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Benefits of Steel Decking
Although most designers are familiar with composite construction, it is worth a reminder of the benefits that can be achieved and how design choices can have …
Use of fibre-reinforced concrete in composite slabs (part 2)
Recent years have seen increasing interest in replacing the reinforcement mesh with steel fibres in composite slabs on steel decking. The drivers are largely …
Use of fibre-reinforced concrete in composite slabs (part 1)
Recent years have seen increasing interest in replacing the reinforcement mesh with steel fibres in composite slabs on steel decking. In this first of two …
AD 448: Support to profiled steel decking
It is now over ten years since the revised edition of P300 was published by SCI. This work, in collaboration with the Metal Cladding and Roofing …
AD 437: Curtailment of transverse bar reinforcement in composite beams with steel decking designed using Eurocodes
The purpose of this Advisory Desk Note is to provide guidance on the curtailment of transverse bar reinforcement in slabs on composite beams with steel …
Steelwork raises flagship development
A multi-million-pound research facility is set to help collaboration between industry and academia as well as providing a significant boost to the Welsh …
Improved parking
Two steel-framed car parks in Sussex are forming integral elements of large developments that will reshape a town centre and a university campus. The West …
UK supplier decks twin Dubai skyscrapers
Structural Metal Decks (SMD) has completed a major contract worth more than £1M, shipping more than 100,000m² of steel decking to the United Arab Emirates …
AD 401a: Appropriate anchorage of parallel decking (Revised)
Where profiled steel decking is parallel to the supporting beam, BS EN 1994-1-1 (incorporating corrigenda April 2009: 2004) allows the shear resistance of a …
