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This section of the website explores the use of steel in construction.

Topics covered include:

  • Developments and good practice
  • Use as a structural material
  • Climate impact, carbon emissions and sustainable design

Resources and events

Course
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Eurocode 3: structural steelwork design - October 2025

This course provides an introduction to structural steelwork design to Eurocode 3 for building design.

Date – 29 October 2025
Location – Online
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Course
<h4>Steel essentials: practical design of structural steelwork</h4>

Steel essentials: practical design of structural steelwork

This one day, online course presents practical guidance on key aspects of preliminary scheme development and detailed scheme design in structural steelwork.

Date – 6 October 2025
Location – Online
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Conference
<h4>Digital and computational design workshop</h4>

Digital and computational design workshop

Practical, hands-on workshops led by digital engineering practitioners and experts.

Date – 4 June 2025
Location – 47-58 Bastwick St, London, EC1V 3PS
Price – From £245 + VAT
Lecture
<h4>Disproportionate collapse in modular and panelised offsite construction - online</h4>

Disproportionate collapse in modular and panelised offsite construction - online

An online technical lecture on the disproportionate collapse performance of offsite construction.

Date – 30 May 2025
Location – Online
Price – Free
Course
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Seismic design of structures

This two-day, online course introduces seismic design of civil engineering structures. It builds on the basics of structural dynamics and engineering seismology. The course focuses on seismic loading and design codes, conceptual seismic design principles and analysis for seismic loading, and design and detailing of structural members.

Date – 21 May 2025
Location – Online
Price – £515 - £765 + VAT
Lecture
<h4>The role of scrap in steel decarbonisation launch</h4>

The role of scrap in steel decarbonisation launch

Join us for this launch event to uncover the role of scrap in steel decarbonisation, global recycling trends, and strategies for a more sustainable construction industry.

Date – 30 April 2025
Location – Hybrid
Price – Free
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Profile: Leroy Gardner</h4>

Profile: Leroy Gardner

Within the next five years, structural steel designers will be making greater use of advanced design methods and 3D printing to achieve more efficient structures and reduce embodied carbon, believes Leroy Gardner. Helena Russell finds out more.

Date – 3 February 2025
Author – Helena Russell
Price – £0
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Library update: Steel structures</h4>

Library update: Steel structures

The Library holds books on all aspects of steel – from old Dorman Long section books to modern design, construction and maintenance practice – and there is also currently a lot of interest in steel reuse.

Date – 3 February 2025
Author – Rob Thomas
Price – £9.95
The Structural Engineer
<h4>Tan House Footbridge: Designing with repurposed steel, from early design stages to fabrication</h4>

Tan House Footbridge: Designing with repurposed steel, from early design stages to fabrication

This article describes the workflow used to deliver the Tan House Footbridge in Wokingham, UK, and shares lessons learned by the team on the use of repurposed/reclaimed material within the design and procurement process.

Date – 3 February 2025
Author – Stephen Melville, Matt Aldham and Camille Chevrier
Price – £9.95

Featured events and resources

Guidance
<h4>Examples for the seismic design of steel and concrete buildings to Eurocode 8</h4>

Examples for the seismic design of steel and concrete buildings to Eurocode 8

Simple design calculations for basic steel and concrete elements for buildings within the scope of BS EN 1998.

Date – 24 February 2022
Author – Costas Georgopoulos and Kong Kian Hau
Price – £39.95
Guidance
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Making your steel specification more sustainable

In the form of embodied carbon, steel is a significant contributor to the climate crisis. This guidance sets out how structural engineers can use their steel specifications to help move the industry towards net zero.

Date – 30 March 2021
Price – 0