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News in Brief: March 2012
The BCSA website www.steelconstruction.org now contains a new page on bolting competency. The page can be found under ‘Technical Resources’ and features …
Arts centre to reinvigorate waterfront
A new £7.8M arts centre is under construction on the banks of the River Clyde at Greenock. Part of a wider redevelopment of former industrial land along the …
A view of torsion, Part 2
In Part One, the two mechanisms by which a member can resist torsion were introduced. One of them, so-called ‘warping’, can be simply understood – not as …
Delivering a complete solution for schools
Metsec is delivering the steel framing systems for a Building Schools for the Future programme being undertaken by main contractor Balfour Beatty. The …
British Museum expands with steel
Steelwork erection will begin this summer for a new World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre at the British Museum in London. Rowecord Engineering will erect …
A forum for professionals
The Steel in Fire Forum is a discussion group for those interested in the behaviour of steel framed structures under the influence of fire. BCSA Sustainability …
Technical Report: Design of Light Steel Sections to Eurocode 3 (ED005)
Light steel members are especially prone to local buckling, within this new report the design consequences of this behaviour are dealt with in depth, notably …
New and revised codes & standards: From BSI updates February 2012
UPDATED BRITISH STANDARDS BS EN 1998-2:2005+A2:2011 Eurocode 8. Design of structures for earthquake resistance. Bridges AMENDMENT 2 Also incorporates Amendment …
Looking to the future
The worst of the downturn in construction demand is hopefully behind us, and new BCSA Director General Sarah McCann-Bartlett is looking ahead to future …
March 2012 – Target Zero raises the bar
What do a Merseyside school, a warehouse in Stoke, a Stockton-on-Tees supermarket, an office block in Paddington and a hotel in Salford have in common? They …