Steel Industry Guidance Notes (SIGNS)

The Steel Industry Guidance Notes (SIGNS) were distributed with New Steel Construction magazine during 2006-2011. They are short, two page inserts, giving practical advice on technical, commercial, legal, marketing and health and safety issues. The information given in SIGNS is for general information. Some of the information contained in them may have been superseded in the intervening years.


SIGNS SN01

Good accoustic performance

SIGNS SN02

Tolerances in structural steelwork

SIGNS SN05

Steel in fire

 



SIGNS SN06

Achieving airtightness with metal cladding systems

SIGNS SN07

Floor vibrations

SIGNS SN08

Welding is a key fabrication process, yet little understood outside the workshop

 



SIGNS SN09

Sustainable steel construction

SIGNS SN10

Galvanizing structural steelwork – guidance for engineers on how to reduce the risk of Liquid Metal Assisted Cracking (LMAC)

SIGNS SN12

Steel specification

 



SIGNS SN13

Composite construction

SIGNS SN14

The prevention of corrosion on structural steelwork

SIGNS SN15

Design information for constructional steelwork projects

 



SIGNS SN16

The case for steel

SIGNS SN17

CE marking of steel products

SIGNS SN18

National Structural Steelwork Specification (NSSS)

 



SIGNS SN19

Intumescent coatings

SIGNS SN21

Stability of temporary bracing

SIGNS SN22

Structural fire safety engineering of steel structures

 



SIGNS SN23  

Allocation of Design Responsibilities in Constructional Steelwork

SIGNS SN24

Castings in construction

SIGNS SN25

Hot rolling of open sections

 



SIGNS SN26

European standards for preloadable bolts

SIGNS SN27

Fracture toughness

SIGNS SN28

Truss design

 



SIGNS SN29

Sustainable steel construction

SIGNS SN31

Structural hollow sections – making the correct choice

SIGNS SN32

Execution of steel structures

 



SIGNS SN34

Through-thickness properties

SIGNS SN35

Long span composite beams

SIGNS SN36

BS 9999: a new approach to design of fire precautions in buildings

 



SIGNS SN37

Web openings in composite beams

SIGNS SN38

Life cycle assessment of buildings

SIGNS SN39

Inspection documents

 



SIGNS SN40

Corrosion protection

SIGNS SN42

Curving steelwork

SIGNS SN43

Shallow floor solutions in steel

 



SIGNS SN45

Preloaded bolt assemblies

SIGNS SN46

Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs)

SIGNS SN47

Thermal performance

 



SIGNS SN48

Design of welded joints using structural hollow sections

SIGNS SN50

Design for hot dip galvanizing of steelwork

SIGNS SN51

Design responsibility – simple connections

 



SIGNS SN52

Temporary bracing

SIGNS SN54

Public contracts regulations


 

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