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SCI helps you to get ready for the transition to Eurocodes

Progress on design to the Eurocodes

All the significant National Annexes for both loading and the resistance have been published. Steel design to the Euocodes can begin in earnest! It is likely that the Building Regulations will be revisised in 2010, with the Eucorode system appearing in Approved Document A. This is likely to encourage a significant shift away from the exisiting National Standards. During 2009, it is expected that several guides wil be printed, and software will become available.

There are a growing number of Published Documents ("PDs") available from BSI. These are usually helpful and informative documents that provide an often simpler approach than the core Eurocode. One recommended documnet is PD 6695-1-10, which coves brittle fracture, and presents a simple way to choose an appropriate steel sub-grade.

A range of publications will soon be available, incorporating the influence of the UK National Annexes. These include a number of worked examples, and (of course) resistance tables.

The Eurocode version of the ‘Blue Book’

The well-known ‘Blue Book’ has been prepared, and will be printed soon. The presentation is in accordance with the Eurocode, and the resistances are presented in a form for direct use, using the terminology and symbols from the Eurocode. Where rules are omitted from EC3 and there is no NCCI (Non-conflicting complementary information), rules from BS 5950 have been adopted. The preparation of the Blue Book has highlighted some areas where there can be significant economy compared to BS 5950, notably in Lateral-torsional buckling resistance.

Some new electronic tools to support the EN’s from and SCI-IHS partnership

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On the heels of the ‘Mauve’ book SCI and I H S have teamed up to develop and electronic version of the Mauve book that gives designers the chance to carry with then a personalised version of the book from computer to computer.

We asked designers : ‘What would you have in your ideal version of a Blue Book supporting the introduction of the Eurocodes?’

The e-Blue Book is the answer some of the functionality it delivers includes:

Customisable families of sections;
The ability to specify design length ranges and generate bespoke tables;
The ability to track unity factors for design solutions having input design loads;
The ability to add ‘post-it’ notes to pages;
The ability to highlight results and output tables to the printer or to MS® Excel;

The product is highly customisable to the individual and is of course always up to date.

Electronic Burgundy Book interface

Publications update

The SCI are now working on a range of publication to support the Eurocodes. Over the coming (year?) designers will see the following publication from the SCI:

Buildings

Introduction to Eurocodes

Concise guide for building structures

Section Properties and Member Resistances (The ‘Burgundy Book')

Eurocode version of the ‘Red Book’

Multi-storey braced frames

Worked examples – open sections

Worked examples – hollow sections

Student examples (to the Eurocode without the National Annex)

Fire

Fire Guidance (Dec 07) Need details of this one.

Bridges

Three Bridge guides.

Technical Support

With the publication of the UK National Annexes, demand for comprehensive information on design to the Eurocodes increases considerably.

SCI is in a unique position to lead the transition to Eurocodes 3 and 4 in the UK.

SCI provides a number of tools (publications, courses and online information) to help you understand step-by-step how to use the Eurocodes when designing new buildings. With sponsorship from Corus and support from BCSA, nine guides to help designers with the transition to Eurocodes are available and these include the Eurocode equivalents to the “Blue Book” and “Red Book”, a guide to medium rise multi-storey building, worked examples and a concise guide for building design. Visit www.shop.steelbiz.org to order copies of SCI’s Eurocodes publications.

Access Steel – Eurocodes made easy

With its partners in Europe and as part of its commitment to supporting the new standards, SCI has developed a fast, free and easy route to the application of the Eurocodes through the multi-lingual Access Steel (www.access-steel.com) website.

Access Steel primarily targets the needs of architects, engineers and their clients and its content spans from conceptual to detailed design to the Eurocodes. The technical guidance is quality assured and harmonised.