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Latest revision as of 15:33, 13 March 2019

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NSC November/December 2024
  • The November/December edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(11/11/24)
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Best Practice for Designing Low Embodied Carbon Buildings
  • Out now SCI P449 provides best practice for designing structurally efficient, low embodied carbon steel buildings...(21/10/24)
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NSC October 2024
  • The October edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(14/10/24)
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CM - SSDA 2024
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SSDA 2024
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Costing Steelwork
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NSC September 2024
  • The September edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(9/9/24)
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NSC July/August 2024
  • The July/August edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(17/06/24)
  • The shortlist for the 56th Structural Steel Design Awards (SSDA), jointly sponsored by BCSA and Steel for Life, has been announced...(12/07/24)
  • The June edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(17/06/24)
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NSC May 2024
  • The May edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(13/05/24)
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NSC April 2024
  • The April edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(15/04/24)
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Costing Steelwork
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NSC March 2024
  • The March edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(11/03/24)
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NSC February 2024
  • The February edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(12/02/24)
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NSC Technical Digest
  • The eighth NSC Technical Digest has just been published. This brings together all of the Advisory Desk Notes and Technical Articles from the steel construction sector published in NSC magazine throughout 2023 into a single useful reference publication....(12/01/24)
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NSC January 2024
  • The January edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(03/01/24)
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Costing Steelwork
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SSDA 2023
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Costing Steelwork
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Sustainable Procurement
  • The March edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(09/03/23)
  • A new Steel construction – Sustainable Procurement supplement has just been published. This guide highlights the initiatives underway in the steel construction sector that support sustainable procurement, and provides key recommendations for specifying and procuring sustainable structural steelwork.....(17/02/23)
  • The February edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(09/02/23)
  • The interactive version of the "Blue Book" has been upgraded to include S460 for both open sections and hot-finished hollow sections ....(26/01/23)
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Interactive Blue Book

  • The seventh NSC Technical Digest has just been published. This brings together all of the Advisory Desk Notes and Technical Articles from the steel construction sector published in NSC magazine throughout 2022 into a single useful reference publication....(06/01/23)
  • The January edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(03/01/23)
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Costing Steelwork
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CPD Module
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NSSS – Annex J
  • BCSA has published a Sustainability Specification for structural steelwork for building construction. This new Annex J to the NSSS specifies general requirements and practices for achieving environmentally sustainable steel building construction...(14/01/22)
  • The sixth NSC Technical Digest has just been published. This brings together all of the Advisory Desk Notes and Technical Articles from the steel construction sector published in NSC magazine throughout 2021 into a single useful reference publication....(11/01/22)
  • The January edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(05/01/22)
  • Updated guidance on the Cost of structural steelwork has been published by AECOM. Costing Steelwork #18 article published in Building Magazine presents the latest cost data for steel frames, and updates to cost comparison studies for five building types...(19/11/21)
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BCSA 2050 Roadmap
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SSDA 2021
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Costing Steelwork
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UKCA marking
  • A new UKCA marking supplement has just been published. This guide provides an overview of the new form of conformity assessment that is replacing CE marking in Great Britain (GB) and spells out in detail what it will mean for the steel construction sector.....(11/01/21)
  • The January edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(05/01/21)
  • The November issue of The Structural Engineer included a CPD module on Steel and embodied carbon, which is also available online...(17/11/20)
  • The sixth in the series of written CPD modules in association with Building magazine is now available. This sixth one is on Steel and assessing embodied carbon...(17/11/20)
  • The November/December edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(16/11/20)
  • Updated guidance on the Cost of structural steelwork has been published by AECOM. Costing Steelwork #15 article published in Building Magazine presents the latest cost data for steel frames, and updates to cost comparison studies for five building types...(13/11/20)
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CM - SSDA 2020
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Costing Steelwork
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NSC March 2020
  • The March edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(13/03/20)
