Structural Steel Castings
More and more components in steel structures are lending themselves to steel castings, simply due to the numerous benefits offered. Steel castings not only provide a seamless finish, ideal for [...]
Members Subject to Axial Tension and Bending
Steel members subject to combined axial tension (T) and bending moment (M) can occur in steel trusses and other applications. For such cases, and for Class 3 sections in particular, [...]
Influx of Fire-Rated Steel Designs Without Load Restriction
Recently, many new and updated cUL fire-rated design listings for common steel floor and roof assemblies have been added to the UL Directory. These comprehensive cUL design listings are valid [...]
NBC 2015 Simplified Force Procedure for Low Seismicity
In order to simplify the procedure for determining earthquake loads and effects in regions of low seismicity, a simplified static procedure has been introduced in National Building Code of Canada [...]
CISC Structural Steel EPDs
The CISC has developed 6 verified & registered industry average Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for structural steel that are available from authorized CISC fabricator members. Click here for more information [...]
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