Design Manuals "Steel Buildings in Europe"
- work carried out with a financial grant from the Research Fund for Coal and Steel of the European Community
The present Design Manual consists in a series of technical guides in order to facilitate applications of the Eurocodes, for the design of steel buildings.
These design manual is helpful for steel fabricators and engineering offices. Some guides dealing with advantages of the use of steel will also apply to architects. These guides provide a strong source of knowledge for designers in accordance with Eurocodes.
These guides cover two types of buildings:
1. Multi-storey buildings (MSB) (all chapters in English)
- Part 1: Architect’s guide
- Part 2:Concept design
- Part 3: Actions
- Part 4: Detailed design
- Part 5: Joint design
- Part 6: Fire Engineering
- Part 7: Model construction specification
- Part 8: Description of member resistance calculator-> (Excel file)
- Part 9: Description of simple connection resistance calculator -> (Excel file)
- Part 10: Guidance to developers of software for the design of composite beams
2. Single storey buildings (SSB) (all chapters in English)
- Part 1: Architect’s guide
- Part 2: Concept design
- Part 3: Actions
- Part 4: Detailed design of portal frames
- Part 5: Detailed design of trusses
- Part 6: Detailed design of built up columns
- Part 7: Fire engineering
- Part 8: Building envelope
- Part 9: Introduction to computer software
- Part 10: Model construction specification
- Part 11: Moment connections
Eurobuild in Steel
This European research project was concerned with identifying the factors which will influence the next generation of building design and in developing opportunities for steel-intensive products and systems.
Three market sectors were studied:
- commercial buildings,
- industrial buildings,
- residential buildings,
which are different in character and in potential market share for steel. The work has been carried out in the participating countries in order to identify differences in market perception and opportunities across Europe. A set of documents were elaborated in order to help steel customers with their design. Furthermore a database with relevant info was created.
Further information in the official site www.eurobuild-in-steel.com
Guidance for Architecs, Designers & Constructors manuals have also been developed in following languagues:
In English
In French
In German
In Spanish
Market survey within Europe on Standardised Solutions for Steel in Low-rise Buildings
The present report resumes the results of the market survey done by the authors during the years 2001 to 2004. The scope of the survey has been defined thanks to main keywords "low-rise buildings" and "standardised steel solutions". This work identifies, as far as possible, the existing available solutions within the European market.
Final report, Conan Y., Cajot L.g.; December 2003, PRF report 136/04.