Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings

Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings—A Designer’s Guide, 3rd edition, presents a practical, design-office approach to designing structural steel buildings. It covers topics not traditionally treated in steel design books, including the conceptual design of roof and floor decks, open web steel joists, and HSS steel trusses, the review of shop drawings, and an introduction to seismic design of steel structures. The book considers steel design within the context of the 2015 National Building Code of Canada, examining the entire structural system and the ways in which individual elements fit within it. Current design practice is demonstrated using worked examples. Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings is written from a design standpoint rather than an analysis standpoint. For example, an analysis approach is to find the capacity of a certain beam of a certain span, while a design approach realizes that most designers know the loading on the beam and are interested in selecting the most economical section that will carry that load. Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings has been written for practising engineers who wish to keep current. Fourth year and graduate-level engineering students will also find it relevant to their studies. The book integrates all aspects of Canadian steel design and is essential reading for Canadian engineers who design with steel. The book presents the reader with a practical approach to steel design that will be beneficial to engineering students who hope to work in a consulting design office and to those who already work in structural steel design and wish to keep their skills current.

Note: 3rd edition of Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings is no longer in print.