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Essential reading for your Steel Design to the Eurocodes
As part of your essential support of Steel Design to the Eurocodes, your library of information wouldn’t be complete without the following three …
Outstanding first for More London
The final piece in the More London office development, Plot 7, has been awarded BREEAM ‘Outstanding’, making it the first building in London and the first …
Media City bridge slid into place
An £8.3M state of the art cable stayed swing bridge, linking Trafford Quays with the Media City development in Salford, has been slid into position by main …
Trusses create sports mecca
A steel frame was the only viable solution at the Plymouth Life Centre where long spans abound. Martin Cooper reports from the South West’s biggest ever …
The competitive gap widens
The cost gap between steel and concrete as framing materials is bigger than it has ever been, according to the latest in the independently produced Cost …
A centre for technological excellence
Steelwork is playing a key role in the construction of the UK’s first manufacturing technology centre which is taking shape on the outskirts of Coventry. …
Steel treatment for research campus
The latest structure at Newcastle’s state-of-the-art medical research campus is another steel-framed building. Steel has proven to be the material of choice …
New and revised codes & standards: October 2010
CORRIGENDA TO BRITISH STANDARDS BS EN 1991-1-4:2005 Eurocode 1. Actions on structures. General actions. Wind actions CORRIGENDUM 2 Also incorporates Corrigenda …
AD 351: Tension resistance of angles in SCI P363
The Advisory Desk has received a number of questions regarding the tension resistance tables provided in the “Eurocode Blue Book” (SCI publication P363) …
November/December 2010 – Competitive advantage on the rise
Full economic recovery might yet be some way off, but there are encouraging signs from some markets at least that it might be sooner rather than later. The …