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Southern African Institute of Steel Construction

Southern African Institute of Steel Construction is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Southern African Institute of Steel Construction rather than just read about it. In short: The Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) is an organization which helps building and construction in South Africa by serving to promote and develop companies providing steel-related products and services to the industry. History The institute was founded on 24 March 1956 when South Africa was still a Union under the Nationalist Government.

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Reference excerpt

The Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) is an organization which helps building and construction in South Africa by serving to promote and develop companies providing steel-related products and services to the industry.

History The institute was founded on 24 March 1956 when South Africa was still a Union under the Nationalist Government. It was known as the Structural Steel Publicity and Advanced Association Limited. The first meeting of the association took place on 12 September 1956 in Johannesburg in the Barclay Bank building which stood on the corner of Commissioner and Market Streets. The staff consisted on a single engineer offering his services on a part-time with a membership of 18 members. As a result of World War II, the cheapness of concrete enabled it to encroach upon work which until previously had been the domain of the steel industry. The institute was born to rectify this situation. In 1958 the association started to receive copies of publications from Belgium and Luxemburg, and the American Institute of Steel started to send their journal. The association found themselves on the mailing list for Acier-Stahl-Steel a steel-structure based journal in three languages. The board management found this journal to be so informative that it sponsored the circulation of the journal to engineers and architects to promote publicity, something that continued until the demise of the journal. In 1960 the institute employed an engineer, Mr Robert McHalfie-Clarke, on a part-time basis. Scottish and born in 1906 McHalfie-Clarke was a consulting engineer who specialised in structural steel design. Some of his structures including Iscor head office in Pretoria and Newcastle as well as the Norwich Union Building in Pretoria. He was to remain on the scene until 1976 when Dr. Hennie de Clercq took the over the reigns. At the 5th annual general meeting a resolution was placed before members that the name of the company be changed. In 1961, the institute changed its name to the 'South African Institute of Steel Construction, and more recently the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction. Today the institute has over 600 members.

Periodicals Steel Construction Journal

Subsidiary associations SASFA - Southern African Light Steel Frame Building Association The Southern African Light Steel Frame Building Association (SASFA), was formed in October 2006 as a division of the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC). The founder members are ArcelorMittal (Steel), Everite (fibre cement cladding Saint-Gobain Construction Products)(gypsum board lining and insulation), and Lafarge (gypsum board lining). An Executive committee, with representatives from the major material suppliers, manufactures, equipment suppliers and the Institute of Steel Construction, guides and monitors the activities of the Association. Technical and Training committees deal with technical and training matters. SASFA has been established as the industry representative association for light steel frame building. It has more than 70 company members- see membership list on www.sasfa.co.za. According to SASFA records, there are already 33 companies manufacturing light steel frames on profiling facilities in South Africa. They have a combined annual manufacturing capacity (single shift basis) of 55 million linear meters of light steel sections, or 56 000 tons/year of galvanized steel, of which a third is dedicated to the manufacture of light steel roof trusses. This means that South African has sufficient manufacturing capacity to produce light steel frames for 2,1 million m2 and trusses for 2,0 million m2 per year of floor area of building Manufacturing facilities are also being established in neighbouring countries. POLASA - Power Line Association of South Africa The Power Line Association of South Africa (POLASA), was formally established on 15 August 2013. The Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC]) hosted a breakfast function in launching the Power Line Association of SA on the day. Mr Gray Whalley, MD of Babcock Ntuthuko Powerlines is the first Chairman of the Association and he made a short presentation on the state of the industry and challenges that need to be faced. Power line construction is integral in the National Development Plan (NDT) where out of the 18 Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission (PICC) Strategic Integrated Projects (SIP's), six contain transmission and distribution infrastructure. POLASA is involved in SIP number ten which is Electricity Transmission and Distribution for all. When the association was officially launched, there were about 16 members. There are now 32 members. The first annual meeting was held on 7 November 2013. SAMCRA - South African Metal Cladding and Roofing Association From the turn of the century there was a progressive decline in the quality of metal cladding products sold into the South African market. Professionals and developers were becoming increasingly concerned with the integrity of the industry both from the manufacturing and installation point of view. In October 2012 a group of concerned individuals called a meeting of the major players which included representatives from the producer mills, manufactures, installers, suppliers of ancillary items, professionals and other interested parties. At this meeting it was agreed to form a committee that would consolidate the ideas and proposals discussed during the meeting and to draft a basic structure for formal association to known as the Southern African Metal Cladding and Roofing Association (SAMCRA). At the meeting SAMCRA had nine founder members plus three new members. The association now has a membership number of seventeen members. The Founder members of SAMCRA are:

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Southern African Institute of Steel Construction

In research: Southern African Institute of Steel Construction appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Southern African Institute of Steel Construction in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Southern African Institute of Steel Construction is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1956 establishments in South Africa, Science and technology in South Africa, Structural engineering, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Southern African Institute of Steel Construction outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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