STEEL

DESIGNERS’
HANDBOOK

BRANKO E GORENC is a Fellow of The Institution of

Engineers, Australia, and holds a degree in Civil
Engineering from the University of Zagreb, Croatia. He has
been practising in the field of structural steel design for four
decades, gaining considerable expertise in the areas of
conceptual framing design and analysis, member and
connection design. He has designed and led the team of
designers in a range of notable structures for bulk storage,
sports facilities, wide-bodied aircraft hangars and steel-
framed buildings for commerce and industry.
RON TINYOU holds the Degree of Bachelor in
Engineering from the University of Sydney. He is a member
of The Institution of Engineers, Australia. Ron has practised
mainly in structural engineering over a wide range of
industrial and hydraulic structures. Subsequently he was
appointed Senior Head Teacher at the Sydney Institute of
Technology teaching structural engineering and as a lecturer
at the University of Technology, Sydney, specialising in steel
structures.
ARUN A SYAM holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in
engineering from the University of Sydney, is a Corporate
Member of The Institution of Engineers, Australia and has a
Certificate in Arc Welding. Following his studies he was
employed as a Structural Design Engineer with several
engineering firms and has held all senior technical positions
with the Australian Institute of Steel Construction (now
Australian Steel Institute). He has significant involvement
with steel design and fabrication, Standards Australia,
national steel issues, industry publications/software, welder
certification and lecturing on steelwork around the world.

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Arun has authored and edited numerous well-known
steelwork publications and is currently the Executive
Manager—Applications Engineering & Marketing of
Smorgon Steel Tube Mills. EDITION