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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 …
AD 489: Height of shear studs
AD 380 entitled “What height of shear stud should be used in Eurocode 4?” provided interim advice on the height/length of shear studs to be used in design …
AD 484: Snow design situations
This advisory note aims to offer clarity when considering snow loading – in particular the drifted snow design situations. Snow loads are covered by BS EN …
AD 480: Correction to P399 Appendix F Worked Example
It has been brought to our attention that in the worked example presented in SCI publication P399 Design of steel portal frame buildings to Eurocode 3, the …
New Steel Construction Technical Digest now available online
New Steel Construction’s (NSC) sixth Technical Digest, which brings together a year’s worth of technical guidance, is now available for download at: …
AD 466: Probability factors applied to characteristic wind and snow loads for non-standard return periods
In order to retain the accurate formatting of the equations in this AD Note, this article is available as a pdf download only. Click here to download and view …
