The software allows the optimum design of Fabsec plated Cellular Beams at ambient temperature with customisable cellular, elongated openings. It allows the specification of plated beams up to 2.3 metres deep, with thicknesses ranging from 8mm to 120mm

FBEAM^® is a fully featured composite beam design program that enables you to design composite and non-composite plain and cellular beams to multiple design codes. 

The design software that has an array of features that substantially enhance beam design efficiency. 

Integrated Design

Facilitates compatibility across a range of floor types, including timber, composite slabs, and precast concrete.  This versatility allows for optimal material combinations promoting resource-efficient designs

EPD Tool

EPD calculations can be provided at an individual element level as required using default and custom EPD data

BIM Integration for safety and regulatory alignment

It offers BIM functionality with seamless links to Tekla Structural Designer and RAM Structures, as well as embedding FIRETEX properties directly into 3D Models where required. Our integration links help ensure adherence with the Building Safety Act’s Golden Thread requirements, enhancing project safety and accuracy

Lean Design Philosophy

Minimum weight design capabilities help affect a reduction in materials consumed “Use less stuff” to contribute significantly to global decarbonisation efforts

Steel/MEP Coordination

Allows precise placement of cell openings (circular, rectangle and elongated openings)

The software improves beam design efficiency

Common beam properties such as floor construction, loads, floor arrangements etc. are only created once. These properties can then be linked to multiple beams. Any changes made to a property changes all the beams that are referencing it, and the design output updates instantly.

The software constantly analyses the whole project when a change is made so the status can instantly be assessed. Colour coded status for the beams lets the user instantly know if a beam passes, fails or has issues not allowing a design.

3D beam viewer showing cross section, elevation, floor plan and user controlled view allowing the beam to be rotated and viewed from any angle.

SCI assessed BS5950 and Eurocode engineering module developed from the ground up that now incorporates the following:-

• Multiple load combination design.
• Varying floor deck angles can be specified on either side.
• Distances to adjacent beams can vary at the left and right hand supports.
• Cantilever and fixed end beam designs now possible.
• Support for negative or upward loads can now be entered.
• Shear stud spacings can now be varied along the beam.
• End posts can now be checked automatically.
• User defined analysis settings options.

Includes the enhanced Beam Wizard™ – a fast and highly efficient ‘one-pass’ optimiser for beam designs in the fire and normal conditions that removes the need for iteration and determines the optimum solution in seconds.

The cell generation and editing facility now makes an often complex and time-consuming task as simple as possible. The editor is versatile, flexible and sophisticated, but remarkably easy to use and allows the user to change the shape, position or spacing in a few simple mouse clicks. An all new regular cell generator allows a beam to be filled with regular cells that follow certain design rules allowing the cells sizes and positioning to dynamically change depending on the section they are applied to.