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Double decker steel warehouse just the ticket for Ikea
A two-storey steel-framed Ikea store is due to begin construction in Reading during June. Main contractor for the project is RG Group and it has yet to appoint …
Additions enhance City office block
A former banking headquarters in the City of London is being converted into a new and spacious office development with additional new structural steel …
Steel takes centre stage in Liverpool
Steelwork played a starring role in the construction of one of Europe’s greenest venues and the first to earn a BREEAM rating. In the latest of our Project …
Safeguarding road and rail with steel
The installation of new steel beams will enhance the safeguarding of a viaduct that carries a busy trunk road over the East Coast Main Line railway. Built in …
Portal frames waste treatment
An environmentally friendly waste treatment facility in Essex, housed within a number of large steel structures, has required some thoughtful design work. …
Calculating the C1 factor for lateral torsional buckling
David Brown of the SCI proposes expressions for C1 for use with linear and non-linear bending moment diagrams. In order to retain the accurate formatting of …
New and revised codes & standards – October/November 2013
CORRIGENDA TO BRITISH STANDARDS BS EN 1998-3:2005 Eurocode 8. Design of structures for earthquake resistance. Assessment and retrofitting of buildings …
AD 378: Web resistance to transverse loads according to BS EN 1993-1-5
Web resistance (which used to be described as web bearing and web buckling) is covered by Section 6 of BS EN 1993-1-5[1]. Although this Eurocode covers plated …
An umbrella for Oxford Circus
From Building with Steel November 1963 At 1.30 pm on Saturday August 3rd 1963, Oxford Circus and the surrounding streets were closed to all road traffic and …
Joints in steel construction: Moment-Resisting joints to Eurocode 3 (P398)
This publication covers the design of moment-resisting joints in accordance with Eurocode 3. Moment-resisting joints are typically found in portal frames and …
