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A new generation hangar for Farnborough Airport
Farnborough airport, long the home of the famous air shows, is being re-developed as a business airport. TAG Aviation, the new owners, wanted hangars with a …
How Concrete Shrinkage Affects Composite Steel Beams
Concrete shrinks. Not much, but enough to warrant thinking about in design. Steel doesn’t, so in composite construction shrinkage of insitu concrete slabs …
Unbraced Frames – Sway Stability
Having looked at braced frames in the November/December 2002 issue of New Steel Construction, this article considers unbraced frames, often known as …
Making the Dublin Spire
The 400-foot high stainless steel spike recently erected in Dublin needed some very careful manufacturing and erection techniques. Craig Barnshaw reports. …
Shaldon Bridge Strengthening
Shaldon Bridge is a concrete viaduct, with a lifting span, across the River Teign and adjacent marshes. It has been strengthened with steel. Work was …
AD 265: Matching bolts, nuts and washers
From time to time questions arise concerning the appropriate combinations of bolts, nuts and washers to specify when used in structural steelwork. The SCI has …
