British Steel Construction Handbook Required
British Steel Construction Handbook Required
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Would anyone be able to help me select a helpful structural handbook.
When I was employed in South Africa I had a very useful handbook (Southern African Steel Construction Handbook - the 'Red Book') which included ladder design, base plate design and several other useful sections.
Now that I have relocated to the UK I am looking for a similar handbook: I have seen the following publication (Steelwork design guide to BS 5950 1: 2000 Volume 1: Section - the 'Blue book'), would this book contain details for ladders etc as my old book did.
Regards
Paul H
When I was employed in South Africa I had a very useful handbook (Southern African Steel Construction Handbook - the 'Red Book') which included ladder design, base plate design and several other useful sections.
Now that I have relocated to the UK I am looking for a similar handbook: I have seen the following publication (Steelwork design guide to BS 5950 1: 2000 Volume 1: Section - the 'Blue book'), would this book contain details for ladders etc as my old book did.
Regards
Paul H





RE: British Steel Construction Handbook Required
There is also a cutdown version called the Handbook of Structural Steelwork, which contains more or less the same (except LTB tables which i find annoying). You can access the bluebook online for free here:
http://www
A very common reference book in the UK is The Steel Designers Manual, 6th Edition published by the Steel Construction Institute. It cover base plates and a lot more being 1300 pages long and about 100 quid to buy, but I dont think it has anything for ladders. That said nearly everyone has a copy so it is easily borrowed.
There is a series of books called Joints in Steel Construction which are also quite good for connection design.
The SCI does publish quite a lot of stuff. A good chunk off you can view here:
http://www.steelbiz.org/
BS5395 is the British Standard for the design of stairs, ladders and Walkways.
EEMUA 105 Factory Stairways, Ladders and Handrails is also a useful publication.
Another particulary useful book is Roarks Forumals for Stress and Strain.
RE: British Steel Construction Handbook Required