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Steel decker reaches safety landmark
Skanska UK specialist steel decking company Richard Lees, has notched up one million accident-free man hours. The company said this statistic has been achieved …
March 2007 – Safety success
A main driver of the constructional steelwork sector’s aim to continuously improve its performance on all fronts has been the recognition of the importance …
Combisafe launches new safety system
Combisafe has launched a new edge protection system that is said to be “stronger, adjustable, lighter, easier to install” and designed specifically for …
Wider use for safe system
Severfield-Rowen has made its innovative ‘Off-Load Safe’ patented handling system available to the wider market. ‘The system has been used successfully …
New on the edge protection
Conder Structures and SGB have launched a new edge protection system which is being used for the first time on Conder’s Darlington Learning Centre contract. …
Confidential reporting scheme will help air structural safety concerns
Launch of the pilot phase of the Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety scheme (CROSS) was hailed as a large step forward in identifying safety issues in …
Letters: June 2005
NSC welcomes letters from readers on steel construction related issues. Please keep your letters brief — the Editor reserves the right to condense. Safety …
June 2005 – Steel success message spreads
The message about the remarkable success of the steel industry in capturing market share in the multi-storey sectors over the past 20 years has clearly spread …
Steel – the safe solution
Steel is inherently safer than other structural framing solutions, argues a new brochure aimed at steelwork designers. ‘Steel – the safe solution’ is …
September 2007 – Sustainably safe steel
One of the greatest success stories in the constructional steelwork sector has been the consistently improving safety performance over the past ten years, …