3 Great Products from Beam Calcs Ltd and Steel Beam Calculator Ltd

Instant Structural Calculations

www.beamcalcs.com

Online Steel Beam Calculator

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Online Steel Beam Calculator (US version)

www.steelbeamcalculator.com

Our Products

If your requirements are outside the scope of the templates shown on the www.beamcalcs.com website, you can use our new Steel Beam Calculator at www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Join us on Twitter

We have just joined the modern age and starting using Twitter, so look out for us at Kevin Taylor @BeamCalcs and @SteelBeamCalc we will providing tweets on all our latest products.

Happy Tweeting

How to annoy Yahoo

Just had a woman from Yahoo telephone me to ask me if they could update my details, when she couldn't find my website I told her to google it, that suggestion didn't go down to well!!!

Regards,

Kevin
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Are you a Building Surveyor, Building Designer, Architectural Technician, Architect or Engineer that needs a more efficient way to design steel beams? Our online steel beam calculator will enable you to design steel beams quickly and easily.

Benefits of our steel beam calculator

·         Great value for money, an annual subscription costs just £50 and the steel beam calculator can be used as many times as you like during that subscription period.

·         Designs in accordance with the most advanced Eurocodes, which in some instances can reduce steel requirements by over a quarter when compared to British Standards.

·         Generates a detailed PDF report

·         Accepted by Building Control Departments

·         Quick and easy to use

www.ibeamcalculator.com

I have just created another website www.ibeamcalculator.com - to help with search engine optimisation.

Regards,
Kevin

Saving CO2

Our Steel Beam Calculator designs in accordance with the most advanced Eurocodes and the detailed calculations in some instances can reduce steel requirements by over a quarter when compared to British Standards.

You wouldn't drop litter on the street, so why put more CO2 into the atmosphere than you have to?

Regards,
Kevin Taylor
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Free Standard Beam to Beam Connection Details

Free standard Beam to Beam Connection Details can be downloaded at;

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/BeamConnections

Regards,
Kevin

Steel Beam Calculator USA

I have just released a US version of our Steel Beam Calculator;

www.steelbeamcalculator.com

Regards,

Kevin

Free Padstone Calculator

I have just released a free padstone calculator which can be downloaded at;

http://steelbeamcalculator.co.uk/freepadstonecalculator.aspx

Regards,

Kevin Taylor

Arten Science

Thanks Steve for following my blog, never expected anyone to follow my blog, I only do the blog because someone told me it boosts the ranking of your websites on Google.

Me and Steve Cholerton are both based in Denby Business Centre, Loscoe, Derbyshire, Steve is a top guy, strong coffee provider and first class programmer, hopefully between the two of us we can transform Loscoe into the next silicon valley!!!!

Regards,

Kevin Taylor

www.artenscience.com
www.contaxcrm.co.uk

New Projects

I am currently working on 2 new projects, the first is www.steelbeamcalculator.com which is a steel beam calculator for the US market and the second is www.structuralengineerrefer.com which is referral site akin to mybuilder.com but for structural engineers.

Regards,

Kevin Taylor ABEng
www.beamcalcs.com
www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk
www.steelbeamcalculator.com
www.structuralengineerrefer.com

Enough is Enough

Just watched Chris Wise's excellent webinar on the Institution of Structural Engineers website, really inspirational stuff, he goes into detail about how we can save vast amounts of co2 by reducing the unnecessarily large safety factors we use when designing structures and how the Structural Engineering industry has failed to address this.

Chris discusses that the Structural Engineering profession needs more creative people to come up with new solutions to creating more sustainable structures, Artists rather than Mathematicians, computers to do the math and creative people to come up with ingenious and enterprising solutions. Sounds about right to me, the Industry really doesn't promote creative's, it's all stuck in the past, needs have changed and we all must be more creative and innovate.

I'm not sure how these creative new engineers will fit in with the existing industry, perhaps they can't all be put in nice neat boxes, I have a feeling that they will define themselves rather than be defined.

Regards,

Kevin Taylor ABEng

Finished re-branding www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

We just finished re-branding www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk - new site looks fab.

Regards,

Kevin Taylor ABEng - Dangerously Enterprising

Beam Calcs Ltd and Steel Beam Calculator Ltd

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Re-branding www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

We are currently re-branding our www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk website which should be completed by the end of July.

Regards

Kevin Taylor ABEng - Dangerously Enterprising
Beam Calcs Ltd and Steel Beam Calculator Ltd

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk
www.beamcalcs.com/instant

Eurocodes

We are currently transferring over to Eurocodes at the moment and are at approximately 85% complete in this process. When designing short span steel beams to EC3, you can reduce the amount of steel required by up to 40% in some situations, which is good for builder's backs and the environment.

