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Steel

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 - November 2026

Eurocode 3: structural steelwork design - November 2026
This course provides an introduction to structural steelwork design to Eurocode 3 for building design.
Date – 3 November 2026
Location – Online
Price – £315 - £465 + VAT
Course
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Steel essentials: practical design of structural steelwork

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 – 5 October 2026
Location – Online
Price – £315 - £465 + VAT
Regional
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Technical visit: Ultra-high Strength S960 Steel Footbridge at Lung Yeuk Tau

Technical visit: Ultra-high Strength S960 Steel Footbridge at Lung Yeuk Tau
A technical visit to the world’s first ultra-high strength S960 steel footbridge.
Date – 25 July 2026
Location – Fanling North Community Liaison Centre Sha Tau Kok Road (Lung Yeuk Tau), Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong
Price – Free
The Structural Engineer
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CROSS Safety Report: Incorrect steel section properties in structural analysis software

CROSS Safety Report: Incorrect steel section properties in structural analysis software
This month's report highlights the importance of varied quality assurance when using structural design and analysis software after a reporter found a steel section with erroneous data in the software's database.
Date – 1 April 2026
Author – Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures
Price – £0
The Structural Engineer
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Recovering steel for reuse – a demolition contractor's view

Recovering steel for reuse – a demolition contractor's view
This article provides a snapshot of some of the outputs developed in the Alliance for Sustainable Building Products' DISRUPT II project to recover more steel from demolitions.
Date – 4 March 2026
Author – Asselia Katenbayeva, Katherine Adams, Howard Button and Roy Fishwick
Price – £9.95
Training
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​​Fire design principles for structural engineers​

​​Fire design principles for structural engineers​
Engineers must be clear on their responsibilities regarding the performance of the structure in fire.
Date – 20 February 2026
Author – Various
Price – £88.40 - £340 + VAT
The Structural Engineer
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Profile: Tom Howarth

Profile: Tom Howarth
Tom Howarth found himself fully immersed in a major steel reuse project just a couple of years after graduating – now he's bringing his knowledge and experience to bear on developing a template for the 'circular city'. Helena Russell reports.
Date – 2 February 2026
Author – Helena Russell
Price – £0
News
Panel featuring experts from IStructE, ICE, CARES, and EMSTEEL Group

Collaborative CPD session with IStructE, ICE and CARES

Collaborative CPD session with IStructE, ICE and CARES
IStructE UAE collaborated with ICE and CARES for a CPD session on UAE’s pioneering steel sustainability regulations at Heriot Watt University Dubai.
Date – 28 November 2025
Author – UAE Regional Group
The Structural Engineer
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CROSS Safety Report: Errors in steelwork connection design risk unsafe beam sagging moments

CROSS Safety Report: Errors in steelwork connection design risk unsafe beam sagging moments
This month's report concerns design issues encountered when reviewing connection designs. The reporter discovered a moment connection between a universal beam and a universal column, with the moment connection being made to the web of the column.
Date – 17 November 2025
Author – Collaborative Reporting for Safer Structures
Price – £0

Featured events and resources

Guidance

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

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

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