Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 8: Building Envelope 8 - iii FOREWORD This publication is part eight of the design guide, Single-Storey Steel Buildings . The 10 parts in the Single-Storey Steel Buildings guide are: Part 1: Architect’s guide Part 2: Concept design Part 3: Actions Part 4: Detailed design of portal frames Part 5: Detailed design of trusses Part 6: Detailed design of built up columns Part 7: Fire engineering Part 8: Building envelope Part 9: Introduction to computer software Part 10: Model construction specification Part 11: Moment connections Single-Storey Steel Buildings is one of two design guides. The second design guide is Multi-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.