The Steel Construction Day is fast approaching and we are putting the finishing touches to our programme.

Our theme is 'Transforming construction: using steel to deliver greater productivity'. Presentations will be taken from different sectors of the steel construction industry demonstrating how steel solutions have delivered cost, time and energy savings.

Mark Farmer, the author of the 2016 Government White Paper on the need for change in the UK's construction sector 'Modernise or Die: time to decide the industry's future' will give a steel construction perspective on how offsite manufacturing can modernise the construction industry and improve building standards. Other talks will showcase projects and technologies which have led to improved productivity using steel, including modular construction, light gauge steel framing, piling, bridges and BIM. There will also be a review of the role SCI has played over the last year in making steel design easier and more competitive.

This will be a great educational and networking event for the structural steel industry, bringing together structural engineers, steelwork contractors, clients and academics. It will be an opportunity to hear about some of the industry's latest technologies and network with people advancing the design and construction industry. The talks will be of interest to experienced engineers from all sectors of the steel construction industry, as well as those who are newer to the industry.

Places are limited so don't delay in booking your place here.

SCI has recently been reviewing potential new funding models that will provide its Steel Bridge Group (SBG) with a base level of annual income to support SBG activities in a sustainable manner. As such, it was decided earlier this year to adopt a Sponsorship funding model whereby SBG Sponsors are provided with a range of tangible benefits according to Gold, Silver and Bronze Sponsorship.

We are now delighted to welcome our first SBG Sponsors namely, ArcelorMittal, POSCO and Tension Control Bolts, who have all decided to jump on this new Sponsorship opportunity from the start to support the SBG as Gold Sponsors. This is undeniably testament to the value of the Steel Bridge Group which has actively contributed to improving guidance on steel bridge design over the past 20 years, thanks to its Membership comprising willing steel bridge experts representing client organisations, steel producers, design consultancies, fabricators as well as industry trade associations.

The Steel Bridge Group is looking for additional Sponsors, so please do not hesitate to contact the SBG Secretary at SCI, Guillaume Vannier, if you would like additional information regarding SBG Sponsorship. You can also find additional information on the SBG and current SBG activities here.

At the invitation of the Singapore Structural Steel Society, David Brown travelled to Singapore in September to present a full day workshop on EN 1090. Singapore is adopting EN 1090 within the next two years, so steelwork contractors and designers are keenly interested in their responsibilities under what will become SS EN 1090. The CE mark will not be used in Singapore, but in all other respects, EN 1090-1 and EN 1090-2 will be followed. The UK had at least six years to prepare, so lessons learnt by the UK in preparation for the Standard, and from four years of CE marking since implementation in 2014 are very valuable. In addition to the workshop, David discussed the particular responsibilities placed on steelwork contractors at a special meeting of Society members.

In September Andrew Way, an Associate Director at SCI, participated in the project team and working group meetings for the development and evolution of EN 1993-1-3 or to give it its full title Eurocode 3 - Design of steel structures - Part 1-3: General rules - Supplementary rules for cold-formed members and sheeting.

The meetings were held over two days at the head office of the Netherlands Standards Institute (NEN) in Delft. The role of the project team is to draft the next generation of EN 1993-1-3. The work falls in Phase 2 of the CEN/TC250 work programme which started in August 2017. A first draft was released in April 2018 and was made available for national comments. The comments received are now being reviewed by the project team and considered in the preparation of the second draft which is due in April 2019. The project team is due to produce the final draft in October 2019. However, publication of the next edition of EN 1993-1-3 is not expected until 2022 at the earliest.

Design of Columns Subject to Localised Fires. (P423)

This design guide presents a Eurocode-aligned method for determining the temperature of a column subject to a localised fire. Guidance on how to determine the resistance of a steel column when subject to elevated temperatures is also given. The use of this performance-based approach for assessing structural fire resistance will usually lead to a reduction in the cost of fire protection compared to that required by a prescriptive approach.

The guide includes:

• A general introduction to fire engineering, including the selection of modelling scenarios and calculation techniques.
• Specific guidance on localised fire design, including a summary of the investigative work performed as part of the European research project LOCAFI.
• A new design model for localised fires.
• A description of the design tools available for modelling localised fires, ranging from simplified analysis using contour plots, to sophisticated finite element models.
• A summary of the Eurocode 3 design resistance model for steel columns in fire, which may be used with the temperature analysis model to give a column resistance.
• Design examples, demonstrating the use of the model in realistic design scenarios.

This publication is available as an electronic download

£20.00 for SCI Members
£40.00 for Non-Members

Purchase your copy.

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UK Steel Construction Day 2018: Transforming Construction: Using steel to deliver greater productivity. Thursday 8th November 2018, Royal College of Physicians, London

This event described in the main article will showcase how steel is already ideally placed to meet the UK Governments objective to transform construction techniques to dramatically improve efficiency in the future construction and operation of buildings and infrastructure.

