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Wendy Coney, Owner and Managing Director of Shipley Structures, will stand down as President of the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) at this month’s AGM.

Beginning her presidency in 2014, Wendy says one of the biggest highlights of her tenure was the setting up of Steel for Life.

Steel for Life was launched in 2016 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BCSA. Its key purpose is to communicate and disseminate the advantages that steel offers to construction.

“My hands-on involvement with the BCSA has been very rewarding, and I will always encourage members to be more involved with the Association, as it has so much invaluable information readily available,” said Wendy.

In 2015, she represented the BCSA overseas at the American Institute of Steel Construction’s annual steel conference held in New Orleans.

Seeing how the American steel sector goes about its business, while meeting representatives from other country’s steel associations, was another highlight of the last three years.

“Training young people to ease the current skills shortage within the sector is very important and during my time as President the BCSA launched its own members’ apprenticeship scheme,” she said.

Known as the Competence Route to Attainment in a Fabrication Trade (CRAFT), the scheme is proving to be very successful.

“I’m sure this scheme will go from strength to strength in the future.”

Wendy Coney was the BCSA’s first female President and will be succeeded by Cleveland Bridge’s Tim Outteridge.

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