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Award – Moorgate Exchange, London
Large open plan floorplates and a sloping terraced façade are two elements adorning this City of London Grade A office development. Designed as a large …
Tata Steel Asymmetric Slimflor® Beams now more accessible
Tata Steel has relaunched its responsibly sourced Asymmetric Slimflor® Beams (ASBs) making them more accessible than ever before, with a shorter production …
Market design checks out with steel
Two eight-storey steel framed commercial buildings are spearheading a major investment programme for the St James’s area in central London. Martin Cooper …
AD 330: Vibration of steel staircases
The Advisory Desk has received a number of queries asking for guidance on vi- bration of steel staircases. In fact, guidance is already given in several parts …
Design of Floors for Vibration: A New Approach
This publication provides guidance for vibration design of all steel-framed floor and building types. Vibration measurements taken over the last 10 years on …
AD 312 Vibration Dose Values
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 tests demonstrate superior performance of steel-framed floors
Recent vibration tests on composite floors in steel-framed hospital buildings have confirmed that the real performance of composite floors is superior to that …
Letters: April 2005
NSC welcomes letters from readers on steel construction related issues. Please keep your letters brief — the editor reserves the right to condense. …
Tackling the residential market
The use of steel in multi-storey residential projects is increasing. It offers economic and fast solutions. There are strong positive trends in the UK market …
October 2005 – Steel’s competitive edge
Good news from Davis Langdon whose annual cost comparison between steel frames and concrete has once again proven that steel provides the most advantageous and …