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December 29, 2025

What’s New for IBC 2024 in RISA: A Closer Look

With RISA’s latest release of RISA-3D v23.0.1, we’re continuing to expand support for IBC 2024, helping engineers stay aligned with the latest building code requirements as adoption accelerates across the U.S.—including federally funded projects. This release builds on v23.0.0 ASCE 7-22 enhancements and adds key material design updates that move RISA further into full IBC 2024 compliance. New Material Design Updates Supporting IBC 2024 The upcoming release introduces several important design code updates referenced by IBC 2024, including: Steel Seismic design per AISC 341-22 Prequalified connections per AISC 358-22 Continued support for AISC 360-22 (16th Edition) steel design Ongoing updates to the hot-rolled shape database, including compatibility with both 15th and 16th Edition steel manuals These updates support modern seismic detailing requirements and ensure consistency with current steel industry standards. Masonry Masonry design per TMS 402-22, aligning with the latest strength and serviceability provisions adopted by IBC 2024. Key updates include: Revisions to shear design equations, including clarified definitions of shear area as outlined in Table 4.4.5, improving consistency and transparency in shear capacity calculations. Updated strength reduction factors for flexure and combined flexure + axial. Unlike previous editions that used a fixed ϕ-factor of 0.9, TMS 402-22 introduces tension-controlled,…

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RISA Employee Spotlight: Samiul Alam
May 25, 2021

RISA Employee Spotlight: Samiul Alam

Samiul Alam is an Applications Engineer at RISA and has been with the company since December 2020. After receiving a BS in Civil Engineering from UC Irvine and a Master of Engineering in Structural Design from USC, he held roles as a design, project, and lead engineer designing and analyzing a...

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What’s New with RISA and Windows Updates?
April 14, 2021

What’s New with RISA and Windows Updates?

RISA software is staying current with all the Windows updates in order to bring you the best quality that Windows recommends. Unfortunately, that means it will require a little extra time during installation and your computer could require a reboot more than once. The current versions of RISA...

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Video: Design Buckling Restrained Braced Frames in RISA-3D
March 26, 2021

Video: Design Buckling Restrained Braced Frames in RISA-3D

The ability to design buckling restrained braced frames has been added to RISA-3D when you integrate your model from RISAFloor. In collaboration with CoreBrace, this new feature came as part of the release of RISA-3D v19.0.0 and RISAFloor v15.0.0.

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Buckling Restrained Braced (BRB) Frames in RISA-3D
March 26, 2021

Buckling Restrained Braced (BRB) Frames in RISA-3D

The ability to design buckling restrained braced frames has been added to RISA-3D when you integrate your model from RISAFloor. In collaboration with CoreBrace, this new feature came as part of the release of RISA-3D v19.0.0 and RISAFloor v15.0.0.

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Capacity Limited Design in RISA-3D
March 26, 2021

Capacity Limited Design in RISA-3D

With the release of RISA-3D v19.0.2, you can now design special concentrically braced frames (SCBF) as well as buckling restrained braced frames (BRBF) according to the capacity-limited design. The objective of capacity-limited design is to ensure columns and beams in braced frames are designed to...

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Video: Understanding Deck Types and Area Loads in RISAFloor
March 17, 2021

Video: Understanding Deck Types and Area Loads in RISAFloor

Occasionally buildings will have different types of decks as well as varying area loads within the same floor plan. One example of this is a floor plan with a partial roof. In this video, we will demonstrate how to consider this scenario in RISAFloor.

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ADAPT-PT/RC Version 20.0 is now available!
March 12, 2021

ADAPT-PT/RC Version 20.0 is now available!

Updated Design Codes: ACI 318-19 ADAPT-PT/RC has been updated to include applicable provisions from ACI318-19: Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete. The provisions in the latest design standard that have been included in ADAPT-PT/RC include but are not limited to:

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Composite Steel Beam Design in RISACalc
March 10, 2021

Composite Steel Beam Design in RISACalc

Composite steel beam design is now available in RISACalc per the AISC and CSA steel design manuals with the following supported steel codes:

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Display Enveloped Contour Diagrams for Soil Pressure
March 5, 2021

Display Enveloped Contour Diagrams for Soil Pressure

RISAFoundation has the ability to display the enveloped contour diagram results for soil pressure. The graphical display of enveloped soil pressures is advantageous because it allows users to quickly identify the degree of influence the loads and slab geometry have on the soil.

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