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Codes and Standards: From BSI Update September 2014
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 4017:2014 Fasteners. Hexagon head screws. Product grades A and B Supersedes BS EN ISO 4017:2011 [br-strip] UPDATED BRITISH …
Thermal bridging in steel framed buildings
Mark Lawson and Guillaume Vannier of SCI report on the results of an EU project. In order to retain the accurate formatting of the equations and tables in this …
AD 383 – Use of alkali-zinc silicate paint in slip-resistant bolted connections
The Advisory Desk has been made aware of some concerns about the use of alkali-zinc silicate paint in slip resistant connections, such that the structural …
Matters of principle – Part two
In Part One Alastair Hughes outlined the distinction between Principles and Application Rules in Eurocode design philosophy. Part Two picks out some examples …
New and revised codes & standards – From BSI Update August 2014
BS IMPLEMENTATIONS BS ISO 4998:2014 Continuous hop-dip zinc-coated and zinc-iron alloy-coated carbon steel sheet of structural quality Supersedes BS ISO …
CE Marking now mandatory
As from 1 July the Construction Products Regulation required the CE Marking of all fabricated structural steelwork. It is now a legal requirement to use CE …
New and revised codes & standards from BSI Update June and July 2014
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 21670:2014 Fasteners. Hexagon weld nuts with flange No current standard is superseded BS IMPLEMENTATIONS BS ISO 15510:2014 …
Matters of principle – Part one
In this two part article Alastair Hughes examines the distinction between Principles and Application Rules, which is dear to the heart of the Eurocodes …
AD 382: Bending resistance and moment-shear interaction limits for longitudinally stiffened beams designed to EN 1993-1-5
In order to retain the accurate formatting of the equations in this advisory desk, this article is available as a pdf download only. Click here to download …
AD 381: Fatigue assessment of non-standard bridge details
The Advisory Desk has been made aware of some instances of fatigue failure in cross beam to main girder connections, arising from the use of a …
