PSBeam V3 Next Generation Prestressed Girder Design

• PSBeam
• ET Pier
• ParaBridge
PSBeamtm V3
Next Generation Prestressed Girder Design
With its flexibility, high performance, and rock-solid reliability, PSBeam has earned the respect of many bridge engineers throughout the country. Version 3.0 will deliver a host of new capabilities to enhance your design process. And support for integrated design will help you in your transition toward a fully integrated design office.
Major new features:
• LRFD 4th Edition – PSBeam is up to date with the 4th edition of the LRFD Specifications, including the 2008 Interim revisions. Included are the new prestress loss provisions that better model prestress loss prediction for high-strength concrete as well as several other important updates.
• Load Rating – Produce both operating and inventory load ratings for your designs. PSBeam's flexible and powerful vehicle modeling capabilities allow you to load rate for any type of vehicle.
• Post-Tensioning – PT is finally now in the realm of the typical design office. By segmenting your girders into multiple pieces and incorporating post-tensioning tendons, you extend your spans to 200 feet and beyond.
• 3D Visualization - OpenGL Graphics provides stunning 3D graphics to give physical meaning to your designs.
• Section Property Generation – Rapid section generation and parametric capabilities have been added, as well as new library management features.
• Load Tables – Great for preliminary design, this feature quickly generates graphs of span vs. number of strands for specified beam spacings.
• Data Grids – Now edit and navigate through large amounts of data quickly and easily.
• Library Features – Now access section libraries from any location. Import, view, and delete features facilitate smooth maintenance.
• Integrated Design - As with our new ET Pier software, PSBeam includes support to enable it to integrate seamlessly with ParaBridge, our new 3D bridge modeling studio software. Watch for upcoming announcements about this exciting new product.
PSBeam is now gaining widespread acceptance as an efficient, flexible, and highly cost-effective tool for precast, prestressed concrete bridge girder design.
A cost-effective alternative is now available for prestressed concrete bridge girder design. Supporting both the AASHTO Standard Specifications and the AASHTO LRFD Specifications, PSBeam is an excellent choice for value and performance. Its rich set of features includes dual code support, giving you the flexibility you need to make the transition to LRFD. And its flexible pricing options won't break your budget either.
PSBeam is a high-performance, Windows-based system for prestressed concrete bridge girder design. Its 32-bit computational engine processes design changes at blazing speeds, giving you more time to check alternative options and refine your designs. With PSBeam, you can explore more possibilities and offer your clients the highest level of service.
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Benefits:
• Design simple-span or now multi-span, continuous structures. Full capabilities to handle multi-span continuous bridges have been added: automatic moving load analysis for continuous structures, positive and negative moment and shear envelope treatment, and time-dependent analysis for shrinkage and creep.
• Get dual code support. Switch instantly between Standard Specs and LRFD at anytime during design. See exactly where the differences really are. There's no better way to learn LRFD.
• Switch between U.S. and metric units. Concerned about losing your "feel" for the numbers when switching to metric? Don't be! PSBeam's dual units support permits you to switch back and forth between units as often as you like--without loss of accuracy.
• Have high performance. Built from the ground up in Microsoft Visual C++, PSBeam sets a new standard for design efficiency. And since its a full Windows implementation, you can be up to speed in no time.
• Explore multiple design options quickly. Powerful auto design features and support for all popular girder and superstructure framing types let you do more, faster.
• Enjoy no copy protection. PSBeam is a licensed product, but does not require a hardware key or a special installation code to operate, so you can operate at maximum flexibility.
• Choose from several reasonably priced licensing options. You can purchase or lease PSBeam, whichever better suits your needs. Site and enterprise license options are also available.
Free 20-Day Trial Period
You can try PSBeam on your own system FREE for 20 days. Run the complete, start-to-finish tutorial included with it to get up to speed quickly. Then run your own designs to see for yourself the benefits of a new generation of software.
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ET Piertm
Bridge Pier, Bent, and Abutment Design in Accordance with AASHTO LRFD or Standard
Introducing ET Pier Designer, a high-performance Windows-based program for the design and analysis of highway bridge piers, bents, and abutments. ET Pier seamlessly combines the functionality of a state-of-the-art structural analysis engine and concrete column, beam, and footing design programs. Integration of the critical design tasks into one system means you get superior productivity and flexibility and improved quality control.
