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AD 327: Floor vibrations – multiplying factors for office floors
In order to retain the accurate formatting of the equations in this advisory desk, this article is available as a pdf download only. Click here to download …
New and Revised Codes & Standards: September 2008
BS IMPLEMENTATIONS BS ISO 4992:- Steel castings. Ultrasonic examination BS ISO 4992-1:2006 Steel castings for general purposes No current standard is …
40 Years Ago: New plant houses have been built ‘inside out’
Taken from Building with Steel 1968 The new exhibition plant and orchid house at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, are structures of unusual shape and …
Light steel design and EN 1993-1-3
Following on from the technical articles on the introduction of the Eurocodes, Martin Heywood and Ed Yandzio from the SCI consider the implications for light …
The Construction Contracts Bill
Marion Rich, BCSA Director of Legal and Contractural Affairs, explains what is proposed in the long awaited Construction Contracts Bill. Some parts might …
Sustainability in action on City of London development
Extensive re-use of an existing basement as well as the refurbishment of a fire station are just some of the features of a prestigious City of London …
The case for steel – Providing unrivalled support
In the latest in our Case for Steel series we review the support available for architects and engineers designing in steel. Extensive support covering all …
Steel graduates at Bournemouth
An 11-storey steel framed student accommodation block has already become a well known structure in a town not previously renowned for its high rise buildings. …
Four into one will go
A new campus for Burnley College will replace four existing sites and bring a university into the town as a centre of the University of Central Lancashire. …
Landmark conference centre to boost business tourism
Visually outstanding and structurally challenging, Dublin’s National Conference Centre is set to put Ireland on the global conferencing map, writes Martin …