Regards

Kevin Taylor ABEng - Dangerously Enterprising
Beam Calcs Ltd and Steel Beam Calculator Ltd

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk
www.beamcalcs.com/instant

Another recommendation

The following comment is from a Building Control Officer regarding some of our calculations.

"These calcs are some of the clearest I have seen in a while and are fine."

Regards,

Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Steel Beam Calculator Ltd

Is your construction job being delayed by the need for costly beam calculations, if so this innovative new product from Steel Beam Calculator Ltd may be able to help you get back on track.

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk takes the waiting out of calculating. It is an instant and easy to use programme which designs in accordance with the most advanced Eurocodes.

For a minimal investment, the detailed calculations in some instances can reduce steel requirements by over a quarter allowing efficient delivery and installation.

The benefits of the steel beam calculator is now being experienced on hundreds of building projects across the UK.

Very Busy

Unfortunately, due to our high current workload, we are not able to take on any additional work at the moment and I apologise for not being able to assist you. However, you can still use our automated products www.beamcalcs.com/instant and www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Regards,

Kevin Taylor

Steel Beam Calculator

Our new Online Steel Beam Calculator allows users to design and check simply supported universal beams, universal columns and parallel flange channels for spans up to 10 metres in length.

The structural calculations produced by the steel beam calculator comply with the latest European Design Codes and are suitable for UK Building Regulation Approval.

Free Demo Version with beam span length fixed at 1m.

Annual Subscription just £50 per User.

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

My new steel beam calculator website is almost complete and should be completed in the next couple of weeks.

You can use the demo version free of charge, the demo version only allows you to design steel beams 1.0m long, the full version which costs £50 per year allows users to design beams up to 10 metres in length.

For more information please visit;

www.steelbeamcalculator.co.uk

Regards,
Kevin Taylor
Steel Beam Calculator

Another good recommendation

Another recommendation for Beam Calcs Ltd;

"Dear Kevin,
Many thanks for an efficient service. As i am in work today I will post cheque to you tomorrw.
kindest regards, John"

Improved efficiency

I have managed to improve the efficiency of Beam Calcs Ltd by approximately 25% by drawing on CAD, instead of drawing by hand.

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
www.beamcalcs.com
Beam Calcs Ltd

Sorry to anybody that I turned away in 2010

I would like to apologise to all those I could not help this year, we were very busy this year and could not do all the projects that were requested of us.

I just wanted to ensure that we provide an excellent service to existing regular repeat customers, unfortunately at the expense of new customers.

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
www.beamcalcs.com
Beam Calcs Ltd

Another recommendation

Another recommendation for Beam Calcs Ltd today;

"Thanks for the fantastic service. The cheque went in today's post! Cheers Joe"

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Our Websites

Additional content regarding Beam Calcs Ltd can be found on our second website www.instantstructuralcalculation.com in addition to our main website www.beamcalcs.com

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Kevin Taylor - Director, Beam Calcs Ltd - CV

Kevin Taylor - CV
Director of Beam Calcs Ltd
ABEng

Qualifications:  Associate Member of the
                          Association of Building Engineers
                          Higher National Certificate in Civil Engineering
                          National Certificate in Civil Engineering Studies
                          Full Driving Licence

Kevin Taylor is (beam calcs) the founder and Director of Beam Calcs Ltd www.beamcalcs.com. Prior to working for his company on a full time basis he worked as a Design Engineer on a contract basis for Morrison Construction three days a week. Prior to founding Beam Calcs Ltd, he was employed by Derby City Council as a Senior Technician working on the structural design of new buildings, the refurbishment of existing premises and the checking of structural calculations submitted for building regulation approval.

He has an accredited HNC in Civil Engineer, which was awarded in 1998, and over 16 years industry  experience. Whilst working for Derby City Council he was involved with the design of a number of large new school buildings; this entailed detailed design of a range of structural elements, producing CAD drawings attending Design Team Meeting and Site Meetings, and site supervision. He also gained extensive experience of designing steel beams and associated bearings required when removing load bearing internal walls in council house properties.

Prior to being employed by Derby City Council, he was a Bridge Inspector working in the AMScott Structures Team at Mansfield on the Highways Agency’s Area 7 Management Agent Contract (MAC). His duties included carrying out Principal Inspections, concrete testing, writing technical reports, recommending maintenance actions on a variety of highways structures and inputting data into the Highways Agency’s Structures Management Information System (SMIS). He assisted in the design of highway maintenance schemes by carrying out level surveys and producing accurate detail and reinforced concrete AutoCAD drawings, he also produced stability calculations for gravity retaining walls.

