SCI Course Details

This 2-day course is aimed at chartered or near-chartered engineers with some experience of steel bridge design. It offers advice from members of the Steel Bridge Group, to extend a designer’s understanding of how steel bridges perform structurally and to explore more complex forms of construction for highway bridges.

Combining steel and concrete so that they act together structurally in composite elements can lead to very efficient frame solutions. This course will cover the design of composite beams and slabs with reference to Eurocode 4 for composite construction (BS EN 1994-1-1). For some composite elements everyday design is often carried out using alternatives to the complex design procedures, and the use of both design tables and design software will be covered in addition to the basic principles of design. Common problems and misunderstandings will also be highlighted during the course, as well as detailing recommendations.

Frame stability concerns the significance of second-order effects and is highlighted as an essential check for all frames in BS 5950 and EC3. Whilst in many braced frames the effects will not be significant, designers should be confident in using the simple checks to determine frame sensitivity, and the simple rules to allow for such effects

Eurocode 3 is now published, and the National Annex is about to be published.  Awareness of the changes, timely preparation and adoption will be critical to the success of your business on major projects.

If your practice needs to design to the Eurocodes, you should be planning for those changes now!!

This seminar is part of the Eurobuild+ project, funded by the European Union’s Research Fund for Coal and Steel and The Steel Construction Institute. It will present a number of lectures and is aimed at engineers and architects involved in the design of buildings in the commercial, industrial and residential sectors.