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Durability of light steel framing in residential buildings. Second Edition
Confident prediction of design life is based on data recorded for more than 10 years The Second Edition of this publication updates and extends the durability …
Part L consultation
The public consultation on changes to Part L of the Building Regulations closes this month. It is proposed that the 2010 revision leads to a 25% reduction, …
Sustainability strategy launched by steel sector
Corus, the British Constructional Steelwork Association and SCI have worked together for many years to promote the effective use of structural steelwork. …
AD 336: Execution class for bridge steelwork
This Advisory Desk Note provides background to the choice of ‘default’ execution class in the Model Project Specification (MPS) for the execution of …
Reduced thermal bridging for steel construction
Energy efficiency is an increasingly important parameter in the design of modern buildings as are thermal bridges that lead to local heat losses and reduce the …
News in Brief – June 2009
To coincide with its 75 year anniversary, Lindapter has launched a new Design Guide which is a comprehensive resource for specifying connections. To request …
SCI develops safety monitoring system
SCI has developed a Management Audit Tool for Rapid Investigation of Critical Systems (MATRICS), a real time decision making tool enabling managers to monitor …
Getting the best out of LTBeam
Alastair Hughes of the SCI explains how to take advantage of software freely downloadable from www.cticm.com for design to the Eurocode. In order to retain the …
Slim floor solutions with enhanced version of SIDS
Corus has announced the launch of a new and enhanced version of the SIDS software which has been developed by SCI. Offering a number of improvements over the …
Acoustic performance – Case Studies
“Steel residential buildings demonstrate excellent acoustic performance” Four new case studies have been added to the previous four published in Feb 2008. …
