CROSS Safety Report: Connection fixity considerations for steel frame modelling

Robin Jones previews the guidance on reuse of structural steelwork that forms part of the Institution’s forthcoming publication, Circular economy and reuse: guidance for designers .

CROSS-UK was expanded to cover fire safety reporting following recommendations by Dame Judith Hackitt in her post-Grenfell report Building a Safer Future . This month we present a fire safety report illustrating the implications of substituting a product within a tested system without further testing or justification.

Interest in reclaimed structural steel for construction is taking off in a big way. Helena Russell speaks to Roy Fishwick of Cleveland Steel & Tubes to find out why, and what engineers need to think about when using it.