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AD 539: Locking devices for fasteners subject to vibration
SCI is occasionally asked about nuts coming loose if joints are subject to vibration. A number of solutions are possible of which the following are examples. …
Steel supports over-station offices
Forming a bridge over underground railway assets, a series of large steel trusses are enabling the construction of a new City of London commercial development. …
Steel provides flexible lab solution
Europe’s largest clinical academic campus is set to receive a major boost with the delivery of the £35M Citylabs 4.0 development. FACT FILECitylabs 4.0, …
Leisure in the frame
Speed of construction and the requirement for large column-free areas were the reasons for choosing a steel-framed solution for a new leisure centre in West …
Steel highlights college redevelopment
A four-storey teaching block featuring some integral internal and external steelwork forms the initial phase of an ongoing redevelopment programme at Luton’s …
AD 428A: Lateral and torsional vibration of half-through truss footbridges
Revision NoteThis AD note was first issued to provide interim guidance on the design of half-through footbridges. It has now been revised following publication …
Flexible spaces created with steel
Sport, leisure and community facilities in the Buckinghamshire town of Amersham are set to get a significant boost when the steel-framed Chiltern Lifestyle …
Steel design stacks up
Structural steelwork has provided the required efficient design and column-free spaces for a new leisure centre and an academy in east London. Martin Cooper …
Back to school with lightweight frame
Steelwork having the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any construction material was one of the main reasons it was chosen for the frame of a new school in …
AD 428: Draft guidance: lateral and torsional vibration of half-through truss footbridges
Purpose of this guidance This note alerts designers to the potential susceptibility of narrow half-through footbridges to excitation by pedestrians in a …
