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Merit: Scarborough Footbridge, York
Reminiscent of Viking longboats, a new weathering steel pedestrian and cycle bridge has improved access between York railway station and the city centre. …
SSDA National Finalists
The Balfour, Kirkwall, Orkney A steel-framed design helped NHS Orkney realise its wish to have a unique hospital that attended to the Islands’ needs. Known …
AI: the future of iterative design
Craig Johnson, Regional Account Manager – Steel Division at Trimble, explores the future potential that Artificial Intelligence could bring to the world of …
New and revised codes & standards from BSI Updates September 2020
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 23387:2020 Building information modelling (BIM). Data templates for construction objects used in the life cycle of built assets. …
Design of beam-column splice connections according to Eurocode 3
Ricardo Pimentel of the SCI discusses the design of beam-column splice connections considering second-order effects due to combined flexural and lateral …
AD450: Resistance of composite slabs to concentrated loads
EN 1994-1-1 clause 9.4.3 is entitled effective width of composite slabs under concentrated point and line loads. It has been the cause of much confusion, as …
Structural Steel Design Awards 1970
As in 1969, the British Steel Corporation in conjunction with the British Constructional Steelwork Association has presented awards for structural steelwork …
Winners announced at 52nd Structural Steel Design Awards
Six projects were Award winners at this year’s Structural Steel Design Awards (SSDA). The six winning projects at the 52nd annual SSDA were Tintagel …
Call for minimum UK content in HS2 constructional steelwork
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) is calling on the UK Government to introduce a minimum UK content of 90% for the HS2 infrastructure …
BCSA’s guide to steel’s carbon credentials now available
Providing guidance and information to designers, to help them in their decision making as they strive to address the climate emergency, the British …
