Materials

Properties and Assessment of Historical Structural Steelwork

The refurbishment or adaptive re-use of existing buildings currently forms a significant part of the workload for many architects and engineers.

3 July 2009

The refurbishment or adaptive re-use of existing buildings currently forms a significant part of the workload for many architects and engineers. The structural engineer will be required to make an appraisal of the existing steelwork in these buildings. This article provides sources of information for identifying the properties and making an assessment of the historical structural steelwork.

MAT1005.pdf

Kevin Cowie