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Prime Minister endorses steel’s contribution
The Prime Minister Tony Blair has congratulated the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA) for its world-class contribution to the construction …
Sustainability in action
Steel’s sustainability has been demonstrated on a recent collaboration between Caunton Engineering and Honda Manufacturing. At Honda’s main UK site in …
Steel HQ in Felixtowe for China Shipping
Lincolnshire based steelwork contractor DA Green is supplying 180t of hot and cold rolled steel for the construction of a new headquarters for China Shipping …
SSDA 2006 – Steel awards quality awes judges
Judges of this year’s Structural Steel Design Awards paid tribute to the …
AD 302: Tightening of Ordinary Bolts.
The advisory service regularly receives requests for a set of torque values in connection with the installation of ordinary bolts. This usually arises because …
Design Manual for Structural Stainless Steel – Third Edition
Design Manual for Structural Stainless Steel has been prepared for the guidance of engineers experienced in the design of carbon steel structural steelwork …
New and Revised Codes and Standards: June 2006
BRITISH STANDARDS BS 7121:- Code of practice for safe use of cranes BS 7121-5:2006 Tower cranes Supersedes BS 7121-5:1997 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS BS EN 1337:- …
40 Years Ago: Moving along with Steel
Taken from Building with Steel, 1966 Britain’s first holiday camp monorail Steelwork, 320 tons of it, is used in Britain’s first monorail at Butlin’s …
CE Marking of Steel Products
CE Marking will soon be upon us, which could be a surprise to many manufacturers. David Moore, BCSA Director of Engineering, advises what should be done and …
July/August 2006 – Awards celebrate the diversity of steel
Diversity could have been the subheading to this year’s Structural Steel Design Awards, the 38th year in which the contribution of structural steelwork has …