# Prokon 

> Join Edoxi’s 24-hour Online Prokon Course. Develop core skills in structural analysis, concrete and foundation design. Enrol now to earn Prokon certification.

## Course Details
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- Category: Technical & Creative Design 
- Sub-Category: Civil & Structural Design

## Course Introduction
Edoxi’s 24-hour Online Prokon Training course covers structural analysis, concrete design, steel optimisation, and foundation design using Prokon's powerful suite of tools. Practice the Prokon interface and project management system. Organisations benefit from accelerated project delivery, reduced errors, and lower outsourcing costs. Enhance your team’s performance with Prokon certification. Enrol now!

## Course Overview
- Delivery Modes: Online
- Course Duration:  24 Hours
- Corporate Days: 3 Days
- Learners Enrolled: 50+
- Modules: 6

## What Do You Learn from Edoxi's Prokon Training

**Comprehensive Prokon Software Navigation**
You learn to practise the Prokon interface and project management system. You also learn to navigate efficiently between modules to create streamlined structural analysis workflows.

**Frame Analysis and Modelling**
You learn to create structural elements with correct support conditions. You also learn to apply multiple load types and generate automatic load combinations for accurate structural analysis.

**Concrete Member Design and Detailing**
You learn to design reinforced concrete beams, columns, and slabs using the Sumo and Concrete Design modules. You also learn to apply international design standards such as Eurocode and ACI.

**Steel Structure Analysis and Optimisation**
You learn to analyse steel sections for deflection, buckling, and connection requirements. You also learn to optimise designs using Prokon’s steel member verification tools.

**Foundation and Retaining Wall Engineering**
You learn to design pad and pile foundations with bearing capacity checks. You also learn to create stable retaining walls with proper reinforcement detailing.

**Professional Engineering Documentation**
You learn to generate detailed calculation reports and drawings. You also learn to validate structural models and interpret error messages to ensure quality and accuracy.

## About This Course
## About Our Prokon Certification Course

Edoxi’s 24-hour Online Prokon training course offers industry-aligned, practical learning in structural analysis and design for civil and structural engineers. Our Prokon training focuses on developing hands-on skills in frame analysis, concrete member design, steel optimisation, and foundation engineering. By using recognised international codes to ensure accuracy and reliability in structural results.

Edoxi’s Prokon certification course is ideal for civil engineers, structural designers, and construction professionals who want to enhance their technical capabilities in real-world structural design. Whether you are aiming to improve your current engineering skills or advance into complex structural design roles. Our Prokon course equips you with practical, job-ready competencies relevant to regional engineering projects.

Edoxi’s Prokon course emphasises hands-on learning through practical workshops and real-world project simulations. You gain experience in complete structural workflows, from basic modelling and load applications to advanced reinforcement detailing and structural optimisation. You also develop expertise in producing accurate reports, reducing manual calculation errors, and improving project turnaround efficiency for engineering organisations.

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## Key Features of Edoxi's Prokon Training

**Live Project-Based Learning**
You can work on real structural engineering projects to apply Prokon’s capabilities in practical, industry-relevant scenarios that reflect professional engineering practice.

**Comprehensive Software Exploration**
You can gain hands-on experience using multiple Prokon modules. This includes Frame Analysis, Concrete Design, Steel Connection Design, and Foundation Design, to build complete structural workflows.

**Code-Compliant Design Practice**
You can apply international standards such as SANS, Eurocode, and ACI through guided exercises, ensuring your designs meet global regulatory and safety requirements.

**Structural Element Detailing**
You can learn to create detailed reinforcement schedules and professional structural drawings for both concrete and steel members with accuracy.

**Optimisation Techniques**
You can learn to validate and optimise structural designs using Padds methodologies to achieve safe, efficient, and cost-effective engineering outcomes.

**Integration with CAD Systems**
You can explore Prokon’s interoperability with CAD software to streamline drafting, documentation, and design coordination workflows.

## Who Can Join Our Online Prokon Course

**Structural and Civil Engineers**
Practising engineers looking to enhance their analysis capabilities and streamline design workflows using industry-standard software.

**Engineering Technicians and Technologists**
Technical professionals supporting design teams who need practical skills in structural modelling and analysis documentation.

