AS 4100 & NZS 3404 STEEL DESIGN, SIMPLIFIED.

CHECKSTEEL is a structural steel design solution to AS 4100 & NZS 3404 to easily calculate the capacity of steel members subject to bending, torsion, shear, bearing, compression, tension and combined actions. It is officially endorsed by InfraBuild (formerly OneSteel).

SCREENSHOTS

CUSTOM SECTIONS

CHECKSTEEL includes several advanced features, including a custom section builder which calculates properties to AS 4100, AS/NZS 3679.1, AS/NZS 3679.2, and AS/NZS 1163, automated bending and compression buckling curve generation, and the ability to add section penetrations.

CUSTOM SECTION HOT-ROLLED HEAVILY WELDED LIGHTLY WELDED COLD-FORMED STRESS RELIEVED
Symmetric I-Beams ✔ ✔ ✔
Taper Flange Beams ✔
Monosymmetric I-Beams ✔ ✔ ✔
Tees ✔ ✔ ✔
Parallel Flange Channels ✔ ✔ ✔
Round Bar ✔
Rectangular Hollow Sections ✔ ✔
Square Hollow Sections ✔ ✔
Circular Hollow Sections ✔ ✔

HISTORICAL SECTION LIBRARY

The historical section library – collated with the assistance of the Australian Steel Institute – contains over 2000 standard steel sections (both metric and imperial) produced and used across Australia and New Zealand during the past 60 years, including BHP/AI&S hot-rolled sections, BHP/AI&S cold-formed sections, OneSteel TubeLine, OneSteel DuraGal, Smorgon DualGrade, and many more. References to source material are included.

CATEGORY GRADE MAXIMUM SIZE
200 230 250 300 350 400 450
Universal Beams   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔     792 UB 291
Universal Columns   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔     423 UC 393
Welded Beams       ✔   ✔   1200 WB 455
Welded Columns       ✔   ✔   500 WC 440
Universal Bearing Piles   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔     362 UBP 174
Taper Flange Beams   ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔     610 TFB 149
Parallel Flange Channels     ✔ ✔ ✔     380 PFC
Equal Angles     ✔ ✔ ✔     200 x 200 x 26 EA
Unequal Angles     ✔ ✔ ✔     150 x 100 x 12 UA
Round Bar     ✔ ✔ ✔     Φ215 ROD
Flat Bar       ✔ ✔     Φ300 x 12 FLAT
Rectangular Hollow Sections     ✔   ✔   ✔ 400 x 300 x 16.0 RHS
Square Hollow Sections     ✔   ✔   ✔ 400 x 400 x 16.0 SHS
Circular Hollow Sections ✔   ✔   ✔     610.0 x 12.7 CHS

REPORTING

CHECKSTEEL

USERS

CHECKSTEEL is trusted by over 80 companies with more than 1000 users worldwide, representing the fields of construction, fabrication, power distribution, signage, structural engineering, and telecommunications.

ACOR Consultants

ADG Consulting Engineers

AECOM

Arcadis

Arup

Aspec Engineering

Aurecon

Ausipile

Australian Paper

Beca

BG&E

Birzulis Associates

Blacktop Consulting Engineers

Caelli

Capital Consulting Engineers

Cardno

Coles Consulting

de Groot & Benson

Fletcher Construction Company

GHD

Gladstone Regional Council

Golder Associates

Greg Alderson & Associates

Gunther & Associates

Helcon Screw Piles

Ideas Crane Services

Inhabit Group

Jacobs

John Holland Group

John Romanous & Associates

Jones Nicholson

KBR

Keller Foundations

KPA Management & Consulting

Lake Macquarie City Council

Lendlease

Lindsay Dynan

M+G Consulting

Matrix Thornton Consulting Engineers

McVeigh Consultants

Meinhardt Bonacci Group

MMH Engineering

Nastasi & Associates

Nipperess Geotechnical

O’Hearn Consulting

Onyx Projects

Parkhill Freeman

Peritas Group

PERI Australia

Pitt & Sherry

Pritchard Francis

Projex Partners

PT Design

Roam Engineering

Robert Bird Group

Royal HaskoningDHV

SCG Consulting Engineers

SCP Consulting

Service Stream

ShedTech

Structural Engineers NZ

Sydney Structural & Civil

Sydney Trains

Taylor Thomson Whitting

Tonkin

Wave International

WSP