Steel Industry Guidance Notes (SIGNS)
Steel Industry Guidance Notes (SIGNS)
The Steel Industry Guidance Notes (SIGNS) were distributed with New Steel Construction magazine during 2006-2011. They are short, two page inserts, giving practical advice on technical, commercial, legal, marketing and health and safety issues. The information given in SIGNS is for general information. Some of the information contained in them may have been superseded in the intervening years.
Good accoustic performance
Tolerances in structural steelwork
Steel in fire
Achieving airtightness with metal cladding systems
Floor vibrations
Welding is a key fabrication process, yet little understood outside the workshop
Sustainable steel construction
Galvanizing structural steelwork – guidance for engineers on how to reduce the risk of Liquid Metal Assisted Cracking (LMAC)
Steel specification
Composite construction
The prevention of corrosion on structural steelwork
Design information for constructional steelwork projects
The case for steel
CE marking of steel products
National Structural Steelwork Specification (NSSS)
Intumescent coatings
Stability of temporary bracing
Structural fire safety engineering of steel structures
Allocation of Design Responsibilities in Constructional Steelwork
Castings in construction
Hot rolling of open sections
European standards for preloadable bolts
Fracture toughness
Truss design
Sustainable steel construction
Structural hollow sections – making the correct choice
Execution of steel structures
Through-thickness properties
Long span composite beams
BS 9999: a new approach to design of fire precautions in buildings
Web openings in composite beams
Life cycle assessment of buildings
Inspection documents
Corrosion protection
Curving steelwork
Shallow floor solutions in steel
Preloaded bolt assemblies
Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs)
Thermal performance
Design of welded joints using structural hollow sections
Design for hot dip galvanizing of steelwork
Design responsibility – simple connections
Bridges Preliminary Design
An easy to use spreadsheet tool which provides initial estimates of flange areas and web thicknesses for typical steel composite bridge cross sections.
Resources
BCSA provides its members with information on a wide range of steel construction topics
National Structural Steelwork Specification (NSSS)
The National Structural Steelwork Specification and associated publications - Corrigenda and Commentary
Steel Construction Info
Steelconstruction.info presents a wealth of information and advice from and for the steel construction sector in a simple to use and searchable format.