The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the Civil Engineering and Building Structures Standards Policy Committee (CSB/-) to Technical Committee CSB/27, upon which the following bodies were represented: British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd. British Railways Board British Steel Industry Department of the Environment (Building Research Establishment) Department of the Environment (Housing and Construction Industries) | BS 1990 BRITISH STANDARD Structural use of steelwork in building Part 3 Design in composite construction Section Code of practice for design of simple and continuous composite beams UDC NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BS 1990 Committees responsible for this British Standard The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by the Civil Engineering and Building Structures Standards Policy Committee CSB - to Technical Committee CSB 27 upon which the following bodies were represented British Constructional Steelwork Association Ltd. British Railways Board British Steel Industry Department of the Environment Building Research Establishment Department of the Environment Housing and Construction Industries Department of the Environment Property Services Agency Health and Safety Executive Institution of Civil Engineers Institution of Structural Engineer Royal Institute of British Architects Steel Construction Institute Welding Institute The following bodies were also represented in the drafting of the standard through subcommittees and panels Concrete Society Society of Engineers Incorporated This British Standard having been prepared under the direction of the Civil Engineering and Building Structures Standards Policy Committee was published under the authority of the Board of BSI and comes into effect on 31 July 1990 BSI 02-1999 The following BSI references relate to the work on this standard Committee reference CSB 27 Draft for comment 88 15145 DC ISBN 0 580 18342 4 Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date of issue Comments BS 1990 Contents Page Committees responsible Inside front cover Foreword iii Section 1. General Introduction 1 Scope 1 Definitions 1 Major symbols 2 Design procedure 3 Section 2. Limit state design General principles and design methods 4 Loading 4 Ultimate limit states 5 Serviceability .
