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BCSA Council gather for October meeting
A new web-based steel construction information system based on the Wikipedia online encyclopedia is being developed for launch in 2012, the BCSA Council heard …
Industry support for student architectural award
UK Students of architecture are now welcome to enter next year’s Tata Steel/BCSA Architectural Student Design Competition. Organised by SCI and sponsored by …
SCI report opens up new applications for high strength steel
The SCI has completed a report which identifies research and development topics that may open up new applications for molybdenum-containing steels in the …
News in Brief – October 2011
Metsec’s in-house design team has gained international recognition for its work on a new accommodation building at the UK’s oldest specialist music …
SCI to re-evaluate the Eurocode 3 safety factors for stainless steel
SCI has been commissioned by Euro Inox to re-evaluate the safety factors applied to member and bolt resistance in EN 1993-1-4, the Eurocode covering design …
AD 362: Headed shear studs – Resistance and minimum degree of shear connection in composite beams with decking
This Advisory Desk note highlights the key changes to BS 5950-3.1:1990 as a result of Amendment no 1, issued in January 2010. Amendment 1 reflects the findings …
Guidance on Long Span Composite Floors
Mark Lawson of SCI reviews new guidance on the serviceability performance of long span propped composite floors prepared with NHBC. Introduction Composite …
Structural Robustness of Steel Framed Buildings
Structural robustness is an important consideration for the design of buildings so that the likelihood of disproportionate collapse, as a result of accidental …
Member imperfections
David Brown of the SCI offers some observations on the ways member imperfections can be allowed for in member design – by using buckling curves, which allow …
News in Brief – July/August 2011
Tata Steel has supplied 1,500m² of Colorcoat Prisma and Colorcoat HPS200 Ultra pre-finished steel to Anglian Water for replacement roofs at two reservoir …
