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Design of Floors for Vibration: A New Approach
New design guidance from SCI, including a section dealing with hospitals, lays to rest worries about the vibration performance of floors of steel framed …
Two more members join charter
The Steel Construction Sustainability Charter has recently added two more BCSA members to its list, bringing the total number of companies to have been …
Inventive Swedish engineer remembered
Goran Kajrup, Owner of Roundo, the Swedish manufacturer of steel bending machines, died on 20 February 2007. Russell Barnshaw, Director of Barnshaw Section …
Atlas Ward expands with FICEP machinery
Equipment manufacturer FICEP has recently delivered a raft of new state-of-the-art machines to Atlas Ward Structures’ facility in North Yorkshire. The …
Ship-shape and steel fashion
Teesside’s maritime heritage has provided the inspiration for the design of a new educational facility in Middlesbrough. Martin Cooper reports on a project …
Zero carbon building envelope
Confidex Sustain has built on the success of the Confidex Guarantee, and the Corus commitment to sustainability, and offers the first carbon neutral building …
Expansion programme complete at Elland Steel
A £3.1M investment and expansion programme, which commenced in August 2006, has recently been completed at Elland Steel Structures’ Halifax facility. Making …
Traincare centre will ease the strain
Passengers using east Kent to London train services will soon benefit from a significant reduction in journey times on a new fleet of trains serviced and …
Precision engineering for London office block
Computer-driven and time saving fire engineering has resulted in a more cost effective construction programme on one of London’s latest multi-storey office …
Sustainable steel combats climate change
Steel’s almost unique ability among construction materials to be reused or recycled is its most obvious sustainability strength. In the second article in our …
