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August 5, 2026

For Engineers. By Engineers. Celebrating Professional Engineers at RISA

Happy National Professional Engineer’s Day to all the licensed engineers! We are excited to celebrate our customers and coworkers today. RISA is a product for engineers brought to you by engineers. With the vast majority of our team coming from an engineering background, RISA is truly an engineering partner to our customers. We value the experience and insights these engineers bring to each and every one of our teams. Today, we highlight just a few of the licensed professional engineers who help make RISA so special! READY TO CONNECT? Explore RISA with an engineer today! Alex Vaughan, PE, SE Job Title Manager, Subject Matter Experts and Software Quality Years with RISA 3 years What's your favorite part of being an engineer? For me, it's getting to understand the "why" behind a problem or a situation. That curiosity shows up in two ways: either by building something from scratch and figuring out how all the pieces need to come together, or taking an existing design and reverse-engineering it to see how someone else solved the same puzzle. Both are incredible ways to learn. One through creation and the other through observation. What really excites me is seeing that curiosity play out…

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February 15, 2022

Canadian Concrete (CSA A23) Wall Panel Design in RISA

The CSA A23.3-14 Concrete Design Code has been implemented into RISA-3D...

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January 29, 2020

Updated HSS Tube Connection Design According to CSA S16-14/09

RISAConnection v11 now incorporates expanded support for HSS tube shapes...

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November 16, 2018

HSS Tube Moment Connections per CSA S16 now Available

Wide Flange beam to HSS Tube column moment connections can now be designed...

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October 26, 2018

What’s New in the NBC 2015?

The 2015 NBC compliant codes have been implemented into RISA-3D v17.0,...

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April 19, 2018

Vertical Brace Connections per Canadian Code now Available

RISAConnection Version 8.0 now offers Vertical Brace Diagonal Connections,...

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September 06, 2017

Canadian Wood Design Updates

The latest releases of RISAFloor and RISA-3D include the following updates...

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April 12, 2017

CSA O86-14 Canadian Wood Code now Available

The new CSA O86-14 code has been implemented in RISA-3D v15.0 and...

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February 15, 2017

CSA S16-14 Canadian Steel Code now Available

RISA-3D now supports hot rolled steel design for the Canadian market...

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July 05, 2016

Connection Design per Canadian Steel Code (S16-14) now Available

RISAConnection now offers connection design per the Canadian CSA S16-2014...

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