Attendance price:
£50.00 + VAT SCI & SPG Members
£100.00 + VAT Non-Members

Register here

Steel Piling Group Meeting, Thursday 8th November 2018, The Royal College of Physicians, London

The meeting will run alongside the SCI UK Steel Construction Day with presentations from industry experts and opportunities to network with the SCI event participants. Recent projects from the steel construction industry will showcase steel solutions transforming construction techniques to dramatically improve efficiency, deliver cost, time and energy savings through innovations in manufacturing and digital technologies.

For further details and to Register

BILT - 11-13th October 2018, Slovenia.

BILT (Building infrastructure lifecycle supported by technology) Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 11-13th October 2018

BILT is the premier BIM (Building Information Model) and AECO (Architectural Engineering Construction and Owners) technology training conference. Run in multiple regions around the globe, it is an annual 3 day event and covers training through the entire building lifecycle - from concept to facility management across a range of industries and sectors.

BILT provides a variety of opportunities to learn and share, to probe and challenge, to listen and to be heard. Sessions focus on the use of best-in-class tools, processes and workflows, behaviours and leadership and is designed to cater to the needs of those who design, build, operate and maintain our built environment. As an event that is run by users for users, it is dedicated to improving the way the industry works together.

See the event program here.

Joints in Steel construction. Moment-resisting joints to Eurocode3 (P398) This publication is one of the 'Green Book' Series covers the design of moment-resisting joints in accordance with Eurocode 3. Moment-resisting joints are typically found in portal frames and in continuous construction.

Joints in steel construction. Simple joints to Eurocode 3 - "The Green Book" (P358) This publication is one of a series of “Green Books” that cover a range of steelwork connections. This publication provides guidance for nominally pinned joints (the most common joint type in steel building structures) that primarily carry vertical shear and, as an accidental limit state, tying forces.

Steel building design: Design data "Eurocode Blue Book" (P363) The "Blue Book" is the essential aid for the design of steelwork. Comprehensive tables of member resistances are given for S275 and S355 steel.

Fusion's offsite solution scales up to volume housebuilding

Fusion Building Systems has completed its works on three residential housing projects in the south of England for Barratt Developments.

St Mary's Place, Felpham, West Sussex; New Quarter, Bordon, Surrey; and Cane Hill Park, Couldson, Surrey, are the first schemes to be delivered by the offsite manufacturer since it successfully completed a trial project for Barratt in Angmering, Southampton in 2017.

Across the three sites, working on almost 200 units, Fusion adapted existing Barratt house types as well as developing bespoke multi-storey designs, to make them suitable for use with its light gauge steel panelised system. The work was completed on each site over the past 12 months, but was the result of almost three years of intense integration and education at all levels across both companies, exploring how offsite systems could be used as a viable alternative to traditional methods of construction.

We're ready for launch

We're celebrating the launch of the new R51+ along with an updated version of Elements® Design Software.

With innovation as one of our core values, it comes as no surprise that we work to develop not only new products, but improve on our existing offerings too.

After listening to feedback from clients and customers, our expert technical team identified the need for improvement in our re-entrant shallow floor decking product to provide greater design flexibility.

Due to popular demand...

The original R51 profile has been part of the SMD shallow floor deck suite since the early 1990s, and with improved structural efficiency, the R51+ is sure to prove just as popular.

The R51+ offers the same core benefits as its predecessor; excellent slab load carrying capacity, shallow slab depth option (100mm minimum for 1-hour fire rating) and flexibility for shear stud placement due to 150mm trough spacings. However, it now comes in S350 and S450 grades and thicknesses from 0.8mm to 1.2mm.

Caunton's Chairman speaking at Paris Nuclear Conference

Caunton Engineering's Executive Chairman Simon Bingham was invited to speak at the recent International Conference on Technological Innovations in Nuclear Civil Engineering - or 'TINCE' held in Paris-Saclay this August.

Simon was speaking about Caunton's experience and involvement in the Innovate UK funded R&D project we know as Steelbricks (shown in photograph). A special session was put on focusing on Steel Concrete Structures and Chaired by Professor Amit H. Varma of Purdue University, USA. Other speakers included Dr Bassam Burgan of The Steel Construction Institute who talked of past and present work going on in this area in the UK; Saahas Bhardwaj, also from Purdue University delivered a talk on the US Design Guide 32 and Julien Niepceron of EDF who described their forthcoming project to build the first full scale Steel Concrete Composite Building in Europe.

Nancy Baddoo, Associate Director, SCI

Nancy joined SCI 29 years ago and has worked on many projects studying the structural response of high performance steels, both stainless steels and high strength carbon steels. She chairs the Eurocode Working Group for EN 1993-1-4 Structural Stainless Steel and recently wrote the AISC Design Guide on Structural Stainless Steel. She is also a member of the Eurocode Working Groups for Fire and High Strength Steels. She runs SCI's Training Scheme for engineers seeking to become chartered members of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Panel for the ICE Journal 'Structures and Buildings'. Contact Nancy.

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