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New and Revised Codes & Standards: May 2007
BS EN PUBLICATIONS The following are British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs). BSI has an obligation to …
AD 313: Precast concrete floors in steel framed buildings: Achieving floor diaphragm action and acoustic performance
The purpose of this AD note is to highlight the existence of the new acoustic details for precast concrete separating floors in steel-framed buildings that are …
New and Revised Codes & Standards: May 2007
BS EN PUBLICATIONS The following are British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs). BSI has an obligation to …
Design of Floors for Vibration: A New Approach
This publication provides guidance for vibration design of all steel-framed floor and building types. Vibration measurements taken over the last 10 years on …
AD 312 Vibration Dose Values
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 …
Design of Floors for Vibration: A New Approach
New design guidance from SCI, including a section dealing with hospitals, lays to rest worries about the vibration performance of floors of steel framed …
Precast concrete floors in steel framed buildings
This publication provides best practice information on detailing, construction methods and how to satisfy building regulations for the use of precast floor …
AD 311: T-sections in bending – stem in compression
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 …
New and Revised Codes & Standards: April 2007
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS BS 5400:- Steel, concrete and composite bridges BS 5400-10:1980 Code of practice for fatigue This is to inform customers who have …
Overall stability of multi-span portal sheds at right-angles to the portal spans
SCI’s Senior Manager for Standards, Charles M King, explains the approach for design of long-span portal sheds. In order to retain the accurate formatting of …
