclonic structures, without incurring the expenses or time delays associated with obtaining a structural engineer’s approval for the project.
There are 3 certificates that the ENDUROCADD® software prepares:
ENDUROTRUSS® Certification. All of the designs of the structural members and connections within trusses are designed by the software and a list of the trusses that have passed/failed are listed. Rafters need to be selected based on lookup tables in the ENDUROFRAME® building system Design Manuals which are signed off by a registered engineer.
ENDUROWALL® Certification. This certificate provides a statement that the Trained Software User has selected the correct sections from the ENDUROFRAME® design manuals which are signed off by a registered engineer.
ENDUROFLOOR® Certification. All of the designs of the structural members and connections within trusses are designed by the software and a list of the trusses that have passed/failed are listed.
Our ENDUROFRAME® building system Design Manuals include a variety of floor and roof beams that have been approved by a registered engineer and cover the most common scenarios. If you require beams that are not covered in these manuals, you can design them using Spanman – A Timber and Steel Framing Manual On The Internet. We provide a link to the Spanman website from our ENDUROCADD® software, but please note that it requires an additional subscription. ENDUROCADD® software licensees can apply for a Spanman subscription discount.
Structural steel used in combination with the LGS will still require approval from a structural engineer.
We are very happy to discuss further the benefits that the ENDUROCADD® software's compliance to the ABCB Protocol for Structural Software can provide to your business
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