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| FIR1002: Fire Rating Questioned on Post Tensioned and Prestressed Concrete Slabs | login to download | Fire | 21-Apr-09 | Kevin Cowie |
A recent United Kingdom fire test of a post tensioned slab designed for a 2 hour fire rating achieved only a 66 minute fire resistance. Spalling began after 11 minutes and after 20 minutes spalling exposed the tensioning ... | ||||
| GEN2002: NZS3404.1 Steel Structures - Materials, Fabrication and Construction | login to download | General | 21-Mar-09 | Clark Hyland |
New Format of NZS 3404 The steel structures standard is being separated into seven inter-related parts as follows. The first part, NZS3404.1 is due for release mid-2009: NZS 3404.1 Steel structures – Materials, fabrication, and construction NZS 3404.2 Steel structures – Structural ... | ||||
| MEM3601: Deep Rafter Stability | login to download | Member Design | 17-Mar-09 | Allistair Fussel |
The New Zealand Steel Structures Standard (SNZ, 1997), in keeping with many international design standards has no minimum stiffness requirement for restraints systems preventing flexural-torsional buckling of steel sections bent about their major axis. To account for restraint system ... | ||||
| FIR1001: Fire Engineering Design and Steel Standard Revision | login to download | Fire | 12-Feb-09 | Charles Clifton |
This article gives recommendations for Alternative Design methods for fire engineering of common types of multi-storey steel structures. These are Alternative Designs because they do not follow 100% the Compliance Document for Fire Safety, (DBH, 2005). However, they meet or ... | ||||
| CTG1005: Primers for Steel: Their Purpose and Performance | login to download | Coatings | 12-Feb-09 | Michael Williams |
This article addresses some problems that can occur when primers are incorrectly specified, and examines some misconceptions on their expected performance. Costly remedial rework can be incurred if a shop primer is damaged or exposed to exterior weather conditions ... | ||||
| MAT2001: Performance of the Mercer Off-Ramp Weathering Steel | login to download | Materials | 05-Feb-09 | Raed El Sarraf; Clark Hyland |
This article provides an update on the corrosion performance of the State Highway 1 Mercer weathering steel off-ramp, following an inspection by Japanese expert Dr. Makoto Ohya, two and half years after construction. ... | ||||
| ENV1002: Structural Steel Reuse Protocol | login to download | Environment | 27-Jan-09 | Allistair Fussel |
There is an increasing awareness of the potential environmental benefits of using salvaged structural steel sections, otherwise known as reuse steel, from old buildings, principally in terms of reduced green house gas emissions. Furthermore, steel buildings designed with end-of-life reuse ... | ||||
| ENV1003: Comparative Study - Reuse Steel | login to download | Environment | 16-Jan-09 | Allistair Fussel |
It has been recognized that existing steel buildings are a huge reservoir of materials and component that can potentially be used for future projects. Reuse of structural steel is the most efficient use of resources, not requiring any additional energy ... | ||||
| CMP1003: Durability of Composite Decks Exposed to Surface Water | login to download | Composite | 07-Nov-08 | Kevin Cowie; Clark Hyland |
Composite metal decking systems can be designed to satisfy durability requirements for a 50 year design life by ensuring that flexural crack widths, concrete strength and covers stay within the limits set in the Concrete Structures Standard NZS3101. This article ... | ||||
| CMP1004: Suspended Slabs Flatness Tolerances | login to download | Composite | 07-Nov-08 | Kevin Cowie; Clark Hyland |
The tolerance limits in NZS 3114 have proved to be problematic for flooring contractors. Actual practice has shown that the current New Zealand standards for concrete surface finish tolerances for suspended slabs are not achievable. This article considers what the ... | ||||
