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New and Revised Codes and Standards: February 2006
BS EN PUBLICATIONS The following are British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs). BSI has an obligation to …
Design of Cruciform Sections using BS 5950-1:2000
Many engineers will be relatively unfamiliar with torsional modes of buckling, but they are explicitly covered in the Eurocodes. Steel Construction Institute …
Liverpool vaults ahead
A large distribution warehouse forms the centrepiece of a brand new, 2.5 million ft² business park on Merseyside. Victoria Gough reports on the latest sign …
Sunderland scores with prestige apartments
Rising up on the site of a former newspaper office, a new steel framed residential block is set to become one of Sunderland’s most prominent landmarks. …
Trusses create Belfast collision free zone
Use of a shipyard for fabricating trusses has enabled the construction team to meet a tight construction programme on a major commercial and retail …
New control tower checks in
Speed is everything at a modern airport which is why designers were swayed by the fast construction time of steel for a new control tower at Heathrow. Being …
Honda selects design and build
A prestigious business park is rapidly expanding with two new steel warehouses, one a design build unit for Honda and the other Swindon’s largest ever …
Steel frames British Land’s sustainability strategy
Many of the biggest projects in the busy City of London property development scene are overseen by one of the smallest client in-house construction teams in …
Fire safe design: A new approach to multi-storey steel-framed buildings (Second Edition)
‘Fire performance of composite steel framed buildings is much better than is indicated by fire resistance tests on isolated elements’. The first edition of …
Insulated render systems used with light steel framing
This publication was prepared in response to an industry demand for guidance on insulated rendered cladding systems as applied to light steel framing. It …
