Steel Bridge Group - Guidance Notes on Best Practice in Steel Bridge Construction - Sixth Issue

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Steel Bridge Group Guidance Notes compile separate guidance notes covering the design and construction of structural steelwork for bridges. This sixth issue brings together approximately 60 notes first drafted by members of the Steel Bridge Group and further developed with input from other members. It reviews and updates notes to reflect changes in reference standards and refinements in construction practice, including a shift toward Structural Eurocodes and related revisions, and updates referencing project specifications such as SHW 1800.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages314

Reading Time13 h 11 min

AccessFree to download

Foreword

Purpose and scope of the guidance notes

Relationship to model project specification and specification references

Summary of updates from previous issues

New notes added in this issue

Steel Bridge Group membership overview

steel BridGe GrouP: Guidance noteson Best Practice in steel BridGe construction Sixth iSSue, November 2015 steel BridGe GrouP: Guidance noteson Best Practice in steel BridGe construction Sixth iSSue, November 2015 SCI PublICatIon P185 steel BridGe GrouP: Guidance noteson Best Practice in steel BridGe construction Sixth iSSue, November 2015 Hendy, C.R. FREng, MA(Cantab) CEng FICE Iles, D.C. MSc, ACGI, DIC, CEng, MICE SCI (The Steel Construction Institute) is the leading, independent provider of technical expertise and disseminator of best practice to the steel construction sector. We work in partnership with clients, members and industry peers to help build businesses and provide competitive advantage through the commercial application of our knowledge. We are committed to offering and promoting sustainable and environmentally responsible solutions. Our service spans the following areas: Membership Individual & corporate membership Advice Members advisory service Information Publications Education Events & training Consultancy Development Product development Engineering support Sustainability Assessment SCI Assessment Specification Websites Engineering software © 2015 SCI. All rights reserved. Publication Number: SCI P185 ISBN 13: 978-1-85942-217-5 Published by: SCI , Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire. SL5 7QN UK T: +44 (0)1344 636525 F: +44 (0)1344 636570 E:reception@steel‑[sci.com](sci.com) [www.steel](www.steel)‑[sci.com](sci.com) To report any errors, contact: publications@steel‑[sci.com](sci.com) Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may not be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction only in accordance with the terms of the licences issued by the UK Copyright Licensing Agency, or in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the appropriate Reproduction Rights Organisation outside the UK. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the terms stated here should be sent to the publishers, SCI. Although care has been taken to ensure, to the best of our knowledge, that all data and information contained herein are accurate to the extent that they relate to either matters of fact or accepted practice or matters of opinion at the time of publication, SCI, the authors and the reviewers assume no responsibility for any errors in or misinterpretations of such data and/or information or any loss or damage arising from or related to their use. Publications supplied to the members of the Institute at a discount are not for resale by them. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. FOREWORD This publication presents a collection of separate Guidance Notes on a range of topics concerning the design and construction of structural steelwork for bridges. It complements the publication Steel Bridge Group: Model Project Specification, which was written for use in preparing an execution specification for steel and composite bridgesand which makes reference to some of the Guidance Notes in this publication This is the sixth issue of this publication, which comprises approximately 60 separate Notes. Each Note was originally drafted by a member of the Steel Bridge Group (SBG) and subsequently developed with assistance and comment from other SBG members. The Notes were published in stages in Issues 1, 2 and 3, from 1998 to 2002. In Issue 4, most of the Notes were updated and the whole set re-issued. In Issue 5, there was a thorough review of all the notes and they took into account the change to use of the Structural Eurocodes for design and the revision of many product and executions standards associated with that change. This

FAQs

What does this publication focus on?

It presents separate Guidance Notes covering design and construction of structural steelwork for bridges, focusing on best practice.

What key updates were introduced in the sixth issue?

The issue reviews all notes and updates them to reflect changes in reference standards and refinements in construction practice, including Structural Eurocodes and associated revisions.

How does the guidance relate to project specification documents like SHW 1800?

It shifts from referencing the SBG’s model project specification toward the Specification for Highway Works, Series 1800, Structural Steelwork (SHW 1800), while stating broadly equivalent requirements may be found in the model project specification for projects not using SHW.

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