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News in Brief: June 2005
Atlas Ward Structures has been awarded the contract to fabricate and erect 900t of structural steelwork for Aylesbury College. The £30M project will replace …
S.G.H.W. prototype nuclear power station
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 An interesting project at present under construction at the U.K.A.E.A. Experimental Reactor Establishment, Winfrith Heath, …
Sirhowy deck complete
Fairfield-Mabey has erected the final section of deck steelwork for the Sirhowy cable stayed bridge in South Wales allowing cable installation to begin during …
Engineering skills bodies to combine
Merger of the two leading skills organisations in the engineering and metals sectors will create a new body capable of building on both organisations’ …
Bridge over the River Tagus
Taken from Building with Steel, 1965 The £50 million suspension bridge at present being built across the Tagus River at Lisbon is reputed to be one of the …
Avant-garde geometry takes wing
Rowecord Engineering has supplied 350t of structural steel for TAG Aviation’s new executive terminal at Farnborough Airport. The terminal, which will be …
Sustainability takes centre stage at Steel Construction Conference
British Land head of construction Richard Elliott will deliver the keynote address on ‘The Client’s View of Sustainable Steel Construction’ to the Steel …
New and Revised Codes and Standards: March 2005
BS EN PUBLICATIONS The following are British Standard implementations of the English language versions of European Standards (ENs). BSI has an obligation to …
ESCDOT clears first hurdle
A new on-line training platform for specialist steelwork designers using the Eurocodes won approval at a workshop to review its pilot phase last month. …
September showcase for Beijing Olympic bidders
The China International Steel Construction Congress and Expo in September will be an essential event for anyone considering bidding for work on the 2008 …
