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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 />

Unstiffened Slab Base<br />

Connection of the steelwork 823<br />

L<br />

-L<br />

:I:::::. .::::::::..:::::::.<br />

1- 1-<br />

Stiffened Base<br />

_____<br />

Pocket Base Stiffened base with bolt boxes<br />

(for heavy crane gantries)<br />

Fig. 27.6 Typical column base connections<br />

gap between<br />

bolt box and<br />

base plate<br />

dimensions a and b (see Fig. 27.7). The empirical method was replaced in BS5950:<br />

2000 by the effective area method, which offers more economy than the empirical<br />

method while still producing safe designs when compared to test results.<br />

The effective area method for baseplate design may initially seem to be more<br />

complex than the empirical method given in BS 5950-1: 1990. However, the<br />

approach is much more reliable and can be used for all column sections.<br />

The basic design procedure is set out below.

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