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SCI Members’ Event
Over eighty people signed up for the SCI Members Day on 3rd July, and came to Ascot to hear about current developments and network around a BBQ in the evening. …
Combined axial load and bending
In the latest article on design of steel to the Eurocodes, David Brown, Deputy Director of SCI explains how combined axial load and bending are covered. …
Countdown to Eurocode Implementation
Progress on National Annexes Unfortunately, there is little news about the publication of key National Annexes. The National Annex to the wind load- ing part, …
The new blue book
The new ‘Blue Book’ of member resistances to EC3 is nearing completion. David Brown, Deputy Director of SCI introduces some of the significant …
BCSA appoints welding and fabrication manager
Jeff Garner, previously Principal Engineer at Mott MacDonald, has been appointed as the new BCSA Welding and Fabrication Manager. Mr Garner is a certified …
Web Bearing and Buckling to BS EN 1993-1 + Buckling modes of angles and channels in compression
The development of the new Blue Book on member resistances highlighted some new methods. Edurne Nunez Moreno of the SCI explains the background to two of the …
Countdown to Eurocode Implementation
New European Fabrication Standard EN 1090-2 is the European standard for the fabrication and erection of structural steelwork – or “execution” as it is …
News in Brief – April 2008
The following National Annexes have been approved for publication subject to minor amendment: EC3 Part 1.1 – General rules and rules for buildings; EC3 …
SCI to consult industry on Eurocode transition
British Standards (BSI) has contracted SCI to find out what designers need in making the switch to Eurocodes, with the aim of creating a new generation of …
Loads and ULS Load combinations to the Eurocodes
In the language of the Eurocodes, ‘dead loads’ become ‘permanent actions’, imposed loads, snow loads and wind loads are collectively called ‘variable …
