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Steel stacks up
Structural steelwork’s numerous attributes have come to the fore on a school project in north west London, where the material has helped produce an efficient …
Safe keeping
The self-storage market has grown rapidly in the UK over the last decade and steel construction has proven to be the ideal framing solution for these projects. …
Bolt slip in connections
The effect of bolt slip in truss connections is an issue that is raised with SCI from time to time in various contexts. Richard Henderson discusses some of the …
Connection design in trusses
A general article about steel trusses which touched on choice of members and their orientation but did not go into detail about designing connections was …
Fringe development
Located on the edge of the City of London, a 21-storey commercial building represents Phase 2 of a prestigious Aldgate redevelopment scheme. Nestled just …
Steel construction with trusses
Richard Henderson of the SCI discusses the use of trusses in
Retail buys into city centre revamp
The regeneration of Sheffield city centre’s main shopping area is on going with steel construction playing a pivotal role. The Moor has been Sheffield city …
Frame stability tool available online
A new web-based frame stability tool that evaluates the stability of multi-storey braced frames, in accordance with BS EN 1993-1-1 is now available at: …
AD 392: Frame stability tool on www.steelconstruction.info
This Advisory Desk note gives background information on the frame stability tool, recently added to www.steelconstruction.info. In order to retain the accurate …
Ballroom challenge completed with steel
A series of 42m-long steel trusses has been erected to form the roof of Europe’s largest pillar free ballroom at a hotel development in south London. An …
