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More than the Sum of its Parts

SCI have helped the UK Health and Safety Executive to combine two of their key online resources into a single redeveloped Science and Research Outlook website. The site unifies a comprehensive directory of all the HSE Research Projects with the lon...

Read More about this story from 18/12/2009

RIDBA Enrols as a Member of SCI

RIDBA, the Rural and Industrial Design and Building Association, has enrolled as a member of SCI as part of a drive to prepare the associations members for CE marking in 2012. Established in 1956 as the Farm Buildings Association (FBA) and later r...

Read More about this story from 15/12/2009

New Collaboration with Oxford Brookes University

SCI and Oxford Brookes University have joined forces to offer a new service to manufacturers of building products. The collaboration combines the SCI expertise in structural engineering and sustainability with OBU expert knowledge of building

Read More about this story from 15/12/2009

SCI Wind Load Engine Powers Cladding Manufacturers Software

A consortium of five cladding manufacturers has selected SCI to develop new software for the assessment of wind loading for cladding design calculations. The wind load calculator tool calculates dynamic pressures on walls and roofs

Read More about this story from 14/12/2009

Helical Piles Undergo Assessment

The SCI has a long history of expertise in the use of steel below ground as well as above. The SCI Assessed third party verification scheme continues to be popular with suppliers from all sectors of the steel construction sector.

Read More about this story from 11/12/2009

Corus Blue Book Version 4 Now Available

Version 4 of the Corus sections interactive 'blue book' software is now available from the Corus website. With an existing user base of almost 15,000 users,

Read More about this story from 09/12/2009

SCI Goes Stateside

SCI has been commissioned to prepare a design guide for welded and hot rolled stainless steel structural steelwork for publication by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as one of their series of Design Guides.

Read More about this story from 04/12/2009

The Eurocodes. We Are Here to Help

On the 25th November, in London, the steel sector held a major launch event for the design guidance that is now available. I am pleased that SCI played a major part in this, alongside colleagues from Corus and the BCSA.

Read More about this story from 02/12/2009

Eurocodes Are Ready

SCI launches its full range of Eurocode support services this month, offering a suite of design guide publications complemented by its technical training courses, delivered by its own independent engineering experts.

Read More about this story from 26/11/2009

Results of Composite Beam Research Project Released

SCI, with substantial support from a range of sponsors, carried out three full scale beam tests at Cambridge University, then developed a push test that was based on the recommendations of Eurocode 4

Read More about this story from 23/11/2009

A New Era for SCI

On the 8th October 2009 a fundamental change to the institute took place.The rules put in place at our inception in 1986 had us governed by a Council, drawn from our membership, with the members of Council being the Directors of the institute and r...

Read More about this story from 20/11/2009

Specialist Apprenticeship Programme

Following on from extensive consultation with the FPDC, Employers and a range of Industry Experts, a new Specialist Apprenticeship Scheme Pilot will commence toward the end of October 2009

Read More about this story from 29/10/2009

Technical Specification for 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.

Read More about this story from 23/10/2009

Cell-Vibe Software from Westok

Cell-Vibe determines the vibration response for floor grids up to 6x6 bays supported by a mixture of Cellular beams or Ultra Shallow Floor Beams (USFB) with Advance UB or UC sections. A slab comprising a composite metal deck, in situ concrete or PC...

Read More about this story from 08/09/2009

Training Course. How do you take yours?

It is obviously important for engineers to undertake Continued Professional Development (CPD) - but this can be particularly challenging in the current economic climate.

Read More about this story from 04/09/2009

SCI receives a delegation from Korea led by RIST

SCI received a delegation from Korea led by RIST (Research Institute for Science and Technology), who were interested in learning latest developments in steel cladding technology, energy conservation, and fire engineering.

Read More about this story from 28/08/2009

Eurocode Blue Book hits 1000

In April 2009 the SCI published an interactive Eurocode blue book in conjunction with the Information provider IHS.

Read More about this story from 27/08/2009

New SCI light gauge steel design software released to testing

SCI in partnership with Steadmans Ltd have been working for some time on a new suite of engineering software designed to optimize the design of secondary light gauge steel sections.

Read More about this story from 27/08/2009

Carbon Foot Printing of Steel Fabrication

BCSA has launched its carbon foot-printing tool to enable its members to easily and consistently measure their carbon footprint.

Read More about this story from 27/08/2009

Advanced Analysis and Testing of Adhesive Joints

SCI is currently engaged in a programme of finite element modelling and physical testing to improve its understanding of the behaviour of adhesive joints between steel and other materials.

Read More about this story from 19/08/2009

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