Technical
Acoustic Performance – Case Studies
“Steel residential buildings demonstrate excellent acoustic performance” The first in the series, these four case studies, provide actual acoustic test …
AD 317: Use of integral crossheads in skew highway bridges
Guidance Note 1.02 in the Steel Bridge Group publication Guidance Notes on best practice in steel bridge construction (P185) includes advice about the use of …
Setting standards within the offsite sector: The Buildoffsite Registration Scheme
Bassam Burgan, SCI Deputy Director, explains the advantages of the first offsite sector specific scheme that focuses on the safe and competent delivery of …
Steel still the cost effective choice
Structural steel framing solutions have again been confirmed as faster and cheaper to build than reinforced concrete alternatives in the latest update of a …
The case for steel
Nick Barrett starts a series of articles that will provide designers with a comprehensive outline of why their choice of constructional steelwork represents …
Sustainability of steel in housing and residential buildings
This publication summarises the requirements for sustainability in construction and presents the broad sustainability benefits of steel technologies used in …
Codes & Standards: From BSI updates October 2007
BRITISH STANDARDS PP 1990:2007 Extracts from the Structural Eurocodes for students of structural design No current standard is superseded BRITISH STANDARDS …
AD 316: BS 5950-1: 2000, Amendment No 1
Design engineers should be aware that Amendment No 1 (BSI reference Amendment No 17137) to BS 5950-1: 2000 has been issued, dated 31st August 2007. The new …
CE Marking
Dr Roger Pope, BCSA Technical Consultant, explains what CE Marking will mean to the steel construction industry. Public Safety CE Marks have already appeared …
Countdown to Eurocode Implementation
When can Eurocode design begin? Realistically, even though most parts of the Eurocodes themselves are available, design to the Eurocodes is really only …
