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Commercial landmark for Victoria
The number of planned office developments across the UK has taken a dip in recent months, however there are still many on-going projects including a …
Swimming pool to kick-start regeneration
The Northamptonshire town of Corby has some ambitious plans which include rebuilding and redesigning large areas of the town centre. Martin Cooper reports from …
Countdown to Eurocode Implementation
NA for EC3: Part 1.10 – Fracture toughness The National Annex for Eurocode 3: General rules and rules for buildings Part 1.10: Material toughness and through …
Seafront apartments are put in the frame
More than 200t of cold rolled steel from Metsec’s Framing Division fa- cilitated the fast track completion of two multi-storey apartment blocks on the …
Steelwork climbs into top twenty
Caunton Engineering is currently erecting steel- work for a new head office and logistics centre for Teva, one of the top twenty pharmaceutical compa- nies in …
Former BCSA President honoured
Tom Goldberg, BCSA President from 2003-05, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List 2009 for his work in assisting international trade. He is well …
News in Brief: February 2009
After a number of years of lobbying by the BCSA and its colleagues in the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group, changes to the ‘Construction Act’ …
Working week campaign launched
The BCSA is running a campaign against the abolition of the opt out to the maximum average 48 hour working week. In June last year, ministers reached an …
Corus lends support to sustainability exhibition
Corus will be an official supporter of the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) stand at the Ecobuild and Futurebuild 2009 exhibition which takes place at …
Olympic site reaches half way point
Work on the London 2012 Olympic Park is progressing on schedule and during January the project celebrated reaching the half way point between winning the bid …