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Committee tailored for success
As Chairman of the BCSA’s Marketing and Member Services Committee for 14 years Geoffrey Taylor has had a ringside view of the growth of the association and …
Countdown to Eurocode Implementation
Before you can design… You need the Eurocodes for loading and for material resistance. Each part of every Eurocode has a National Annex, unique to the …
New Middlesbrough campus under way
Steelwork is under way for the new Middlesbrough College located at Middlehaven, the former dock area of the town. The new educational facility will occupy a …
HSE reiterates crane safety check procedure
In response to a number of recent high profile tower crane accidents, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has restated that safety checks need to be …
News in Brief – May 2007
The BCSA’s ‘Safety in Steel Construction’ (SiSC) can now offer health and safety site inspections and fire risk assessments. The services are available …
Steel tops the shopping list at two-storey B&Q
Barrett Steel Buildings has recently completed steelwork erection for a new two-storey B&Q superstore in Stevenage. Main contractor Simons Construction …
Allerton supplies support masts for Dublin Airport
Two steel suspension masts have been erected at Dublin Airport as part of the on-going £85M Pier D construction project. Fabricated, shot-blasted, painted and …
Bigger premises for Cordell
The Cordell Group has completed the relocation of its entire structures operations from Teesside to a bigger facility in Sunderland. All of the company’s …
New distribution centre for Pineham
Working on behalf of main contractor Buckingham Group, Atlas Ward has started work on a new distribution centre in Pineham, near Northampton. Atlas Ward is …
Updated Red and Blue handbooks
A new Red Book will be available this month (May) giving practical design advice, worked examples, section properties and member capacities all in accordance …
