Technical
AD 410: Pouring concrete to a constant thickness or to a constant plane
Composite flooring systems comprising concrete and profiled steel decking supported by a grillage of primary and secondary steel members are a popular form of …
New and revised codes & standards from BSI Updates July and August 2017
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 636:2017 Welding consumables. Rods, wires and deposits for tungsten inert gas welding of non-alloy and fine-grain steels. …
The design of hybrid fabricated girders – part 2
In Part Two of the article, David Brown of the SCI discusses the lateral torsional buckling resistance and shear resistance of hybrid
AD 409: Recent Blue and Orange Book developments
Recent restructuring within the UK steel industry has led to new developments in the provision of structural steel design information produced by SCI; …
New and revised codes & standards: from BSI Updates June 2017
NEW WORK STARTED ISO 11124-1 Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products. Specifications for metallic blast-cleaning …
The design of hybrid fabricated girders
David Brown of the SCI discusses the design of hybrid fabricated girders. In the first part of the article, some background is presented, and a worked example …
AD 408: Effective length of cantilevers
SCI has recently been contacted regarding the effective length of cantilevers and the effective length factors applied for destabilizing loads which are …
New and revised codes & standards: from BSI Updates May 2017
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 8503-5:2017 Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products. Surface roughness characteristics …
Building Consequence Classes and the link to Execution Classes
Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses the evolution of Building Consequence Classes and the link between them and Execution Classes of structures. The …
AD 407: Section Classification
SCI have been advised that some checking authorities have questioned the approach to calculating α and ψ, which are found in Table 5.2 of BS EN 1993-1-1:2005 …
