With fifteen years successful management of its ACP anchor calculation program, ECAP has now launched WCP – a calculation program for wood connectors.
Calculation programs for structural anchors design are now an irreplaceable service, provided by manufacturers to designers, enabling calculation of the characteristics of anchors, taking into account all the project variables, in complex configurations. After fifteen years of successful management of the ACP calculation program, software that is based on Eurocodes for structural anchors used in concrete and masonry, ECAP members launched the calculation program for wood connectors ‘WCP’.
WCP was realised through cooperation between ECAP, an engineering, and an IT firm, which developed the program. ECAP guarantees a constant update on the legislative situation, on standards, EADs, and Eurocodes. Here comes the innovative ECAP touch: There are several cases where Eurocodes ask for certain choices to be discussed. A program from the shelf will make the choice for you. In WCP, the calculation choices are made by members in a constant technical dialogue on a hosted web platform.
It is not only about knowing what’s inside the program. Each company takes part and drives the development, deciding what the program must do and in which way. ECAP members gain technical knowledge by participating in the development, and can customise the program according to their needs, using personalised customised interfaces. Through ECAP membership, however, the management costs are shared.
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