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Cardington needed for concrete tests – Cartoon
The constructional steelwork sector is supporting calls to re-open the Cardington large building test facility to allow the UK’s programme of fire testing to …
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 …
Goole swing bridge relieves congestion
Butterley has completed the installation of a new cable-stayed swing bridge at Goole in Yorkshire, which should help to relieve congestion on the A161. The …
Intumescent fire protection of tall buildings
Tests on intumescent coatings have demonstrated that they will provide protection against explosion and hydrocarbon fire as well as severe natural cellulosic …
Contractors choose competitive steel
Steel construction is enjoying robust health with output up 7% this year, and is looking forward to a future brightened by the prospect of a demand for …
Steel delivers on post office site
A fashionable, modern apartment development has added a new lease of life to a stylish 1920s sorting office, as Margo Cole reports from Nottingham. Like many …
Portals frame UK’s biggest sheds
One of the largest sheds built in the UK has just been completed, fittingly enough a short distance away from the Corus steelworks at Scunthorpe. Jon Masters …
Steel shows a sustainable future
A strong and clear picture of a constructional steelwork industry in robust good health and confidently looking forward emerged from the 2005 Steel …
Sustainable and flexible steel lifts Olympic gold
London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games was anchored in a promise that many of the new sport venues would be flexibly designed to allow …
January 2006 – Clients line up in praise of sustainable steel
To judge by the comments we see in the press, few sectors of the construction industry would be able to field many clients happy to tell the story of hoiw they …