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Yorkshire gets fitness boost
An economically-designed steel-framed leisure centre is set to provide the local community in Bradford with modern sporting facilities. One of the more active …
Steel creates sporting legacy
A value-engineered and highly efficient steel-framed sports hub will help the University of Warwick achieve its ambitious physical activity targets. Due to …
Lessons learnt in steel
A standardised steel-framed design is helping a school project in the North East of England to quickly take shape. Martin Cooper reports from Hartlepool. Part …
Reaching new heights in the Midlands
Topping out at 23-storeys high, a student accommodation project will be Coventry’s tallest building. Martin Cooper reports. Car manufacturing, including the …
An introduction to preloaded bolting
NSC reports on bolted connections, and the regulations, standards and current practice for preloaded bolting. Bolted connections in structural steel can be …
Composite beam design at elevated temperature: comparisons between different temperature distributions in the concrete flange
Several resources give guidance on the temperature profile through composite slabs; BS 5950-8, EN 1994-1-2 and NCCI PN005C-GB. Ricardo Pimentel of the SCI …
Fabricating the Irwell Valley Bridge
The Irwell Valley Bridge is a single span road bridge, over 200 ft long, comprising seven trapezoidal box girders. Each girder was fabricated at the works in …
New and revised codes & standards: from BSI Updates October 2018
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 15626:2018 Non-destructive testing of welds. Time-of-flight diffraction technique (TOFD). Acceptance levels Supersedes BS EN ISO …
AD 424: Shear stud length
SCI has been advised that shear studs which are shorter than usual have been placed on the market in the UK, and this AD warns against using them unless the …
Bloomberg European HQ wins 2018 Stirling Prize
Having won a Structural Steel Design Award, Bloomberg’s pioneering new European headquarters in the City of London has also collected the 2018 RIBA Stirling …
