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News in Brief: October 2019
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) has announced that Dr David Moore, currently Director of Engineering has accepted the position of Chief …
The design of crane girders
Recent correspondence in Verulam suggested that there were no decent examples of crane girder design to the Eurocodes. David Brown of the SCI rises to the …
President’s Column: January 2019
I’ve written before about the benefits that accrue to clients, main contractors and specifiers from using a BCSA member for their structural steelwork. This …
Stainless steel in construction
Stainless steels may appear to be more suitable for teaspoons and kitchen sinks than for structural elements, but they can be used for support and other …
SCI event highlights steel construction opportunities
Entitled ‘Steel Construction 2030 – Opportunities and Needs’ the Steel Construction Institute’s [SCI] annual event, held at the Royal College of …
Cast-in plates
Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses the design of plates cast into concrete to connect to steel beams and the forthcoming SCI design guide. Introduction It …
AD 409: Recent Blue and Orange Book developments
Recent restructuring within the UK steel industry has led to new developments in the provision of structural steel design information produced by SCI; …
AD 407: Section Classification
SCI have been advised that some checking authorities have questioned the approach to calculating α and ψ, which are found in Table 5.2 of BS EN 1993-1-1:2005 …
News in Brief: May 2017
Kloeckner Metals UK/Westok has released version 10.3 of its cellbeam software package. New features include Eurocode design to EN 1993 and 1994 and enhanced …
AD 404: Columns in simple construction
SCI has received reports that some designers are disregarding the rules for the design of columns in braced frames (simple construction). In some cases the …
