Technical
AD 500: Tolerance at cantilever tips
Although BS EN 1090-2 and the National Structural Steelwork Specification (NSSS 7th) include a permitted deviation at the tip of a pre-set cantilever, this AD …
A milestone in advisory desk notes
The issue of AD 500 marks a significant achievement in the provision of technical advice to the steel construction industry. Advice was issued from 1988 within …
New and revised codes and standards – from BSI Updates January 2023
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 11127-6:2022Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products. Test methods for non-metallic …
Use of fibre-reinforced concrete in composite slabs (part 1)
Recent years have seen increasing interest in replacing the reinforcement mesh with steel fibres in composite slabs on steel decking. In this first of two …
AD 497: NHSS 20 – SHW Series 1800 Certification Requirements
BCSA has been made aware of a number of steelwork contractors, who intend working on schemes where the National Highways Specification Series 1800 for …
New and revised codes and standards, from BSI Updates November and December 2022
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 1461:2022Hot dip galvanized coatings on fabricated iron and steel articles. Specifications and test methodssupersedes BS EN ISO …
Composite slabs with in-plane loading
Although composite slabs are normally designed as one-way spanning and subject to (out-of-plane) gravity loading only, they often need to do more than this. …
AD 496: Toughness testing of bolts
Bolts used in environments subject to low temperatures that fall outside the range of temperatures usually encountered, such as in cold stores, may require …
New and revised codes and standards from BSI Updates October 2022
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 4014:2022Fasteners. Hexagon head bolts. Product grades A and Bsupersedes BS EN ISO 4014:2011 BS EN ISO 4016:2022Fasteners. Hexagon …
More from the history of steel design code development
David Brown of the SCI looks at the work of Professor J. F. Baker, author of The Steel Skeleton, finding many issues of direct relevance to today’s designers …
