This month’s featured stories
Design and manufacturing with computer software
In this article NSC examines how computer software supports the full steelwork design and manufacturing process, the benefits it delivers to the steel …
The use of S355 fin plates
Increasing interest in the use of S355 for fin plates prompted questions about the stiffness of such connections – are they still nominally pinned? David …
Spanning the centuries
English Heritage is undertaking a major conservation programme to repair and conserve the world’s first single span cast iron arch bridge. Spanning the River …
Steel leaves hospital design in good health
The flexibility of steelwork has come to the fore on a hospital project where an expandable and adaptable design has been successfully used. Rising up on the …
Pooling resources
Steel construction has come to the fore to create two large wedge-shaped halls, topped with wave-like roofs to house a waterpark and leisure space. Martin …
Bridge links city bypass
Forming an important part of the Lincoln A15 Eastern Bypass, a weathering steel bridge carrying two railway lines has been successfully installed. Covering a …
Cumbrian airport takes off
Carlisle Lake District Airport has received significant investment to build a new steel-framed terminal building, which will allow the facility to begin …
SSDA reaches 50
Having started in 1969, the Structural Steel Design Awards are this year celebrating their 50th anniversary. In the first of a series of articles, NSC looks …
Design and construction with light gauge steel
NSC highlights some of the advantages that can be had from using light steel framing solutions. Light steel framing is an offsite manufacturing process that …
The resistance of cross sections subject to shear and bending – theoretical analysis and practical design rules
Sections subject to both bending and shear have a reduced bending resistance where the shear force is greater than half the shear resistance. Richard Henderson …
