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Above: Published Eurocode Manuals and
Below: A list of the Manuals and publication dates |
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To provide more detailed guidance, the Institution decided to update its design manuals to comply with the Eurocodes. These Manuals, for the design of simple building structures to British Standards, had been produced for structures using concrete, steel and masonry. It was decided to expand the range to reflect the suite of Eurocodes. In terms of materials, timber and simple steel and concrete composite construction have been included, and guidance is planned for more common areas with Manuals on the basis of design, geotechnics and seismic design. The latter is an Anglo-French production with the Association Française du Génie Parasismique.
The material-based Manuals are not just condensed versions of the codes but guides for structural design including information on various phases of the design process from scheme to final details. As such they should be useful for students as well as engineers looking to use the new codes.
A list of the Manuals and publication dates is shown in the table below. The programme for the Manual for geotechnics has not been established but the rest will be available well in advance of the March 2010 date for withdrawal of British Standards. Various bodies have supported the publication of the manuals and these are also shown in the table.
For further information please contact the Institution of Structural Engineers (E-mail mail@istructe.org.uk).
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