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Essential guide for specifiers and buyers out now
This essential Directory for Specifiers and Buyers in the steel construction industry is now available. The directory lists details of every BCSA member for …
Structural Fire Design: Off-site Applied Thin Film Intumescent Coatings
This publication is presented in two parts. Part 1 covers the background to the use of off site applied intumescent coatings for structural steelwork and …
Steel Designers’ Manual
“It is hard to imagine that there is any steel topic that doesn’t receive at least a mention in this book. Even if you can’t find the complete answer, …
40 Years Ago: Progress Report on the Severn Bridge
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 …
AD 285: Floor Systems for Simple Construction using Discontinuous Columns and Continuous Beams
This AD provides advice on the floor-plate systems to be used with discontinuous (storey-high) columns and continuous beams in simple construction. AD 281 …
High grade steel: the new standard for cost effectiveness
High grade steel is becoming much more popular. Richard Barrett, Chairman of BCSA’s Process and Technical Committee, explains why modern designers …
Steel design can be simple using EC3
Many steel designers still hanker for the simpler days of BS 499. But could a simple BS 449-like approach emerge from the apparent complexity of Eurocode 3, …
Dancing columns at Waterloo
A new London office development in Southwark challenges some of the preconceptions of what a building should look like and presented a few challenges to the …
Modelling scores at Arsenal’s new home
Arsenal FC’s new home ground is ahead of schedule and looks like being a jewel among stadiums. David Fowler reports on the game plan from pitchside. …
April 2005 – International effort will boost use of steel
News of a major International drive by steel manufacturers to enhance the attractiveness of their products to construction should come as welcome news to UK …