Technical Guidance Notes (Level 2)

This note focuses on the design of non-composite steel beams to BS EN 1993-1-1 – Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures – Part 1-1: General Rules for Buildings. It covers both restrained and unrestrained rolled steel ‘I’ and ‘H’ beam sections.

This note focuses on the design of columns in simple construction to BS EN 1993-1-1 – Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures – Part 1-1: General Rules for Buildings. It covers rolled steel ‘I’ and ‘H’ sections acting as columns within a braced steel frame structure.

This note focuses on the design of one-way-spanning concrete slabs to BS EN 1992-1-1 – Eurocode 2: Design of Concrete Structures – Part 1-1: General Rules for Buildings.

This note focuses on the design of reinforced concrete beams to BS EN 1992-1-1 – Eurocode 2: Design of Concrete Structures – Part 1-1: General Rules for Buildings. It covers the design of multispan beams that have both 'L' and 'T' cross-section profiles.

This note focuses on the design of reinforced concrete columns to BS EN 1992-1-1 – Eurocode 2: Design of Concrete Structures – Part 1-1: General Rules for Buildings.

This note concerns the design of masonry walls subject to lateral loads (i.e., those used as a cladding element). It discusses material assessment, restraint, geometry and exposure conditions. 

This note explores one of the most popular types of footing: concrete pad foundations. 

This note concerns the design of pile-caps for small groups of piles. It relies on the strut-and-tie method to determine the amount of reinforcement required in the pile-cap.

This notes covers the three different forms of retaining wall, all of which are designed to resist overturning and sliding failure. 

This note explains how reinforced concrete walls are designed to withstand high in-plane bending forces, in accordance with Eurocode 2.

This note describes how steel fibre reinforced concrete groundbearing slabs are designed.

Steel portal frames, in particular, are a cost-effective structural system to support building envelopes requiring large column-free spaces. 

This note introduces structural engineers to the interfaces between a primary structure that is principally formed from steelwork, and a masonry cladding system.

This note addresses the design of solid and glulam timber elements that are unrestrained against lateral torsional buckling, explaining how such beams are analysed and designed.

This note describes the design of timber posts based on limit state theory. The note assumes that the reader is familiar with the use of coefficient factors prevalent within BS EN 1995-1-1 (Eurocode 5).

This note describes the method by which bored piles are designed using current UK codes of practice. It explains how to interpret soil conditions and design piles to match what has been discovered following a site investigation.

This note clarifies the term 'simple connection' by explaining its use when designing connections within steel frames. Additionally, guidance on different types of simple connection and the design checks that need to be carried out, is provided.

This note is an aide to those seeking to design an unreinforced masonry retaining wall. Following this guidance will prevent cracking and ensure that the wall performs as intended.

This note provides guidance on the design and detailing of windposts relating to their incorporation into building structures.

This note offers advice on the different types of lintel that are available, the detailing requirements of lintels, and the way in which they are designed.

This note describes the design and detailing of base plates for steel-framed structures. 

This note covers the inspection of structural elements typically present within buildings during their construction and/or alteration phases.

A specialist contractor design item that is usually outside the responsibility of the structural engineer. However, in order to assess a truss design, the engineer needs to understand the theory underpinning it.

Designing a post-fixed anchor (either resin-based or mechanical) can be a convoluted process - principally due to the number of variables involved when considering its use in any given situation. 

This note discusses the impact torsion has on the design and detailing of reinforced concrete elements.