Guidance and Industry News
Elements® Floor Deck Tutorial
Elements® Version 2.1, released in March 2018. Floor Deck Design and Calculation Tutorial This tutorial takes you on a step-by-step process…
Posted: 05/04/18
Slab surface finishes & tolerances on metal decking
Expected tolerances It is important to understand the various surface finishes that can be achieved using metal decking, as these…
Posted: 28/03/18
Temporary Construction Loads on Composite Slabs
MEWP access and slab design Contractor’s regularly require access to the slab, with MEWPs or other work platforms before the…
Posted: 28/03/18
Openings in Structural Roof Decks
Rules and design considerations Openings are often required to be formed through structural roof decks. Here are some basic rules…
Posted: 28/03/18
Pouring Composite Slabs
Deflections and loadings When pouring a composite slab on metal decking, the process in which it is created will cause…
Posted: 28/03/18
Forming service holes in composite slabs
Openings Openings and service holes are regularly required through composite slabs to allow services to pass from floor to floor. A summary…
Posted: 27/03/18
Composite Slab Fire Design
Requirements There is much confusion regarding the Fire design of composite slabs, specifically relating to span conditions and reinforcement requirements….
Posted: 27/03/18
Elements® Version 2.0
The latest version of Elements® is available with an additional feature allowing calculations to be created for SMD roof deck profiles. With…
Posted: 27/03/18
Durability
Considerations One important factor to consider when designing a composite floor using steel deck, is the environment the deck will be…
Posted: 27/03/18
The White Book – Three steps to specification
Floor Deck Design Guide and Tables This ‘White Book’ has been developed as a quick reference tool to be used…
Posted: 13/11/17
TGN Online launched
The increasingly successful TGN Manual is now available in a Wiki-style area of the SMD website. This format allows the user to…
Posted: 31/03/17
In its Element!
Following the launch of the rebranded version of SMD Elements 1.2, March saw the highest monthly number of downloads and…
Posted: 10/06/16
Composite slab design responsibility – Who’s responsible for what? And how can SMD help?The word ‘design’ can mean different things to different people. In this article useful industry references are used to discuss… Posted: 28/09/23 
Welded Shear Studs or Shot-fired Shear Connectors?In steel-concrete composite construction, shear connectors, welded or shot-fired, play a crucial role in connecting the concrete slab to the… Posted: 03/08/23 
Composite Slab CantileversSafety over performance Maximum unpropped slab cantilevers are not entirely based on the performance of the deck or slab. The… Posted: 22/05/23 
Why stud tolerance should be important to U!Shear studs are typically specified at standard spacings. Where the beams are perpendicular to the deck, the profile geometry controls… Posted: 31/08/22 
Design Guidance – Using VoidSafe®Design Guidance – Using VoidSafe® Helpful Early Design Considerations What is VoidSafe® and why use it? Health and Safety considerations… Posted: 08/06/22 
Totally LIT!Totally LIT! Our Best Practice Data Sheets are no longer available… find out why? For many years we have provided… Posted: 11/05/22 |
