Legal Notices

Thank you for choosing our platform (hereinafter the « Platform »).

The Platform is made available by Optimax Structures, a Sole Proprietorship with a capital of € 5,000, (hereinafter the « Optimax Structures Company »), located at 4, rue de l'étoube, 35360 Montauban-de-Bretagne , in France. The company Optimax Structures is registered in the trade and companies register under number 790 029 169 RCS Rennes, and registered with the tax authorities under the number FR 92 790029169.

The director of the publication is Stéphane PERRIN.
You can write to him at: Click to send an e-mail .

The host is the company OVH SAS, located at 2, rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, France. OVH SAS is registered in Lille under the number RCS 424 761 419 and can be contacted via their website: https://www.ovh.com/fr/support/.

The use of our « Platform » implies your acceptance of these Terms of Use. We invite you to read them carefully.

Last modification of these conditions: March 9, 2021.

The eurocodes-tools.com site is an online platform for using structural calculation software, sharing your results and participate in conversation topics with other users. To use the calculation software or participate in the discussions, the user must create a free account.

Optimax Structures reserves the right to update the website and software at any time without notice.

If you do not understand the general conditions of use or if you do not wish to accept them fully and without reserve, do not use the functionalities made available on the site www.eurocodes-tools.com.

The general conditions of use are regularly updated. You will be prompted to read them and accept them when you tick the acceptance box each time you log in.

You agree that the information you provide when you register is accurate and real, and you agree to update it whenever you make any changes to it.

The information collected is recorded in a file computerized by Optimax Structures.
We implement different devices to secure your data. In particular, we encrypt access to the Platform using SSL / TLS Crypto technology with a 4096-bit RSA key.

To protect your Eurocodes Tools account, keep your password confidential and not pass it on to anyone, even within the same organization.
You are responsible for the activity carried out in or through your Eurocodes Tools account.
Be sure not to reuse the same password that is associated with your Eurocodes Tools account in third-party applications.
If you discover that your Eurocodes Tools password or account has been used unauthorized, change your password.

Accounts are designed for unique users. If the user is suspected of sharing his account, Optimax Structures is allowed to block it.

Creation of an account

These data are kept for a period of 3 years at the end of the month from the last connection to your account. Following this period, your account will be deleted and conversations on the forum will be anonymous.

In accordance with the law n° 78-17 of January 6th, 1978, relative to the Data processing, the Files and the Freedoms, you have a right of access and correction of the personal data concerning you which would appear on any file used by Optimax Structures by contacting us by mail at the headquarters of Optimax Structures.

We may use non-personally identifiable information provided to extract statistics and report publicly.

Consult the cnil.fr website for more information on your rights.

Our Platform uses Cookies to :

• save the User's session and to carry out other activities that are strictly necessary for the operation of the features (eg: to find and display your calculation projects).
• save browsing preferences and to optimize the User's browsing experience (eg: setting of language).

Optimax Structures also uses Google Analytics to compile usage statistics. This service is provided by Google, Inc. Their privacy policy can be found at www.google.com/privacy.

To download and install the browser add-on for disabling Google Analytics, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

By using our Platform, you are agreeing to allow Google to process information about your website visit unless you specifically prevent Google from accessing that data through your browser settings.

You can use the following services at any time by clicking on the mechanic key located on the results pages:

• Advice: we offer you free advice on the use of the Platform.
• Standard certification covered by insurance: we support you in editing your results, our design office checks with you the relevance of your input data and certifies your results. This service is subject to a quotation and an invoice.
• Specific calculation report covered by insurance: you delegate to us the calculation of your project and we provide you with all the calculation reports. This service is subject to a quotation and an invoice.

The forum is at your disposal free of charge.

Questions should be posted in the correct category among those proposed to avoid deletion.

It goes without saying that the exchanges must be courteous and free from vulgarity.

The syntax used should be spelled correctly (as possible) and understood by everyone (no abbreviation).

When you submit feedback or suggestions related to our Platform, we are entitled to use them without seeking your permission.

The pages of the forum are publicly visible, so it is important not to communicate sensitive data identifiable to identify you as for example: phone numbers, email or postal addresses, url of websites or social networks, bank details, passwords.

The webmaster reserves the right to ban from the forum any person who does not respect these rules with or without warning.

All elements (including computer code, text, videos, pictures, etc.) published on eurocodes-tools.com are warranted by Optimax Structures copyright. Any content reproduction, broadcast, transmission, distribution, storage, playback, or share, both for commercial or non-commercial use is forbidden out of the planned features, unless written permission from Optimax Structures was previously obtained.

If our Platform is temporarily unavailable or unable to process data for technical reasons, Optimax Structures will promptly correct the problem, except in cases of force majeure.
Users are required to inform Optimax Structures of any defect of which they are aware.

The available software on eurocodes-tools.com can be used for the purpose of studying technical solutions at the pre-project stage.
Due to the complexity of the calculations used, these software are only intended for users who may have a clear idea of their possibilities, their limitations and their suitability for the different practical applications for which they are used.
The user is responsible for their use, and this at his own risk. The results should not be used for design or construction purposes unless verified and approved by a professional structural engineer himself insured.

No rights are granted to the user of these software, except the possibility of using them.
The use of this software does not give any guarantee for the benefit of the user who renounces all direct or indirect recourse for any damage that may result from errors, incorrect or inappropriate use.

WE DO NOT BE COMMITTED TO THE CONTENT OF THE PLATFORM, THE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PLATFORM, THEIR RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY OR SUITABILITY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS. WE SUPPLY OUR PLATFORM 'AS IS'.

OPTIMAX STRUCTURES COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR LOST PROFITS, INCOME OR DATA, OR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND INTERESTS.

THE COMPLETE LIABILITY OF OPTIMAX STRUCTURES COMPANY, ITS SUPPLIERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, FOR ANY CLAIMS UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY, IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO USE THE SOFTWARE.

If you use our Platform on behalf of a company, the company must accept these Général Terms of Use. In addition, it must release Optimax Structures company, its manager, from all liability and guarantee them against any claim, suit or legal action resulting from or related to its use or following a breach of these Terms of Use, including including any liability and financial burden resulting from claims, losses or damages, prosecution and judgments, and related legal and attorney fees.

The User or its company, at its expense, will defend, insure and hold Optimax Structures harmless or harmless in any proceedings or proceedings brought by a third party against Optimax Structures (charges and attorney fees).

Never believe in any way that the Optimax Structures Company guarantees the accuracy of the information, you expose yourself to prosecution.

These conditions receive priority over any statement of the Optimax Structures Company on any commercial support (brochures, website etc.) in case of conflict of interpretation.

These Terms of Use govern your relationship with Optimax Structures. They do not create rights for third-party beneficiaries.

If you do not comply with these Terms of Use and we do not take immediate action on this, it does not mean that we waive our rights (for example, to take action later).

If it turns out that a particular condition is not applicable, this will not affect the other terms of these Terms of Use.