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This material is copyright - all rights reserved. Reproduced under licence from The <strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute on 12/2/2007<br />

To buy a hardcopy version of this document call 01344 872775 or go to http://shop.steelbiz.<strong>org</strong>/<br />

<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

xx Contributors<br />

steelwork fabricators. Currently he is the director of the Centre for Structural Engineering<br />

at BRE.<br />

Rangachari Narayanan<br />

Rangachari Narayanan graduated in civil engineering from Annamalai University<br />

(India) in 1951. In a varied professional career spanning over forty years, he has<br />

held senior academic positions at the Universities of Delhi, Manchester and Cardiff.<br />

He is the recipient of several awards including the Benjamin Baker Gold Medal<br />

and Ge<strong>org</strong>e Stephenson Gold Medal, both from the Institution of Civil Engineers.<br />

For many years he headed the Education and Publication Divisions at the <strong>Steel</strong><br />

Construction Institute.<br />

David Nethercot<br />

Since graduating from the University of Wales, Cardiff, David Nethercot has completed<br />

thirty years of teaching, research and specialist advisory work in the area of<br />

structural steelwork. The author of over 300 technical papers, he has lectured frequently<br />

on post-experience courses; he is chairman of the BSI Committee responsible<br />

for BS 5950, and is a frequent contributor to technical initiatives associated<br />

with the structural steelwork industry. Since 1999 he has been head of the Department<br />

of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College.<br />

Gerard Parke<br />

Gerry Parke is a lecturer in structural engineering at the University of Surrey<br />

specializing in the analysis and design of steel structures. His particular interests<br />

lie in assessing the collapse behaviour of both steel industrial buildings and largespan<br />

steel space structures.<br />

Phil Peacock<br />

Phil Peacock is a member of the Corus Construction Centre. He started his career<br />

in 1965 at steelwork fabricators Ward Bros. Ltd., gained an HND at Teesside Polytechnic<br />

and moved to White Young Consulting Engineers in 1973 before joining<br />

British <strong>Steel</strong> (now Corus) in 1988. His experience covers the design management<br />

of a wide range of projects: heavy plant buildings and structures for the steel, petrochemical<br />

and coal industries, commercial offices, leisure and retail developments.<br />

He serves on several industry committees and is a past chairman of the Institution<br />

of Structural Engineers Scottish Branch.

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