Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 7: Model Construction Specification 7 - iii FOREWORD This publication is the second part of the design guide, Multi-Storey Steel Buildings . The 10 parts in the Multi-Storey Steel Buildings guide are: Part 1: Architect’s guide Part 2: Concept design Part 3: Actions Part 4: Detailed design Part 5: Joint design Part 6: Fire Engineering Part 7: Model construction specification Part 8: Design software – section capacity Part 9: Design software – simple connections Part 10: Software specification for composite beams. Multi-Storey Steel Buildings is one of two design guides. The second design guide is Single-Storey Steel Buildings. The two design guides have been produced in the framework of the European project “Facilitating the market development for sections in industrial halls and low rise buildings (SECHALO) RFS2-CT-2008-0030”. The design guides have been prepared under the direction of Arcelor Mittal, Peiner Träger and Corus. The technical content has been prepared by CTICM and SCI, collaborating as the Steel Alliance.