Mr Taylor has experience of working in a variety of areas within the construction industry. Previously he was employed as a Technician Engineer working on a variety of building structures, including design of complex three dimensional structures using computer analysis and preparing accurate detail drawings in steel, masonry and concrete structures. He has designed a range of structural elements including pad, trenchfill and raft foundations, steel and timber beams, retaining walls, concrete beams and floor slabs, and vertically and laterally loaded masonry to current codes of practice. He has also undertaken structural inspections and the writing of technical reports.

Whilst working for specialist pre-cast concrete manufacturers, he designed and detailed pre-cast concrete floors and stair components using CAD systems (ME10 and AutoCAD) and various computer design packages.

Prior to this he was employed as a Technician carrying out a range of tests and procedures including; testing of concrete structures, cover meter surveys, half-cell potentials, taking samples to establish cement and chloride contents and establishing depths of carbonation. He also undertook insitu ground investigations and laboratory testing on material and soil samples.

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Beam Calcs Ltd - Clients Website Showing Slide Show of Construction of Extension

Please click on link below to view a clients website which shows a slide show of the construction of their ground floor extension, Beam Calcs Ltd were the structural engineers on this project, we are mentioned on the credits at the end. "Kevin Taylor is beam calcs, a most helpful solution to keep those Building Regs types happy by supplying math to prove structural bits won't break!"
http://akdesigns.users.btopenworld.com/build2/index.htm

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Over 400 Projects completed by Beam Calcs Ltd in 2009

Beam Calcs Ltd has successfully completed over 400 projects in 2009, for more information please visit www.beamcalcs.com

I would like to thank all members of Beam Calcs team for all their hard work over the last year.

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Why are we called Beam Calcs Ltd?

To help with search engine optimisation, so if people search for "beam calcs" our website www.beamcalcs.com will rank highly on search engines (number 1 on Google)

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Why I set up Beam Calcs Ltd

To help people basically.

To enable the little guy, your average homeowner, builder, architect to receive good quality structural calculations at a good price within a reasonable timescale.

To reduce carbon emissions I try to reduce the amount of steel used in projects by specifying timber instead of steel (where possible), utilising masonry to provide structural stability instead of using steel columns and also by careful design and detailing.

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Beam Calcs Ltd Progress

How is Beam Calcs Ltd progressing,

Although a tough year we have almost managed to double our monthly turnovers compared to this time last year - despite the recession.

Growth through word of mouth and also our great website www.beamcalcs.com have enabled us to increase our workload and also obtain new exciting repeat clients.

This year should see further growth for us driven in part by our new instant calcs feature. A number of our competitors have ceased trading and we will be in a strong position as the economy recovers from the recession.

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Instant Calcs

About our Instant Calcs Feature,

Our Instant Calcs Feature - www.beamcalcs.com/instant is an entirely automated service that has been checked and verified by a Chartered Structural Engineer and is Professional Indemnity Insured.

The structural calculations produced by the Instant Calcs Feature comply with the latest British Standards and are suitable for Building Regulations Approval in England and Wales.

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

Beam Calc Ltd

We specialise in producing structural calculations for residential properties throughout England and Wales, as specialists we are able to work more efficiently. We do not undertake work for large commercial projects. It is this focused approach to our work (made possible by the internet) that enables us to offer unparalleled quality, cost and customer service.

For more information please visit our website www.beamcalcs.com

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd

New Instant Calcs Feature

Welcome to Beam Calcs Ltd Blog.

We specialise in producing calculations for steel beams, professionally prepared for Building Regulation Approval. For more information please visit our website www.beamcalcs.com

At Beam Calcs Ltd we have just launched our new Instant Calcs feature. The new Instant Calcs feature was developed in Loscoe, Derbyshire as a joint venture between Beam Calcs Ltd and Stylistic Web Design Ltd.

With our new instant calcs feature, structural calculation can be obtained instantly by following the simple 3 step process shown below;

• Select calculation type
• Enter dimensions
• Enter payment details

You will then receive an email with a link to the completed calculations, just click on the link to view and print your calculations.

The structural calculations produced by the Instant Calcs feature comply with the latest British Standards and are suitable for Building Regulation Approval in England and Wales. For more information please visit www.beamcalcs.com/instant
Instant Calcs are priced at £50 per calculation.

Regards,
Kevin Taylor ABEng
Beam Calcs Ltd