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Fire protection guidance from ASFP
The Association for Specialist Fire Protection (ASFP) has recently published the 6th Edition of the ‘Yellow Book’, Volume 1. David Brown of the Steel …
New and revised codes and standards: from BSI Updates April 2025
BRITISH STANDARDS PUBLISHED NA TO BS EN 1997-2:2024Eurocode 7. Geotechnical design. Ground properties.supersedes NA to BS EN 1997-2:2007 BRITISH STANDARDS …
What’s changing in the updated FprEN 1993 Eurocode 3 – Design of Steel Structures?
A European Design Standard, with country specific annexes and design guides Eurocode 3 provides both general and structure specific recommendations for the …
Design at elevated temperatures – unrestrained beams
Previous articles on the design of members at elevated temperatures covered restrained beams and columns. This third article in the series by David Brown of …
AD 541: Imposed roof loads in combination with PV
Photovoltaic arrays (PV) are becoming common on roofs. They’re increasingly being added to new structures and retrofitted to existing ones. The UK National …
New and revised codes and standards: from BSI Updates March 2025
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 19650-6:2025Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering works, including building …
Supporting a boundary elevation
For decades, the detailing of boundary walls of single-storey buildings has followed guidance in P313 and before that, in P087, and going back further, advice …
AD 539: Locking devices for fasteners subject to vibration
SCI is occasionally asked about nuts coming loose if joints are subject to vibration. A number of solutions are possible of which the following are examples. …
New and revised codes and standards from BSI Updates February 2025
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 8044:2025Corrosion of metals and alloys. Vocabulary.supersedes BS EN ISO 8044:2020 NEW WORK STARTED BS 1993-1-5 NA to BS ENUK …
What is fire resistance?
Graham Couchman of the Steel Construction Institute charts the history of fire resistance in structural engineering, and concludes that designs, in the most …
