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

Alan Pottage<br />

Alan Pottage graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1976 and<br />

gained a Masters degree in structural steel design from Imperial College in 1984.<br />

He has gained experience in all forms of steel construction, particularly portal frame<br />

and multi-rise structures, and has contributed to various code committees, and SCI<br />

guides on composite design and connections.<br />

Graham Raven<br />

Graham Raven graduated from King’s College, London in 1963 and joined Ove<br />

Arup and Partners. Following thirteen years with consulting engineers working on<br />

a variety of building structures he joined a software house pioneering work in structural<br />

steel design and detailing systems. In 1980 this experience took him to Ward<br />

Building Systems where he became technical director and was closely associated<br />

with the development of a range of building components and increased use<br />

of welded sections in buildings. Since 1991, with the exception of a year with a<br />

software house specialising in 3D detailing systems, he has been employed at the<br />

<strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute, where he is the senior manager responsible for the<br />

Sustainability Group.<br />

John Righiniotis<br />

John Righiniotis graduated from the University of Thessalonika in 1987 and<br />

obtained an MSc in structural steel design from Imperial College in 1988. He<br />

worked at the <strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute on a wide range of projects until June<br />

1990 when he was required to return to Greece to carry out his military service.<br />

John Roberts<br />

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John Roberts graduated from the University of Sheffield in 1969 and was awarded<br />

a PhD there in 1972 for research on the impact loading of steel structures. His professional<br />

career includes a period of site work with Alfred McAlpine, following<br />

which he has worked as a consulting engineer, since 1981 with Allott &<br />

Lomax/Babtie Group. He is a director of Babtie Group where he heads up the<br />

Structures and Buildings Teams that have designed many major steelwork structures.<br />

He was president of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1999–2000 and<br />

is a council member of both the <strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute and the BCSA.

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