Technical
AD 305: Stiffness and Rotation of Moment Connections
The issue of connection stiffness and rotation for bolted end-plate moment connections arose recently at a connection workshop and concerned the stiffness of a …
New and Revised Codes and Standards: September 2006
BS EN PUBLICATIONS The following are British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs). BSI has an obligation to …
Steel Construction and Thermal Bridging
Thermal bridging has become more of an issue following the introduction of the latest revision of Part L of the Building Regulations for England and Wales in …
Lateral torsional buckling and slenderness
The expression for slenderness used in the lateral torsional buckling checks given in BSEN1993-1-1:2005 is different to that given in BS5950-1:2000. Mary …
AD 304: Columns in Braced Bays and Nominal Moments
Following the publication of AD 275 concerning columns in simple construction further questions have been asked about the design of columns in braced bays of …
New and Revised Codes and Standards: July and August 2006
BS EN PUBLICATIONS The following are British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs). BSI has an obligation to …
Definitive guidance for high-rise construction
The BCSA has published the latest in its series of Health and Safety Executive (HSE) endorsed guides for steel erection. The new book, Erection of Multi-Storey …
P076 Vibrations of floors
New publication on vibrations of floors dispels the misconception that steel framed floors have difficulty in achieving serviceability performance …
AD 303: Disproportionate collapse regulations in Scotland
The purpose of this AD note is to highlight the existence of technical advice produced by the Scottish Building Standards Agency (SBSA) that should take …
New and Revised Codes and Standards: July & August 2006
BS EN PUBLICATIONS The following are British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs). BSI has an obligation to …
