Founded
in 1975 by company President Ashraf Habibullah, CSI is recognized
worldwide as an innovative leader in the development of software tools
for the analysis and design of civil structures. CSI products are
licensed to thousands of structural engineering firms throughout the
USA and in more than 100 other countries.
The development of CSI software spans three decades, starting with
the research of Dr. Edward L. Wilson at the University of California
at Berkeley. The revolutionary SAP program was first released in
1970, and Dr. Wilson has subsequently been recognized by national
and international engineering societies as one of the preeminent
researchers in the field of computer aided structural analysis.
Each of CSI's programs is tailored to specific classes of structures,
allowing the engineering community to work at more productive and
efficient levels than are possible with "general purpose"
type programs. SAP2000 is intended for use on civil structures such
as bridges, dams, stadiums, industrial structures and buildings.
ETABS has been developed specifically for multi-story building structures,
such as office buildings, apartments and hospitals. The SAFE System
provides an efficient and powerful program for the analysis and
design of concrete slabs and foundations.
Not only is CSI known for analytically sophisticated software,
but for unsurpassed product support as well. User support activities
include advice on structural systems, interpretation of structural
behavior, clarification on various aspects of building codes, and
opinions on special modeling problems and other subjects related
to computerized structural analysis and design.
