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February issue of New Steel Construction online
This month’s issue of New Steel Construction is now available online at www.newsteelconstruction.com, featuring a unique blend of reports from the sites of …
Complex curves made easy with steel
The latest issue of Steel Solutions – a bi annual supplement created in association with the monthly Architecture Today magazine – is released on Friday (6 …
New SCCS Certification Board members sought
The British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) is seeking new Certification Board members for its Steel Construction Certification Scheme (SCCS), a …
Crossrail bridge installed during weekend possession
Cleveland Bridge has installed a 35m-long steel box girder bridge deck in east London, during a 51-hour rail possession, as part of the wider multi-million …
Swindon’s Regent Circus opens this week
The final part of Swindon’s steel framed £16.6M Regent Circus scheme is set to open this Friday [6 February] when the six-screen Cineworld throws open its …
Unusual Roof design at Tokyo Olympic Village
From Building with Steel November 1964 Japanese architects provided some unusual and rather daring roof designs for several of the buildings in the Olympic …
Eurocode verification of a runway beam subject to wheel loads – Part 1
Dorota Koschmidder-Hatch of the SCI describes the design of runway beams carrying an underslung hoist or crane to BS EN 1993-6 – in particular the …
Specifying the right Execution Class
Dr David Moore explains the concept of Execution Class and provides guidance on selecting the right level of quality and assurance controls needed to ensure a …
Codes & Standards: From BSI Updates December 2014 & January 2015
BRITISH STANDARDS BS 3692:2014 ISO metric precision hexagon bolts, screws and nuts. Specification Supersedes BS 3692:2001 BS 4190:2014 ISO metric black hexagon …
AD 386: Clarification of notch dimensions and shear resistances in SCI P358 (Green Book on Simple Joints)
On page T-4 of SCI P358[1], Table G.1 Note 4 states that for double notched beams, the remaining depth of web is taken as the end plate length. This is …