**BIM & CAD Specialists**
Professionals working with Building Information Modelling who need to integrate structural analysis data into their workflows.

**Engineering Students**
Final-year students and recent graduates preparing to enter the industry with practical software skills valued by employers.

**Construction Professionals**
Project managers and construction specialists who need to understand structural analysis reports and design documentation.

**Corporate Engineering Teams**
Companies are looking to upskill their technical staff to improve project efficiency and reduce reliance on outsourced engineering services.

## Prokon Course Modules

### Module 1: Introduction to PROKON

**Chapter 1.1: Getting Started with PROKON**
- Lesson 1.1.1: Introduction to PROKON
- Lesson 1.1.2: Overview of PROKON features and capabilities
- Lesson 1.1.3: Installing PROKON

**Chapter 1.2: User Interface and Workflow**
- Lesson 1.2.1: Navigating the user interface
- Lesson 1.2.2: Workflow orientation
- Lesson 1.2.3: Starting PROKON
- Lesson 1.2.4: Understanding menus and toolbars

**Chapter 1.3: Project Management**
- Lesson 1.3.1: Navigating and managing project files
- Lesson 1.3.2: Project setup
- Lesson 1.3.3: Units configuration

### Module 2: Using Analysis and Design Modules

**Chapter 2.1: Database Configuration**
- Lesson 2.1.1: Configuring the section database
- Lesson 2.1.2: Configuring the material database

**Chapter 2.2: Frame Analysis**
- Lesson 2.2.1: Introduction to the Frame Analysis module
- Lesson 2.2.2: Creating structural elements and support conditions
- Lesson 2.2.3: Setting up load types and load combinations

**Chapter 2.3: Interpreting Analysis Results**
- Lesson 2.3.1: Displacements
- Lesson 2.3.2: Reactions
- Lesson 2.3.3: Internal forces

### Module 3: Concrete Member Design

**Chapter 3.1: Overview of Concrete Design in PROKON**
- Lesson 3.1.1: Sumo and Concrete Design modules overview
- Lesson 3.1.2: RC column and beam design based on codes

**Chapter 3.2: Design Checks and Analysis**
- Lesson 3.2.1: Bending capacity checks
- Lesson 3.2.2: Shear capacity checks
- Lesson 3.2.3: Axial capacity checks

**Chapter 3.3: Slab and Beam Design**
- Lesson 3.3.1: Concrete slab design
- Lesson 3.3.2: Reinforcement schedules
- Lesson 3.3.3: Frame Analysis
- Lesson 3.3.4: Design of a continuous beam
- Lesson 3.3.5: Design of rectangular column
- Lesson 3.3.6: Design of rectangular slab

### Module 4: Steel Structure Design and Optimisation

**Chapter 4.1: Steel Member Properties and Materials**
- Lesson 4.1.1: Steel section properties
- Lesson 4.1.2: Material libraries

**Chapter 4.2: Steel Member Design**
- Lesson 4.2.1: Design for axial or combined stress
- Lesson 4.2.2: Load input and limit states
- Lesson 4.2.3: Buckling and deflection considerations

**Chapter 4.3: Connection Design**
- Lesson 4.3.1: Pin plate connection design
- Lesson 4.3.2: End plate connection design
- Lesson 4.3.3: Shear connection design

**Chapter 4.4: Structural Analysis for Steel**
- Lesson 4.4.1: Plane stress/strain analysis
- Lesson 4.4.2: Single span beam analysis
- Lesson 4.4.3: Beam on elastic support analysis
- Lesson 4.4.4: Beam, column, and truss member checks

**Chapter 4.5: Optimisation and Reporting**
- Lesson 4.5.1: Design optimisation techniques
- Lesson 4.5.2: Generating reports

### Module 5: Foundation Design

**Chapter 5.1: Retaining Wall Design**
- Lesson 5.1.1: Design of retaining wall
- Lesson 5.1.2: Earth pressures and wall stability
- Lesson 5.1.3: Reinforcement detailing

