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Composite Construction for Crown Office Block at Hastings
From Building with Steel August 1965 This is an ambitious building plan aimed at removing 800 staff from congested London to the more salubrious air of …
High Strength Steel
Nancy Baddoo and David Brown of the Steel Construction Institute discuss the design of high strength steel in accordance with BS EN 1993. In order to retain …
Light Steel Framing In Residential Construction (P402)
Light steel framing systems use galvanized cold formed steel sections as the primary structural components, which can be assembled as prefabricated panels. …
Codes and Standards – August 2015
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN 13381-9:2015 Test methods for determining the contribution to the fire resistance of structural members. Applied fire protection …
AD 390: Lateral Torsional Buckling of channels in accordance with EN 1993-1-1
Questions have been asked about how the lateral torsional buckling resistance of a channel should be calculated and how the effect of the load position can be …
Excellent Monument
Aiming to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating, The Monument Building will provide high quality office space in the heart of the City. Martin Cooper reports …
Steel supports sporting life
Structural steelwork has proven to be the ideal framing material for a new sports centre in Oldham. Once the textile spinning capital of the world and a …
The Next big thing
A large 25m-high distribution centre for Next is rapidly taking shape on the outskirts of Doncaster. The UK’s distribution centre sector is on the up with a …
Circus feat
A new commercial development on Finsbury Circus in the City of London has thrown-up a number of unique challenges, reports Martin Cooper. Overlooking the City …
Steel spearheads docks regeneration
An £11M flagship steel-framed office development – one of the initial phases of Birkenhead’s Wirral Waters regeneration scheme – will be completed …