ET Pier is specifically designed for bridge substructures. Powerful parametric modeling wizards are included to facilitate rapid structure layout and generation. Specify which load combinations to investigate and ET Pier will automatically process them and quickly identify the governing case for each component of the structure.
And as with PSBeam, ET Pier includes hot code switching, allowing you to switch between the AASHTO LRFD and Standard Specifications at any time during design. Instantly, you can switch specifications to see just where the differences between them really are. There's no better way to learn LRFD!
Key Features:
1. Piers, bents, and abutments
2. AASHTO LRFD or Std Specs
3. Dual units: US & metric
4. Hammerhead or multi-column
5. Spread or pile footings
6. AASHTO load types & groups
7. Automatic analysis
8. True 3D Modeling
9. Auto beam and column design
Download ET Pier Brochure (PDF format; requires Acrobat Reader)
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ParaBridgetm
It’s almost here! ParaBridge will be the core of our design suite. Conceived and developed from its very beginning as an integrated 3D bridge design environment, it will provide unmatched design and production benefits.
Download ParaBridge Brochure (PDF format; requires Acrobat Reader).
Pricing Schedule
Eriksson Technologies offers two basic licensing options. Software can either be purchased (prepaid license) or it can be leased on an annual basis. Long-term users tend to favor the purchase option while firms have an occasional need or are reimbursed for direct expenses from their clients tend to favor the lease option. Detailed explanations of each option are given below.
Basic License Options
Option 1: Purchase (Prepaid License): The purchase option includes ninety (90) days of technical support via telephone, fax, and/or e-mail. Optionally, yearly maintenance can be purchased (call for pricing). Maintenance includes unlimited technical support and new versions of the software that are released during the maintenance period.
Option 2: Yearly Lease: The lease option is renewable annually and may be cancelled with thirty (30) days written notice prior to the anniversary date of the lease. Leased software includes full support and all updates to the software during the period of the lease.
Single-User License Fee Schedule
Program Description Purchase Lease
PSBeamtm Precast/pretensioned concrete bridge girder design in accordance with AASHTO LRFD and Standard Specs. Simple-span or continuous structures. Supports virtually all girder and framing types. $2,995 $1,295
PSBeam SS Same as PSBeam, but limited to simple-span bridges only $1,695 $995
ET Piertm Reinforced concrete bridge pier and abutment design in accordance with AASHTO LRFD and Standard Specs. Hammerhead or multi-column piers. Spread, pile, or drilled shaft foundations. $3,495 $1,395
PSBeam &
ETPier PSBeam and ETPier purchased together as a package. $4,995 $1,995
ParaBridgetm Parametric bridge layout and geometry control. Fast, efficient layout with solution of all bridge geometry. Powerful 3D graphical interface provides true visualization of bridge and superior editing control—the hub of your bridge design process. NEW! TBA TBA
License Enhancements
Site License: A site license extension is available for either the purchase or lease options. This option permits the licensee to simultaneously use multiple copies of any program. The software can be installed on a local area network or separately on more than one PC, including stand-alone laptop PCs. Generally, a single-user license can be upgraded to a site license for 25% more than the cost of a single-user license.
Multi-Office Discounts: All prices quoted above are for the first office or site of an organization to license the software. Additional offices or sites may be licensed in accordance with the following discount schedule:

Copy of Software Discount
1st 0 %
2nd 25%
3rd 35%
4th or greater 50%
For organizations that wish to use the software at more than four separate locations (sites), an enterprise license is available. This permits the software to be used freely by all employees at all offices within the organization without regard to the number of simultaneous users. Please call for pricing.
Educational Licenses
Accredited universities and colleges are eligible for special restricted use educational and research licenses. Please contact our office for further details.
For questions and additional information, please call us toll-free at 1-866-374-5776 (866-ERIKSSON).
Product Demonstrations
*Qualified organizations can try PSBeam free for 20 days. Use this as an opportunity to run the sample problems that will be included with it, check your old designs, or benchmark it against industry standard problems. Use the fully-functional program to perform whatever level of testing you feel is necessary. We're confident that you will be satisfied with our products, and our no- nonsense demonstration policy lets you try it risk free.
To request a demonstration version of PSBeam, click here: PSBeam Demo
*Qualified organizations are generally government agencies or engineering firms actively engaged in bridge design who are located within the United States who have a bona fide need for such a product.