**Chapter 5.2: Footing and Pile Design**
- Lesson 5.2.1: Pad footing design
- Lesson 5.2.2: Pile foundation design

**Chapter 5.3: Foundation Checks**
- Lesson 5.3.1: Bearing capacity checks
- Lesson 5.3.2: Settlement checks
- Lesson 5.3.3: Punching shear checks

### Module 6: Integration, Reporting, and Final Project

**Chapter 6.1: Module Integration**
- Lesson 6.1.1: Integration of PROKON modules
- Lesson 6.1.2: Exporting reports and drawings for documentation

**Chapter 6.2: CAD and Detailing**
- Lesson 6.2.1: Introduction to Padds
- Lesson 6.2.2: Working with Padds
- Lesson 6.2.3: 2D Padds integration with AutoCAD
- Lesson 6.2.4: Using PadView

## Prokon Course Outcome and Career Opportunities
Completing Edoxi’s 3-day Prokon training course demonstrates your capability to perform accurate structural analysis and design using industry-standard engineering software. Here are the major course outcomes:

- You learn to develop efficient and code-compliant structural models for real-world engineering projects, ensuring accuracy, safety, and regulatory compliance.
- You learn advanced frame analysis techniques, load calculations, and automated load combinations to accelerate structural design workflows.
- You learn to design reinforced concrete elements, including beams, columns, slabs, and foundations, with a strong focus on strength and serviceability requirements.
- You learn to analyse and optimise steel structural members and connection designs to achieve safe, economical, and constructible solutions.
- You learn to produce professional structural reports, drawings, and documentation while minimising manual errors and improving overall quality.
- You develop the skills required for higher-level structural engineering roles. You also gain the ability to improve organisational project turnaround times through efficient design practices.

## Career Opportunities After Our Prokon Certification
Civil Structural Engineer, Design Engineer, Project Coordinator, Project Manager, Structural Design Engineer, Site Engineer, Construction Engineer, BIM Coordinator, Quantity Surveyor, Structural Draftsman

## How To Get Certified in The Prokon Course
Here’s a four-step guide to becoming a certified Prokon professional.

1. Join Edoxi’s 24-hour Online Prokon Certification Course
2. Attend Our Expert-led Introduction to Prokon Course
3. Complete our hands-on Lab Activities and Post-Assessments.
4. Earn Edoxi’s Prokon course completion certification.

## Why Choose Edoxi for Prokon Certification Course?
Edoxi’s 24-hour Online Prokon training is designed to equip civil and structural engineers with practical and job-ready skills. Here are the major reasons why learners and organisations choose Edoxi for Prokon training:


**Expert Structural Engineering Trainers**
Edoxi’s instructors bring extensive practical experience from UAE construction projects combined with advanced Prokon software expertise, providing insights that go beyond basic software usage.

**Global Standards with Regional Focus**
With training centres in Dubai, Doha, and London, Edoxi delivers internationally recognised engineering standards while addressing UAE-specific design requirements and local building codes.

**Trusted by Corporate Firms**
Our Prokon training has successfully upskilled technical teams from leading consultancies, contractors, and government entities across Dubai and the wider UAE.

**Practical Project-Based Learning**
Most of the course time is devoted to hands-on exercises using real-world structural design scenarios that translate directly into workplace deliverables.

**Comprehensive Technical Environment**
We provide purpose-built training facilities equipped with the latest Prokon software versions and dedicated engineering resources to create an optimal learning environment for structural design professionals.

**Proven Learning Track Record**
Edoxi has trained thousands of engineering professionals, consistently supporting learners in improving technical competency, productivity, and career advancement.

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Q: What are the prerequisites for joining Edoxi’s Prokon course?**
A: You should have a basic understanding of civil or structural engineering concepts. Familiarity with structural design principles and construction terminology is recommended, although no prior Prokon software experience is required.

**Q: Who should take Edoxi’s Prokon training course?**
A:  Edoxi’s Prokon course is ideal for civil engineers, structural engineers, design engineers, and engineering graduates who want to develop practical skills in structural analysis and design using industry-standard software.

**Q: How will Edoxi’s Prokon course benefit my engineering firm?**
A: Organisations gain faster project delivery, reduced design errors, standardised documentation, and stronger in-house technical capabilities, helping minimise dependency on outsourcing for structural analysis tasks.

