Technical Specification for Structural Stainless Steel
SCI are preparing a model specification for structural stainless steel which specifies acceptable standards for surface finish, joining, fabrication, erection, installation, inspection, maintenance and cleaning. The scope of the specification will be limited to building construction, although further versions could cover other forms of construction such as bridges.
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In the UK, the National Structural Steelwork Specification for Building Construction (NSSS Fifth Edition) is widely used as a technical specification for carbon steel structural steelwork, but it does not cover stainless steel. The new European specification EN 1090-2 Execution of steel structures and aluminium structures - Part 2: Technical requirements for the execution of steel structures contains some clauses related to stainless steel but these are buried amongst its 180 pages.
Use of a stainless steel model technical specification will lead to greater uniformity in structural steelwork contract specification, and thus help to achieve more cost effective stainless steel structures. The specification will be prepared in such a way that it is suitable for incorporation within the forms of contract normally employed in the steel construction industry. It will be available as a downloadable Word file so that specifiers can customise it to suit their particular project requirements.
The work is being carried out with Arup and is funded by the members of Team Stainless (Euro Inox, the International Chromium Development Association, the International Molybdenum Association, the International Stainless Steel Forum and The Nickel Institute).
For further information, please contact:
Andy Smith
Senior Engineer
Email: a.smith@steel-sci.com
Tel: +44 (0)1344 636530
Nancy Baddoo
Manager, Materials
Email: n.baddoo@steel-sci.com
Tel: +44 (0)1344 636525