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Design Awards shortlist
Excellence in the use of steel is demonstrated by the shortlist for the Structural Steel Design Awards, which was announced in January. There are 14 …
50 Years Ago: Bridges
From Building With Steel, February 1962. HAW BRIDGE The new steel Haw Bridge over the River Severn in Gloucestershire, was opened last autumn (1961), replacing …
A view of Torsion – Part One
SCI’s Alastair Hughes writes the first of three articles on torsion, concentrating on textbook material such as design guides. In order to retain the …
AD 365: Welding of shear studs to galvanized steel beams
This Advisory Desk note confirms the advice that shear studs should not be welded to hot-dipped galvanized beams. This advice at first appears to contradict …
New and revised codes and standards: December 2011 and January 2012
BRITISH STANDARDS BS 2853:2011 Specification for the testing of steel overhead runway beams for hoist blocks Supersedes BS 2853:1957 BRITISH STANDARDS REVIEWED …
Joints in Steel Construction: Simple Joints to Eurocode 3 (P358)
This publication is one of a series of “Green Books” that cover a range of steelwork connections. This publication provides guidance for nominally pinned …
Quick treatment
Flexibility and speed of construction were crucial factors in the decision to use structural steelwork for a new extension at the Royal Oldham Hospital. …
Framing hospital excellence
A new 800 bed acute hospital is rapidly taking shape in north Bristol, a project which is making use of more than 6,000t of structural steelwork and aiming to …
Venues ready as final countdown to Olympics begins
More than 90% of the construction at the Olympic Park is now complete with less than 200 days to go before the London 2012 opening ceremony takes place on July …
February 2012 – Steel creates its own legacy
The steel construction sector has always been able to boast about the high level of successful investment it makes in productivity and sustainability enhancing …