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AD 512: Eurocode requirements for wind bracing connections
AD 509 reminded designers that according to BS 5950, preloaded assemblies are not required when reversal is solely due to wind loading. The AD recommended that …
AD 509: Non-slip connections in wind bracing
SCI have received reports that frame designers are specifying non-slip connections for wind bracing – typically on the elevations or in the roof – noting …
AD 507: Galvanizing steel of grade S460M
SCI has recently been asked whether the heating of thermomechanical rolled steel of grade S460M when subject to hot-dip galvanizing will affect the properties …
AD 504: Web to flange welds in box sections subject to bending and torsion
SCI has recently been asked about sizing welds between webs and flanges of a fabricated box section subject to applied torsion and bending. This AD note gives …
AD 502: Design to BS 5950 and other standards
The Advisory Desk is regularly asked whether it is acceptable to carry out structural designs to standards other than the Eurocodes. This note draws attention …
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 Steel Construction Technical Digest now available online
New Steel Construction’s (NSC) seventh Technical Digest, which brings together a year’s worth of technical guidance, is now available for download at: …
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 …
AD 493: Steel grade based on tested samples
The SCI has recently received a number of questions relating to the sampling of existing steelwork to determine the steel grade. In each case, no records of …
AD 491: Hydrogen embrittlement in structural bolting assemblies – effects and remedies
Introduction Hydrogen embrittlement is a mode of failure that can affect high strength structural steel bolts. It is a reduction in the ductility of steel due …
