Advisory Desk
AD 371: Design of cold-formed steel trapezoidal sheeting
Load/span tables provided by manufacturers are often used for the design of cold-formed steel trapezoidal profile sheeting (commonly referred to as decking). …
AD 370: Weld design for beam end plate connections in accordance with SCI P358
This Advisory Desk Note provides guidance on (1) the design of beam to end plate welds and (2) the “Alternative weld design” noted in Appendix C of P358, …
AD 369: Steel bearing piles – Pile driving formulae and driving resistance
This Advisory Desk Note provides guidance on the use of pile driving formulae commonly encountered when considering the design and installation of steel …
AD 368: Shear resistance of I-sections in P363
This Advisory Desk Note provides clarification and further guidance on the design shear resistance values given in SCI P363 Steel building design: Design data …
AD 367: Construction loading for composite slabs – update to P364
This Advisory Desk Note provides clarification about the different design approaches adopted in worked examples in SCI publications P359 and P364. Although the …
AD 366: Bolts and Pins – Background information ASM 22.3.12
This advisory desk note provides background information on the design issues for bolts and pins, and why there are different design rules for each component. …
AD 365: Welding of shear studs to galvanized steel beams
This Advisory Desk note confirms the advice that shear studs should not be welded to hot-dipped galvanized beams. This advice at first appears to contradict …
AD 364: Welding stainless steel
This Advisory Desk Note provides guidance on welding stainless steel and gives references for further information. Stainless steel can be readily welded to …
AD 363: Geotechnical actions on structures – choice of partial factors
BS EN 1990:2002, Eurocode – Basis of structural design, sets out rules for the determination of design values of the effects of actions on structures. The …
AD 362: Headed shear studs – Resistance and minimum degree of shear connection in composite beams with decking
This Advisory Desk note highlights the key changes to BS 5950-3.1:1990 as a result of Amendment no 1, issued in January 2010. Amendment 1 reflects the findings …