  • The March issue of Architecture Today included a CPD module on the Performance of steel-framed structures in fire, which is also available online...(11/03/20)
  • New guidance on Offsite modular steelwork has just been published. A client guide highlights the benefits of increased offsite construction and presents steel solutions at a conceptual level, while a companion publication presents more detailed design guidance for engineers and architects.....(10/03/20)
  • The March issue of The Structural Engineer included a CPD module on the Fire protection of steel-framed buildings, which is also available online...(09/03/20)
  • The February edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(14/02/20)
  • Updated guidance on the Cost of structural steelwork has been published by AECOM. Costing Steelwork #12 article published in Building Magazine presents the latest cost data for steel frames, and updates to cost comparison studies for five building types...(31/01/20)
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Education Buildings
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SSDA 2019
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Costing Steelwork
  • Updated guidance on the Cost of structural steelwork has been published by AECOM. Costing Steelwork #9 article published in Building Magazine presents the latest cost data for steel frames, and updates to cost comparison studies for five building types...(12/04/19)
  • The April edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(05/04/19)
  • We have launched a new version of this website. If you were a registered user of the previous version you will need to reset your password using the Forgot your password? link on the first login...(18/03/19)
  • The March edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(08/03/19)
  • BCSA has published a second edition of their Typical Welding Procedure Specifications for Structural Steelwork...(20/02/19)
  • The February edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(08/02/19)
  • Updated guidance on the Cost of structural steelwork has been published by AECOM. Costing Steelwork #8 article published in Building Magazine presents the latest cost data for steel frames, and updates to cost comparison studies for five building types...(01/02/19)
  • The third NSC Technical Digest has just been published. This brings together all of the Advisory Desk Notes and Technical Articles from the steel construction sector published in NSC magazine throughout 2018 into a single useful reference publication....(15/01/19)
  • The January edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(02/01/19)
  • The seventh Steel Intelligence supplement in RIBA Journal features The Ordsall Chord, fire performance Q&As, Greenwich Peninsular Energy Centre, and a comment on the effect of a no-deal Brexit on the structural steel supply chain...(04/12/18)
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Steel Intelligence
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CPD Module
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Cost
  • A completely new version of the Steel construction - Cost supplement has been produced to provide construction professionals with the latest information on costing structural steelwork...(08/05/18)
  • Updated guidance on the Cost of structural steelwork has been published by AECOM. Costing Steelwork #5 article published in Building Magazine presents the latest cost data for steel frames, and a cost comparison for residential / mixed-use buildings...(20/04/18)
  • The April edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(13/04/18)
  • The March edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(09/03/18)
  • 2018 will see the 50th Structural Steel Design Awards, jointly sponsored by BCSA and Trimble Solutions (UK) Ltd. To mark the occasion, BCSA has gathered together details of all the previous Award-winning projects and presented them here....(20/02/18)
  • The February edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(09/02/18)
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NSC Annual Review
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Steelwork in Action
  • Structural Steelwork in Action #10 published in New Civil Engineer magazine features One & Two Southbank Place, Campus Whitehaven, SteelConstruction.info, Beacon of Light in Sunderland and the RAL Facilities Support Building at Harwell...(14/12/17)
  • The third in a new series of model answers to selected questions in previous IStructE chartered membership examinations in now available...(11/12/17)
  • Commissioned and funded by BCSA and Steel for Life, a new SCI guide (P416) is now available which provides guidance for the design of cast-in steel plates for connecting structural steel beams to concrete core walls...(08/12/17)
  • The second in a new series of model answers to selected questions in previous IStructE chartered membership examinations in now available...(16/11/17)
  • The November/December edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(10/11/17)
  • The latest Steel Spotlight in Construction News features the award winning projects in this year’s Structural Steel Design Awards ...(27/10/17)
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Costing Steelwork
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SCI-P419
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Steel for Life Interactive “Blue Book”
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CPD Module
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  • A major new release of the design software that calculates the Elastic critical moment for lateral-torsional buckling (Mcr) is now available in the Design software and tools article....(17/01/17)
  • The first NSC Technical Digest has just been published. This brings together all of the Advisory Desk Notes and Technical Articles from the steel construction sector published in NSC magazine throughout 2016 into a single useful reference publication....(13/01/17)
  • The sixth Steel Intelligence supplement in RIBA Journal features Ashton Old Baths, the circular economy, University of Cambridge Primary School, and SOM’s Exchange House...(06/01/17)
  • The January edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(05/01/17)
  • The November/December edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published in both hard copy and digital format...(18/11/16)
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Commercial Buildings
