Low-Rise Residential Construction - Details

These details were developed by the Light Gauge Steel Engineers Association (LGSEA) for the North American Steel Framing Alliance (NASFA). They are intended to provide designers and contractors with guidance on design, detailing, and construction of low-rise residential buildings that utilize cold-formed steel framing members. Details contained in this document were selected based on their cost effectiveness at the time of this publication. Efforts have been made to present accurate, reliable, and useful information. The connections between members are shown as screw connections; other types of connections such as welds, bolts, powder-actuated fasteners, clinches, or pneumatically driven fasteners are acceptable. Although it is common for cold-formed steel framing members to have web “punchouts” for passing bracing or utilities, punchouts are shown in some details only. Punchouts are acceptable and vary in size, configuration, and spacing depending on the manufacturer and/or design.

BS 6954-1: 1988 Tolerances for building — Part 1: Recommendations for basic principles for evaluation and specification

This International Standard describes the nature of dimensional variability in building and the purposes for which it has to be quantified, and defines the factors to be taken into account in the evaluation, specification and verification of tolerances for the manufacture of building components and for site work. It applies to components and buildings generally, including those designed in accordance with the principles of modular co-ordination.

This International Standard describes the fundamental characteristics of dimensional variability in building and of the particular case of combination of random unrelated variables; it sets out the need to relate dimensional variability to the limits imposed on joint widths by the need for satisfactory functioning.

This part of ISO 3443 provides a basis for relating joint clearances and target sizes and for the prediction of fit within the context of dimensional coordination, including modular coordination.

load development and structural consideration in silo design

Deep Foundation Institute (DFI) Journal - August 2010

Handbook of Steel Drainage and Highway Construction Products

INTRODUCTION
Years of dependable service and a multitude of wide ranging installations have led the corrugated steel industry to play a major role in modern engineering technology for drainage systems. Flexible steel conduits play an important role in the form of culverts, storm sewers, subdrains, spillways, underpasses, conveyor conduits, service tunnels, detention chambers and recharge systems; for highways, railways, airports, municipalities, recreation areas, industrial parks, flood and conservation projects, water pollution abatement and many other programs.

This is the Second Canadian Edition of the “Handbook of Steel Drainage and Highway Construction Products”. It has been developed and published by the Corrugated Steel Pipe Institute, representing the CSP industry in Canada. The First Canadian Edition of this book was written and published by the American Iron and Steel Institute in 1984. Since then there have been a number of reprints, but no major changes. This second edition is the result of a thorough review, revision and updating of information to reflect the current state-of-the-art and needs of the users in Canada.
Some of the specific changes that have been made include:
• The addition of spiral rib CSP and deep corrugated structural plate profiles.
• Structural design in accordance with the 2001 Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code CSA-S6 for structures 3 m in span and larger.
• Design examples illustrating the structural design methodology.
• Additional retaining wall types.
• All metric information.

Roof joists load sharing systems

Habitat for Humanity: How to Build a House

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Standard Specifications Load Tables and Weight Tables for Steel Joists and Joist Girders 42nd Edition

The information presented in this publication has been developed by the Steel Joist Institute and is produced in accordance with recognized engineering principles and is for general information only. The SJI and its committees have made a concerted effort to present accurate, reliable, and useful information on the design of steel joists and Joist Girders. Application of this information should not be used or relied upon for any specific project without competent professional assessment of its accuracy, suitability and applicability by a licensed professional engineer or architect.
The publication of the material contained in this catalog is not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of the Steel Joist Institute. Any person making use of this information does so at one’s own risk and assumes all liability arising from such use.

BS 7543:2003 Guide to durability of buildings and building elements, products and components

Executive summary
Guidance on the durability, required and predicted service life and design life of buildings and building elements, products and components.

Abstract
This British Standard provides guidance on durability, required and predicted service life and design life of buildings and their components and/or parts. It applies primarily to new buildings and their components and/or parts rather than to alterations and repairs. It also gives guidance on presenting information on the service and design life of buildings and their components and/or parts when a detailed brief is being developed.

This standard applies to civil engineering projects involving buildings, but only partially to other civil engineering projects such as roads, bridges and dams.

This standard does not deal with many aspects of obsolescence, i.e. when buildings or parts of buildings are replaced or altered either to suit different needs and changing conditions including change of use, mandatory requirements or when new products offer better performance without a corresponding increase in cost.