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Presidents Column: February 2024
I recently learned that my very first design office manager, a proud Geordie named Alan Walker, had sadly passed away. He managed the engineering team at …
President’s Column – January 2024
Until global steel production from lower-carbon technology matches global demand, it is now becoming widely understood that specifying your steelwork supply …
President’s Column: Nov/Dec 2023
There is a simple question that relates to established UK steelwork design practice that is becoming increasing difficult to answer … when is a steelwork …
President’s Column: July/August 2023
Welcome to my first President’s column. In each edition, I want to discuss topical issues that are important to the industry and to the BCSA Membership, so …
President’s Column: May 2023
The draft version of the guide, Fatigue design of crane supporting structures has been issued for comment to the BCSA Process and Technical Committee. The …
President’s Column: March 2023
I think we can all agree that we’ve traded through a very difficult and unstable couple of years. One wonders how the next two years will pan out, especially …
President’s Column – February 2023
At the time of writing this article, 16th January, I read an article on the BBC quoting Anders Opedal (Chief Executive) of Equinor one of Europe’s biggest …
President’s Column: January 2023
Many thanks for Gary Simmons for stepping into the breach to write the last column in the November/December 2022 issue. I thought his article on the over …
Deputy President’s Column: November 2022
Today, we all rely on computers, whether it’s our basic pocket calculator, our mobile phone, or our home PC. But do we have the experience to know if these …
President’s Column – October 2022
At the time of writing this column it is the 29th of September 2022, sterling is practically on parity with the dollar. The first time I was lucky enough to …
