Technical Introduction

Causes of Movement

Movement can arise from thermal expansion and contraction, wind loading, drying shrinkage, creep, settlement, column foreshortening and seismic events. Building Movement Solutions The products and advice presented within this handbook aim to help designers of buildings to make provision for the deflections that the structure will experience over its service life. Movement can arise from […]

Expansion Joints

Creep compounded by column shortening can cause problems for a number of trades which follow the structural contractors. Relative vertical deflection due to creep and column shortening Creep compounded by column shortening can cause problems for a number of trades which follow the structural contractors. Many contractors for instance are more concerned about the relative [...]