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New Steel Construction Technical Digest now available online
New Steel Construction’s (NSC) seventh Technical Digest, which brings together a year’s worth of technical guidance, is now available for download at: …
Proposed changes to assessment of frame stability
In this second article looking at the forthcoming revisions to EN 1993-1-1, David Brown of the SCI considers the proposed guidance on frame stability with some …
Steel completes at Sheffield’s New Era development
Working on behalf of main contractor Bowmer + Kirkland, Shipley Structures has completed the steelwork erection for the two buildings that constitute phase two …
Stability and second order effects on steel structures – Part 2: design according to Eurocode 3
Ricardo Pimentel of the SCI illustrates the different methods provided by EN 1993-1-1 to address the topics of member stability, global frame stability and …
Exposed frame creates sustainable HQ
A steel-framed solution has created the desired contemporary and cost-efficient headquarters building a leading Lowestoft employer wanted. Based in the Suffolk …
Frame stability tool available online
A new web-based frame stability tool that evaluates the stability of multi-storey braced frames, in accordance with BS EN 1993-1-1 is now available at: …
AD 392: Frame stability tool on www.steelconstruction.info
This Advisory Desk note gives background information on the frame stability tool, recently added to www.steelconstruction.info. In order to retain the accurate …
Frame design to the Eurocode
SCI Deputy Director David Brown examines the important issues of frame imperfections, and frame stability. As the opportunity to design to the Eurocodes draws …
AD 282: Frame Stability and Load Combinations
This advisory desk note reminds designers that in-plane stability varies with each load combination considered. This is because the loads applied to a …
