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Shoppers’ beacon
A nautical themed shopping centre extension is set to reinvigorate Eastbourne town centre. Martin Cooper reports. A new name, new shops, new restaurants and a …
Steel frame accommodates innovation
A flat soffit and exposed steelwork will all work towards creating a suitable industrial-looking environment for a university’s engineering and research …
ArcelorMittal zeroes in on waste
Sustainability tops the agenda at ArcelorMittal as the company acts to help create a more sustainable future for the steel industry and the environment. …
All about stockholding
NSC highlights the services steel stockholders provide, the benefits they offer and some of the standards and requirements applicable to this sector. Steel …
Members subject to combined bending and compression
David Brown of the SCI reviews the options and available resources that can be used to simplify the design checks and determine the required resistance data. …
‘Back-to-Back’ Cantilever Hangar
Aeroplanes get larger and larger, consequently hangars to house them must grow at a similar rate – and this inevitably means greater cost. The Lockheed …
AD 416: Artificially reducing the effective width of slab to satisfy shear connection requirements
In composite construction, the effective width of slab to be used in composite beam design, as calculated from BS EN 1994-1-1 (clause 5.4.1.2) and the former …
New and revised codes & standards – From BSI Updates February 2018
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 544:2017 Welding consumables. Technical delivery conditions for filler materials and fluxes. Type of product, dimensions, …
Steel maintains its dominance in key markets
Structural steelwork maintained its leading position in key sectors of the UK’s structural frames market according to the 2017 Market Share survey by …
Survey casts vote for steel
The latest market research on the UK market for structural frames by independent researchers Construction Markets shows a healthy and continued market …