Why? What? When? Eurocode briefing reportsEurocode articlesInstitution publicationsDesign of Highway Structures using Eurocodes SeminarStanding committee on the Implementation of Eurocodes
Why? What? When? Eurocode briefing reports
The Why? What? When? Eurocode briefings, listed below, have been prepared by the Standing Committee on Implementation of Eurocodes and are published in The Structural Engineer. Please send suggestions for questions to be answered through this column to Berenice Chan.
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Eurocode articles
The Standing Committee on Implementation of Eurocodes presents the following useful articles for viewing:
- An overview of the structural Eurocodes in the construction industry
by Denis Camilleri, published in The Structural Engineer on 15 July 2003
- Calibration of Eurocode 1: actions on structures – Part 1.2: actions on structures exposed to fire by Brian Kirby, published in The Structural Engineer on 05 October 2004
- Dynamic response of buildings to wind loads – comparing Eurocode prEN1991-1-4 with other current UK methods by Gordon Breeze, published in The Structural Engineer on 15 June 2004
- Eurocode 3 and the in-plane stability of portal frames by Lim, King, Rathbone Davies & Edmonson, published in The Structural Engineer on 1 November 2005
- Eurocode 5: using the new code by Arnold Page, published in The Structural Engineer on 4 September 2007
- Eurocode 8 and its implications for UK-based structural engineers by Edmund Booth & Brian Skipp, published in The Structural Engineer on 3 February 2004
- Factors of Ignorance? By Alasdair Beale, published in The Structural Engineer on 16 October 2001
- Implementation of Eurocode 2 within the UK by Dr A E K Jones, published in The Structural Engineer on 7 March 2006
- Implementation of the Structural Eurocodes – a summary of the National Strategy Report for The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister prepared by the Institution, published in The Structural Engineer on 1 May 2004
- More stress, less strain with Eurocodes by Arnold page, published in The Structural Engineer on 06 September 2005
- National strategy for implementation of the structural Eurocodes: design guidance – a report for The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister prepared by the Insitution
- New Eurocode 5: a boost for timber bridge construction? by Wood for good, published in The Structural Engineer on 1 January 2006
- Seismic design of steel structures to Eurocode 8 by Ahmed Elghazouli, published in The Structural Engineer on 19 June 2007
- Some explanation of the jargon used in Eurocodes can be found in Stuart Alexander's article "Eurospeak!" published in The Structural Engineer on 15 November 2005.
- The Highways Agency has published a technical briefing on the implementation of the eurocodes in the IABSE newsletter (Autumn 2005).
- What do the Eurocodes mean for South Africa? A report on the South African Eurocode Summit By Prof Alphonse Zingoni published in The Structural Engineer on 18 March 2008
- What next for UK Eurocodes strategy? By Kathy Stansfield, published in The Structural Engineer on 5 October 2004
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Institution publications
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Design of Highway Structures using Eurocodes Seminar
On 13 November 2006 a seminar on the Design of Highway Structures using Eurocodes was held at IStructE. BSI has already published many structural Eurocodes as BSEN standards and the remaining Eurocodes are expected to be published before the end of 2006. National Annexes accompanying the Eurocodes are at various stages of development and a few of them are also published. The seminar, chaired by Ginny Clarke, Board Director at the Highways Agency, described how highway structures can be designed using these Eurocodes. The meeting provided a general background and the current status of Eurocodes, technical issues relating to the basis of design, loading and foundation, and design applications to steel and composite steel / concrete bridges.
Presentations were made by:
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Standing Committee on the Implementation of Eurocodes
One the recommendations within the report National Strategy for Implementation of the Structural Eurocodes in the UK: Design Guidance was:
'A group should be established to monitor the process of implementation of the structural Eurocodes in the UK and advise on changes to the strategy that become necessary as the process progresses.'
The Institution set up the Standing Committee on the Implementation of Eurocodes early in 2005 in response to this recommendation.
The committee is chaired by Professor David Nethercot and meets approximately quarterly.
For further details see the Terms of Reference and Membership List.
Useful articles selected by the Standing Committee are available here.
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