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Email: info@ideastatica.uk
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About IDEA StatiCa

We develop software for structural engineers and detailers. Our development team researches, tests, and applies new methods of analyzing the behaviour of structures and their members. Based on this, we created IDEA StatiCa – software that enables engineers to work faster, evaluate requirements of the national code thoroughly, and use the optimal amount of material. For us, creating software is a way to contribute to making every new construction around the world safer and cheaper.

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Concrete meets Steel

A new approach to cast-in plate design.

Cast-in plate connections bring steel, anchors and reinforced concrete together in one of the most demanding areas of structural connection design.
 
IDEA StatiCa introduces a new way to analyse and design these connections –  bringing the complete connection and its structural behaviour into one engineering workflow.
See how it works

One connection. Several engineering worlds.

Cast-in plates sit at the intersection of steel and concrete design. What appears to be a single connection can involve complex steel geometry, welds, plates, anchors, concrete stresses, reinforcement and demanding load combinations.
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Steel

Members, stiffeners, plates and complex connection geometry.

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Bolts-Welds

Load transfer through the fabricated steel connection.

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Anchors-Studs

Forces transferred from the embedded plate into the concrete.

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Concrete

Local stresses, reinforcement and the behaviour of the surrounding concrete region.

The real challenge is not designing each component separately. It is understanding how they work together.​​

Follow the complete load path.

IDEA StatiCa brings the steel connection, plate, anchors and concrete together into a connected engineering workflow.
 
Instead of simplifying a complex cast-in plate into isolated checks, engineers can investigate how forces move through the complete connection and understand its structural behaviour.

Practical Guide to Cast-In Plate Design

We developed this practical engineering guide to introduce and explain IDEA StatiCa’s new solution for cast-in plate design – how it works, the engineering challenges it addresses, and how it can be applied to real connections.

 

The guide takes you through the thinking behind the new solution, using practical examples to demonstrate the interaction between steelwork, plates, anchors and concrete, and how IDEA StatiCa brings these elements together into a single design workflow.

  • Cast-in plate design examples
  • Common design mistakes
  • Example design workflow
  • Typical engineering challenges
  • IDEA StatiCa modelling and results
  • Practical engineering guidance
Download the guide

Have a difficult cast-in plate connection?

Send it to us.

We are inviting structural engineers to submit difficult, unusual or interesting cast-in plate connections.
 
Our engineers will review your connection and get in touch with you directly to discuss the specific engineering challenges and demonstrate how the connection can be modelled, analysed and designed using IDEA StatiCa.
Send us your connection

We are celebrating this solution with an exclusive event:

The Cast-in Plates Forum – an exclusive gathering of leading engineers combining hands-on technical exploration, discussion and networking.

At the heart of the campaign is an exclusive in-person workshop and networking event, bringing together a carefully selected group of leading structural engineers, technical specialists and senior industry figures.

 

A chance to explore real cast-in plate challenges, experience the new IDEA StatiCa solution first-hand, and exchange ideas with some of the most respected people in the structural engineering community.
Limited places. High-profile attendees. Exceptional engineering conversation.
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
CONCRETE MEET STEEL

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CONCRETE MEET STEEL

Register for the Cast-In Plates Forum

Reserve your place for the Cast-In Plate Forum on 4 November 2026, at the IStructE

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