Drilling holes in hard wearing plates
By Spencer Erling, Education Director, SAISC Printer friendly version If you have ever tried to drill a hole in a hard ...
Lapped joints in compression
By Amanuel Gebremeskel, Development Engineer, SAISC There have been a number of structural failures in South Africa over the past few …
Galvanized bolts – an update
PART 1 By Spencer Erling, Education Director, SAISC BACKGROUND AND HISTORY South Africa has a long tradition of specifying and using …
Should we go eurocode for steel?
By Dr. Hennie de Clercq, retired CEO, SAISC I would like to report back on the survey we did recently in …
Architecurally exposed structural steelwork
PDF/ Print friendly version of this article Adapted by Spencer Erling, Education Director, SAISC It is not difficult to comprehend why ...
A summary of the welding workshop presented by Bob Shaw
By Spencer Erling, Education Director, SAISC What a month May was for visiting American experts to visit South Africa to share …
It’s all about stability how not to buckle under pressure
By Amanuel Gebremeskel, Development Engineer, SAISC Stability is one of those topics in structural engineering that most of us would rather …
SIMM Structural inspection and maintenance management of mining structures
By Spencer Erling, Education Director, SAISC BACKGROUND AND LEGAL REQUIREMENTS Engineers should be aware of the legal requirement contained in the …
An update on laminations/ lamellar tearing in plate
By Spencer Erling, Education Director, SAISC It is common knowledge that from time to time (in fact quite rarely) steel plates …
An invitation for building innovation
The SAISC would like to challenge anyone who has novel ideas about how to create new buildings to come forward. We …