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Bridge links city bypass
Forming an important part of the Lincoln A15 Eastern Bypass, a weathering steel bridge carrying two railway lines has been successfully installed. Covering a …
Cumbrian airport takes off
Carlisle Lake District Airport has received significant investment to build a new steel-framed terminal building, which will allow the facility to begin …
SSDA reaches 50
Having started in 1969, the Structural Steel Design Awards are this year celebrating their 50th anniversary. In the first of a series of articles, NSC looks …
Design and construction with light gauge steel
NSC highlights some of the advantages that can be had from using light steel framing solutions. Light steel framing is an offsite manufacturing process that …
The resistance of cross sections subject to shear and bending – theoretical analysis and practical design rules
Sections subject to both bending and shear have a reduced bending resistance where the shear force is greater than half the shear resistance. Richard Henderson …
AD 417: Resistance of sections to combined shear and bending
This Advisory Desk note reminds designers that the form of the section has a significant impact on the reduction of bending resistance under high shear. Clause …
New plant houses have been built ‘inside out’
The new exhibition plant house and orchid house at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, are structures of unusual shape and design. The buildings have been …
New and revised codes & standards from BSI Updates March 2018
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 11126-10:2017 Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products. Specifications for non-metallic …
International steel conference comes to London
The Worldsteel Association will be holding its Construction Conference 2018 in London from 17-18 April, with a number of British Constructional Steelwork …
Barnshaws offers expanded induction bending capacity
Steel bending specialist Barnshaws Section Benders is now offering customers induction pipe bending up to a size of 32 inches at its West Midlands headquarters …