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SSDA 2016
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Steel Insight
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Floor response calculator
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Steel Insight
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CE Marking
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SCI-P399
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Annual Review
  • The Fire and Steel Construction webinar held on 12th March is now available as online CPD...(18/03/15)
  • The March edition of the digital New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published...(04/03/15)
  • The End plate designer tool in the Design software and tools article has been upgraded to cover full depth as well as partial depth end plate connections...(03/03/15)
  • A Gusset plate designer tool is now available...(24/02/15)
  • The second Steel Solutions supplement in Architecture Today features The Francis Crick Institute, Slough Cultural Centre, and Calculating Embodied Carbon...(05/02/15)
  • The February edition of the digital New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published...(04/02/15)
  • The NSC Annual Review has just been published. This looks back at 2014 in terms of the key news stories and projects featured in NSC magazine, and the guidance produced by the steel construction sector over the year...(27/01/15)
  • The January edition of the digital New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published...(07/01/15)
  • The third Steel Intelligence supplement in RIBA Journal features Reading Station, Costing steel, Stonehenge Visitor Centre and Gateshead Millennium Bridge...(06/01/15)
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Steelwork in Action
  • Structural Steelwork in Action #4 published in New Civil Engineer magazine features London Bridge station redevelopment, The River Taff Central Link Bridge, Embodied Carbon, St James’s Market, and St Vincent Plaza...(27/11/14)
  • The Steel Construction – Embodied Carbon webinar held on 6th November is now available as online CPD...(19/11/14)
  • A new magazine style PDF reader has been installed to enhance the viewing of all the features on the Construction news page...(07/11/14)
  • The Steel construction - Cost supplement has been updated, to provide building professionals the latest information on cost planning for structural steelwork...(07/11/14)
  • Guidance on the Cost of structural steelwork has been updated by Gardiner & Theobald LLP. Steel Insight #11 article published in Building Magazine presents the latest cost data for steel frames, and two high-profile project reports...(07/11/14)
  • The November/December edition of the digital New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published...(06/11/14)
  • The latest Steel Spotlight in Construction News features the Leadenhall Building, Silverburn Shopping Centre, St. Thomas' Hospital, and Embodied Carbon...(03/11/14)
  • The October edition of the digital New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published...(01/10/14)
  • The second Steel Intelligence supplement in RIBA Journal features 6 Bevis Marks, Merchant Square footbridge, Embodied carbon and Hunstanton School...(01/10/14)
  • A new Steel construction - Embodied Carbon supplement has just been published. This guide explains how to assess embodied carbon and includes some case studies to illustrate how structural steelwork compares with other framing materials...(19/09/14)
  • The September edition of the digital New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published...(03/09/14)
  • The first Steel Solutions supplement in Architecture Today features Splashpoint Leisure Centre, the Engineering & Computing Building (ECB) at Coventry University, and Thermal Mass...(30/07/14)
  • The July /August edition of the digital New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, details of the 2014 Structural Steel Design Awards , technical articles and updates has just been published...(18/07/14)
  • Award winning projects in this year’s Structural Steel Design Awards and the winners of the 2014 Student Awards have been announced. Download the SSDA 2014 brochure...(09/07/14)
  • A new video case study has just been published. The £60M First Direct Arena, Leeds is a unique 13,500 capacity music venue built on a constricted site, bounded by residential accommodation and the Leeds Inner Ring Road....(25/06/14)
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First Direct Arena
  • An article providing details on Facade supports and structural movements has been added...(24/06/14)
  • The first comprehensive summary of whole life embodied CO2e emissions data for common framing materials is now available...(20/06/14)
  • The first Steel Intelligence supplement in RIBA Journal features Derby Arena, Monument Place, Thermal mass and Stansted Airport...(30/05/14)
  • The May / June edition of New Steel Construction Magazine featuring news, project case studies, technical articles and updates has just been published...(23/05/14)
  • Guidance on the Cost of structural steelwork has been updated by Gardiner & Theobald LLP. Steel Insight #10 article published in Building Magazine sets out the key cost drivers for steel frames...(09/05/14)
  • A new Carbon Footprint Tool for Buildings that enables designers of multi-storey buildings to easily estimate the embodied carbon footprint of the superstructure is now available...(29/04/14)
  • The shortlist for the 46th Structural Steel Design Awards (SSDA) has been announced by the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) and Tata Steel...(22/04/14)
  • The latest Steel Spotlight in Construction News features Aldgate Tower, Swansea University Bay Campus, Redcar Leisure and Community Heart...(11/04/14)
  • A new video case study on Derby Arena has just been published. The three-storey multi-sports arena will contain a 250m national standard indoor cycling track on the first floor, the centre of which is open to the main sports hall below....(09/04/14)
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Derby Arena
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Thermal mass guide
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The Walkie Talkie
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The Green Book
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Isaac Newton Academy

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