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AD 286: Preloaded Bolts: The Net Effect of Applied Tension and Preload
Although the fundamental issues relating to the effect of applied tension and preload on bolts were covered in AD 184, which deals with preload due to …
40 Years Ago: New Water Chute at Southend’s Kursaal
A landmark familiar to several …
Payment provisions still disappoint
The long awaited consultation paper from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on reform of the Construction Act has now been published. BCSA Legal …
New and Revised Codes and Standards: March 2005
BS EN PUBLICATIONS The following are British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs). BSI has an obligation to …
Designing portal frames
Portal Frames account for some 40% of structural steelwork used in the UK, but they are far from simple structures. David Brown and Martin Heywood of the Steel …
Logistics drive shed expansion
Healthy demand for industrial portal frames, and especially large distribution warehouses, looks set to keep steelwork contractors busy for some time to come. …
On an upward curve
Fifty years’ experience and an approach based on engineering principles has given Angle Ring unsurpassed versatility in the growing market for curved steel. …
Bauhaus chooses steel
Steel replaced concrete as the framing material on a combined office and residential development in Manchester on which designers had to contend with differing …
Small firm carves a big reputation
Successful small firms in the UK steel industry are invariably driven by a single character, often the founder of the company. Ty Byrd talks to one such …
June 2005 – Steel success message spreads
The message about the remarkable success of the steel industry in capturing market share in the multi-storey sectors over the past 20 years has clearly spread …