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This section of the website explores the use of steel in construction.

Topics covered include:

  • Developments and good practice
  • Use as a structural material
  • Climate impact, carbon emissions and sustainable design

Resources and events

Conference
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Reusing existing structures conference

The conference provides structural engineers with the latest practical tools and guidance for reuse, repurpose and refurbishment projects, enabling the transformation of existing structures and structural materials.

Date – 3 December 2024
Location – Institution HQ and onliine
Price – £35 - £325 + VAT
Course
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Eurocode 3: structural steelwork design

This course provides an introduction to structural steelwork design to Eurocode 3 for building design.

Date – 30 October 2024
Location – Online
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Course
<h4>Steel essentials: practical design of structural steelwork</h4>

Steel essentials: practical design of structural steelwork

This course presents practical guidance on key aspects of preliminary scheme development and detailed scheme design in structural steelwork.

Date – 7 October 2024
Location – Online
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Conference
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UK Metals Expo [Sponsored content]

The premier supply chain event for the Metals Industry organised and run by UK Metals Expo Ltd.

Date – 11 September 2024
Location – NEC, Birmingham
Price – Free
The Structural Engineer
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Industry CPD: Design of solar panel mounting structures made of cold-formed steel

This CPD module, sponsored by GRAITEC UK, explores the structural analysis and design of solar panel mounting structures made of cold-formed steel.

Date – 1 July 2024
Author – GRAITEC UK
Price – £0
The Structural Engineer
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Historical defects in buildings – No. 6: Regent Street disease

In this note, Hugh Docherty highlights the problem of corrosion of structural steelwork behind masonry elevations in buildings dating from the first half of the 1900s.

Date – 3 June 2024
Author – Hugh Docherty
Price – £10
The Structural Engineer
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Cody Dock Rolling Bridge, London – innovation through collaboration

This article gives an overview of the design process and unique engineering challenges of the Cody Dock Rolling Bridge in London.

Date – 1 May 2024
Author – Alfred Jacquemot, Robert Nelson, Tim Lucas, David Knight and Thomas Randall-Page
Price – £10
Training
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Touching lightly: the Nancy Pauw Bridge

This lecture presents what it took to achieve a light touch in the design and installation of this new footbridge in a stunning natural setting.

Date – 16 April 2024
Author – Gerald Epp
Price – Free
Training
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Using duplex stainless steel

This webinar explores the best practices associated with using duplex stainless steels as structural material and the sustainability and business benefits of adopting it in design and construction.

Date – 29 November 2023
Author – Various
Price – £45 - £70 + VAT

Featured events and resources

Guidance
<h4>Examples for the seismic design of steel and concrete buildings to Eurocode 8</h4>

Examples for the seismic design of steel and concrete buildings to Eurocode 8

Simple design calculations for basic steel and concrete elements for buildings within the scope of BS EN 1998.

Date – 24 February 2022
Author – Costas Georgopoulos and Kong Kian Hau
Price – £39.95
Guidance
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Making your steel specification more sustainable

In the form of embodied carbon, steel is a significant contributor to the climate crisis. This guidance sets out how structural engineers can use their steel specifications to help move the industry towards net zero.

Date – 30 March 2021
Price – 0