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Building success in Shanghai
Janet Kealey reports. Over 10 years in China, Atlas Ward Structures Ltd has worked through changes in regulations, in the environment and competition. This was …
AD 266: Shear Connection in composite beams
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Met Office Relocation to Exeter
New offices are being built in Exeter for the Met Office. It is a major development, accommodating a large staff and a huge computer system in an …
A new generation hangar for Farnborough Airport
Farnborough airport, long the home of the famous air shows, is being re-developed as a business airport. TAG Aviation, the new owners, wanted hangars with a …
How Concrete Shrinkage Affects Composite Steel Beams
Concrete shrinks. Not much, but enough to warrant thinking about in design. Steel doesn’t, so in composite construction shrinkage of insitu concrete slabs …
Unbraced Frames – Sway Stability
Having looked at braced frames in the November/December 2002 issue of New Steel Construction, this article considers unbraced frames, often known as …
Making the Dublin Spire
The 400-foot high stainless steel spike recently erected in Dublin needed some very careful manufacturing and erection techniques. Craig Barnshaw reports. …
Shaldon Bridge Strengthening
Shaldon Bridge is a concrete viaduct, with a lifting span, across the River Teign and adjacent marshes. It has been strengthened with steel. Work was …
AD 265: Matching bolts, nuts and washers
From time to time questions arise concerning the appropriate combinations of bolts, nuts and washers to specify when used in structural steelwork. The SCI has …
Construction of the Boyne Bridge
Environmental constraints prevented this very large cable-stayed bridge from being assembled by normal techniques. It had to be put together on one side and …
