Steel design
 Introduction to
Steelwork Design to BS5950-1:2000
A.G.J.Way & P.R.Salter, pub Steel Construction Institute, 2003
ISBN 1-85942-141-5 186 pages £45.00
We would strongly advise all ProSteel users to get a copy of this book.
Clear explanations and excellent presentation.
 Steel Buildings
British Constructional Steelwork Association publication 35/03, November
2003 ISBN: 0 85073 043 0 260 pages £40.00
Not a textbook, but contains thematic chapters by experts in their fields on
subjects such as design, connections, bolting, welding, fire protection and
much else.
In the last 46 pages Alan Watson gives a wonderfully detailed account of the
developing use of structural steelwork in Great Britain (and further afield)
starting with the ironmasters of the 1700's and ending with Canary Wharf.
 Guide to the Major
Amendments in BS5950-1:2000
M.Heywood, pub Steel Construction Institute, 2001 ISBN 1-85942-131-8 84
pages £46.00
The title says it all. A concise guide to the key changes made to BS5950 in
the 2000 edition.
 Design of Structural
Steelwork to BS5950 and EC3
W.M.C.McKenzie, pub Macmillan, 1998 ISBN 0-333-71579-9 286 pages
£22.99
A very good general guide to steel design, finishing with a chapter on
Eurocode 3. Note that tables from BS5950 are not included.
Order online from the Internet Book
Shop
 Structural Steelwork: Design to Limit State Theory
T.J.MacGinley & T.C.Ang, pub Butterworth-Heinemann Second edition 1993
ISBN 0 7506 0440 9 £18.95
A general textbook on structural steelwork with good coverage of beam and
column design. Detailing and practical considerations are also covered. Simple
computer programs for steelwork design are included, but we don't think they'll
put us out of business! Order online from
the Internet Book Shop
 Joints in Steel
Construction - Simple Connections
SCI/BCSA (01344 623345 online shop),
2002, ISBN 1-85942-072-9 £70.00, 490 pages
ProSteel connection routines are based on the material in this book and if
you use them you should have a copy.
A discussion on the benefits of using standardised connection details is
followed by chapters on double angle web cleat, flexible end plate and fin
plate connections, column splices and column bases. The discussion in each
chapter is followed by worked examples.
 Steel Designers'
Manual
Fourth edition: Constrado, pub Crosby Lockwood & Son,
Fourth edition (revised) 1983, reprinted 1990 by BSP Professional Books ISBN
0-632-01916-6 £22.50, 1081 pages
A comprehensive guide to steelwork design using BS449. Treat the tables with
caution as they do not include the later amendments to BS449
Fifth edition: Steel Construction Institute, ed. Graham W.
Owens & Peter R. Knowles, pub Blackwell Science, Fifth edition 1992,
reprinted 1994 ISBN 0-632-03877-2 £29.50 1266 pages
Rewritten using BS5950 and BS5400. Some very good new background material on
subjects like fabrication, erection, corrosion resistance, fire protection and
Building Regulations requirements.
 Steelwork Design Guide to BS5950-1:2000 - Volume 2 - worked examples
The Steel Construction Institute,
Publication P326 2003 ISBN 1-85942-142-3
Exactly what it says - 23 worked examples, starting with a simply supported
beam and finishing with stiffended plate girder
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