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Champagne design
Martin Cooper reports from a Hampshire vineyard that is expanding its facilities with a steel-framed wine cellar. If one was listing famous winemaking regions …
Jamestown – building for future strength
The steel industry is becoming more and more competitive and Jamestown says that in order to thrive now and in the future, it needs to constantly improve. …
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 …
AD 429: Slip factors for alkali-zinc silicate paint
This AD note draws attention to the slip factors for alkali-zinc silicate painted faying surfaces considered in AD 383 which have been updated in the 2018 …
New and revised codes & standards – from BSI Updates March 2019
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 5817:2014 – Tracked Changes Welding. Fusion-welded joints in steel, nickel, titanium and their alloys (beam welding excluded). …
GEAI, Rouen
Like many other highly industrialised nations, France has sought to solve its desperate housing problems by making use of prefabricated structures, in steel as …
Major milestone reached on A14 improvement scheme – the UK’s biggest road upgrade
Highways England has announced that structural works for the 750m-long River Great Ouse Viaduct, which forms a major part of the A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon …
Steel takes off for Luton Airport car park
Working on behalf of Buckingham Group, James Killelea is fabricating, supplying and erecting 2,450t of steelwork for Luton Airport’s new five-level …
Fabsec launches updated cellular beam software
Long span cellular beam designer Fabsec, has launched its updated FBEAM 2019 software, which it claims will help steelwork designers achieve greater levels of …
Bespoke design for central London mixed-use scheme
Located in the central London district of Fitzrovia, the 80 Charlotte Street development is using an architecturally-driven bespoke design, which includes all …
