http://design-in-steel.co.uk the steel design help site Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:51:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Removing your old staircase, knocking out the dividing wall, and opening up your lounge is a great idea. Light floods into the room from upstairs. You get the open plan living you're hankering for. And you can put in a contemporary glass and stainless steel balustrade while you're at it. For ... http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2010/07/open-plan-stairs/ Now that Eurocodes are out, we need to learn how to use them. There's a fantastic project called the Eur Ing Project (European Engineer) at www.n-aktive.co.uk. This is an e-learning site showing you step by step how to design a complete multi storey steel frame building right through to cladding ... http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2010/02/the-eur-ing-project/ Here's the hole dimensions, edge distance and clearances for Lindapter Hollo-Bolts. http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2009/08/hollo-bolts/ Another 400 job cuts have just been announced by Corus, the UK's biggest steel provider, which was formerly British Steel. This brings the total Corus jobs axed this year to around 5000 according to Sky News, almost 1000 of which are at the Scunthorpe factory. What's of further concern to those working within ... http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2009/07/ten-years-before-steel-recovery/ Yesterday Corus announced another 2000 job cuts at UK plants. Now that's an indication that all sorts of problems are coming for you and me. Yes, we may not be employed directly by Corus, but wherever in the steel industry we are it doesn't bode well. Raw materials are an indicator of general industry ... http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2009/06/steel-industry-goes-belly-up/ A new series of training worshops is being held by Thomas Telford Training on the design of steel structures to Eurocode EC3. Dates are as follows: 09 Jun 2009 Birmingham 14 Sep 2009 London 18 Nov 2009 Wilmslow See the website for details http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2009/05/design-of-steel-structures-to-eurocode-3-the-workshop/ The Steel Construction Institute seems to think that conversion to the Structural Eurocodes is an inevitability. But has anyone considered the cost to you and me for this transition? And what benefit do we gain from moving to Eurocodes anyway? Below is a table showing which Eurocode documents will replace BS 5950:1 which covers the majority ... http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2009/05/how-much-will-steel-eurocodes-cost/ Google SketchUp is being used by companies to design products, manufacture, and even market them through 3D Warehouse. If you haven't yet looked into this possibility for your products, check out this case study for Steelcase Office Furniture: Steelcase saves time and money with Google SketchUp http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2009/05/google-sketchup-cad-for-steel-design/ B Rourke & Co Ltd supply wrought iron components, castings, forged metal and fixings for gate making. They have a special offer on gate automation kits available until the end of March: Gate automation kits special offer http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2009/03/gate-automation-offer/ Crime inevitably increases when the economy enters periods of instability. But there's a way to capitalise on this. If you are a steel fabricator or building contractor it is well worth having some security related products in your portfolio. That's why we've produced this design for an anti ram raid bollard for you to download ... http://design-in-steel.co.uk/2009/01/anti-ram-raid-bollards/