**Q: Can my entire engineering team be trained together?**
A:  Yes, Edoxi offers customised corporate training programmes that can train complete engineering teams, with course content tailored to your company’s project types and technical requirements.

**Q: Can I import models from other software, like Revit or AutoCAD, into Prokon?**
A:  Yes, Edoxi’s Prokon training supports CAD import functionality and includes specialised add-ins such as Probar 2D for rebar detailing, enabling efficient cross-platform workflow integration.

**Q: How do I define different types of loads in Prokon?**
A:  You learn how to define dead loads, live loads, wind loads, and other load cases in the Frame Analysis module, as well as how to create code-compliant load combinations.

**Q: Can Prokon provide reinforcement details and schedules?**
A:  Yes, the Concrete Design modules generate detailed reinforcement schedules. During the course, you learn how to create, customise, and export reinforcement details for beams, columns, and slabs.

**Q: How does Prokon handle steel connection design?**
A:  Prokon includes specialised modules for steel connection design, such as pin plates, end plates, and shear connections. You gain hands-on experience designing, analysing, and validating these connections.

**Q: Can I design foundation elements like footings in Prokon?**
A:  Yes, the course covers pad footings, pile foundations, and retaining walls. You learn to perform bearing capacity checks, settlement analysis, and structural safety verifications.

## Hands-On Lab Activities

**Working with the Prokon Modelling Environment**
You learn to access and navigate the Prokon workspace and core design modules. You also learn to set up structural models and manage project files for practical analysis.

**Continuous Beam Design**
You learn to model multi-span beams with varying load conditions. You also learn to calculate bending moments, shear forces, and reinforcement requirements.

**Rectangular Column Design**
You learn to design reinforced concrete columns subjected to axial and moment loads. You also learn to apply international design codes to achieve safe and efficient reinforcement layouts.

**Rectangular Slab Design**
You learn to determine slab thickness, reinforcement layouts, and serviceability checks for one-way and two-way concrete slabs. You also learn to perform deflection verification.

**Retaining Wall Design**
You learn to evaluate earth pressures and global stability conditions. You also learn to design structural reinforcement for cantilever retaining walls.

**Pad Footing Design**
You learn to size concrete foundations based on soil bearing capacity and settlement criteria. You also learn to check structural safety for column-supported footings.

**Steel Base Plate Design**
You learn to design steel column base plates and anchor bolt layouts. You also learn to ensure safe load transfer from steel structures to concrete foundations.

**Pin Plate Connection Design**
You learn to create efficient pin plate connections that safely transfer forces. You also learn to accommodate rotational movement between steel members.

** End Plate Connection Design**
You learn to design moment-resisting bolted end plate connections between beams and columns. You also learn to verify connection strength and stiffness.

## Prokon Training Options

**Corporate Online Training**
- 24 hours of Interactive Screen Sharing Demonstrations
- Virtual Lab Environment Access
- Flexible Schedule for Working Professionals
- Hands-on Project Development Sessions
- Fly-Me-a-Trainer Option
- Logistics, food and refreshments provided for corporate teams

## Trainer
- Name: Madhava RA
- Designation: Autocad Trainer
Madhava RA is a highly experienced civil engineering professional with over 30 years of industry expertise, including 15 years in specialized CAD and infrastructure design training. He holds both a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering (B.E.) and a Diploma in Civil Engineering (DCE). His diverse certification portfolio includes MicroStation, AutoCAD Civil 3D, REVIT Suite, TEKLA, STAAD Pro, ArcGIS, and several advanced structural analysis applications. This makes him a versatile instructor capable of guiding learners across multiple CAD platforms and engineering design disciplines.

Madhava has successfully trained more than 3,000 students, helping them develop practical skills to excel in real-world engineering projects. His teaching approach blends theoretical knowledge with practical insights, ensuring learners gain both competence and confidence in applying design tools. His ability to simplify complex concepts, deliver industry-relevant training, and mentor aspiring engineers makes him a trusted guide for professionals seeking career growth in engineering and design.

## Enrol in This Course
- Course URL: https://www.edoxi.com/prokon-course
- Phone: +971 43801666
- Email: info@edoxi.com